Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-12
NEwsy GOSSIP FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITOL

|, do not care whether he be democrat
republican or progressive, And II a
democrat criticises II, l challenge him
to quote What a very distinguished
gentleman in this country has said on
the subject, one whose democracy no
body on this side OF the house Will
deny, publicly, at least--<sov Wood
row Wilson OF New Jersey. That is
sufficient to say as far as she Nissis'
siRpi is concerned II we democrats
are not going to provide the Missis-
sippi river, let MS serve notice ROM.
before the 4ta OF March comes, that
when We made that promise 10 the
people in OF platform, and when oar
candidate made it in his letter OF &C,
ceptapce, we were simply trying TO
Sunco the people. l 90 not believe We
~eses 4 do not believe he was,
There are items in this Oil, as
there are items in every bin, Which
1 dsa NOT Gayov; not because / though,
they were unworthy bat because 4
Thought there were others more .
thy. have sat in that committee
waae. forty thousand OF my ~constita-
sass were homeless aad ~shel,erless
because OF the foods OF the great
river, when aa appropriation FOR the
Mississippi ievecs was the breath to
-ay nosirilss a have sat there when l
was praying for liberal S~ppopria-
lions, and yet at the ans time have
fought propositions in which other
members of the committee were vital.
ly interested. Never yet have I, nor
do / believe any other member has,
traded OF his vote, directly or indi.
rectly, ON II proposition 10 secure
votes for a proposition of his own.
Mr.. Jos. G. Bradstree,, vice presi.
dent and general manager OF the In.
perial Mfg. Co. and H. Bradley Smith,
president of the n. Y. p. & | Ry. re-
turning to the east from an extended
trip to the coast, as a matter OF curl.
osity decided to return via the Head
OF the Lakes" and see Duluth during
the few hours between trains. The
first impression given by the large
land.locked harbor had the effect OF
interesting them more than any other
section OF the country on their trip,
and after asking a few questions while
at the hotel expressed a desire to
look over the harbor more thoroughly.
One Of the leading business men vol |
unteered to escort them. They chose
the elevators first. The manager OF
the elevator g%raciously offered to
show the party around,~which was
accepted. First they went to the top
of n OF the larger structures. As
they were looking out of the window
toward the Aerial bridge the manager
stated. Yesterday afternoon a boat
came through the entry at 2 O'clock
for grain and at 6 o'clock was again
headed east With a cargo of 100000
bushels. Now, maybe that don't seem
much to you but with an average Of
l,eG0 bushels to the car we would
have CSC cars or a train 3 IL miles
long to carry grain to the elevator.
On an average Of Is bushels to the
acre 1t would take 1866 acres OF
land to grow the wheat. If half of
every $40 acre farm was planted to-
wheat it would require over 100
farms"
The genial and we'll informed man
ager continued, "Since you are stran-
gers it may interest you to know that
Duluth is the largest primary wheat
market in the country. Last year
125,0CO,O 900 bushels of grain was
handled at the Head of the Lakes"
The entire elevator capacity, includ-
ing the largest and the next to the
largest elevators in the country, is
slightly under $4,000, 900 bushels. or
course, the boats can hold three or
four million bushels in Storage during
the winter months In case the gran
aries for the northwest cannot hold
their burdens. This year was a ban
ner year for receipts, party because
the interstate commerce commission
a ruling that all grain south and
west Of Willmar, Mimi, should have
the Minneapolis rate plus three cents
per 100 pounds. This means a saving
over the old rate of $12 per car. This
added at least 100000 bushels to
the shipments"
ut must take a lot of boats to car.
ry all that grain,' remarked one OF
the party. Eyes, if 100000 bushels