The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

 liott when he was president of the Nort.- ern Pacific Railroad company, and by others. This advice has been followed in Minnesota, at least, so that it is no longer known as a state almost exclusively e. cuped in the cultivation of wheat New ertheless. Minnesota Is expected to har- vest 62oo, 900 bushels of wheat, and with improved methods of wheat cultivation should in years to come from the same acreage IS that which this year is devoted to wheat raise larger crops.
 The reports all agree. Many from diff ferent sources have come to New York within a few days which speak in highly encouraging words of the harvests of the northwest. One was received by personal friends of Newman Erb, president of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad, and intent upon the perfecting of a great north and south line from the Canadian | boundary 10 the Gulf of Mexico. There was no modification or any discouraging hint in MT. Erb's report of what he saw l of the harvest of the northwest.
 1 day or two ago the successor of How ard Elliott in the presidency of the North | ern Pacific railroad felt justified in saying 1 that all along the line of his railroad the ! promise of the greatest crops ever har- vested Is likely in few days to be real | ized. That is especially true of all of the wheat belts. This means. of course, a great deal to the railroads and even more to the northwest and consequently | to the United States. The crops of 1915 were spoken of In the early spring of this year by some of the leaders of the finan- cal district as the one rema ming factor I in the establishing of a very great pros perity throughout the United States. At the time this statement was made, it was impossible to predict the harvest. Now | this factor is dPter01tD ed recOpDi1ed and President Hanniford of the Northern | Pacific company feels that he may ven
 ture to say that one of the most prosper ous times in the entire history of the northwest is now beginning.
 1 Details have not reached New York | which justify any estimate of the amount of wheat which will be harvested upon the Pacific coast. Californias s wheat has l become more important factor for the Pacific slope than California's gold The
 presumption Is that California will be able
 to export much wheat she has done
 at any time in the past The only sectior
 of the country. or at least the only whea
 belt in the country, from which less ia
 vorable reports have been received thar
 from any other wheat belt Is that Q
 Kansas. But there is promise of at leas
 100000 bushels In Kansas and if thi
 expectation Is realized then Kansas anC
 the two Dakotas will be found to hav' harvested approximately the same numbe 1 of bushels of wheat
 The experts who familiar with tn
 wheat markets are now persuaded tha
 the demand for American wheat will o | very great, partly on account of the heav.
 falling off in wheat harvests In Europe 1 It Is the expectation that foreign order
 may in the fall match the records mad
 in thel winter, and 1t would not surpris
 any one familiar with this market I
 these foreign orders reached the high fig
 ures of 100000 bushels a day. Shoul' : these demands be realized, the chance
 are that the farmers will receive nor
 than s1 A bushel which was the estimat
 made by the experts a few weeks ago.