The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-27
WEST SHOWS
PROSPERITY;
NO DEPRESSION
Cigar Distributors Declare
Entire Northwest
Prosperous
II A VE BIG TRADE
Labor Shortage in Places In
dicates Move Back to
Normally
We BIG TRADE

Many signs of improvement IL
business as we'll as farm product.
arc seen by Investigators in Minneso.
ia and North Dakota according to ar
editorial in Tobacco" a week.,
trade review published in New York
Men engaged in the cigar business
report that big business 10 being
done and that the entire northwest
appears to have entirely recovered
from depression due to poor crops
or after-war depression.
Excerpts from the editorial read as
follows:
Seen In The Northwest
Westward the promise of better
business commences to materialize.
From st. Paul to Seattle> many signs
OF Improvement are seen. In Mimi
esota and the Dakotas, assurances Of
bigger trade are as good as wheat.
throughout the great Northwest, the
harvest tells the story.
Persistently, for months, the
country has been told OF discour-
agement and discomfort. Tillers
OF the soil were declared to be ter
ribiy pessimistio According to
reports. gloom beclOuded agricul-
tural districts. Farmers were de-
picted in attitudes Of detection, de-
SPAR and revolt. Politicians, from
dlfferent view points, saw red
Canger or blue ruin. Alarmists
announced that, since the war.
prosperity had departed from the
farm. However intended, such ad-
vertisements of trouble in rural
regions did cause prices of farm
products to go lower. Business of
all kinds slowed down and de-
creased. Meanwhile, it rained.
During the Spring and early Sum-
mer, the rainfall was unusual on
parts OF the wheat belt often af-
fected by drouth. The land obtain
ed moisture enough to insure good
crops. In many places, this wear
the yield is double the average.
Not only the grain growers gained
benefits. The cattlemen profited
because OF the weather. Instead
OF drying up as soon as Summer
came, the grass on the hillsides
and upland plains kept growing
and remained green. For herds
and flocks in the Northwest there
was abundance OF feed. Beef and
wool were produced in larger
quantities at less expense. Though
prices OF farm products are not 40
high now as they might be, farm
ers and stockmen, because of in
creased production. will get a lot of
money In the Northwest, prac-
tically everywhere business condi-
lions actually are much better than
people in the East would infer |
from previous reports.
In Minneapolis and st. Paul. |
cigar distributors all are doing
Wen now. The outlook Is good. A
blg Fail trade is anticipated. Job
oers are getting hurry up orders |
from country dealers who allowed |
stocks to become low. Retailers |
nave begun to buy generously.
Business in the Twin Cities Is IN.
Shipments to Dakota |
poi"'S approach the record mark. |
Demand for cigars in Class c. is
growing. The evidence ia In the
show windows.
wages are high. II they desire
&c work, men don't have to 20 far
&c lind employment. In some TO-
employers have been bid.
ding against each other to get la.
Dor.
On the railways and N the high.
ways, travel is heavy. How many
people are taking vacation tours
motoring across the country, Il
would be hard to say. The won
lerlands, the places OF scent.
grandeur, the spots where Nature
IS most freakish or magnificent.
ne National Parks have attracted
In record breaking num-
,ers, this Summer.