The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-01
Wholesale and Retail Business
Equalling or Exceeding
That of the Same Period q
Year Ago-1S28 to Witness
Great Increase in Pr0duc-
tion of Livestock and Feed
Crops

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Business conditions throughout
North Dakota are exceptionally
good, according to the monthly re-
view BY p. w. Clemens, president Of
the Northern and Dakota Trust
company. Fargo, the reveiw, written
BY Mr.. Clemens for the Associated
Press and its member newspapers,
follows:
BY p. w. CLEMENS
North Dakota's annual spring crop
OF optimism is already in full bloom
and reports Of business and farm
conditions from all parts Of the
state reveal that facts and not
wishes are nurturing this crop.
Wholesale and retail business is
equaling or exceeding that Of the
same period q year ago. more than
normal amounts Of grain remain to
DO marketed in many localities, and
q general determination is evident
on the part Of farmers to improve
their farming practices over those
Of previous years. While this state
has made almost unbelievable prog
ress in diversified farming in the
past decade, the prospects are that
this year will witness the greatest
increase ever made IN the produc.
tion Of live stock and feed crops.
Grain Marketing Delayed
Early and heavy snowfalls in the
southern part of the state rendered
all except the main roads impossible
for most Of the winter in some sec.
tions, with the result that large
quantities. Of grain remain to be
marketed and retail business has
not yet attained the level justified
by the financial condition Of the ter
ritories 50 situated. These terri
tories report from five to 10 per
cent more business than Z year ago,
while in the northern part Of the
state, where roads have been open
all winter, heavy increases are re.
ported in most sections.
From the south central portion Of
the state q large wholesale grocery
concern reports:
Business in our line has been
about the same as last year, prob
ably about five per cent better. It
would have been larger but for the
condition Of the roads. We consider
prospects for the next three months
to be very good for the reason that
the farmers have not been able to
get to town and have not been able
to haul all their grain."
From Northwest Section
From the northwestern part Of the
state similar concern declares:
Business has been very good
since January l. We have shown a
nice increase in volume over a year
ago. We attribute this condition to
fairly good crops over this territory
the last year and to the increase in
diversified farming. Farmers are
getting more cattle every season.
Receivers of cream and butter state
that receipts are steadily increasing.
Prospects are bright fror the next
few months. In fact we feel that we
are due to have the best season that
we have ever had. Farmers are still
holding considerable wheat. Mer-
chants seem to be paying their bills
more promptly than they have in
previous years"
Financial conditions are best in
the western half Of the state and are
least favorable in the northeastern
section. where the crop last year did
not come DIP to that Of the rest Of
North Dakota. A department store
in Grand Forks reports:
Business since January | shows
possibly small gain over a year
ago but prospects for the next three
months are not promising and we
will do well If we can keep up to last
year. The fact that we had a poor
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