MINNEABOLIS FLOUR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1927, 28 February 1885, Page 2

MINNEABOLIS FLOUR.

The following story is not exactly new and perhaps not exactly true, as the dia logue was not taken down by" a stenography, but it is new enough and true engugh to be wgrth passing qh i~ '.'"; Ben Wilde, tjie mgst yepacjowii in Aurgr-a, angl tjje jnqjjt Y9Pigiqu,g 9f.}nfqr. ma'tion ha? been up in Minnesota, and. tells of a gonyergatiqn He had with a Mjn. ijeapplia, man on the subject ofMinne* apoiig flour, Ben Qommenqed with! ,f They make some flour in Minneapolis, do they not ?" '" No air, it makes itself, Minnesota wheat is so full of flour that, it would be useless to try to keep it BhutV up in the kernels. It ia such vijtfius flour it would get out on its own how if it'were not taken out." "lunderstand," said I, "Minneapolis flour is sold in England cheaper than it is retailed at home. How is that ?" " Clear enough, sir, clear enough. You see, our railways charge for freighting by-'the hundredweight. Our flour is so light that the moro they put in a car, the lighter Jhe load grows. A cargo of Minnesota flour goes through for nothing, and is entitled to a drawback at .'the other. ...end of the route. As for selling cheaper in England,' that is clear enough 1 ; jts buoyancy inabes it" desirable"''lbr ships, tj> A shib-Jpad'of Minnesota flour c'fiuld jtyl sink,"'' ti'Mil'il ftjnjH get wet ?" " The wetter le better £ swapped ship-load of oijr flour would sq'p up the Atlantic in two hburs,'and' let till people wal| across as the Children of Israel crossed Lake Minnetgnka wlien the hosts of King Plia.ro were after them/' 'U hayo heart it is very life^qstajijing.'! taifting! \yellj I shqulcl smile (n papjfaj italics I There is an efiwt being inado by tl}e jnedjcaj fraternity and the uni}er : takers fg got p |njt|ngtign agp'sOa*. manufacture, Jt !§ (Jr}vii|g ftnsT out of business. And if the Qavoriilfint would requjre vessels to carryajgaf of Miiwesgta bread for each passenger, we. wqujd hear of up 'more sea disasters be« cause gf inadequate ljfo.presei?yers, ,| v ,, Ar9 you a dealer in flow f " Oh, no !• lam a clergyman \i \ were a dealer iii flour I could probably tell you many wonderful things about it,"