Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1894 — THESE DEMOCRATIC TIMES. [ARTICLE]

THESE DEMOCRATIC TIMES.

MORE REPUBLICAN TESTIMONY IS PRODUCED. Showing That the New Democratic Tariff Is Rapidly Bringing About a Return of Prosperity All Industrial Enterprises In Indiana Enjoying a Veritable Boom The Outlook Was Never Better. The Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette continues to bear testimony to the business revival which has followed on the taking effect of the new tariff law. In its Sunday edition appear these headlines, among others: THE INDUSTRIAL SOUTH. CONTINUED EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF OIL INDUSTRIES. NEW ENTERPRISES CHEATING A DEMAND FOII LABOK IN WHEELING. IN BUCKEYE - FACTORIES. A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT NOTICED AMONG DAYTON INDUSTRIES, The Indiana division of the Commer-cial-Gazette’s industrial page is especialS' interesting. Following are the headnes and a few of the items: THE GAS BELT BEEHIVE. IMMENSE DIBTHIIIUTION OF MONEY IN WAGES AT MUNUIJt. GLAD HEARTS AND HAPPY HOMES. MANY OF THEM AT ELWOOD WHERE ALL 16 ACTIVITY AGAIN. Muncie, Ind., Oct. s.—The payroll of tile several manufacturing concerns in Muncie last wook by far exceeds any week in the history of the city. The Muncie Iron and Steel company is preparing to add six fnrnaoes to its plant, giving employment to a large number of hands. At Albany the papermill, two glass factories, furniture factory and all others are running full time. Eaton, north of Muncie, reports great prosperity among the several manufacturing concerns. The Early, Jones & Baur Windowglass company is running full force. The Ames buggy works, with 25 hands, the Bartlett ooilhoop works and the Standard washboard works, each with about 25 hands, are running full capacity. The Excelsior factory and the Eaton pulley works are other important industries that are working many hands. The shoe factory at Daleville will soon be ready for a large force of hands. LIKE YE OLDEN TIME. 4

GENERAL RESUMPTION OF ALL INDUSTRIAL KNTEBPUIBES AT ELWOOD. Elwood, Oot. 6.—During the week just past abundant indications of returning prosperity have been manifest and the outlook is decided improved. There are not enough houses in the city to accommodate the workmen. The Elwood steam forge works will be running at full capacity by Oot. 15. Thursday morning the last of Elwood factories resumed operations. The Nivison & Wieskopff bottle factory is steadily increasing its force. At the Holland radiator works a steady increase in payroll is reported. The Elwood hoop factory is unable to supply the demand for its product and will increase its plant. At the Mcßeth lampohimney plant things are being rushed at a rate wholly unknown before in the history of this factory. At the W. R. MoCloy lampohimney factory several new hands have been added. AT OTHER POINTS. The glass business is looking up materially in Frankton and it will not be long until every industry in the place will be running. Indications are also very favorable for the location of an immense iron foundry and machine works at Frankton to employ a large number of men. Next Monday the Lippincott Glass company at Alexandria will put on an extra force of 20 shops, thereby giving employment to 80 or 100 additional men. Nearly 600 men are now at work at the plant. The situation at the other Alexandria factories may bo summed up as follows: The Alexandria Windowglass company is now employing 25 additional men and business is encouraging. At the plateglass plant of the DePauws the 800 men are making things hum day and night. The Kelly ax factory at Alexandria, has added between 75 and 100 men since last week tq its force, and is behind with its orders. The new waterworks system la being completed rapidly, and ems ployment is given here to a large force of men at remunerative wages. . The Anderson Coil Horn) company was organized in this city Wednesday. In all departments about 60 men will be employed. The contract was let Wednesday afternoon for the construction of the buildings for the new Buckeye Manufacturing company,s steel casting works at Anderson. The entire plant will employ 400 men. W. P. Collum, Jfohn A. Magee and Porter Haskell, all of Clarion, Pa., have closed a lease on a big tract of land at Alexandria for the purpose of building a tinplate plant. The plant they propose to erect will employ 250 men, and will be put into opewd<>n abont the first of February, Tho tinplate manufacturing company that located in Anderson two weeks ago, and which has been known as the OMattler company,” was incorporated Tuesday. The corporation will be known as the National Tinplate company. The company will erect the largest tinplate plant in the United States, with terneplate and steel rollingmill combined. Eight hundred mpm will employed. ContreoM , will be let Monday Aw the j ereciipn of the Riverview agricultural implempnfapd supply buildings at Anderftop. The American Wire Nail company at Anderson will keep its plant in operation night and day from now until the first of the year. Work begins Monday on the buildings for the new Wright shovel works in J North Anderson.

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