Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1912 — Prison Binder Twine Now All Sold Out [ARTICLE]

Prison Binder Twine Now All Sold Out

Michigan City News. For the first tiihe in the history of the binder twine industry at the state prison the supply has been disposed of. Saturday night a train of nine cars, laden with the state’s product, was started on its way from the big penal institution. Each car contained its capacity of 30,000 lb®. Saturday’® consignment increased the week’s shipment to 1,000,000 lbs. The binder twine plant has a capacity of 9,000 pounds daly, and Warden Fogarty is now preparing for next year’s supply. When this season opened the storehouse contained 3,000,000 pounds of the twine. The shipments are made all over the country, and Warden Fogarty is more than .pleased with the success he is having. Indiana farmers almost exclusively use the prison made twine and since the method of selling was changed the business has materially increased. Heretofore the twine was sold only to dealers. Now it is sold directly to the farmers. Under the former arrangement the state never knew how successful it was until the end of the season when unsold portions of shipments were returned to the prison. The present method does away with the return shipments, and according to the warden, he is yet to hear the first complaint on the twine.