Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL F Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Prison Twine Output Sold. The entire output of prison twine for 1915, about three million pounds has been sold already and orders are still coming in. The plant has a capacity of 4,000 pounds every 24 hpurs. Recently Warden Fogarty has added a night shift. This arrangement will be continued to the end of the binder-twine season. Aug. H. Knosman. who is connected with the prison, declares the prison product is as fine a quality of- binder twine as he has ever seen. Last year the twine industry netted Indiana $55,000. This year the net receipts will not fall far short of $90,000. At this rate in a few years the state prison will h?ore than self supporting, indeed, the Minnesota prison at Stilwater, through the twine industry, has become a valuable asset to the state. Michigan City twine is sold to the merchants at 6 8-4 cents per pound and to the farmer at 7 3-4 cents. The manufacture of twine by the state has been highly profitable to Indiana tax-payers, especially farmers. The industry helps support the prison and at the same time makes twine at least a cent per pound cheaper to consumers.—Starke County Republican.