Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 276, 27 September 1913 — Page 16

I'AGE FOUR THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1913 H00S1ER DRILL BIG INDUSTRUyONCERH Adds to Factories, Putting Richmond on Industrial Map. Complete New Hoover-Bond Structure at Tenth and Main by First of Year A BOOSTS HOME TOWN Largest Firm in the World Making Seeding Machinery for Trade.

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That Richmond is permanently "on the map" and widely known, is due in a large measure to the magnitude of her industries, which do not depend wholly upon local patronage for support. That Richmond is also favorably as well as permanently in the geographies of the world is due to the character of her industries and high quality of products, which, in general cater to necessities rather than luxuries, and are therefore known and used by rich and poor alike. Good goods depend to a large extent upon the integrity of the workmen who produce tjjem. Richmond shops are manned by an unusually capable class of employes, many of whom fill prominent positions in the social and civic life of the city, county and state. With these advantages it has been comparatively easy to place the output of Richmond factories in the enduring limelight of public esteem, and no factory has done more to preach the gospel of "Made In Richmond" goods than the American Seeding Machine Company. Largest In World. This concern, admitted to be the largest in the world engaged in the exclusive production of seeding machines, had its inception in the village of Milton in the year 1857. Out growing the facilities there afforded, the Ilooeier Drill company, as it was then known, was transferred to Richmond in 1878, continuing' to expand until 1903, when as the American Seeding Machine company it entered upon a period of intense activity, enlarging into its present mammoth factory equipment, and really encircling the earth with its chain of customers. In every country where cereals and corn can be raised, the machines provided by this company may be found faithfully aiding in the struggle for bread. The present day perfection of grain drills made by the American Seeding Machine company, is really the last word in the art of mechanical precisIon In sowing. Assyrian stone records bint that King Esarhadden, 680 B. C. encouraged the building of a combined plow and seeder, the first recorded; although the Chinese modestly claim an antiquity of 2700 B. C. for a wheelbarrow seeding device. At long intervals history mentions crude attempts to produce machines for sowing grain, the first in the United States being noted by a patent shortly after the close of the Revolutionary war. But little advance was made however, before 1870, grain drills even at that time being generally made in one

type and size only. The period between ! 1890 and the present day marks the most wonderful strides of the grain drill industry. Richmond citizens not directly connected with the manufacture of seeding machines can scarcely realize that right here In their very midst more progress has been made during the past 20 years toward the perfection of this most important of bread producing implements than had been made in more than two thousand five hundred previous years by the combined nations of the earth. With institutions of this nature within her borders, Richmond will remain on the map. RICHMOND ARTISTS A TBIG FESTIVAL Equal to any other feature of the Festival, and ranking high among Richmond artists, to be hung in the public art gallery at the high school. The exhibit will show paintings by J. E. Bundy, J. Herbert. Baker, Maud Kauffman Eggemeyer, Frank J. Gerardln, A. W. Gregg, W. A. Holly, Elwood .Morris, Thomas W. Nordyke, Alden Mote, Anna V. Newman, Alice G. Loucke and Charles Clawson. Mrs. M. F. Johnston, president of the Art association, hopes to make the exhibit one of the features of the Fall Festival. "This work of local men and women has as much merit and value, and is recognized through the country as bean excellent product, fully as much as are the machines put out by our concerns," said Mrs. Johnston. "These artists have been working all summer on the particular paintings to be exhibited, and the Art association is proud to present their work. It is distinctly a Richmond product, and its merit has won respect over the United States. We can be proud of our artists as well as our manufacturers and business concerns, and I theretore feel that this exhibit at this time is proper and will add to the interest and value of the Fall Festival." Energatie Frenchwomen. Essentially a borne maker and home 1 keeper, a mother and a devoted wife, the Frenchwoman has nevertheless always enjoyed a certain economic independence which her Anglo-Saxon sisters have not knwn. A large proportion of French girls are self supporting and remain so after marriage. When they do not earn a living they have tbeir dot and pay their personal expenses from it This has made them peculiarly self reliant says "France From Within " It is rarely Indeed that one sees in France the helpless, incompetent woman who can turn ber hand to nothing, baring never learned to do one ingle thing well. Adaptable and energetic, the Frenchwoman can do most things in the most efficient manner possible. Her knowledge is never crappy, and what she knows the kSQjrs C9siBts$eljr.

Albeit the contract for the erection of the new Hoover-Bond company's building, at Tenth and Main streets, calls for the structure's completion by December 1, difficulty has been encountered in receiving material, and it is believed by officials of the company that it will not be ready for occupancy until January 1. The building will cost about thirty-five thousand dollars.

Premiums Offered on Swine

POLAND CHINA. 1st Prize Best boar, one year and over $7.00 Best boar, under one year 5.00 Best sow, one year and over 5.00 Beet Sow, under one year 5.00 Best Poland China sow and brood of five or more, under six months .' 7.00 DUROC JERSEYS. Best boar, one year and over 7.00 Best boar, under one year 5.00 Best sow, one year and over 5.00 Best sow, under one year 5.00 Best sow and brood of five or more, under six months 7.00 CHESTER WHITES. Best boar, one year and over 7.00 Best boar, under one year 5.00 Best sow, one year and over 5.00 Best sow, under one year 5.00 Sweepstakes for all above classes Stallion, three colts, either sex, get of same stallion, bred and owned by exhibitor Two mares and their produce of one or more colts, either sex, bred and owned by exhibitor Best sow and brood of five or more, under six months 7.00 HAMPSHIRES Best boar, one year and over 7.00 Best boar, under one year 5.00 Best sow, one year and over 5.00 Best sow, under one year 5.00 Best sow and brood of five or more, under six months 7.00

Truck Gardening Like other cities of its size, Richmond is largely dependent for Its food supply upon the country surrounding it. For two or three miles in all directions, the land Is given over largely to truck farming and gardening purposes. There are no large truck farms in Wayne county, very few of them containing over ten acres, while the vast majority of them contain only three or four acres. Intensive culture of the ground is practiced in these plots, in many cases three or four crops being taken from the same plot in a single year. This land is carefully cared for, highly fertilized and ranges in price from $250 per acre up to as high as the prospective purchaser wants to go. Most of the farms pay a very good return on the investment and there are many cases where farmers have sold large low priced farms eight or ten miles away from the city and invested the proceeds in a little piece of land to engage in gardening near the city. In only rare instances are any of HARVESTER COMPANY U Seeks Larger Quarters With Better Railroad Facilities. The International Harvester company has one of its largest branch agencies in Indiana in Richmond. The Richmond General Agency was established at the time the company was organized in 1902. Offices were maintained in the Colonial Building and stock was taken care of in a warehouse on the West Side. The offices were moved a few years later to 15-17 South Seventh street. The business necessitated securing three stories and a basement in the new Miller Bros. Block on Ft. Wayne avenue and the agency will move its headquarters to this location about October 5. Need Stock Rooms. The basement and third and fourth floors will be used for stocking machinery which is necessary to meet local demands. The second floor will be fitted up with offices. Sample rooms showing the different models of the International Harvester's products will be to the rear of the offices on the second floor and a repair department also will be on this floor at the north, end. The Harvester company moved to the Miller Bros. Block to save drayage cost between the warehouse and depots. Two side-tracks have been laid to the north of the new quarters. The Richmond General Agency under the management of L. E. Rtchey has increased the volume of its business to a half million dollars a year, confined to fourteen counties, half in Indiana and half in Ohio. Fifty men are employed by the company in Richmond.

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2nd Prize $3.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.50 3.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.50 3.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 Ribbons Ribbons Ribbons 3.50 3.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.50

Profitable Here the products of these truck farms shipped away. Practically all of it is consumed In Richmond. Once in a while a car load of cabbages, or tomatoes is shipped to Indianapolis or Cincinnati, but in most cases the prices on the. Richmond markets rule sufficiently high to discourage the exportation of Wayne county garden products. There are a number of farms In the county that have the advantage of irrigation facilities, so that their owners are not at all dependent upon rainfall for a successful crop. In most cases these favored gardeners would prefer a dry season, for when this kind of weather prevails, they are sure of having plenty of moisture without at any time being in danger of having an excess. Practically every kind of truck crop or vegetable that is found in the state is grown in Wayne county to supply the Richmond market. Owing to the short distance that the farm products are transported they always arrive in market in excellent condition. BUSINESSJO YEARS Wholesale Grocery Concern Largest in Eastern Indiana. One of Richmond's largest wholesale establishments is the John W. Grubbs company. North Ninth and E streets. This company has been engaged in the wholesale grocery business for forty years and is one of the largest concerns of its kind in Eastern Indiana. The Grubbs company was first organized under the firm name of Howard & Grubbs. I. R. Howard later disposed of his interests to John W. Grubbs and entering in business for himself. A short time after the death of Mr. Grubbs, the Grubbs company was incorporated and since that time has almost doubled its business. V. F. Starr is president of the company, John Y. Poundstone, vice president and treasurer, and Walter Thornburg, secretary. A full line of staple and fancy goods is handled by the company and its business extends throughout Eastern Indiana and Western Ohio. A Bird Puzzle. "Papa." said little Jamie, "why does birdies go lookin' for wojtus to eat when tbey can lay theirsetfs a epg and ea that': Eggs is nicer than worms." St. Lonis Rerublic. ! No man knows so well where the 1 . u L. u . i . Lincoln.

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