Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1899 — To Make Binding Twine. [ARTICLE]

To Make Binding Twine.

An item in the Indianapolis Journal says: The state officials are giving some attention to the employment of those men in the State prison who have been working on the farm through the summer. There is nothing for those-men to do this winter, and it has been suggested that they be put to work manufacturing binding twine. This proposition was discussed during the legislature, but no Action was taken on it. There will be an appropriation of $25,000-available soon, and part of this money could be expended in the purchase of the necessary machinery and materials. Binding twine is controlled by a trust, and it is claimed that its manufacture would be of direct benefit to the farmers. The experiment has been tried with great success in one of the northern states.