Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1903 — Looked Over the Stock Plant. [ARTICLE]

Looked Over the Stock Plant.

And Seemed Pleased at the Outlook. The question of the prubibte loss of the Barous Harse Stocks Co , is now of vital interest to our people, j If there is any means of retaining them in our town, and there seems no obstable in the way of so doing, we should make every effort to meet their terms. The members of the firm assure us that they will ask nothing of Reneselaer that will be unreasonable, and in fact will stay here for verv much less than required of any other plaoe. The idea that an institution of this kind is of no material benefit to a towa, is an absurd one and not to be considered for an instant. This business whioh is just in its infanor, will grow to be one of the biggest manufactories, and it will not be long at it either. In fixing it so we shall have a plant here that shall give employment not ten or fifteen men at | a possible salary of $250 a week to be distributed among our merj ohants, whioh of itself is a good • thing,—but to perhaps hundreds in the near future with a salary attaohed of perhaps SIOOO to S2OOO a week. The possibilities before this oompany, to one who has taken the trouble to investigate their bnsinessls simply astonish ing. At presesent, for instance, out of something like 1,200 jobbing houses which oonld be handling this produotto an advantage, but there are only a dozen or so that are now doing it, simply beI cause the faotory has not the facili- ! ties for keeping op their present j mail order business let alone contracting with houses that can use them by the dozens. In November and Deoember of last year this oompany ran behind on their orders 65 and 75 stocks. As an illustration of the rapid growth of this oonoein it is to noted that in Jane 1902 they shipped only ten complete stooks. So far in June this year they have orders for fortyseven stooks and seven extra side arms, and this does not inolnde the oar load of stocks shipped a few days ago to the west. These 47 orders for June oomee from twenty-four different states, thus showing that of all the money taken in and paid out to our people that not a dollar comes off from the oitizens of this county. The wages paid are good too, ranging from $1.25 for a new beginner to '516.50 per week for the more qkilled labor. Two men in that faotory who* co piece work make as high as $24 and $26 per week. It won’t pay to let this get away. A large delegation of the Rensselaer business men went down to the Barous Horse Stooks manufactury Tuesday, and spent considerable time looking over the plant, examining the machinery in operation and commenting upon the amount of work turned out. A great deal of intereet seemed centered around the various ingenious maohines used in the manufacture of these stboks, many of whioh were the result of the inventive genius of Mr. Barons I himself. The faotory has a good : run of work ahead and very few | completed at x-ke made op, as a oar | load was shipped out reoently. A sample machine was set up for tbe benefit of tbe visitors and tbe working of it illustrated to satisfaction of all. Those who bad never been to see the working of theee machines and the amount of work turned out at the faotory, were justly astonished. Eaoh one seemed to realize the vast importance of retaining in Rensselaer this institution waioh is already n big thing and gives promise of becoming a still greater frtotor in business prosperty of our community. Several methods for raising

money is proposed, bat perhaps the most leasable of these is that of scouring a ten or twelve acre tract of land and laying it out in town lots and selling the lots td raise tbe necessary amount.