Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-06
An Inssxss n.,rrAcrua,xo EsrAsLrsu.

An Inssxss MASrFAcruaixO ESTABLISH
assr.-We oil like 70 bear and rssd abest
'hs i,ssesss n,anr tsc.sring establishments
II the old Essteru Statss and ~ are ali
oetiss coward sos the day whss the s~eks
'saeks Il he,sries slsss bssh si6ss of The
Fivss In thi. oeixhboshood vili b thiskss
lhaa tslsgsph ps!es, sndths Ass u divers
kinds q uaehinsrv ~ill greet ~ sars Of
he tss.sler sfar IKE .hs nsise Of many
ssaseA - While ~e ere leekiae aad psay>
~ tx thsss things il 10 vsal y sesss6ss
that " hsvs right here vitAis . few ~
.sats dsiss, one d The lAsosss ed osst
essdisabls naaufseeosies q IL HID = ~
Unitsi Ssstes-os in the world. W.
Alluds y nothing else than the P'sv and
Caltivssss Works Of Dssrs . c., Moline,
llliaeis.
In company With party Of gentlemen. .ws
paid thsss works . visit oss day last week.
end Tor The asss :,iue in y" ysars, and
though thsae works srs only three miles
from our o@cs,-so meas that ws ought to
have known I'll abeu, il, yet eosssssSon mus.
Be made that our general ideas Of that co.
iablishmest sese about - far from being
cesrect % could be.
The Moline Plow Works were started In
very small way nearly thirty yeass aGo by
he present bead Of the firn, the old vstsras
plew maker, John Deere. or course the
demand was not heavy IN those days. neither
vas the cash capital Of the worthy pioneer
anything to boa,. Of. but he had substantial
capital in strong frame, clear head and
that ssrt Of dstermned energy that never
was and never oaa be conquered uis sf
forss 70 supply the demand fos The best quail
,ty Of plows in the Western market have
been crowned With abundant success. and
instead Of n. old hop where very limited
aunbsf wem bsse.n out By the hardest
blows each season. ~ found vast bulldog
OF collection Of SuldiaoD. covering On
area Of nearly thtec hundred feet square,
allied with every (esisbls style Of aaehin
r necessary 10 2kes piecs Of osk plank
and bse Of roll steel end iron, and in
% isssdibly sheet ius turn sst pIew The,
will make ia-me} eyes elistsn instead ol
one pair Of strong hAsds thas theo old The
work, ~ nov Rno 90 huadsed and 6fty
pairs In the p,ses| lon Of - msny talented
workmsn instsh o. turning oal . fev
plovs each seaso4 this conossn now turns
out NJ lsss Than Z vsn Assdrei per seek. q
thirty. sir tlousss6 teur hsadrsd per year
which ere sorth lin the sgeregats half q
million dollars. rfuly may we say that
small bsgianngs zen roach immense re-
suits. These plot ne to b fcrnd in use
in almost every eta.e Of the Union. Hers
in the west they IRE om nipresent, but yor
can find then to-day blowing In the rich
slls,isl coil oeas Conasc sicut valley
large numbers - hem are used upon the
the southsra plantations. and in the ranch.
o. Of Texas and Oslfonris.
We had tie plepsurs facsompany ing on,
esteemed i.i.nd Charley Deere and s. II.
viele. (bsth menb ber Of tbs present fir,n)
through thi. vast establishment. and of OBJ
ssrving the nreeG.rg operations there 60
ing on, but 70 diseribs it in de-
tail. and do the subject justics
would require the spes Of good sized vol.
ums. We can snly say in brief thst the
raw ms:eria is tsken In cn the ground 6eo'
in large qu,ntitise. nd goes straigbt shssd
on that 6oor .hroosh the different iron and
wood shops and SITTER being brought undss
The infiaence Of many fesges, psndsroua
hammer, riodstonss. SAWS and other im-
plemsnte, returns va. the second stsry "a
the very spot il soArbd from-sll ready fos
shipment. This Continuous circuit 10 geine
on Ill The year around, and still The ware
house il no, ovsrGocks |, stall the demand i
equal to ,hs supply sud constantly ioersss.
Jog.
The firm John Deere, Chss. II. Deere,
8. II. vielsk @. ". v;nten-reprsssnts 4
capital Of sbout quarter Of . million OF
dollars. and they End no trouble in keeping
this actively employed Ne,rly one hundred
thousand dsIlsrs goes TO the employees alone
in the way Of wages during the year, to ssy
nothing Of that invested in wood, metal and
ether msteral.
II 10 one Of the most conplsts and bcs'
managed msnafacto,ies Of The eountry.-
Tho propr.tors ore all men Of experience
and talent ia :hsir business .::and are spsrine
no pains 10 multiply their facilities and ex-
tend their rsds through ell The country. ir
which laudsbls en.erpriss may they nobly
succeed.
Our heary thaaks are due The gentleman
y psoprie.rs fss 'As many sttentioas and
hospitali.ies shown theis vi -itoss on the oc'
>>~s>~ ~h>,s al1nded IN