The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-10
EDGED TOOLS.
D, T. Barton of Rochester the Pioneer MANI
facture.

Every mechanic will recognize this ia
miliar name which they have SO many
times seen stamped on their best tools
Mr. Barton is acknowledged to be the
pioneer manufacturer of the United States
and we thus mention him for two reasons
First, because SO much has been said OF
the pluck aud grit of Chicago in being su-
perior to misfortune. No less than six
times has his establishment which is q
large one giving employment to over zoe
men been wholly or partially destroyed
| What is more remarkable. in 1865 Mr.
| Barton establishment, was burned out
He had hardly recuperated from this mis-
fortune before the entire concern, building
and all, was swept away by the flood OF
1868. lie then started again and the
tyear was not finished before he was visited
by another terrible fire. 1t is rare thing
in the history of this country that any es-
Enlistment survives three such calamities
as this in a single year. But in spite Of
these immense drawbacks MIR. Barton lived
and thriyed indeed became more pros
porous than ever, As he was the pioneer,
so he is to-day the King in the line of
manufactures OF which we have to speak.
For another reason that his tools are de
serving Of special commentator. His
greatest pride has been to make the best
and well has he succeeded. His success
was not more remarkable than the facility
with which he recovered from his frequent
mistortunes. With each calamity he
seemed to increase in resources and to-day
he stands as one of the leading manutac-
turers of the country He turns out on an
extensive scale almost all kinds of edged
tools manufactured in this country, EN-
bracing more than one thousand different
varieties. His ambition has given impe-
tus to all similar manufactures with
the result, marvellous as it may ap-
pear, that Rochester produces more COOP
ers' tools than are made in all the rest Of
the United States together. In fact
through American enterprise and skill, of
which ID. X. Barton has been leading
exponent, the importation of cOopers tools
has been entirely cut OH, and Mr.. Barton
is doing lions work towards shutting out
many other classes of edge tools, We
might properly mention here that Mr.. Bar
ton made the first socket tirmer 1.-THE best
chisel in existencel ever made in the world
and still commands leading trade in this
hiAANi'. CT inns II bul but vi Ills many
new discoveries and inventions of which
the industrial world reaps the profit. Mr..
BartOn's entire success is due to the fact
that he has never used any but the best
iron and steel and never employed any but
the best skilled worlmen. He uses only
VIM. Jessup 4 Sons cast steel, which he
himself imports from Sheffield, England,
at cost of from $50 to 500 more per ton |
than he would have to pay for American |
steel. After repeated and patient trials |
Of American steel, under all and the most |
favorable circumstances, he has found that |
this is the only article upon which he can
safely rely. Mr. Barton commands a trade
throughout the whole United States and
Canada, having at least 1000 regular Gus
toners upon whom he can rely without
and is rapidly pushing his
sales into the West Indies and South
America. Every article in his trade is
warranted and made good to the purchas-
sr if not satisfactory. He enters into no
with other manufacturers In
he matter of prices, his goods being spe-
ideally his own style Of manufacture.
We should have stated before that Mr.. !