, 1874-10-09
1nR IEADIfTG FIRMS.

OUR LEADING FIRMS.
In additioa tu the general statistics given
above regarding the improvement CT bukiuoss iu
Chicago sipcc the fire of 1871, VIC add some
special descriptions Of establishments which
luld dc:cryediy prominent rank i'll this city.
siconM1ck's EEApEE-woKEs.
Tho prominent figures which decorate the
front Of oac ct the most extensive works OF tic
Kind III this country: arc l346. that being the
wear that c. II. i l.. J. cCo;nick's reaper
works were established TIlirty-threo years ngo,
When Chicago was li:tle less than lagoon, 1t
being covered with waser during certain scasons
OF the year. tits extensive establishment began
its iufant career. What q change time has
wrought, not only in changing this then bwampy
bayou into magnificent city. but III traasfor'a-
iES tleu comparatively unknown branch OF
business into one of the mos: prominent III The
country. Perhaps there is no othor agricultural
implement manufactured in this or any other
country that il 1nure widely or favorahly
known than the McCormick reaper.
And re might add. the name OF
Mccormick, the inventor of this superior ma
cilitle il w:dc-sr: cad as ciflli.ati)n. as the
1ncst prominent manufacturer Of farming I'M
p!e1ncnts III the world. And in the way of the
many and valuable improvements and Inventions
tl.at hayo poem Drought oslt by M7. A1cCor!alck
{91 his aSE0Gt4toG III EicluG9t lew. ii HI okiIUT
manufacturing establishments IN this county,
eau polui to ~ favorable II r:coid.
It will t1uG ouotadiv Be remembered by some OF
our oldest citizens that Mr McGe:lnick invented
tho frs. reaper cTar manufactured tu :s ctn-
t,y. 1t waB a somewhat heavy AMI c11.z;:sy piece
Of machinery. it is true. but nevertheless it MAS
considered one Of the Gteatcat Inventions Of tre
cse, when rhs cradle had scarcely been snccesd-
ct! Dv tha. Of the sickle, The frE:. if VIC are
correct In the date vera nnilt IN ls42:
tfnun fftftn F1n$ fttNr r
has been developed a trade IN icapers second to
no otaer manufacturing Interest III the world:
improvements, OF course, have been made, and
vet nlcCorulics:' i first production is the sub
structure on which tho reaper manufacturing in
tcrcsts Of this country rest. Therefore. the line
reaners aud ulorcrs that We soc throughout tla
country To-day are mHrely o1f-shoots from Nc
Corn1icE q first ponsieou clumsy Implement.
1;1f, while h!s brauch ol important industry Las
bee. progressing. the cser-i:Tcntl1e roTer OF
this iirln has been actively a; work, and improve
mcuts aud ncw Inventions have been made from
ri1no to time and adopted BY all prominent nau-
ufactrrcrs 1hroug.,out tho country. TIE reap
ers nlowe.s. and thresIleEs Of to-day have eeen-
bio 1t is true, like the old jaca-
knife, that chanycs aud additions hare
been made. and thar little of the old is left ex-
cept the 'ma;uspring." And a. result OF
thezo improvements, VIC see to-day Que or the
finest combined sslf-rakinS 1eapers placed be-
fore the farming public By Messra. Mccormick.
Tho name OF tilis agricultural favorite is the
"Ai;.nce," :. unmo that il indicative OF tile
merits of this perfectly reconstructed machine.
Aad SIS ons secs il operate in either light Or
he*yy gEain be the condition OF the Kronud what
it may, tne cannot help thinking tha. it is indeed
the % Advance" and has in 1t combined all tho
hupezior points OF irat-class reaper. 1t is al!
,has Gun b. demanded BY the farming com
muuity. It has proved itself nlerltorous in all
instances whe1e it has had ; fair s:ial.
But to return to the Mccormick reaper works
ne vii! indulge in a few remarks nroo the mag
ntrud. Of thas establishment. Here we
see manufacturing and finishing shops, with
flooring that will cover SIX aczes Of ground, vaas