The Grange advance., 1874-01-07

These are hopeful signs for the future of
our country. It cannot fail to result in .
more equal distribution of wealth. Let
our legislators understand that hereafter
they are to be rewarded according to their
merits. and not upon their services to party
and politicians. The people do not expect
that all wrongs will be rectifed by this
session of the Legislature or the next, but
they will insist upon beginning at least
Cannon Falls and her FIGURING Mills.
On recent visit to Cannon Falls in Good
hue County, we were pleasantly surprised
at the business thrift everywhere to be seen,
and the rapid growth Of the past two years.
This village, situated in the midst Of one of
the best farming regions of this State, and
having one Of the best water privileges for
the building of mills and manufactures in
the State, certainly has a very fine pros
pect before it, and begins at last to develop
in proportion to its advantages. The mills
have made it a first class wheat market this
fall, and business has followed the wheat.
There are two Touring mills in the village,
and the Oxford mills about two and half
miles out
The Touring mills of
GREGG & CO.,
known as the Lower Mills, are under the
direction and supervision Of the we'll known
and much esteemed gentleman, Mr.. Geo.
West, one of the old residents of the place,
and practical miller of long experience
Mr.. West kindly furnished us with several
items of interest with regard to the busi-
ness of the mill
The mill has six run Of stone, and is
furnished with three middling purifiers,
each Of different make, namely: Gilder's,
Berter's and Smiths. This mill has made
and shipped fifteen thousand barrels of
-four since the tenth Of September. There
are employed in the mill eleven hands, four
of whom are milers. The mill is RUN night
and day, turning out two hundred barrels
of -four every twenty-four hours. About
one-ffth of the -four made is of the fine
patent from the middlings. The mill is
complete in its appointments, having all of
of the recent improvements.
The company make their own barrels,
and employ thirteen coopers for that pur-
; pose, who make two hundred barrels day
The mill is full of wheat, and the firm are
putting up new warehouse 25x7O feet,
with II foot posts, with storage capacity
Of $1,000 bushels. The mill commenced
buying this fall at 81 90 and run down with
the market to SO. 81, IS cents, eighty-fve
cents being the very lowest that they have
have paid, and have since, { this was on Dec.
30th, run up to 80, 80 and 95 cts. per BUSH
Ell. The -four from this mill is ali shipped
from Northfeld.
The Oxford mills have four run of stone,
and employ two millers and seven hands,
The firm buy their barrels at Mortified,
and ship their -four from that point to their
agents, Plummer & Co., in New York City.
The mill has ground $4,000 bushels of
wheat since about the middle of September.
The mill building is situated on the Little
Cannon, and is 30x70 feet in size, and two
and one-half stories high. The mill has a
storage capacity Of 10000 bushels, and
there is a warehouse in connection with the
mill with storage capacity of from eight
to ten thousand bushels. Messrs Archi-
bald & Wilcox are the proprietors. They
were paying SO cents per bushel for wheat
on the 31st ult., the day Of our visit.
In our next issue we will give an &C.
count Of the new Touring mill Of
GARDNER MOORE,
one of the most complete mills in all its ap.
pointments that we have ever visited. The
building Of new Touring mills has been the
rage during the past year, but there have
been none too many built. Minnesots
should manufacture every kernel of wheat
raised into -four" Let the building Of mills
be followed by the erection Of msnufactorie.
of agricultural machinery, and farmers will
soon see the way out of their financial diff:
fculties.
I. The Cannon Falls Cheese Manufactory,
While on trip through the South West
= ern part of Goodhue county we called upon