, 1875-08-21
THE KING OF SCALES.

The fAvnritocsy OF political party. With good
platform and poor candidate, ~ -nIensLFeA
not man." TITO mbtto, with All import mt
Change, htly describeA tue work OF fano uh
American family. 4 platform SCALE with Thaa'
deus Fairbanks md his descendants standing up
on H. might we'll ba labeled, "monsures and mel,
both firss-1ate," It's not many years sinco thses
members OF this family, one of whom, Thsddeus
Fsirbaoks, still survives. founded the famous tac-
tory It st. Jobnsnury Vt. To-day, thal factory sB
the largest Llshment Of the klnl in tlc orld
1t employs 6Io Ipeu. lts branches give work 10
4to moro. 1ho annual product Ia 81. mo scales.
OF over 800 different sizes. which weigh tic
food man eats, tho medicine that cu'un llm
OF dlnease, the gold dust that viii B0ano day
10 exchanged, in the ehaCe Of coi1. tor tho
Rrcanbacks In bis pocket, tbs PAPER Of Which
lhese Rreenoacks arc made. lilo wool suo cotton
that are to 10 manufactured Into LIS clothing,
and all ths myriad other sorts Of merchandise
From scrupie to boas-!oad of b0U tons. thcre
10 nothing that eoue variety OF thu Fair
baDks' scao will not weigh, 1t Ia found the
world over, not only in Chnstcudom, but IN
AxATHEHpoM,
In China, japan. ludi. Ferai.. Turkey. Arabia.
md tue uafbaty bEatea, CA1lyAud Of camels,
loaded with these scales, thread tho deaosls
OF Arabia. and Chinese junks carry them
Ue. e. ito EmSiro Ss '''i ia ''it;sf lss OF oa. ae
York was found to be stamped with tAis sieto-
meut. over tle signature Of iokoha.nA tea-
Mrkchapt: "ThIs chest contains Al pounds
Of ten. ~ weighed by Fairbanks seales." The
Of tho Fairbanks lr.ns. in ths United Htatts
alone, will give idsa OF thu extent Of tho busf-
uusa, Failbauka l. Co. have storos at 3ll
broadway, New York; ldd baltimore street.
Baltimore, Is Camp street, New Orleans :; Vi
Main street, 1uffalo 3J5 broadway, ALBANY
Ah3 Ut. Paul street. Monsreai; aud BOZ and jJi
Washington ayenue. ~. Louis. Fairbanks,
Brown L 60. arc II Milk etrost, Boston. Fair
banks 4 Ewing, occupy us Chestnut stzsot,
located In san Francisco. And Fair banks. Nurse
4 Co. coadu:t their great husiuass It 1879 Walnut
street, Clnc!nnatii los Superior HtEeet, Cloyo.
!.ud; A. Wood street.. Plttsburg; Fifth and
Aslu s!reets, Louisville; and lll-1ls Lake
Ihe p1,zes, medals. and testimonials conferred
upon thsse aoales SIC legion. They carried OF
tbs hlghsst houors 1t Pat1s, 1t visuna. and as
London.
Tho Emperor Of Austria conferred upon Thsd-
deus Fairbanks, tho Inventor Of ths scaIos, the
KstaHTLf cnoss or TUE IMPERIAL ORDER
OF Francis Josepl, Ill houor bestowed upon no
other AnsstcAl exhibitor.
pARes might be written on the work these
acAes havs dons In aad for this countra alone.
but THE TRIBUNE p5oposss today TO eoohne IT.
self 70 tho queatlon Of sls RECIPROCAL relations
Of the
yAxxxRa AND THE sAiaBAsHs
acAles. II IL uot too mtlc 10 saY taa! eno lAFter
Lxys geyolut1oo,zed the bus,nesa OF tho former,
aud vastly Increased thor Prodts; Il wss ouoo
tha custom for farmer to ael! nearly every
thing Ae psuucod BY tho slump" tla got 40
much hsAd for hts cats!s or hc9d. the psAct!ned
qlits correctly, Hhls ho sod IN the dark. but
tsr, outcksps. Aotk aud othaf products Of tha
farm wat. tllspossd OF In tile asm$ way. TAs
a4gesssts lvas 70 LIZ faxasss nu4k lists bAaa