The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-26
An Example of Business Success,

The accompanying engraving illustrates
the Dixon Graphite works, in Jersey City
n, J.. This establishment is 40 years old,
having commenced business in 1927. in a
room l6xI0 feet The present transac-
tions Of the company and the works now
occupied stand out in bold contrast with
this small beginning. To demonstrate
this in small degree we may state that
the buildings now occupied extend $50 feet
on one street, 200 on another, and us on
third, they being three stories high and
constructed of brick. The Dixon Americ-
an Graphite Pencil Factory is the last sue
cessful branch added to the company's ex
teusiye works 10 Jersey City. For cen
tury or more the German Fabers have
made pencils for the world, and it seem-d
as though the monopoly would continue in
the hands of the foreigners.
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE,
however, has shown that we can compete
with the world, and this establishment is
now the largest of its kind in the world.
Hon. Orestes Cleveland, ex congressman
and first vice president of the centennial
organization, is the president and active
head Of the concern.
The sale of the American pencil new
exceeds that o! any other rr,cil in the
world. Mr.. Cleveland's expe. snce with
plumbago was so extensive in manuiactur.
. ing crucibles and stove polish that ne
naturally iell into that kindred branch,
namely: cedar or lead pencils. The WOOD
: for these pencils Is found in Florida, aud
0 plumbago OF very superior quality i.
found a. Ticonderoga, and so with sh'
raw material in our ewn country it needed
! but genius and persistens courage to max.
us In our scribbiing and in our penciling
! INDEPENDENT OF GERMANY.
Mr.. Cleveland has contriyed machiaer.
that all but talks in his vast factory. ant
: vast as it is it scarcely meets the deman
q for bis pencils. His extra fine pencils to
a artists have gone far ahead of all others
. and generally all his pencils excel in qua
. ity of lead aud finish.
t, The company have for sale plumbagt
r or graphite, in every known variety. crud
'. '. or prepared for electrotyping. for lubrica
\. ing, for paint, tor pencils, for crucibles, ft
st polish, and score of other uses. The
ID are headquarters in their line, and auyon
who wishes plumbago, or information q
~ the subject. or samples. will receive Car
be fully written answers to all questions.
: THE DIXON STOVE POLISH
Al has been 10 market 40 years, its quality
3 such that it is favorite wherever know
II. More Of it is sold than all other kinds t
ID gether. A housekeeper who once uses
r will never try other kind.
% The pencils made by the Dixon CO.
he pany are fully equal in quality, and son
lie think superior. to the celebrated Fab
th pencils. which have SO long been us'
almost exclusively By editors, reporte
,ea and others who write good deal. Th
-, are fully as handsome, the wood Is bett,
and the lead is as free from grit, a
=. what is an important matter, much strong
= than that in the Fabcr. while it is neal
10 il not quite as dark.
he [. gives US pleasure to give our tes
i've mony to the excellence OF these pencils,
!, l,a their perfection makes it manifest ther'
IaS Ia one more article added to The list OF ho
in manufactures that wll compete succe
.iuiy with the best made abrlad.