, 1877-07-13
An Interview with the Owner Of the
Largest Mill in tho United
States.
lie Tells Us What lie Knows About
Milling and the ''Ncw Process''
OF Milking Flour.
EXPOSURE Of the Sham claim Of the Wash
ington Patentee 0oohrane-Tenof
Among tho Millera.

day for the purpose Of getting from him reliable
information III rrgsrd 10 the suit instituted against
hts arm, and under which he had been asked 10
give bonA of $3.50, 900 before he could DO per.
.oitcd 10 continue 10 possess and enjoy his prop.
clly.
ncportef-Gov. WAshburn, learning that yon
ecrc In town aud wero Aoon 10 leave, have called
irUund 10 hear direct from yon something IN re.
gard 10 tho suit that haE lately been Instituted
eanst ron and our partners, for what IL claimed
hIsh grades Of Mlnneeotn i1onr. know that you
nust bo perfectly familiar with tho whole subject,
and came directly To hesiqnartesp.
Gov. Warhburn Il aM glad 10 see you At all
zines, and to talk over almost any subject
No sooner was tho Injunction against my mill
granted than II was telcgraphed With great -four
tsh oil over the country, from ono end to ths other.
will proceed to glve yon lone account Of tao
introduction Ut what 10 called
TIE "NEw PROCESS"
or high milling principles, In this country. sevcn
years ago Minnesota, now 70 celebrated for It's
Tour and wheat, had 10 show ; wheat held In very
low esteem bJ ntlacfa, AMI -four Of An inferior
grndc, worth In the market from, 81 10 81 less per
barrel thnn wintcr wheat flour. Suddenly. and A
II by magic, sIl this was changed. and Minnesota
flour Immediately spsang Into the front rank, and
instead Of being drug In tho market, wanted by
nolx,dy, rapidly became favor!te with the trndc,
leading winter wheat 6ours "a much rs they had
previously fallen below thcn, and maintaining an
increasing popularity and excellence up 10 tho
present hour. This revolution was all brought
aoont By chanse IN the t5.som oi milling. q
chaugc that haa gfscn ycur statn IT, arcst ID.
1re,nhcy ia thc manufacture Of aunf, that has led
% IL H. aasa 4 e ea esa S,e g
csss sss' etsS Sat sss; e s
sesnlngy Brought IN per i weli e caieuistsd 70 "'
EXCITE ALARM. --
Cd no ' egaa9 Of III %y !y A. nm 9oss
about q s1 y years 49, s.k you to s!en To- 70 staIe.
a round turn by an Injunction Issued b Supreme
Court JndYe, And and required 70 Eiye secnflty n The
~. eS ii .es., essts ss sss ssss + sp y Z
sntc. would amount to perpetual Injunction. but
luckily in th!s case It waa otherwise This parties
eecatty. Dy those lava ii Is made posai6le for i
e : %eH !qs, s1oa
Ssisat @ easiey stsaluient md S.vss sbsss,as;i
aast as an xioat si;ns dollar. 'es .etasy mo 70
render fur tho uloo being Tho most valuable prop.
i iaw. and ths eoutts should nos be ccusurca fof
ssd ns fok ts " 9Ggh 70 b.
ity of tas atsnt laws viii Be- so apparent tbst CON
gfces VIII hasten 70 act 70 to make such abuses
description Of liz 0~~SN' s''S''' "''A .
NEW METHOD or MlLL1xo
r. s SSnn n snd Y tnst s,e
9.3 &aows whAs th's new method Of milling T.. by
have. havs censidsrable familiarity ;t' villa Il tho
& The v:'ss t sas Of s4SssE sssE /: s'es
great m: IT pud%a % OF r1sse 1ss ana rlums NO
Ths now noihoa dnt brought into general u.s IL
this eountrr was Introduced b7 George II. Chris
@ ks2 sssra S y ~; %Ds FIX ~ sss hi PFss E. % ts T. ;st
lB71,, How 1t eans % b. introduced waa that Nj
Christian became sa,teac< tf4tn seeing samples q
4 Ise e sny satont { Il ~ 4 NJ country and
VIII bstoss p;oossaos ia!iSs: assesbe q yoa
r. reality y is not but ha1 bssa publicly ii 10
viii the very u.ehnes whieh Nv W. a.e o now snjoined
from, u.,ng, ~ books Published oser twenty yours
ago, "a will presently show you.
THE THuCRsS CONSISTS
!er!.f thus highly ground bctoro finally fsascins
grinding: Low grinding waa tho method In ainlost
universal 1ao until 1871. Low grinding mcana mo
ns,1gaE :he uppcf .. running mill .one ~ down
rived fFon Tho nr.t grinding, but. y necessarily
q !he wheat tose.her ~ ths embryo, would sdsIs L
rcduccd to such hneness ~ to 20 Into the our and
ases as y t.. e ss sas a Grinding
ihe 1tit grinding 10 gel III Of Tho bIsn ii onco
nn maks =, ,.at 1ts oat !. s,:ibls Necessarily
sat 0Hs so'sa : ens sensstsfa 'sasi1x IL
mixed with small white ORGANIZATIONS OF The Rnin
Gf wheat. whieh. when separated from the ,tnpuri.
hl}nrCA nDlkA N0uF ars fnsf
ration os the iu,porittes from tho purs material
Tho pE1etise Of pHtlfying the material before
Cochrsnce and hia partners claim to have pa,cnk.
lean easIy demonstrate to you tho utterly fraud
allow to ha ILL., process and i. aeas
machinery ars absolutely Indispensable 10 milling
Deprive any n,,l!sr Of shs sshtto use tho procesa
and hs /. a..nsciy ruined. Il ihsse patents fs afs
saSs Il. u o :.s =. p't; s;
uiaJ demand ot Ill sach 4. use ,he piainti}a DE- Dc.
y!tes. learn. lowovst. that they lropo.e To- bo
~ will srcogn!zs the ya,tly oI their patent. for
the moderate aum ot 81 oo0 for eseh run Of .touas,
which fur This city alone aM1untA " Its vast
sust or Sl,.AN.utl
While primarily this great sun would come from
the miileEs. really 1t all comes Out Of the furncr
1nos Interested IL ths defeat of iii. cnotnlty. A.
thers arc over y, 00o runs Of stonua In The 0nted
truly iii. i aoa,ehng tnat thsss pasucs ean Wol
afford to light Tor. au4 II need b. 10 give large
sums 70 friendly defendant to allow I recovery
to 6c had sgainst him. Hut tu return 10 The hIs.
tory .! the introduction ot this system to ths city
and county: In tho year 1871 AF. q, ii. Christian,
who - befo,s e - Nd W. thsn w partner tn sho
Mill y. met With \ FrenehMan named l.acsolx,
who had been several years In tato country, md
VINO bad had SONS experience In milling On tho
saah hsh %h''lsnK prnsipls IN a.s II France. Is had
year lA51, which described the hish milling princl.
pie. and Ehtisllsn ea,glo{ed Lac!ulx 10 build anA
fanss S, ~ 20 Or !rxss yssrs before. II wa
such change ta Hour - to astpn,sh eyeryixs1y
Tue idea OF obiasaiug patent fos any part ot
the naehlbs never entered into Chtlstlau's brain
lie knsT M ~. shs psoess. va old and thai thu
wctu htst patsn&ed, aud hs weut uu ind nut il
several machines Similar to .he nEst ona intro.
duced. II wAs cluulsy sud rule machine and
became satisfied Lat the French must have n,s.
In le7i said to Dir. e. that u he would ~ to Eu-
rope, examine tho best ullls there. ant purchasv
the beat m.Atlianss machines that hr could 6u1
would pay aii h's expenses. lie went, and found
several different machines In operation ip VARIOUS
miIlx. Al tlantIIly, 1t Tho hDe mill Ut Anhs