Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-21
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81 said: 4 have it at last. I've
something now that'll beat the fric-
ton. Pve something that will
make more furrow than land Mill
ers will understand that expression.
| went to Senator Isaac M. Barret,
of Greene county, Ohio, a Quaker,
and told him | had something that
would give him all the middlings
he wanted, now, and would i'm
prove his flour from fifty cents to a
dollar barrel. He owned the
Spring Valley Mills, and he told me
to go to work and renovate his
whole mill on my principle. l did
so, and the first shipment of flour
to Baltimore after that was of one
hundred barrels, eighty Of my new
process and twenty of the old.
They sold the new at 81 barrel
more than the old would bring.
81 wanted to get more indenta-
tions, more burrows. Now my pro-
cess isn't cold blast on Minnesota
flour, or anything of that sort. l
use diamond quartz in the face of
the stone instead of the mill-pick.
That's it in a nutshell. The rub
bing Of a sharp diamond quartz on
the stone makes the indentations,
instead OF having its life crushed
out. 1t costs nearly one. third less
than the old method of picking, and
it makes as good flour out of No. 2
wheat as can be made out of No. l
by the old way. The only secret
about it is how the diamond quartz
is applied. / have put my improve
ment in a few mills in this country.
Penfield q Lyons and Darston and
Royce g. Doolittle, Ames & Co, of
0swego, and a firm in Buffalo, and
a few others have it. l took about
100000 in this country before l
met Mr.. Appleby, of Appleby &
Sons, of Blackburn, England. He
was visiting in this country and
heard of my process. He wanted
me to go over and putt on for him.
| did SO last July, and that started
the ball in the old country. l sold
Lincolnshire to, Marshall & Sons, OF
Grimsby, for e14,O00-the neat
little sum of 75,00O-that is, l
sold it as agent for my wife, Mrs,
Elizabeth Jones, who owns the
whole thing. l sold the town of
Hull for $4,000; sold 10 Davis &
Sons at New Castle -on-Tyne -four
counties for $77,5OO. Davis & Sons
turn out more -four than any firm
in Great Britain, and they use my
method. They paid me for the use
of their Phoenix mill alone 92000
| | sold Penzance inCornwall-on the.
Sea for e1G00. Three milling firms
in Liverpool have it, and they have
it in Fordingbridge and Dover, anC
Kent and Birkenhead, all to the
tune Of 81, ,25O,0O0."
Here Mrs. Jones announced thai
the mail had come in. Heres q
letter for you from Glasgow" she
said.
"Glasgow!" said Mrs. Jones,
"thats what I've been waiting for.
1t is from my agent" and Mr.
Jones read:
"26 QUEEN BUILDINGS, DALE STREET
LIVERPOOL, May 7-Mr. -, OF Glas
gov, offers $4,000, and l have accept
ed"
That's a fair sum-" he added
"The last day was in London
made one sale of e75O0. Yes,
went to Ireland, and the Shackle
tons took it. Thos. Lester & Sons
of Liverpool, say / am a benefactol
to the human race, and they have
proposed the very absurd thing oI
erecting a monument in my
honor"
Z" How about the future, Mr.
Jones2"
"I don't propose to sell much in
the United States now. l cam
bother with this countryl l an
here to improve my patents, an(
the work is being mainly done in
Utica and Rochester. The Munsor
Brothers, in the former city, arr
preparing my machinery, and | ex
pect to sail for Liverpool a week
from Saturday. ! shall go through
France and Germany. tell you
sir, there is millions more in i
than have yet got"