Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-04
IN Important .ftd for Farmers.
Saltwater Lumberman.

Happening in at the Office of Seymour,
Sabin, q Co., Wednesday morning, our at
tention was called to the number of orders
received by mail that morning, for Min
nesota Chief Threshers. Single orders came
for ten machines; there were two for two
each. The entire number of machines
ordered amounted to thirty, and the orders
were all from Minnesota and Iowa, except
two. This led to inquiries as to the bust
ness of the firm, and we gathered some facts,
that may be of interest to our readers
EXTENT OF THE BUSINESS.
On the day before our call there had been
shipped Is machines, and the entire number
shipped this season, up to that hour. had
been 424, while more were then ready for
the cars, making the seasons shipments. up
to Wednesday night, 432. The number of
sales this season has been something over
600 machines, about ITO orders remaining
yet to be filed. No business day of late has
brought orders for less than Is machines,
and the selling season has just fairly open
ed. The prospect now is that three, and per-
haps four machines will be wanted by
agents for every one that can possibly be
supplied.
MERITS OF THE MINNESOTA CHIEF.
The letter files of the firm give conclusive
evidence that the Minnesota Chief sells on
on its merits to a remarkable degree. In
places where single machines are once in
operation, there is at once a demand for
more. In sections where the Minnesota
Chief is introduced agents almost invariably
report that the representatives of other
threshlng machine firms are cutting down
and cti11 tho Hhiaf 81,
and much more rapidly than it can be sup
piled. The Saltwater firm is now building
more threshers than any other house in the
country save one.
Sales are rapid in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Kentucky, Texas, and Kansas. In the last
State it is believed that the number of the
Minnesota Chiefs sold is more than double
the number of sales of any other thresher,
and if all orders could be filled the sale of
the Chief would be greater than the sales OF
all other machines, introduced in the State
combined. The Minnesota Chief is already
an established favorite with farmers who
have seen it in Oregon, and the foundation
of a large business has been laid there.
Proposals have been made to the firm, by
New York house, looking to the introduc-
ton of the Minnesota Chief in New Zealand
and Australia, and arrangements for the first
shipment will probably be closed ere this
article reaches the eye of the reader. Bust
ness with those distant markets will be done
entirely on cash basis. Reports from
Iexas, Illinois, Kentucky, and all winter
! wheat regions where the thresher is now in
operation, indicate that the demand another
year will be far in excess of the demand the
present season, and the shrewdest may well
hesitate before fixing limit for the future
growth Of the business of manufacturing the
Minnesota Chief.
PAST GROWTH.
The record of the past few years shows
conclusively how satisfactory the Chief has
proved in operation. In 1875 there were
manufactured 5 machines. The next veal
l25 were made. In 1877 the number reach.
ed 3l2. It was intended to double that
number this year, but the pressure of de.
maud will COMPEL the firm to do much more
than that, and even then majority of ap
plicants will be obliged to wait. The firm
will, however, fill all orders that it con-
tracts to fill, and all who are promised
threshers by responsible representatives OF
the concern will get them. The growth OF
business based on the merit of the threshe1
has been fostered by such judicious manage
ment as insures the future.
The eighth annual meeting of the Meeker
county Bible society was held in Litchield
on the both ult. The treasurer's repor,
showed T162.17 worth of books on hand,
1922 worth of books sold, and S4.95 worth
donated during the year. Officers were ap.
pointed for the ensuing year, interesting re
marks made by several, and the society ad
adjourned to meet in the Presbyterian church
next June,