The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-10
An Important Hid for Farmers.
Saltwater Lumbermen. I

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Happening in at the office Of Seymour,
sapin y Co., Wednesday morning, our at
tentlon 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
machines each, and four for one car load
each, The entire number of machines
ordered amounted to thirty, and the orders
were all from Minnesota and Iowa. excent
two. This led to inquiries as to the bust
ness Of the firm, and we gathered sone
facts that may be of interest to our readers
| EXTENT OF THE BUSINESS.
On the day before our call there had been
shipped IL machines, and the entire number
shipped this season, up to that hour, had beer
424, while more were then ready for the
cars, making the season 3 shipments, ND to
Wednesday night, 4S2. The number OF
sales this season has been something over
600 machines, about It's orders REMAINING
yet to be filled. No business day of late has
brought orders for less than Is machines
and an the selling season has just fairly opened
The prospect now is that three, aud perhaps
tour machines will be wanted by agents fol-
| every one thai 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 it's merits to a remarkable degree. IN
! places where single machines are once in
operation, there is at once demand TO,
more In sections where the Minnesota
| Chief is introduced, agents almost invariabI,
report that the representatives of othe1
threshing machine firms are cutting down
on prices, and still the Chief sells steadily
and much more rapidly than it can be SUP
| piled. The Saltwater firm is now bnildins
more threshers than any other house in th,
country save one.
Sales are rapid in Ohio, Indiana. Michigan
Kentucky, Texas, and Kansas In the las
State it is believed that the number of til,
Minnesota Chiefs sold is more than doubl,
the number of sales of any other thresher
and fall orders could be filled the sale Of
! the Chief would be greater than the sales O.
all other machines, introduced in the State
| combined. The Minnesota Chief is ALREADY
an established favorite with farmers whs
! have seen it in Oregon, and the foundation
of a large business has been laid there
Proposals have been made to the firm, b,
| a 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 eve OF
the reader. Business with those distant
markets will be done entirely on cash basis
Reports from Texas, Illinois, Kentucky, and
all winter wheat regions where the thresher
| is now in operation, indicate that the de-
mand another year will be far in excess OF
the demand the present season, and the
shrewdest may well hesitate before fixing a
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 machines. The next veal
20 were made. In 1877 the number reach
ed BIZ. 1t was intended to double thai
number this year, but the pressure of de
mand 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 thresher
has been fostered by such judicious manage
ment as 1nsures the future.