Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-23
THETwENE TRUST FOlLTD.
Com piete ana Effective Solution OF n
Question in which Ar Farmers
Are EnGerexgaH.

Several days ago the Associated Press dis
patches noticed that o twine trust had been
formed. The following from the Quincy Wig
shows how that scbome has been foiled Tho
Mccormick self-b,ndor has process whereby
wire Is used in place OF twine. and tho solution
Is eminonily satisfactory 70 both the farmer pa
irons and the manufacturers OF this Wel-snoWn
mscbine:
While driving down from La Grange yestor-
day q representative OF the Wig noticed 4 hsr-
vesting machine working In the tall sedge grass
along the Mississippi bottoms. Curiosity ied TO
an Investigation. The men who were operating
the mschine were az first not disposed 70 furnish
any information, but careful inquiry developed
several very important facts which will have
much 20 DO with atlordng d complete solution OF
the twine question.
The machine was Mccormick self binder,
exactly such ~ Is used on s00,J0l farms In this
country. except for one slight change. II was
supplied with q simple device, whereby 6ire IN
stead OF tWine was used for binding. his de-
vice has recently been perfected. and is now
being thoroughly tested. The men who were
operating the machine yesterday stated that
they hat been at Work with Il Ia the ueld Tor
several wo36s, cutting aud binding tail sedgo
grass, and the most thorough tests had failed %
reveal single defect. Ia fact, it
works 20 perfection. II has tied
acres without miss. and is, II possible. moro
certain than twine would be under the sano con-
ditions. This improvement weighs Ave pounds.
IL can be applied by any farmer In n moments
time aud q Mccormick tWine-oinder can De
changed TO q wire-blnder. All thero u OF TINS
device Ia wire-tS ister which is supplied in
place Of tho knotter now used Oh the Mccormick.
In looking at the machine even an export could
not detect any change, excepting that
two spoOi5 OF wire had taken the place
Of tho hnll 0f. t9ine. The wOtkmen said
yesterday that the twlster Is the same watch vas
40 osuccessully used on the McCormick ioe many
years before the Ia reduction OF twlre. ho
company q now masTg this improved device
and will meet all demands as far as possible Tor
the approaching harvest, and before the con-
mcncoment OF the second harvest can have %0.-
coo of them on the market II ne,essory. The
same guarantee Is given with this device az with
tho old wiro- binder and the twlne- binder nov
in use.
"1nis interchangeable machine places tho
farmer in an absolutely indspendcnt position.
Iron, from which the binding wire Is msdc. Is
produced at homo and cannot bo cOrnerSd In
few months tue W'rc-mils OF thrs country could
maze enough wire % bind egery bundle OF wheat
in this country, and DOT single peuDd of twns
need be used. should tho prices OF twine de-
cline, as they naturally would, when the demand
was cut oil. and the farmer again wish 10 use
twine. he can change his binder in ono minute
from wire To twine. In othor words, this simple
device gives him complete and ebaoiute mastery
Of the situation. In coming haryests he can re-
duce the demand for tEino moro tnan one nalf.
and still be n a position 10 use either wire or
twine at Will