St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-21
A PRIZE WE OUGHT TO WIN.
Competitive Exhibition of FIou
Mill Machinery in Chill.


The congress of Chilli has made an
appropriation for competitive exhibi-
ton of flour mill machinery, which is
to be opened at Santiago, Chilli. next
November, under the auspices of the
CHILEAN Society for the Promotion of
Manufactures. The prize of 100000
$4,000 will be awarded the successful
competitor, whatever his country, by
jury of experts.
To facilitate exhibitions. the society
above named offers to pay the freight on
machines sent and all the costs of test
ing them: also secOnd-clasS passage to
Chill and return for the man sent to
set up and work the machine. This
liberal offer seems likely to draw into
competition the most perfect flour mill
machinery to be found in Europe or the
United States; and, aside from the
prize offered, the manufacturers will
have an opportunity of well introducing
their machinery into the CHILEAN mar
ket.
The government of Chill rightly ap-
preclates the Importance of her wheat
and flour industry, for Chilli ranks
among the great wheat-eXporting coun-
tries of the world, her wheat exports to
Europe exceeding 100000 bushels in
1887; it seems desirable to increase
the -four exports, which are al
lean ports and the islands of
the Pacific. 1t is for this reason
that the Chliian congress has made a
liberal appropriation for competitive
exhibit of -four mill machinery. With
unlimited water power in Chill there
seems no reason why much of the wheat
shipped abroad may not be first made
into flour; the best practical machinery
for mrking flour is necessary, and this
exhibition will demonstrate which is
the best to buy.
AT the present time there are about
$50 flour mills in Chill; but of those,
three-fourths have only one set of
stones. The largest flour mills in Chill
have sixteen sets OF stones; but of the
more advanced type there are only
steel rollers for crushing wheat instead
of grinding it between millstoneS; these
are of very recent construction.
From the earliest times, grinding
wheat between two stones has been the
universal system until 1875, when the
roller system of crushing wheat was in
troduced at Buda-Pesth, in Hungary.
The advantages of this new cylinder
system over the old milestone system
were so evident that the new system
was introduced at Minneapolis in 1879,
and is now in general use throughout
the country.
1t would seem that our American
manufac turerS of flour mill machinery
will now have fair chance of supply
ing several hundred flour mills in Chill
with the most improved machinery:
and. certainly, the arrangements for a
competitive trial have been literally
provided by the Gillian government for
those desiring to compete.
1t is needless to remark that this coun-
try, which is the finest wheat and flour
country in the world, ought to win the
prize for -four mill machinery; but it
will be safe to assume that European
manufacturers will put forth their best
efforts to WIN the prize at the San
tiago exhibition next December.
and with it a new and
growing foreign market for their
machinery. Consequently, American
manufacturers must not spare any effort
if they would successfully compete. For
further information they can apply to
the legation of Chill in Washington or
to the consulate of Chill in Boston, or to
Gen. r. w. johnson, st. Paul.