The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
Irvine Notes.

Irvine Notes.
With two exceptions the Irvine sent
out by the GREAT WEST proved ex-
tremely satisfactory. In two in
stances there were either errors or
failure to provide the required quail
ity. Some 100000 pounds were sent
out-and if we had entered the move
ment earlier the amount would have
been much greater. We speak OF this
for the reason that we did not enter
the trade for selfish interests. Less
than one-eighth OF a cent per Id. paid
all expenses, and the business was
done wholly by telegraph, and the
sample expense was heavy one.
Irvine will be much cheaper next
year. Manila has already dropped,
and sisal is down to less than SIC.
The cost of the raw material is
knocked down by the fact that the
immense investments in that crop in
Yucatan and. the PHILIPPINES "got
left.''
We do not have any more conf
dence in the prison manufacture of
Irvine now than we had a year ago.
AS to that Irvine junket'' of Hall
and Lathrop, our readers all know
our opinion of that. One thing was
certain, the Executive Committee
then in session was not nsulted,
nor was any accounting ever render
ed to the public. 1t was a personal
arrangement between Hall, Lathrop
and the Governor. We expect but
little to result from the prison expert
ment. But we do hope that it will be
otherwise. One trouble is that the
salaries are as great to run one "sys-
TEN" as five. Let us hope, however,
for fair treatment.
The Des Moines Factory is now
turning out a Irvine made from
slough grass ("slew'' grass. 1t is
\ larger than hemp or jute. The
manufacturers have induced three of
the harvesters to adopt their knot
ters'' to this Irvine.
Wire baled hay is not rated so
high in the market as rope-baled,
though the California balers are u.s.
ing wire largely.
The Cordage Trade journal is do
ing a good work in scattering infor-
nation on Irvine throughout the
country.
Xenia, Ohio, is to have new Irvine
works. The foundations OF the fac
tory are now laid, and the building
is being pushed to completion.
A new Irvine factoryis incorporated
at Chicago, with capital OF $685.
900.
The Cordage Company, at Shirley,
Mass, are charging their works.
A new silk fibre has been developed
by Nayemura SALES.--FUTURE, of Omi,
Japan. from a wild hemp (yachyo).
Now for adulterated silks.
Baltimore comes to the front with
a new Irvine factory, incorporated
two weeks since Capital 100000.
These new factories will make the
trust turn pale.
The new-ibre mill at Riverside,
Mass, was wrecked by a mysterious
explosion on August 1st
The only letter we have received
from any member of the labor Or
CARNATIONS in reference to the alli-
ance ticket, comes to us this week,
with name (Smith) too common to
locate, and no street address. 1t is
too full of "bile" to be useful against
the ticket, as it was unquestionably
designed to be, and we will publish
but a single sentence. The entire let
ter is undoubtedly prompted by a
personal hostility to Mr.. Owens, and
is doubtless the offspring Of some
ward politician:
''He puts himself at the head of the
state after five years residence, as an
ex-farmer, when he never farmed, was
a dry goods clerk in Toledo and after
wards in Chicago, and came here to
run a paper with 100000 circulation
when he prints only $4,000"
Now, this particular Mr.. John
Smith makes a mistake in writing
this to us. This paper is not con-
Quoting crusade against Mr.. Owens,
or the alliance ticket. It is fighting
the gang which is trading it off for
the lucre OF the Great Ring!
Mr.. Owens can probably take are