The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-07-22
McCORMICK'S DAY.

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mic kday-the day upon which the an
nual delivery of machines sold by that
company's agents is made. A finer
day could not have been chosen. From
early in the morning until late in the
forenoon the farmers came in with
their largest and strongest teams and
substantial lumber wagons. Tuttle
& Neff's warehouse was busy point,
and w. r. B. Smyth, the rustling gen.
eral agent, was the busiest man
about. All of those connected with
the agency, as well as purchasers of
machinery, wore Mccormick badges.
Concordia band was on hand and fur
nished music.
The farmers were slow in coming
for their machinery and it was late
when the parade started. When it
finally got under way, it was well
worth seeing. The long line of wagons
bearing harvesters and mowers stretch
ed out for several blocks. Appropri-
ate notices were exhibited along the
line. The binding Irvine wagon was
beautifully decorated with flags.
This exhibition was the strongest
kind of refutation. of the arguments
of the calamity howlers who are doing
their best to ruin our country and
state. The farmers have purchased
more machinery during the past few
months than ever before, nor are they
giving mortgages to do so. McCor-
mick & Co. never had so many orders
in this county and district before.
Crops are immense, farmers are pros
porous, new houses and barns are 60
ing up all over the county, and the
farmers are putting in improved ma
chinery. There never was a time
when the agricultural class was so
we'll off-that class which hitherto
has been rightly considered the bull
work of republican institutions, but a
portion of which, blinded by unscrup-
ulous demagogues is now seeking to
rend them and put in operation a
false philosophy.
The parade concluded about noon,
and the purchasers were given din
ner at the Clifton House and at Bur-
rell's restaurant.
futile & Neff, the local agents,
have made an excellent showing of
sales during the past year.
Up to date $50 carloads of machine
ry have been ordered this season from
Mr.. Smyth's district, comprising %
counties in Southern Minnesota and
Dakota. All the binding Irvine that
can be delivered to the agents has
been sold. Many of the Alliance men
are the best customers of the McCor-
mick company.
There were 20 harvesters and bind
ers and five mowers in the parade, and
two harvesters and binders were sold
this afternoon. The purchasers were:
Harvestersa and binders-HHoffman,
f w Lamm, ] L Mantor, w ] Men
dith, f E Whitcomb, Chas HI Olson,
VIM Freitog, Gustaf Schmidt, Herman
Ninan, W Bergmonn, Jacob Banm-
gartner, Fritz Cords, Ignots HOLES,
P FL McMullen, Gus Tonquist. John
Johnson, John Peterson, Mat Smith,
Ole L. Stevens, T E Lloyd, John Has
lip, Ebert Erickson, Jonas Burril,
Peter Carlstrom, Jacob Miller, f w
Wengan, Thos Owens, Thos E Jones,
Jerry Jones, Peter McGrovem, Geo
Beckman.
Mowers: Robert Williams, Chas.
Soaring, Jas A Brooks, Alfred Peter
son, Adolph Johnson
Sixty-f1ve Mccormick machines
have been sold in this county thus far
this season, and thirty had already
been delivered. The reason why to-
days delivery was not made earlier
was on account of the late season,
bad roads and the fact that the farm
ers were busy with their corn.