Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-06-09
MACHINERY AT TIE FAIR.
GREAT PROGRESS SHOWN IN
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.


chlnery one OF the Most I'm.
portant E xhlbits-Tho
Northwest Well
Represented.
The display of agricultural machinery
In the southeast corner of the agricultural
ralacc of the Columbian exposition is
considered by those who have invcsti-
gated and examined the similar exhibits
at the Paris and Centennial expeditions
rs the finest ever made. 1t covers IL
wide area of the first floor and yet the
space to each exhibitor is limited, and
in most eases intentionally SO. Tho
confidence inspired in most Americans
that no other nation can compete with
,hen, in the variety and excellence of
contrivanccs for tightening the toll of the
tiller of the soil and in incr easing the
or. has led them to make the most pos
sible of their resources In this exhibit.
The great and worldwide known man
ufactMrcrs of agricultural machinery have
each the largest amount of spnce allotted
to them. while the lesser lights have
ed limit of floor space. These large firms
limit themselves to that class Of ma
cbinery in which they expect to excel
their competitors. Nearly every company
manufactures very many machines which
they do not exhibit Mt all because some
and world naturally have the best chance
of coming ont first in the competition.
No other nation has attempted to enter
the lists against the United States except
Germany in the matter of drill secders and
a few other minor displays of machinery
which vrN .,.sn,,lt,rn rx ,..-1t
scale. The United States exhibitors in
this section. however. fear no competi-
ton in foreign countries, because as they
say. I'VE have met all the other nations
on neutral ground i'll the actual com
petition of foreign trade, and the superior
ity. adaptability aud durability of our
innchincs have so demonstrated them
selves that we have experienced no
trouble in selling them. cven where the
natural aptitude of the buyer f,vors some
nationality other than the Yankee" The
skill of the American in adapting tho
nest means Of reaching IL required end
ana Of de!vising all sorts of machinery
for tightening toll has made him master
IN the production Of all kinds of agricul-
t!nrai m%acliLcry. Nature and surround.
lngs have aided the American largely in
this work. The farmer here has had to
IN large areas and 10 do it US chcaply
into competition with those produced by
she cheap labor of all nations. Cheap
ness and amount of produce have been
the two problems which have confronted
nm. II result has been that labor
SAVING machinery was a necessity. Skill
The rest. The outcome was that Amer.
lean agricultural machinery obtains the
preference in every market where IL is
Known. mot Il man the other day who
mad travelled for a leading agricultural
Iiacilnery house in every state and M
nor upon tho American continent MS nm
agent for the sale of their goods. Al"
said that liz found no competitors worth
mentioning save his own cvuntrv,n.n
IN Chile. Argentine Republic, Tara.,inv'
Uruguay; Brazil. Mexico. and Canada.
ne 1ouid mat American machinery had
49, .he pace OF all foreign makes and
lie said that there was an increase in his
Inc Of trade every year. You, PERHAPS"
said he would not believe. ..hut / have seen
as flne fields of wheat in Argentine Re-
puhlic as the sun ever slionc upon. 1t
Mas being cut by American Irvine binders.
me demand for American made headers
Is incoming very large on account of the
sInickness in which grain ripens, and I
look to see them in use there altogether
before many years clapsc."
In looking over the exhibit, as n WHOLE.
1t Will be noticed that there has been
much pride taken i'll the appearance of
the machinery. There is nickel plating
everywhere. plenty of paint and varnisi,
and an abundance of the finest quality
of hardwoods in the construction. This
trick has been learned rather late in the
day by exhibitors in foreign countries
who come in competition with all kinds
OF agricultural machinery with silver
%mountings and mahogoney finish. These
foreigners are generally of the opinion
that agricultural AZ well as all other ma
Nhinery should shine like a new dollar
and remind the observer of the interior
furnishings of IL of the palaces of the
Hohcnzollern's: consequently, American
machinery has often been at n disad,
vantage in many expositions. The United
States is not to be outlonc. however. in
that regard, at this exposition. Every
thing is secured up until you can sec
yourself in it. and nickel plating ran be
found upon almost every Imaginable ma
chine. even down to = potato digger and
appearance has not been attended to by
Americans in other exhibits. much to
their disadvantage when compared to the
displays of the foreigners.
Another fact il extremely noticeable
in looking over the exhibit az n whole.
The principal aim in the construction Of
ten years seems to have been to secure
lightness. strength and durability, some
times at the expense of effectiveness and
economy of power. All machinery as
mHch as possible is being constructed out
of steel. which gives strength and light
ness rs compared with wood. The old
plan of casting in iron all the heavier
portions of machinery. especially the
framework. is going out of fashion, and
brightly polished or brilliantly painted
steel is taking its place. This gives
strength md durability. no less than light
ness. The wonderful advances made in
the cheap production of steel in the
United States during the last decade
have made the adoption of steel in the
manufacture of machinery no less than
IN the construction of buildings. almost
as cheap as iron. To understand the
advances in farm machinery construction,
one has but to examine the original Wood
moving machine now upon exhibition
there. and then look at the latest pattern
Of mowers manufactured by that firm.
The frame work of the old machine is
constructed entirely of wood and cast.
'ings. While the new model, with the
exception of the tongue evcner and whip
pie trees. is constructed altogether of
steel. This is equally true of all ngricul-
tnral machinery which is now upon ex-