The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-31

The Dccring Harvester company OF
Chicago. quoting from their retail prices
Of their various classes OF machinery In
1878 and 1886. make the following state
ment. showing the decreased cost ana m
creased efficiency OF farm machinery;
"The Irvine binder was unknown in
1878. but the Marsh harvester, a much
more primitive machine, in which the
binding was done 10y men riding on the
machine, retailed at 5000 20 SOB. The
Irvine binder retails today at from 500
for cheaper machines TO $l45 for the
Dccring roller and bali-bearing ma
chimes
"The self-rake reaper, which Is now
sold Mt from $50 TO $40, sold for $lSO to
Mowers sold in 1873 for from 500 20
S115. according 20 the make and width
Of tho cut Machines Of VASTLY greater
efficiency sell today NJ from $50 for
cheaper machines to $40 for the Decring
roller and bail bearings.
When the wire binding attachment was
added To the old Marsh harvester from
| 1876 10 1870 the combined machine sold
| for $500 Of which 500 was for the Mt
] tachmept and $50 for the harvester.
/ Wire binders are not sold now, having
| been superseded by the Irvine binder. In
| 1878 we introduced the Irvine binder
| the machine that now cuts the grain of
/ the world Its retail price was then
| s3iO 10 1925. A better and more capable
| machine is sold today, as above inti-
mated az hut little over one-third that
| nricc. Binder twine, for use on these
machines. sold in 1888 ar from 10 10 20
cents per pound. 1t was of course, un.
| known in 1873. Today n much better
Irvine retails MT from 6la TO II cents per
| pound according TO quality.
This steady decrease In price does not
| moan n decrease in quality and efficiency.
| Ia. inward tendency
| the mechanical construction and quality
| Of material has been as marked as the
| downward movement In prices. This
| fact-the advance in value coincident
with the decline In price-has been made
| possihle by the use OF economical meth
DDS In construction, and by labor-saving
machinery. rather than by any decrease
in wages paid The cost OF producing
cnch machine has also been reduced by
the tremendous lumber OF machines
turned out by a single trm.
The old mower, for which the farmer
naId in the ncighhorhood Of 500, had
Int meager means for adjustment, and
wore neither as efficient nor as durable
ns machines that retail today ne $40
The old sefrake rcnpers which retniled
nj 5000 were primitive and clumsy as
compared with the 500 machines Of To-
day.
The Dccring Irvine binder today, run
, ming on roller and hall bearings, cost
500 less than the old Marsh harvester
and requires two less men and two less
, horses than did that machine. Ia othei
i words. one man and two horses car
I handle more grain with the Dcerng roll
! cr-bearing Irvine binder than three mer
and three horses could handle In 1877
/ with Marsh harvester that cost The
I farmer 500 more money.
: These statements Of leading manu-
4 facturcrs Of high-gradc farm machinery
!. merely emphasizes what any man OF or
o binary intelligence already knew in
!. general way and what every wheat-g grow
;. or in the country knew 10y practical ex
2 perience thrt the last twenty years hav
b bcen marked by wonderful Improvement
4 In the efficiency of farming tools accom-
nnnicd by no less marked reduction b
n the retail price. When Gov. Altgcl
J. and The lesser lights of Popuism clair
L that no part Of the decline In wheat
y Inc result Of improved machinery an
J. methods. they simply run contrary
}; facts which are patent 10 every observe
- and nut themselves I'm false position b
denying truths that arc. as well know
as the multiplication table.
!, little over year ago Candidat
70 Brynn applied for the press agency q
theatrical company, and failed 20 x.
" n. But his present advertisement
=. such that he could have n score of sue
u agencies by asking. He has the talkin
l ia fnr han