Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-03
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Anderson Co q Factory Can
!. OF Supply the Demand ii
for It's Products.
H]|ILIIRR,o7V'S.
IS NOW IAKus
Finds no Difficulty atthis Place
IN Competing With Other
". Manufacturers "a

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H.. Manufacturers #
A. NJ FRI y. $50 = 1900 !.
"A epreeenta tive OF the Transcript
paid q visit to The Anderson COM
pany factory Tuesday afternoon and
found every piece u machinery c.'n.,
nected with 1t running at full speed
in the manufacture Of harrsIwss
Since Jan: Is. the factory has been
engaged In this work, and although
the crew has been working over
time ever ince this work begun. the
firm will be unable to supply the de-
mand TOR it's product A carload Of
harrows every five days has been the
average for the past six weeks,
somethinR over ipur hundred har-
rows being turned out, aid that
number Ia onlv a portion OF Whist
could be sold Il the Arm could make
them.
Unlike the sleds and wagons this
l. firm makes, these harrOws are not !
their o wn patent, but are tbe"B 60"
ha row. with a few minor improve
ments upon which the patent has ex-y
pired and " hich ia now manufactured
BY several concerns. Itisi In three Sec
lions, and Ia made by the AndersOns
96 feet in width 1t 10 the ODlv
wooden frame harrow that gives
general satisfaction. - ,a..
Lars NJ. Anderson, who has charge
of the fact DRY work. stated that the
firm expected to work on harrows
for the next three weeks, and that
the total output Of this farm imp'e-
ment for this sc son would he about
70O. II the season 10 late they may.
run Tor a longer time, but az the use
of this implement is generally in the
month OF April and the first part Of
May the dealers handling them
would want them delivered not
later than April 1. III. MANAGER Of
one of the leading farm implement
homes In the state wa In the city
: a few days ago and actually begged
a the Arm to sell him q carload Of
their harrows, but orders were In
ahead Of him for much more than
they could make, SO his request had
to be refused. The st. Paul Impie-
. ment company handles considerable
OF the output Of the Anderson FAC
tory. and carload Of arrows,
shipped ont Monday; vas c0nsigaed
to that concern. Y" = y e wv
Az soon ~ the work ceases on
harrows the factory will begin work
on farm wagons, but will make only
q limited number this season, about
100 or p.,ssibly few more. =.
speaking about competing with
other factories In the manufacture Of
wagons Mr.. Anderson said: 1--WE are
now able to compete with any firm
In the northwest in any article we
have machinery to make. While at
Moorhead we only made harrows
one season, as we could not compete
with Othe~ makers while located
there. 1t is different now. Raw
material comes to US about One-third
cheaper than it did at Moorhead by
reason of high freight rates and other
difficulties. Power here ia cheaper,
labor is cheaper and in fact every
condition is more favorable here
than at our former location. 1t
costs g man as much almost to keep
warm 10 Moorhead as 1t does Tor bis
entire living here"
The output Of sleighs from the
Anderson factory last season was
about 1910 set. A much larger num-
Der could have been sold II they had
been ready when the season opened,
hut as the factory was only built
last summer and some delay was ex-
perienced In getting the machinery
into place thew were delayed In their
work and the output Of sleds was
cut down considerably thereby. >
Az soon az the wagons are com.
pleted the firm will again turn its at
rentiou to the manufacture Of sleds,
and last seasons number will be
doubled. The AndersOn's make 81
sleds is In no danger from com
petition. Their sleds are recognized
as leaders all over the northwest fol
1lrst.class material and workman
ship, and the design, which is theil
own patent. is such that it gives thu
firm q decided advantage in com
petition with all other sleds on th'
market. e5g -. ,...s-.rt,.. 80
So far the factory has only been IL
operation days. with several hour
overtime work put in by the crew
during the last several weeks. "A
new machinery was being constantly
added. It was impossible to operal,