The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-12
MAKES MONEY FOR MINNESOTA
Irvine Business Would he Good for
knnsas. Too

Topeka, Kan. Feb. n-tSpeciaL) The
special committee consisting Of Hess.n and
Householder OF the senate. and Seaton.
{ Hogue and Crosby Of the house 70 in
I spect the manufacture Irvine In the Mime
sofa state penitentiary returned yester-
day afternoon and recommended that
Kansas go into the Irvine business The
committee paraiyzed the house By break
ing al precedent in making a report the
same year it was appointed and made the
f. trip The financial PROFITS snd prison bene-
I fits were shown In the report as follows:
In ascertaining the net profit realized
from the manufacture OF binding tSiae.
/ there was charged OF each year since ghe
hard fiber plant has been in operation.
fuel light. foreman and expert help re-
( pairs and insurance as vel as the per
/ diem earnings OF prisoners amounting 70
/ 30 cents per day as above stated.
'-One Of the principal Item s0f expenses In
/ any manufacturing industry is that OF
/ fuel. A. Saltwater the fuel = slabs or
I refuse from the sawmiH. This : furnish
/ ed al a cost Of s13s per cord-two cords
probably equal 20 one ton ~ coal This item
/ therefore at the ausas peniientiary may
F Dc reduced 10 a minimum because OF the
/ use OF slack, which Is produced in large
( Quantities at the mine and H,tie used ex-
cept at the penitentiary.
We fad tht the product % this PANT
for the year 1ses was o0o 80 pounIs. and
that with the additional machinery pur-
chased the capacity s. row sna80ao pounds
There = now pending before the the legls-
lGure an appropriation bill providing for
I increased machinery. so THAT when com
pieted the capacity viii BE- increased 70
seo.ooo pounds
The consumption for fhe state 81 Mr.
nes0ta for ISIS was = so atD pounds n ne
operation OF said plant there ~as pr1-
vid=d b. the legislature a fuud q 49,
CO. called a revolving fund which gsa
used exclusively f0T the purchasing x
raw material and Tor carrying rhe manu-
featured product rntB soid g. tas rul-
clous Use o. this fund &c hss lnc-esref
fron the original sum % $4,000 - over
80 80 exclusive Ct g. 90 expended f,s
addiyicraI machinery
IN cur conference WITH IRE warden tne
following question sas pr0p0undsI 10
IT; VIII you kindly =tate the uanuer
0f srcz.rE Of the productg T 2hsch
ne ,sp.-et When We frst cgran7e 1aeI
ms 1ufacrUrirE tWlae. We 4tfen1utH8 ~
dispose ~ Il hy Distributing direct e. tn
cJrsIner. We soon discovered. Eo,Fege-.
ina, Il ne Irvine plan. wa 20 be kept
lp5n business basis and 1s zrNa as
sure. 4 was necessary 80 adopt aons
on. method We have Hnce disposed ~
a large rar- O. eara years product
,arouzh che local dealers 90 ire farmers
T1.s has gwen excellent satisfaction every
Complaint Was made srsor 20 -aa ysz~ -.
some frictlen vas caused lass season IS
reason u ne s1teu r.se 10 the gr.ce q
E5er ard ,wlae eecazieaed - sh- var .a
ire Pa. Dplne Islands. IN consequence -
tle za15en ri=e - price every f1-mer n
ne state - M-1ueso.a roa~ts8-s rrat -s
would senI 20 re pr=Ja ans ar-rsre s.s
vine and b a slrris day 80 orders ~
trsne. accompanied ~ -1e cazz wsre rt-
c=set a. tns prison. sgxrszasiaz 5000
plgads w1i-- AZ tse tire -H4 5rs5a 90.
t1o-. - wsrs u1sele - e. Tna Cstrse-
rl1z ~ The produce - 11cai dealers tr
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% IRE Irvine - three rsss8-s Frst be-
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