The Princeton union., 1900-10-18

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But that it not all. The farmers
found, when they came to get this
twine and compare IT with other COM
mercial twine, that they were not get
ting 1t as cheap as they could set it
from their local dealers. When the
came to compare the quality OF the
from the penftentiary with the c,ua'ity
of the twine that they were getting
from the commercial dealers, they
found that it was more expensive.
Hence there was a great deal Of dissat-
isfaction, and no one this year has
heard Of second order being sent by
the same farmers to saltwater for
twine. It was not the same kind of
Etwfne that they had been able to get
before under the old lion.
I'll Now, we have at the present time Q
dead loss to the state Of from S35, 900 to
$40. 900. but what will be The conse-
quences next year? What is the seri-
Gus question in regard to this tWhe
plant !? Why, we must dispose Of the
manufactured twine every year or it
will result in
a ID sad Loss to the state.
And want to say right here that the
Irvine plant has got a. great many
enemies in this state. Not only amongst
the tWine manufacturers Of the United
States, but the wholesale dealers IN
ttwine in this state, and they are a
powerful factor. Then there is another
class OF people that do not look upon
the success Of 81 this tWine plant with
any degree OF kindness, and that is
the local dealers In this article. Let it
be known in this state that the twine
plant is not able to carry Its own
weight and you will hear q howl go
up from all over the state Sand from
the laboring men Of the city; for the
latter class Of people do not ook With
any degree Of Kindness on this plant
because they. say it, comes In conpeti
stion with their affairs, and the only
reason why vel have been able to make
appropria ations and carry this plan on
successfully is because we could show
3to an absolute certainty the falsity OF
the arguments made against ~ and
say, See what a grand success we
have made8out Of it. It was not only
manufacturing the tWine at prices from
! 8 to 5 cents below other commercial
tWine, butt was actually hetter than
that and making al large clear profit to
the state every year.
Better and Cheaper Twine ana
ss Profit to the State.
s. Now, Warden w offer. when he was
before the investigating commit tteeE two
years ago, which was appointed by
the Legislature to @ investigate the
charges that Gov. 81 Lind ana tl,ers
made, testified under oath that the
twine plant had made in 1897 clear
profit above all expenses of over $4S. 600.
I want to say, also, that the prison
labor Is charged up to the twine at so
cents day. The farmer who gets the
stWine pays for that. and the wear and
tear Of the machinery Is taken out and
considered IN making these figures;
but when you take all this out we had
made a clear profit IN 1897 OF over
$48, 900. s.
In 1898 we % anufactured about
4, 900 900 pounds Of tWine, paid the
prison institution 80 cents day for
the days employed III making that
E5tWine, and paid for the 4 wear and tear
of the machinery and cleared and put
into the state treasury over sS7, 600 in
tlean, cold cash. SO, Ia two years-I
cannot trace the whole history, because
II would be too lengthy in two years
we had made twine IN the State OF Min
nesota and sold 1T to the farmers al
from 3 to a and even s 6zceflts a,apcund
less than the commercial twirlc was
sold for and cleared for the state more lore.
than $130, 900, and Ia the time since the
plant was organized and established
I'VE have mad over 5000, 900 Ia cold cash
X ryyne5
first day Of August one year ago.
Poor Quality, III iR IN Price and Loss
to the Stat
Now what is the condi tion At this
4 time under the Democratic and new ad-
/ Iministration that told the farrners that
i SIS Gov. Lind was elected they should
ilhaye their twfne Tor cost, intfmatir,a
that they weresnot getting ii as cl1eaply
then as they ought tn have rot itg
/ What has been the consequences this
\ year? The! farmers who bought he'll
tvine, when you come tos consi der the
i quality, We're pa ying from II to Q cent,
i ~ pound more than the retail dealers al
this country were selling the twins for
Nov. und derstand the point / make one
I OF nny customers 4 had ordered 6O(
i pounds of Gtillwater tvine tll Ii yea1
and he had been using it tor some some
! time. He was very, much dissatisfied
with the quality, but yet ne was Susira
i The shortness sof the twine, tlse
number OF pound ! u took :to tire acre
j was Tar IA excess of anyt hing he esl, iad
ever been used 9to before, ana there.
4 Tore ne ran short hen ne. rot sbsot,i
half way through n. s Ia came US \ IN,
ONCE and asked mo X s had any twins
\ y told him snad g asked zne IA d