The suburban citizen., 1901-04-20
DEERING AT PARIS IN 1900.

The Famous Chicago Harvester
Company Received More and
Greater HOnOrs Than Were Ever
Before Accorded an American
Exhibitor in the History of Ex-
positions.
America may well feel proud Of the inter
est which her citizens took in the Paris Expo
sition and the elaborate exhibits which were
prepared with consummate skill and displayed
inamanner not excelled by any other country
Those Of Harvesting Machinery in particular
were most complete and interesting. The
Deering Harvester Company, Of Chicago
Americas foremost manufacturer Of this line
Of goods, was accorded the position OF honor
having contributed more TO the advancement,
of the art of harvesting than any other manu-
faoturer, living or dead, and with greater
array of important inventions to its credit
than any other company in the world.
Visitors to the Exposition we're prompt To
accord the Deering exhibits supreme honors,
and it only remained for official mandate To
ratify the popular verdict, which was done in
manner as substantial as it was weIl-merited
Each one of the seven Deering exhibits secured
the highest award in its class.
In addition to four high decorations, the
Deering Harvester Company received twenty
five awards, or twenty-nine in all, as follows:
Decoration Of officer Of the Legion of Honor,
Decoration Of Chovalier of the Legion OF
Honor, Two Decorations Of Officer Of Merite
Agricole, a Special Certificate Of Honor The
Grand Prize, Six Gold Medals, Six Silver
Medals and Eleven Bronze Medals, including
Daring Collaboration Medals.
The Decoration Of Legion Of Honor was in
Btituted by Napoleon Bonaparte when First
Consul in 1902, and is only conferred in recog-
milton of distinguished military or civil achieve
ments. II is the highest distinction in tho gift
OF the French Republic.
The Decoration Of Merite Agricolo ig an
honor of but slightly less importance, which
is conferred upon those who have contributed
greatly TO the advancement Of agriculture.
An Official Certificate of Honor was accord
cd the Deering Retrospective Exhibit, which
showed the improvements in harvesting ma
chinery during the past century and excited
tho highest praise Of the French Government
Officials who had entrusted to the Deering
Harvester Company tho preparation Of this
most important exhibit. BY special request
this exhibit has been presented to the National
Museum Of Arts and Sciences at Paris, where
ii has become a permanent future OF that
world famed institution.
The Deering Twine Exhibit and Corn Har-
vester Exhibit, both Of which received the
highest awards, have by request of the French
Government been presented to the National
Agricultural College of France.
There was no field trial, either official or
otherwise, in connection with the Paris Expo
sition, but the most important foreign contest
the past season was held under the auspices of
the Russian Expert Commission at the Gov
ernmental Farm Of Tomsk, Siberia, August
18th to 18th. All the leading American and
European machines participated and were
subjected to the most difficult tests by tho
Government Agriculturist. The Expert Com
mission awarded the Deering HARVESTER Com
pany the Grand Silver Medal Of the Minister
of Agriculture and Domain, which was the
highest award.
The Deering Harvester Works are the larg-
est Of their kind in the world, covering eighty
FIVE acres and employing 5000 people. They
are equipped with modern automatic ma
chimes many of which perform the labor OF
from five to fifteen hands.
This Company is also the largest manufac-
turer Of Binder Twine in the world, having
been first to produce single-strand bindor
twine, such as is in general use today, making
over third Of the product of tho entire
world. The output of its factory for single
day would tie band around the earth at the
equator, with several thousand miles TO spare.
The annual production would fill freight
train twenty miles long. Made into mat two
feet wide, IL would reach across the American
Continent from ocean to ocean.
Deering machines are known rs LIaHr
DRAFT DEALS, consisting OF Binders, Mowers,
Reapers, Corn Harvesterp, Shredders and
Rakes.
This Company exhibited at the Paris Exposi-
ton on Automobile Mower, which attracted
much attention, and exhibitions were given
with one OK these machines in the vicinity Of
Paris throughout the season.