Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11
DEERlNG AT PARIS IN 1900

The Famous Chicago Harvester Com
pany Received More and Greater
Honors than Were Ever Before
Accorded an American Exhibitor In
the History of Expeditions.
America may we'll feel proud OF the
interest which her citizens took In the
Paris Exposition and the elaborate ex-
hibits which were prepared with con-
summate skill and displayed in a man
ner not excelled by any other country.
Those OF Harvesting Machinery in par
ticular were most complete and inter
esting. The Deering Harvester Com
pany, 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
manufacturer, living or dead, and with
a greater array of important inven e
tions to its credit than any other COM
pany in the world.
Visitors to the Exposition were
prompt to accord the Deering exhibits
supreme honors, and II only remained
lar verdict, which was done in man
ner as substantial as it was well-merit-
ed. Each one OF the seven Deering eX-
hibits secured the highest award in
its class.
In addition to four high decora-
tons, the Deering Harvester Company
received twenty-five awards. or twen-
ty-nine in all, as follows: Decoration
OF Officer OF the Legion OF Honor, Dec
grafton of Chevalier OF the Legion OF
Honor, Two Decorations of Officer oil
Merite Agricole, Special Certificate
If Honor, The Grand Prize. Six Gold
Medals, Six Silver Medals and Eleven
Bronze Medals, including Deering Col
laborator Medals.
The Decoration of the Legion or
Honor was instituted by Napoleon
Bonaparte when First Consul in 1902,
and is only conferred in recognition
of distinguished military or civil
achievements. Ii is the highest dis
tinction in the gift of the French Re
public.
The Decoration of the Merite Agri-
cole is an honor of but slightly less i'm
portance, which is conferred upon
those who have contributed greatly 20
the advancement of agriculture.
An Official Certificate Of Honor was
accorded the Deering Retrospective
Exhibit, which showed the improve
ments in harvesting machinery during
the past century, and excited the high
est praise of the French Government
officials who had entrusted TO the
Deering Harvester Company the prep
aration Of this most important exhibit.
BY special request this exhibit has
been presented to the National Mu-
scum OF Arts and Sciences at Paris,
where il has become permanent fea-
ture of that world-famed institution.
The Deering Irvine Exhibit and Corn
Harvester Exhibit, both of which re
ceived the highest awards, have by
request Of the French Government
been presented to the National Agri-
cultural College OF France.
There was no field trial, either Off
ciai or otherwise, in connection with
the Paris Exposition, but the most i'm
portant foreign contest the past season
was held under the auspices OF the
Russian Expert Commission at the
Governmental Farm Of Tomsk, Siberia
August 14th to 18th. All the leading
American and European machines par
ticipated and were subjected to the
most difficult tests by the Government
Agriculturist. The Expert Commission
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 largest of their kind in the world,
covering eighty-fve acres and employ
ing 5000 people They are equipped
with modern automatic machines,
many OF which perform the labor of
from five to fifteen hands.
This Company is also the largest