The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-17
DEERING AT PARIS IN 1900.
Tho Famous Chicago Harvester
Company Received More and
Greater Honors Than Were Ever
Before Accorded an American
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positions.
America may well feel proud Of the inter-
eat which her citizens took In the Paris Expo
sition and the elaborate exhibits which were
prepared with consummate skill and displayed
In manner not excelled by any other country.
Those Of Harvesting Machinery in particular
wero most complete and interesting. The
Deering Harvester Company, OF Chicago,
Americas foremost manufacturer of this limo
Of goods was accorded the position of honor,
having contributed more TO the advancement
Of the art Of harvesting than any other manu-
facturer, living or dead, and with a greater
array of important inventions 10 It's credit
than any other company in the world.
Visitors TO the Exposition were prompt TO
sccord the Deering exhibits supreme honors,
and it only remained for official mandate to
ratify the popular verdict, which was done in
manner az substantial as IL was we'll -merted.
Each one Of the seven Deering exhibits secured
the highest award in its class.
In addition 20 four high decorations, this
Deering Harvester Company received twenty
hve awards, or twenty nine in all, as follows:
Decoration of Officer of the Legion Of Honor,
Decoration of Chevalier of the Legion OF
Honor, Two Decorations of Officer of Merite
Agricole, Special Certificate of Honor, The
Grand Prize, six Gold Medals, Six Silver
Medals and Eleven Bronze Medals, including
The Decoration of Legion of Honor was in
stituted by Napoleon Bonaparte when First
Consul in 1902. and Ia only conferred in rccog.
milton of distinguished military or civil achieve.
ments. II is the highest distinction in the gift
of the French Republic.
Tho Decoration of Meritc Agricole is an
honor of but slightly less importance, which
la conferred upon those who have contributed
greatly to the advancement of agriculture.
An Official Certificate of Honor was accord
ed the Deering Retrospective Exhibit which
showed the improvements in harvesting ma
chinery during the past century, and excited
the highest praise OF the French Government
Officials who had entrusted TO the Docring
Harvester Company the 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 permanent future Of that
world-famcd institution.
The Dceripg 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
eition, but tic 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
l4th to 18th. All the leading American and
European machines participated and were
subjected to the most difficult tests by the
Government Agriculturist. The Expert Com
mission awarded the Deering Harvester Com
pany tho Grand Silver Medal OF the Minister
of Agriculture and Domain, which was tho
highest award.
The Deering Harvester Works are the larg-
est of their kind in the world, covering eighty
6ve 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.
turor of Binder Twine in the world, having
been fret to produce single strand binder
twine, such as is in general use today, making
over a third of the product of the 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 fll a freight
train twenty miles long. Made into q mat two
feet wide, ii would reach across the American
Continent from ocean to ocean.
Deering machines are known as LIaHr
DRAFT DEALS, consisting OF Binders, Mowers,
Reapers, Corn Harvesterc, Shredders and
Rakes.
This Company exhibited at the Paris Exposi-
ton an Automobile Mower, which attracted
much attention, and exhibitions were gi, on
with one OF these machines in the vicinity Of
Paris throughout the season.