The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-04-11
pEERINo At PARIS IN 1000.

The Famous Chicago Harvester Com
pany Received More and Greater
Honors than Were Ever Before Ac-
corded an American Exhibitor in the
History of Expositions.
America may we'll feel proud of the in
terest which her citizens took in the
Paris Exposition and the elaborate ex-
bibitS which We're prepared with conSum-
mate skill and displayed in manner 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 manufacturer, living or
dead, and with greater array of impor-
tant inventions to its credit than any
other company in the world.
Visitors to the Exposition were prompt
to accord the Deering exhibits supreme
hopors, and it only remained for official
mandate to ratify the popular verdict.
which was done in a manner as substan
tial as it was well-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 Chev-
alier OF the Legion of Honor. two decora-
tionS Of officer of Merite Agricole, q Spe
cial Certificate of Honor, the Grand
Prize, six Gold Medals, six Silver Medals
and eleven Bronze Medals, including
Deering COllaborator Medals.
The Decoration Of the Legion of 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 distinction in the gift of the
French Republic.
The Decoration of Merite Agricole is
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
accorded the Deering Retrospective Ex-
hibit, which showed the improvements in
harvesting machinery during the past
century. and excited the highest praise of
the French government officials who had
entrusted to the Deering Harvesting
Company the preparation of this most
important exhibit. By special request this
exhibit has been presented to the Ma
tional Museum of Arts and Sciences at
Paris, where it has become Il permanent
feature of that world-famed institution.
The Deering Twine Exhibit and Corn
Harvester Exhibit. both OF which receiv-
ed 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
Exposition, bur the most important for
eign contest the past season was held
under the auspices OF the Russian EN-
pert Commission at the Governmental
Farm at Tomsk. Siberia. Aug. Ii to Is.
All the leading American and European
machines participated and were subject
ed to the most difficult tests by the gov
ernment agriculturist. The Expert Com
mission awarded the Deering Harvester
Company 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 coyer-