Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-01-24
TEE KANSAS rwIxE FACTORY
Some Figures About It's BuGnez From
Chicago Paper.


Not long since the LEDsKR pub
Iishsd an article from the o1cizl re-
port d The o1cialS q the state q
kansas il reference 70 abinding twins
factory referred 10 in 3 eommunicz-
tion to the LEDSER By Wm Vivian .
prominent farmer q Audr1in county.
Mr.. San Morris o. this city, hands
the LEDeEE the f0lhOgiDg for publ
cation FROM the Fa1a sbi IuP1S4i
Naa published al Chicago:
The Oshcizls o. the Kansas prism
have suggested q neat plan q making
books balance. IL 70 ascertain the
difference between the expenditures
and receipts. call the stock On hand
worth the difference and add the
sn0unt 70 the receipts This method,
while il does not show the act1zlstste
q the business produces q statement
that vii readily deceive the uninid-
sted and make it appear that 10 loss
has occurred. An analysts q the
statement shows that the state has
actually hst money, zying nothing Of
the investment in plant, the dspreci-
alton Of machinery, etc: and only
continual advances in the price q
Irvine viii recover the loss
Il viii be observed that the state
ment published elsewhere in this de-
mrtnent places the total sales q
Irvine AZ ssl.O3A and the total cash
received from sales Of twine s97, s344
This is probably an error, doubtless
Of the paper from which the report Is
taken. for it will be noticed that the
recapitnlstiOn total is set down as
though the cash receipts 'equzled the
smaller Of the above amounts Ger
tainly the farmers Of Kansas have not
voluntarily paid more than the bills
called for. We can only assume,
therefore, that the receipts were s50,-
B3-3.
The expenditures we're ell, $500
not including the 80, 50 invested
in the plant and machinery. The
actual cost Of producing the Irvine
made last season was sill, 953e, and
the actual receipts were ss0,0e224,
leaving a shortage Of So, T0-3l. As
an Offset against this the state has On
hand 3s3, go pounds Of Irvine and a
quantity Of oil, sacks, tags, etc. To
prevent a loss On the seasons opera
tons the Irvine on hand must be sold
for So, ls454, plus the interest insur-
suranee, depreciation, etc. These last
items would bring the amount to at
least $4,000. In other words, 3s3, 800
pounds Of tHine must be sold, without
loss for $4,000 10 avoid an actual loss
Oh the years. business To do this .
price Of nearly cents a pound must
b. obtained. This can only be done
BY oFeFcharging the patrons Of the
plant, as compared with the price %
prison twine sold last year. To main
tain the same difference between the.
prison price and that Of free labor
Irvine the new prison price, based On
the present market, must not exceed
: cents. On this basis assuming the
report TO be otherwise correct, the
state has lost g., 800 in addition to the
interest On the investment and the
depreciation Of plant and machinery.
Nothing was saved 10 the farmers
who bought prison Irvine, as the price
Of free made Irvine, as all know, was
reduced until it averaged a shade less
than the prison price and the prison
product was hOpelessly inferior.
If the officials and farmers Of other
states can obtain any encouragement
for a state Irvine plant from these
they must belong to the class
that Is 50 blind il viii not see.