The sun., 1902-05-25


prsr~- - the bs-k-t. sappsissf isss yssrf-.
'Nesriy ti1eo@e
What u-r- the Manufacturers proe.s
cn thi-''
In rOund aumt~ss. t.,oo.ao'
'fiAd ,h~-s b,ak-,s all b~>a suopss1
bv the M"rsenthal-r' Horton h~~s-e va
chins- What would have br~n ths proHtf
| The saving IN Aior alone wouih nave
amounted Ia over ss.up.vo Ihsa. sddsd
10 the profits rcaliss-d b, the manufacturers
las' year. wUuhh have amounted To Asn'-
o"n, OF -uah''~nt To pay divtd-nd OF thirty
nvs per cent. on the entire capital ssocs
Of tho tomIany
What do you estimate the perceosaes
| of piuii; viii - on yoa. b;:=:;:===,'
AT l~asi n i-s's ne, after all erpsnsss
have b--n paid On last years produce
tho profit would have hs-n over eLooo.ooo.
and II the demand had l~~n fuiiy sup
piled the profits would have h~~n s'in
snst"r
How do the~s baskets reach the cos-
sumer''
Consumers who buy In large Quantities
can purchase direct from the Company.
Those who buy IN small amounts are sup
plied by Wholesale dealers who mako the1
b'''fbs~' =" 'Aa h'e' 49, 49,
commission men who supply general storss
and small dealers In u" 'ruit growing
districts SoIne Of thes" nhn take fruis
ia paymrnt for baskets The produos
is supplied through the ordinary business
channels which handle similar manu-
| factured srticlcs'
Arc you receiving orders for baskeee
at the present timer
s,,.la .salS 4
W" could have supplied several mhihon
dollars worth OF basN"ts during the pneeeos
.es-on; in fact. during the week ending
saturday. May 10th. va were Obliged TO
refuse business amounting To more man
One Million Dollars, a. We turnn away
orders for S-y,uty-five Millions OF bas-
ke'S In that week Next year we win
manufacture, sell and deliver more than
Six Million Dollars worth OF frut ana
truck baskets
How long have any OF these machines
b''-n In or~ration'
over ~ OF thee machines have 80
In operation for the last is months In the
plant OF the Robson Basket 'ompeny
AT Painesyille, o. number hsSs aiso
heen Operated at Elmira, Y. There
v no more Experimental work TO oe done
uf1bTe tnti Hf>rtr uaNV 'S--'i huAy scss~s@~
-tra,ed We have NJ our offiocs ~ Mo-
2s7 Broadway. New York city. machine
now making baskets; also at our esfabliahs
m.nts in Philadelphia. Chicago and Boston.
Th.-s machines have been constantly II
operation al the Robson factory for ovss
nine month";. Thousands have sssn thsm
work and hav" ben deeply tnprwessd with
the wonderful demonstration OF tbeis
l.. .l-eA k~lkAfA
rapidly and well and supplying the oountry's
great demand
II the Robson factory were run 20 10
full capacity. how far would i's earnings
60 toward paying dividends on the capital
stock of your Company
II |. carefully estimated that u thb
one factory alone were run to its full limit,
II would earn proht equal 70 AZ least fouP
per cent on the capital stock OF this Com
pany.
How many factories like the hobaDoa
factory does your Company expect 70 -.
tabii-h''
We intend To establish enough 70 saos1y
the demand
Where will they h locate<if'
In the principal f,it-growine dstnco
Of the country
How many do you think " will requireI'
We expect IL will he necessary to have
AT least two on the Pacific Coast, three OF
four in the Northern States. such ~ Mary
land. New York. New Jersey. and Ohio.
and in IN. principal fruit aud vegetable
growing districts Of the South.
viii these plants bo operst@d the yeas
round3"
-Alrnos, hut the h,,sinc.s % selling has
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