The sun., 1902-05-25
| IN OUR MIDST
Commercial Wealth I'm
covered by a Great
Invention
A Mechanical Marvel!
Riches Replace Poverty In
An Industry Hitherto
unknown
Twentieth Century Enterprise
Develops Unsusrected
Opportunities
GENIUS ANDENERGYI |
How They Work Together
to Make r1iIlions and
Reduce Cost
GENIUS ANDENERGY

An Nr,i.ir or Ordinary rsc Heretofore
" tie i.abor,"usiy ny Hand Now
Turned Ous ny an Automatic
Machine. which, with I's Girl
Operator Docs the work or ..
Nru. and docs II sstoni.hingiy
w.ii thousands View the Basket
Machine. aud Al D~saarc d a
Modern Wonder How u Makes
Non-, aud VIII, the Compan,' =
share. Are steadily Advancing In
Tricc.
Hidden sway te'w~en its srics and
hound NJ, IN the bands OF the basket which
carries our fruit and produce, there il the
wealth - a kingdom
Lying there unsuspected by the public
the -ecr,., uf riches has remained guarded
hv general indifference. until tho untirins
Inventive efforts ~ Emmet Horton and
O,tmar Mergrnti alar uncovered to the
World the wonder working machinery
which by its almost human and wholly
magic touch holds an industry in its grip.
and turn. genius into gold
Whoever thought a few months ago
~h-r- ~. la.ket came from which CON
talus the gisT-s or berries or p-aches or
plum. or 'omst"e- for our 'abl"r'
Wa, - not generally arc-p'~d that the
ha.art vas probably inade by some won
dsrfllly economical machinery a. is every
thing rl-s' How could u be otherwise
when ,he entire basket. including the her
t-s ~ the grap~s. was roli AZ price which
,o the ordinary person ss-amed insufficient
for ci,her the l,askrt or its contents. let
s.pnr Guth oombin-dY
ilas no, IN" universal thought been
when IA the heart of the -eason prevail
i1g low price has hc-n namcd for a basket
oi t-rr,rs or grap-s. How do they do i,''
o. I-rhap> a thought of sympathy for the
l,>s some person must have suffered has
is'u suggested to the mind by the naming
q a pro" for the article. including it, car
rirf ina, ,o the uninform-d suggests bar
gA,E al"
ir' with II all. there has heen indifference
toward tho basket which has brough, the
d"Acacy 80 our table. and been thrown
aNav like the shell ~ a nut. and all the
time there has h--n commercial possi-
blris~ locked up IN the basket that are now
srugsing interest among n multitude Of
people who have hcan taught by the an
n"un~in-ni- 81 the big basket company.
which j. undertaking To- make these baskets
bv automatic machines. that ia applying
u" modern labor-saving principles Of
TIE machines and the modern method Of
oorcentratlon in s~curins raw material.
there has dev.lop"d mine Of wealth be-
Meath our very feet. tho riches Of which
have been opened to the public by the plan
Of popular subscription TO its shares which |
he Company owning and controlling the |
machine has made clear by its constant |
pr~s~ntmcnt Of the subject during the past
few weeks
No PROPOSITION the commercial equal Of |
tins one has ever hem offered TO the public |
on fair basis. Probably no proposition !
tie equal 81 this In Its inhsrent enduring |
strength has ever BEEN offered to the pub |
IL on any basis. Certain Il IL that the men |
Who combined with the inventor to bring |
u'ese machines to their allotted task Of |
dominating the haskct industry. realized |
Nat In cquippins plants and building ma
ehihes and S,orehousc-. . very large amount
o. capital would b- required. and when II
vas clearly shown that the Offers Of rich
"ndica,es to furnish this capital meant the
drawing ~ the life blood Of the corporation,
u" rfer 81 shares was made TO the public
o. basis Of absolute equality to all. The
b's company was Organized with an author
h-t capital % ten millions Of dollars and
op"n statement. a. IL. prospects wers made
without enasz-ration to all in the public
pr.ss
Tie salient features Of tho Company's
pI'>en'mcnt were. no preferred shares,
~ tond-. no debts. every share a voting
hare. every share a common share. Share
shd share alike was the keynote OF the plan
s'h advantage In pricc TO th. earliest In
vcs'ors
Aioim~nts were offered and quickly dis