Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
CHANGE AT THE SMITH FACTORY.
Large Line Of Toys VIII BE Made Here
TO supply the National Novelty corpo-
ratlon,s Market for the East.

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to supply the National Novelty corpo-
rations Market for the East.
Plans are being perfected which will
result in an important change in the out
nut of the S. a. Smith Company factory,
as stated briefly in The Phoenix last week
The National Novelty corporation, re-
Gently organized, of which the S. A.
smith factory is a branch, is CARRYING
out its original plans as far as possible,
by putting the different factories rep
resented in the combination on such lines
of manufacturing as is best suited to
their respective locations. Heretofore the
smith company have made large num-
beers Of childrens carriages and go-carts
the reed goods product amounting to
about two-fifths of their entire output
The National Novelty corporation finds
that the Whitney Reed Chair company of
I.eominster Mass, is better adapted to
the manufacture of reed goods and it
has decided therefore TO transfer all of
this kind of work done at the local fac
tory to the Leominster factory after next
July. which will be the close of the car
rage season.
The Whitney Reed Chair company at
present are making large numbers of
double rocking horses, in addition to
their carriage business, but that branch
OF the business will be transferred to
the Brattleboro factory, which has been
making the same 10Y IOT several years.
These will be made more extensively than
ever before, and in addition a new line of
TOYS will be added, embracing tables,
chairs. bureaus, commodes, etc, dupli-
eating the lines made at the Manistee
Mich branch of the corporation. rat
terms of some of these toys have been
sent to Brattleboro from Manstee. Ma.
chnery is being adapted, and the manu-
facture of the articles will be begun as
soon as possible. me plan is to have
the Manistee branch suppy the western
trade and the Brattleboro branch the
eastern trade.
These goods, with the exception of the
rocking horses, will be similar to those
made by the Stowell company in Putney.
The National Novelty corporation at one
time contemplated buying the Stowell
plant but decided not to do so after in
specting the plant and taking everything
into consideration. The corporation made
a contract to handle the Stowell product
on commission, which it will do until next
January. After that the Stow'll output
will be handled by George ECrgfeldt &
Co.. OF New York. the commission agents
who handled the goods ravious to this
year Under this arrangement it is evil
dent that there will be sharper compe-
tition than previously in this line of
goods.
Although a large proportion of the out
put OF the local factory, as already stated,
consists of go-carts and carriges, only II
few expert hands are employed in their
manufacture, as a large number of the
different parts are bought ready made.
1t is probable. therefore, that not more
than half dozen hands will leave Brat
tleboro by reason of the change.
For the present the accommodations "a
the Smith factory are adequate io' the
new business, but it is understood To be
the intention of the National Novelty
fn Landings
in Brattieboro in the near future.
About 30 manufacturing concerns are
represented in the National Novelty COR
poration with assets of S1,600,O00. The
interests OF these concerns were pooled
with the idea that lower cost of manu-
facture would result, thus yielding a
larger profit without increasing prices.
Each OF the old concerns has director
in the corporation, the Brattleooro dl-
rector being Frank l.. Hunt. The head
quarters OF the corporation are in New
York city.