The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-12-22
INDUSTRIES OF YALE.
Editor of Exposition:


agricultural and industrial prosperity
of the United States. l thought il
might be well to present-in what
might be considered postscript of my
sermons some facts as to the industries
of our own little city. We are highly
favored community and we do we'll to
understand what is doing among us.
Here are some facts as to our midas
tries such as have never seen in print
but have often wished to know.
Twenty four years ago Charles
Andreae and sons Rudolph and Will
iam-came to this community and
began the manufacture of wooden goods
in humble way. Their effort was
successful. The business has been en-
larged from time to time till now
under the management of the hustling
Andreaes of the third generation the
Yale Wooden Mills form a most i'm
portant factor of the industries of Yale.
The factory enlarged and improved
within the past year at an expense of
about $4,000 is a. four set mill. 1t
gives constant employment to about 90
persons. It's monthly pay roll is about
$1,000 and its yearly output has value
of about $4,000.
! Eighteen years ago James McColl
came to our town and with the backing
of James Livingston the flax industry
was inaugurated in the community.
The James Livingston Co. has mills at
| five other points but the product of
| them all comes to Yale to be heckled
and is marketed from this point. The
! farmers of this neighbOrhood receive
about $1,000 year for the raw material
which they furnish. Employment is
i Sriy IN on cra IF about A hands
the year around and the monthly pay
roll aggregates about $500. The
company sends to market each year
about $4,000 worth of their product.
r.. ii. Menerey has for fifteen years
| operated foundry in connection with
his wagon and blacksmith shops.
+. II. Curriers' machine shop has
been in operation during the past
fourteen years.
These two plants which operate in
iron while not employing large forces
OF operatives are yet important indus
tries of the community. Work in their
lines is done quite extensively for a
small town. These establishments save
the necessity of delay and greater eX.
pense that would be incurred if work
in their lines must all be done in the
larger cities.
The Yale Milling Co. is doing a
modestly extensive business. This mill
with VIM. +. Rub as manager has been
operated during the past nine years.
1t has capacity of so barrels of flour
day. During the past year besides
working on grain raised in this neigh
borhood the company shipped in from
the outside 5000 bushels of corn and
$4,000 bushels of wheat. An establish
ment with such business is well worth
having in community.
The Yale Canning Co. is one of the
latest enterprises established in our
town. This, company with Charles
Rounds as president and L. ID. Nichols
as manager is doing a business that
will be surprise to many and which
would seem to place this company
among the substantial industries of the
neighborhood. In this seasons opera
tions the company has paid the farmers
of the neighborhood upwards of $1,000
for material from the farms. This sea-
sons pay roll for labor is nearly $1,000.
With this outlay for produce and labor
the company has put up 1884 600 cans of
peas and 1900 cans of corn. Upwards
of 5000 bushels of apples were purchas-
ed and turned into about $4,000 gallons
of canned apple.
1t will doubtless be a surprise to
many to learn what an extensive bust
ness is done at the Yale Creamery.
This industry constantly employs eight
| teams and twelve men. During the
past year 10000 pounds of butter were
made which was sold at an average
price of II cents. The farmers who
! furnished the cream received for it
about $4,000. Creamery butter brings
more i'm the markets than the average
received by farmers who make and
market their butter Independently. The
difference in favor of the creamery but
! ter is about four cents pound. So
that for the work done at the Yale
Creamery the past year the farmers
who furnished the cream received about
$4,000 more for it than they would
have received if they had themselves
made and marketed their butter as they
formerly did. The man who will es-
tablish in community an institution
that brings so great a profit to its
patrons certainly deserves well of the
community. The creamery as at pre-
sent operated under the supervision of
Messrs Wallace and Denison-winter
though it isis making about 1900
pounds of butter each day.
/ sum Jul illuuotliCos
| little city of 1000 people is certainly
| favored in having such means for the
employment of its workers.
| In other particulars we are highly
| favored. A travelling man who halls
from village at least % years older
| than our town and with % per cent
more people once said TO me:-"There
are no such stores in our town as you
have here in Yale
Then in addition are our banks, our
dealers in coal and building material,
our buyers of hay and other farm pro-
ducts. And so our community is spe-
cially fortunate i'm business matters.
Shall we as people regard this mater
ial prosperity as a fitting basis for the
/ higher things of life.
! Our schools, churches and other
/ things that minister TO the higher as
pirations of life are such as to accom-
plish well the purposes designed by