The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-07
CLAPP DECIA ARES
RATE BILL FAIR
MEET THE TRUST
IN OUTSIDE FIELD !,
Governor Will Recommend Car
rying Irvine War Into
Other States.

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Other States.
After spending Tuesday at the Still
water prison with members of the board
nor johnson declared today that he
would ask the legislature to give the
management Of the prison authority to
sell the product of the Irvine plant
wherever the best Judgment of the
| board of control and the warden would
direct.
Under the present law the output of
consumers. The establishment of the
plant at St. Paul by the International
! Cordage company for the manufacture
of flax Irvine, with a declaration by the
cordage trust that it proposes to put
the Minnesota prison Irvine plant out
of commission, will be the reason as
signed by the governor for asking the
! legislature to enlarge the sale territory
Of the prison twine u.s.
The cordage trust has evolved an
attractive plan to manufacture Irvine
| from flax grown in Minnesota, return
| ing the Irvine to the raisers of the fax
and their neighbors for small margin
! a Dove the cost Of manufacture. AS
now quoted to the farmer, the fax
the cheaper quality Of the sisal Irvine
made at the prison is also SA cents.
The cordage people limit the output of
the St. Paul plant to Minnesota con-
sumers, and the purpose to fight the
prison Irvine plant is obvious. If the
legislature follows the governor s rec
concentration and gives the board Of
| cnntrol and tho war6on onthnr1t1r RI
meet the International in the outside
field, where it makes it's large profits,
it is self-evident that the prison Irvine
plant will not be crippled and destroyed.
Speaking Of the twin plant, Governor
Johnson said: ~-~* - -
~.- . Greater Part Sold. /.
the Saltwater prison yesterday to learn
that affairs in the Minnesota prison
Irvine plant have been progressing so
satisfactorily The capacity of the
plant has been increased for this year
by installing new machinery to the ex-
tent Of 100000 pounds. The warden
Informed me that already $1,000, 900
for this season 8 harvest, and the total
output for the year will aggregate ap-
proximately 100000 pounds. There
will be- still a good many club orders
but the greater, part Of the surplus prod.
j uct for this season will be- sold on. the
4 eVes of harvest in cash orders. think
there can be no question Of the wisdom
of the enlargement of this plant, and ]
hope to see the time when the state
pounds that it is now estimated Mime
sofa s farmers require for the harvest
ing of their grain crop. In this opin
, ion the warden and the board of contro
! fully concur. With the requirement Of
! the new site for the Saltwater prison
and the enlarged opportunity for exten
sion of the plant, it will be possible
crease the capacity by 100000 pounds
o making the total output for next yea
100000 pounds.
f Use Will Not Increase.
y. "The state is saving at present price
= to the farmers of Minnesota about
. cents pound on the retail price Q
v their binding Irvine. It is estimate
i. that a pound of Irvine will bind tn
y product of from two to two and hal
r acres of wheat. and it can be readil
seen that our small grain acreage, o
this basis. is about 45,0O0,00O acre
With the further development of til
+ dairy and stock raising interests
j Minnesota, I do not look to see tn
# acreage increased to any decided e,
g tent, for, while the area in northe1
l. Minnesota will be naturally increase
d with the development of that sectic
) Of the state, the wheat line is constan
J. ly being moved north and west.
E'The establishment of cordaI
,r plant in this state by a subsidiary cor
sr pany of a great harvester combinatic
D. can mean but one thing, and that is
le fight on the Minnesota plant. The Still
N water Irvine plant is one of the ve1
C. few successful pri@3an Irvine plants
r, existence It's ssk>sccoss has called ate
C. ton to the plan of manufacture fro
,e other states, and it is possible that Il
cordage people have determined to p
rs us out Of the business. In the Mimi
V. sofa cordage plant the industrial gian
lie will meet foeman worthy of the
N steel. The prison Irvine plant was
Id success from it's inception, and I ha
g. no doubt that we will give a good 9
r. count of ourselves if it is true, as NAL
ed suspect, that war is about to be co
e. menced that will be memorable in o
states annals. .. --aa' s~
cit will be up to the farmers of Mi
ut nesota to protect. their own. The pla
AZ was built after an agitation begun
r them, and it has saved them mar
Mt many thousands of dollars. IF it is
It continue to stand between them a
wv exactions of a combination in ira
ri they must stand by it. -
+ s9 DoWIE MORTGAGES HON &.