Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-13
T0WHEAD
BOY WINS
BATTLE
How n Large Industry Grew Fror,
Small beginnings i'm Country
Home.
(American Farmer.)

ward appearances, did not differ from,
others of his kind. He was lust a,
ordinary every day towbeaded bov
such as may be seen on every farm
and street of the country. There
was one difference apparent. how.
ere. only to close observers. This
boy had the commercial instinct in
unusually strong development. He
was always swapping knives. trading
toys, playing marbles for keeps. Az
many other boys have possessed these
characteristics, our particular tow
head would not have been especially
notable from the common herd II his
repertoire had closed at that point
II was HIS love for catsup. USUALLY
called "catchup," that differentiated
him from most boys and was destined
to send him on the road to fame AMI
fortune. IL is not probable that the
brand of catsup made by this boys
mother was any better than that nut
up by thousands OF other mothers.
but her boy thought so. doubtless for
the reason that he had never tasted
any other. AZ any rate something
remarkable sprang from his inordl-
nate fondness for catsup, combined
with his trading instincts. Il oo.
CURED to him that others might like
TO have some OF this good thing, so
he induced his mother TO put him
up a few bottles. Then he went 10
the stores and sold or traded TO in
dividuals or households In the neigh
borhood. Then he went to the stores
and disposed OF small stocks. Later
he visited surrounding towns and
made contracts with grocers TO buy or
sell on commission the "best catsup
ever" a delicacy made by mother.
IL was not long until the solitary
maker at the boys home was unable
TO supply the demand. IL was nee.
essary TO increase facilities and work. ,
ers so a small factory was erected.
But the catsup was made by mothers
recipe, put up in improved recep-
tacles and sealed hermetically instead !
OF by the old fashioned methods. The
little factory grew, was soon replaced
by larger one. the supply OF catsuD
increased apace and eventually its \
fame began TO spread over a wide
area. More factories and larger
ones was the result until the tow
headed boy. now grown TO a man,
fonnd himself the proprietor OF
great establishment. He was making
money hand over fist, getting rich in
TACT, and developing rapidly into
captain OF industry. The taste for
MS catsup increased as II spread until
10 hotel or restaurant table was re-
garded as equipped until It could pro-
luce this particular brand. AZ pres
mt the boy who began by peddlIng
! few bottles. Is worth over $1,000
100, all made out OF catsup.
BY reason OF this boys industry
md quick wit thousands of farmers
ire now cultivating vast aereages OF
omatoes where before only enough
we're grown to supply the home table.
Iany hnndreds of boys and girls get
wages picking these tomatoes, other
hundreds are we'll paid for the Yari- I
us kinds OF work incidental to the
making and bottling, while the origi-
ator Of the plant has not, we hope
orgotten to bless his old mother for
tarting him on the right road to fol-
lne. 1t is her recipe that has done
he business. brought out, OF course +
y the energy and enterprise OF the
oy she brought into the world ana
as an object lesson TO
how what might be done by the
rowess of the poor If the right sort