Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-08-09

lime, and Is cents for resin, we
figure the cost of the material in
this briquette to be $1.82, leav-
ing us Is cents for the manufac-
ture to bring US up to the $500
standard, that is my claim will
be the cost of the briquette f. o.
b. at the factory. That this 18
cents is sufficient and more, is
evidenced by the fact that five
men will operate this mill with
a thousand tons capacity per
day, since everything is automa-
tic, their care will be only Of the
machinery and watching the
proper distribution of coal and
binder at the various points, but
to be on the safe side we will
say ten men, at $500 per day,
would be $50 per day. A thou
sand tons a day at 18 cents per
ton, would be $3.50, leaving us
$130 for contingent purposes, or
$48,000 a year of 300 days or
practically one-half the price of
the entire plant and l think / am
safe when l make the statement
that the cost of mining the coal,
the binder and the manufacture
of the briquette will not cost to
exceed So per ton f. o. b. the
mines.
II have now placed before you
a proposition that has much i'm
port to you as individuals and
to the commonwealth at large
and by the development of this
problem it means much to
your individual interests and
| certainly should have the hearty
cooperation and assistance of
every business man IN the state.
In coming before you at your in
vitation I fully realize that
schemers have been working the
proposition and many have TAX
en- up with the various scenes
in order that they might benefit
themselves and develop the in
dustry, but in the majority of
these cases they have come to
you with a secret, claiming that
they had a process but there was
something they were afraid to
tell. l hide behind no subter-
fuge and place before you the
facts for your consideration that
you need not take my individual
word do exactly as I have
done, and go before men who are
disinterested, that have made a
study of this problem for the
past eight or ten years. The re-
suit will be in every instance
confederation O f my statements.
, l have not gone to. people who
; are ignorant of this proposition
but I have sought, the very best
. talent obtainable in this and
;; other states to corroborate my
J self and the company which
represent, while | am not here
to advertise it, is the American
Briquetting and Manufacturing
company of Fargo, North Dako-
, ia, which will send upon appli-
cation to any one interested,
; their book of tests relating to
my briquette by Prof. E. J. Bah
cock, dean of the school of mines
!, of the University of North Da-
kota. at Grand Forks.
II will say that this company
which represent, broke ground
for a plant at Williston last Mon
day week for the erection of the
first plant in this country under
this process. It will require
about fifteen such plants in this
state to supply the demand, not
counting the railroad supply,
and will give employment to be-
tween five and six thousand
men the year round, because we
can mine the coal in the sum-
mer time and manufacture the
briquettes and do our shipping
when the railroads are not han
dicapped for the cars as they are
mining where they cannot store