The Newtown bee., 1909-07-09
The NeWtcM.n. Bee.
 Newtown. Friday, July ?, 1909,
INTEGRITY IN BUSINESS NO . BARRIER TO SUCCESS A Humanitarian Industry and its Half Century of Development. From The New York Observer.
 By John A. offord,

Tennyson's line, Better nifty | years of Europe than a cycle of
 Cathay," is a poetlcally expressed
 appreciation of the benefits of
 modern civilization and an assertion
 that a comparatively short period of
 active life under conditions which | accompany 1t is better than long
 existence apart from its advantages, 1 It is with half a century or there
 abouts of development in one line of
 business, with it's natural extension into cognate branches, that this arti- cle has to do-a business which has grown from a small beginning into it's present vast proportions, with headquarters in the city of New York, where it is not hard to find
 remarkable examples of industrial expansion. There are some lines of
 commercial activity which by reason of service rendered to humanity at large awaken more than a passing interest, and a study of them re-
 veals their intimate relation to the
 daily welfare of men, women and
 children. Happily, even under the
 influence of the present day stren-
 uous existence, there is scarcely any
 one unwilling to listen to propo-
 sition involving especial benefit to
 the children. Such "a touch of na-
 ture makes the whole world kin"
 He who plays upon the chords of a
 sentiment involving the good of the II little ones can successfully command
 a hearing, and for that reason read
 CTS of this paper may confidently be expected to peruse with interest what is here set forth. The subject inded possesses an important human itarian, and consequently a highly moral significance, entitling it to sx- ceptional attention. Somewhat more that 50 years ago Gail Borden, whose indomitable character had already made an impression, but whose name was, neverthless, known only to a comparatively limited circle, by many of whom he was looked upon as dreamer, determined to waste other peoples money, as we'll as his own, sought to prosecute an invention for
 preserving milk. Absurd, said
 the hard headed practical men of his
 day, for did not everybody know that
 milk of all articles of diet is the
 most susceptible to changes of tenn
 perature, surrounding conditions and
 the like? Not the least of the diff
 culties with which Gail Borden had
 to contend was the unwillingness Of
 the Patent Office to issue a patent on
 his invention. The officials could not see that the evaporation of milk "in vacuo" was of any special inn
 portance-so at least declared
 Patent Commissioner Mason in May,
 1856. Despits this rebuff, however, Borden managed to array such a
 number of scientific and chemical
 proofs of the value of his proposed
 plan that even the entrenched forces ) of the Patent Office were compelled
 to yield, and in August of the same
 year the patent was issued. In this
 connection it is interesting to note
 that, notwithstanding rival claims,
 it was conceded by so high an au-
 thority as the Encyclopedia Britann-
 ica, that to Gail Borden belongs the
 credit of originating the industry o1 . condensing milk. Thus the story o1
 the first important step is recorded } in the musty files of the Patent !. Office. That of succeeding steps along the pathway to success i' written in enduring letters on tht ! hard rock of New York business life Gail Borden's early life on tn' L frontier in. Texas well fitted him fol the building up piece by piece O 2 that lasting monument of his goot ' judgment and unwearing patience P the business that to-day is tn \ largest of it's kind in the world \ Over the great continents and tn \ islands of the sea, actually from pol | to pole and belting the globe v Eagle Brand" Condensed Milk ac b companies the march of progress. ' is product of keen insight an \ skill practically applied to the need \ of humanity. The little can, wit . it's businesslike label, holds tn ' precious, although not costly, con
 tents, in perfect condition to tn - very last-contents worth, unde
 certain circumstances, more tha
 their weight in gold. So, indeed
 often have they proved for infants
 for the soldier on the march, tn
 pioneer in the lonely forest or on tn
 roo,,ntoin trail and for the dauntlos