The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-09-21
THE LIBERTY CORN FACTORY.

The corn factory in Liberty village is now
running at full blast and the corn is coming in
from all directions, indicating not only that
area but that those who had planted corn here
tofore have increased their acreage. Last
Thursday it is estimated that nearly 5000
bushels of corn were brought in and the fac
tory run out 10000 cans, and they challenge
any other corn factory in the State to beat
that record. Notwithstanding the amount of
corn used on that day, at o'clock p. m. there
were So teams in sight either unloading corn,
loading husks and eobs to carry home, or wait
ing for q chance to unload. All out of doors
appeared full of corn. Every inch of space in
the yard was full of corn, Linden Cooks door
yard was full. W. D. Sanford's stable yard was
full, and the small field between the black
smith shop and Morse's mill was partly full
A continuous stream of teams loaded with
corn has been coming ever since, and the fac
tory has been compelled to run part of the
night and Sunday. Whatever the result of
the election on September 1lth, it is certain
that since that time the people of this village
has kept mighty we'll corned
On visiting this factory one is struck with
its perfect cleanliness, and the perfect discl-
phne of the employees. Everything moves
with the precision of well regulated watch.
Every person has certain duty tc per-
form and does it, or gets down and out. MIR.
Greene, the superintendent of all the fac
tories belonging to the company in Maine, is
continually on the go in his auto visiting the
several factories under his control, and is here
for few hours every few days. 1t is very
evident that he is the right man in the right
place. Mr.. Howard Staples, the foreman here,
is also valuable man for the company. This
is made evident by the fact that this is the
third year he has held the position. He
is ably aided by his foreman of machinery,
Clayborn Wellington of this village, who was
promoted to that position this year. Mrs. Eva
Ripley very ably holds down the position of
bookkeeper, which she is holding for the third
year to the entire satisfaction of the company.
1t is the same with Arthur Norton as ward
master.
The names of the employees and their du-
ties furnished me by the bookkeeper are as
follows: Superintendent, H. A. Staples; book
keeper, Mrs. Eva Ripley; machine man, Clay
born Wellington; yardman, Arthur Norton;
aid, L. F. Hurd; foreman, of cutters, John
Sanford; assistants, F. P. Brown and Burton
Eastman; cutters, Mrs. H. A. Moody, Mrs.
Burton Eastman; feeder, S. P Colby; weigh
er, Miss Jessie Norton; mixer. o. W. Ripley;
can dropper. Artie May johnson; aid, Rose
Ryan; holster, Frank Harding; cooker, Fred
Millay; cooker feeder, Harold Linscott; cap
pers, Alfredo and Rena Eastman; capperman,
H. A. Wyman; tippers. Arthur Haskell and F.
A. Grant; inspector of cans, Harry Bollong and
Vena Randall hot leak mender, Arthur Wom-
bolt; retort men, Walter Young, Sherman
Cram, Jesse Hill, James Rowell; pan boys,
c. M. Hurd; pan washer Ernest Ryan; case
packers, E. G. Mitchell, Mrs. Staples, Howard
Brown and Sidney Jones.
The huskers outside are too numerous to
mention. Suffice to say that old and young,
men and women, boys and girls, gather here
to do the husking. Eighty-ive persons were
counted as huskers one day last week. They
get cents per basket. Some make as high as
$1.5O Ier day and some not half that. 1t de-
pends upon the push and alacrity of the hus-
ker. Waldo, the nine -year-old son of DR..
Holt, made $1.2O one day, and has earned more
than So in husking up to now.
In conclusion will say that this industry is
Godsend to this quiet place as there is no bus-
ness being done at the tannery now ,and it will
be the means of distributing many thousands
of dollars among the workmen and the farmers
in this locality. o. J.