The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-17
BIG SOUTHERN
INDUSTRY WILL
SAVE MILLIONS
OFFICER OF ORGANIZATION is IN
PENSACOLA TODAY AND WILL
PRESENT PLAN AND PROS
PEcTs TO CITIZENSHIP. w. p.
JACKSON TALKS ON SUBJECT.

Mr.. w. H. Barlow, the organizer and
fiscal agent of the Kle-Nol Company
of Montgomery, Ala, is in Pensacola
today for the purpose of giving people
an opportunity to know the history Of
the organization of this company
whose success so far has been most
phenomenal, and bids fair to be recog-
nlzed in the near future as one of the
greatest industrial enterprises in
Dixie. His visit here makes possible
subscriptions to the capital stock of
the Kle-Nol Company, to a limited ex-
tent, on the same ground floor footing
on which the leading citizens of Mont
gomery. where the company is domi-
ciled, obtained their stock.
Mr.. L. H. Baker has been in the city
for a few days and was in attendance
at the Interstate Fair, where the Kle-
Mol Company had an exhibit, and at
which many demonstrations proving
the superiority of Kle-Nol over all
other cleaners was shown.
The drain upon the resources of the
south by reason of having to send to
the north, west and east monies run
ming into millions will, in a large
measure, be stopped in the purchasing
at home of this home product.
In an interview with Mr.. W. p.
jackson. general sales agent, the fol-
lowing facts relating to the history of
the Kle-Nol Company since its infancy
up to the present time are presented:
When those who by accident had
discovered the formula from which
this wonderful cleaning preparation is
made" said Mr.. Jackson last night.
together with those who owned the
land from which the mineral base is
obtained, approached Mr.. Barlow,
whose experience as an organizer of
companies throughout the country is
second to none, he demanded first that
he be shown and convinced as to the
merit of Kle-Nol as a cleaner. This
was done and seventeen different
things were cleaned alongside of the
cleaners with which Kle-Nol would
have to come in competition, to his
entire satisfaction. 1t was then con-
clusively shown to his satisfaction
that without scratching the surface of
the most highly polished metals or re-
/ moving the gloss from the finest var
nished or painted surfaces of wood,
and taking ink and grease spots from
silk and wooden fabrics, it was easily
proven that Kle-Nol had superior
merit
THE next question which he de-
manded was to be satisfied as to the
abundance of the mineral which forms
the base of this cleaner, and a per-
SCAAeAA
with searching examination of the
charts and maps of the state geologist
were made.
He then had to be convinced, since
| the formula was secret that some
of the other ingredients used in con-
| junction with the base were not so
expensive as to preclude the posi-
bil1ty of profit in the manufacture of
the article, and this was all accom-
plished to his entire satisfaction.
Then it was that Mr.. Barlow con-
sented to lend his name and influence
to perfect the organization of the COM
pany. A board of directors was Sc
lected, and an examination of their
| names will convince the most skeptical
| that any money invested i'm the KIe-
mol Company will be used with in
| telligence and under the guidance of
| board the individual members If
which have made conspicuous sue
cesses III their various business enter
pr1ses. That this board stands second
| to none among those controlling other
enterprises in the south is easily
proven by glance at the names here
with presented.
| THAT K1e-Nol can be smanufa ctured
at a much lower cost than other
| cleaners by reason of the fact that the
| base which forms large percentage
of the finished material is within but
a few miles of the factory which turns
it out, while all others transport the
| material that enters into the manu-
facture from 400 to 1900 miles. The
south furnishes the material from
| which two of the best known cleaners
are made, SO that freight to New York
| and Connecticut in the case of these
| two must be paid two WAYS when
used In the south.
at is only few weeks since when
| a New York concern interested in
| placing stocks of high order ap-
preached the Kle- Mol Company with a
proposition to take over its issue on
| terms which, from a commission
i standpoint seemed most favorable. but
having in mind the fact that this com
! pany is to be owned permanently by
its friends at home, the offer was re-
fused. A plan has been devised by
which controlling interest is always
to be held by the present friends of
! the company, as result of contra CT
entered into by the stockholders to
keep in power the excellent board of
directors who now control. This pre-
vents the possible purchase of the
company by foreign capital and it's
possible removal from the south. The
| significance OF this will be better IN
derstood and more thoroughly appre-
ciated when the fact is known that
one of the cleaners on the market for
the past thirty-siK years could have
been sold for seven million dollars
eighteen months ago, while another
not so well known and on the market
less than half as long, declined an
offer of three million dollars. As the
Kle-Nol Company is capitalized at
only 100000, and as the product Is
national and international in its pos
sibilities, this capitalization is modest
to a degree.
All of the stock of the Ne-Nol
Company could be ready sold in
Montgomery, but il has been the pur-
pose of the company to have its friends
scattered, and for that reason a linn
tied amount of the stock of the com
pany is offered in Pensacola