The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
INDUSTRIAL EDITION
SHOWS PROGRESS.
How Much Marshall County Has Ad-
vanced in Manufacturing and Farm
ing and the Splendid Possibilities for
Future Growth In All Directions.

tor show Marshall county to Mar
shall county as Marshall county
really is-to make ourselves. as we'll
as others beyond our borders, see
ourselves as we are.
Such wonderful progress has been
made by the larger communities
around us that we have forgotten
that we. also, have made good prog
ress. Look through this edition and
YOU will see Marshall county as t
really is.
How many realized that In Plym-
outh was the largest basket factory
In the United States: that here was
the best creamery in the United
States and the largest one in lndi-
ana: that here is located the factory
making the best wire bound box
ever invented-a factory calculated
To become the greatest of It's kind IN
the United States because of tie ex-
cellenee of its product! How
many knew that in Plymouth was
located one of the few emery mills
in the nation and the only one west
of Pennsylvania? How many real
lied that Argos was the center of
one of the greatest business organi-
cations in the United States. the
National Retail Hardware Associa-
tion?
Looking back twenty years at the
industrial history of the towns of
Marshall county. we are astonished
at the smallness of the manufacture
ing business here Compared with
the present day. it j as a baby by
the side of a ten year old boy.
Chicago. South Bend. FIT. WAYNE and
other larger places have made such
astounding progress in all industrial
directions that in this country COM
munity we have forgotten that we.
too. have made good progress, If
not so great as others.
Our banks arc more IN number
and far stronger in money. The
manufacturing plants are many
more. their capital much larger and
their output as a nor tain COM
pared with the hill of III former
productions.
The variety of industries is greater
and the number of workmen employ
ed as we'll as the wages paid them,
very much larger than ever before.
Progress has perhaps been as
great on the farm as In the towns.
The farmers of the county have been
studying modern methods in their
production of stock and crops. If
the figures could be obtained. we be-
iieve the amount of the produce per
acre, as we'll as the number of
acres under cultivation. would much
exceed that of twenty or even ten
wears ago. New lands have been re-
claimed from the swamps and woods,
new crops have been tried with sue
cessful results, and the old and
staple crops have been increased
because of better farming. In fact,
the whole agricultural industry
seems alive with the ferment of
progress. Dairying, onion growing
and pickle raising have added thous-
ands of dollars to the incomes of
farmers. Ginseng and peppermint
growing have shown what may be
done in that direction, and many
farmers seem now on the point of
taking up in earnest the growing
of apples and other fruit for COM
merce. Everywhere are better farm
ing, bigger crops, new money making
crops.
The Possibilities.
Satisfactory as are the things ac-
complished and gratifying as is
the present status in both manu-
featuring and farming, the possibili-
ties are beyond the belief of most
people.
By the year 1915 Plymouth will
have 10000 people because of the
new factories brought here through
the influence of the Commercial club
and the growth of those factories al
ready here. The accomplishments OF
this club during the past year, sur
prising as they were to everyone
are as nothing when compared with
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