The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-10-31
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workink from two and q halt to
four hours@a day overtime. And
that the factory was not closed
down until the 10th day of Au-
gust, 1912. And that every pound
of fibre in the possession of the
State at the Institution was man
ufactured intosbinding Irvine and
that more than four-fifths of the
binding Irvine manufactured went
directly into the hands Of the
farmers 81 fke state. And fur
Their that every available foot of
space in the, warehouse room
was completely filed and occu-
pied by the manufactured Irvine.
That the requirements Of Irvine
in order to supply the farmers Of
the State Of North Dakota was
over thirty million pounds in the
year Of 1912. which requirements
exceeded the capacity of the
Irvine plant at Bismarck by at
least ten times the capacity to
produce, and therefore it would
be impossible to supply the
needs and demands of all the
farmers Of the State of North
Dakota. The International Har-
weston Co. are making the fac
tuois argument when they say
that the Irvine carried over by
the State Institution had depre-
ciated in value. If this argument
be founded on fact, then there
must be great depreciation in
the value of at least forty-si1
million pounds of Irvine carried
over by the International Harves-
ter Co. and sold to their CUSTOM
ers in the year Of 1912. Some of
this Irvine had been carried by
the International Harvester Co.
for at least two years. The In
ternational Harvester Go. in this
article published by the Tribune
made the statement that Irvine
was sold by them in the States
where there were no prison Irvine
plants as cheap or cheaper than
the prison sold Irvine in the State
of North Dakota and other states
where prison Irvine is manufac-
tured and sold. Their statement
is unsupported by any figures to
verify the fact that even if it
were true it would simply prove
the fact that the influence of the
prison manufactured Irvine ex-
tended beyond the borders of the
states where prison Irvine is man
ufactured. The charge that War
den Hellstrom shut down the
Irvine Plant is not supported by
the fact for the reason that it
was in full operation, running
overtime in order to produce the
largest possible product in order
to supply the demand The 9TH
er statements in this article are
on a par with the foregoing state
ments. The international Har-
vester Co. have an old grudge a.
gainst Warden Hellstrom be-
cause of the fact that thru his
efforts he defeated them in their
attempt to corner the fibre mar
ket of the country and in that
way to compel all the states Of
the Union manufacturing binder
Irvine to come to them for their
raw material. And largely by
reason of his action the Interna-
tional Harvester Co. were COM
PEELED to abandon their corner
on raw material and close out
their holdings at a loss of many
millions of dollars to them. The
farmers of this state will remem
Der that in 1910 the information
al Harvester Co. were busy dis
tributing tons of literature cal
culated to convince them that
binding Irvine made from sisal
was the only really first class
Irvine and to beware of all Irvine
manufactured from MANILA fibre
the Warden having changed from
sisal to MANILA fibre in order to
defeat them in their efforts to
corner the fibre market. Their
dailue to convince the people
that sisal Irvine was better than
MANILA Irvine is proven by the
fact that today much more man.
lila Irvine is used than sisal. Lei
the Bismarck Tribune and the
minions of the Irvine and Har-
vester Trust again return to this
fact.
Now. is the time for alle