The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-14
EAGLE PAPER MILLS
GETS BIG CONTRACT
Richmond Manufacturing Con-
Germ Downs All Competition
and Makes Big Score.

Richmond is right on the map and
NIL continue to be for some time to
'ome. And Richmond has a way of
Sctting there when some other towns
:all behind. The reasons are not far
10 be found out. In the first place Rich
nonu Is competitor all right 1t is
mat because il has thu shipping facil-
'ties and the manufacturing facilities
mat Keep IL all the time IN tho front
rank, and right in the way OF COM
2etinG towns.
These thoughts have been suggested
by Just little trade item that / plcked
up III my rounds Yesterday The Eagle
'apcr Company. running mills of huge
proportions up on Marshall Street. in
the western part of the city is an in
:ututlon OF which Richmond is proud
IL may be prouder of II now than ever
before. because of some very fine bust
ness ~ picked up last week For some
time past the Eagle Mills have been I'm
correspondence with an Atlanta. Ga
concern. wholesale paper dealers. one
or the largest concerns of its kind i'm
the United states. The corrcspondonce
bags. and the Eagle Mills were made
aware that it had to compete with
paper-making concerns from all over
the country.
The why's and Wherefores.
Just how this Richmond company did
coHlHete ana why II competed is OF but
little, If any, interest to the average
reader 1t is enough to say that the
fIaric Company, Of whcih Myer Frank
is the treasurer and general manager
ana sec proper 10 compete. and let the
world know that in the matter OF
paper bags OF paper anything else
Richmond is right i'm the swim as il is
IN many other things i'll the manufac-
turing line.
The simple story is that an Atlanta
house was in the market for ten car
loads Of paper bags. and the Eagle
Paper Company. of this city, saw prop.
or To go into the contest for tho lob
Forty other concerns were in the bid
dinS. and these were scattered all over
the United States. What the Atlanta
house wanted was the best OF goods at
the lowest price ana with freight rates
mat would not eat UP all of the profits
ON the deal The Eagle PAPER Com
pany put in its bid. and il WAS easy
enough to show a superior quality of
paper bags, and it was also easy to
show that when it came down to
freight rates ana quick delivery Rich
mond had all OF the other paper mar
kets skinned 20 Il fraZ2le.
| asked Mr.. Frank about this bic
deal and hc was 4 little too modest 10
boast Of II. but finally he told me about
H. of course. ia modest way He
said: I'VE simply showed that We mad
The best goods that were wanted aud
That Richmond was the best distri-
butinS point ana that the freight rates
from here We're altogether favorublr.
We did not fail in ali OF the negotia-
lions L" bring out the fact that the
Eagle Mills could make, and does make.
the best bags. and also that Rich
mond is Tho best distributing point
MI th"s" things were taken into CON
sidcration by the Atlanta concern ana
the upshot of II all is that we closed
the contract FOR ten solid carloads of
our automatic hoN bottom bags This
contract alone requires 4o0.G00 pounds
OF paper. consisting of our registered
hranos. known as Gold Bond. Raw Hide
and Ajax Kraft"
Enoouhtcdly. this is one OF the big
S,at orders any paper concern has had
10 nj Tor many years, and talks a
sight Tor Richmond. But il may he
remarked in parcnthcsis that tire Eagle
Companv. with It's big plants in this
CITY. IS IN the habit Of iilliuE big or
dcrS, and in that way it is doing a
great deal to advertise Richmond. and
IT'S greater business L. the uttcrmost
parts OF the country.