The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-31
THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1918
Circulation Worketh
Patience"

No business is free from vexation'
but the troubles that affect our ow
calling seem more important to u
than those which beset the fellow VIII
Is striving for living in some feel
other than ours Without enumera
ting the worriments and exaspera
lions which afflict the merchant, IA
manufacturer and the printer, "
may say that the agriculturalist ha
at least one burden that Is peculiarl
his own This particular annoy
ance exists in the carelessness an
Indifference of those who profess +
supply the farmer with repairs an
separate parts for his agriculture
machinery.
In selling a pillow, moving machine
cts. the vendor always lays mnef
stress on the readiness with which
separate parts may be obtained. The
agent proposes to carry in stock any
part that could possibly play out and
should it SO happen that his stock
be temporarily exhausted, larger
agency, in some nearby city is boast
ed OF as housing never-failing sup
ply. The catalog of the manufactur-
or and the conversation Of the Local
dealer fill the buyers mind with calm
security. He commences the use oil
his new implement, happy in the
thought that any accident, no matter
how serious, can delay him but few
hours
The first break that occurs Is wei
coined with complaisance as giving {
chance to test the wonderful perfec
ton which has been reached in thu
system of supplying repairs. Thu
separate part catalog is spread on
and, broken piece in hand, the farmer
aided In this emergency by his wife
usually finds without much difficult.
the picture of the little junk of meta
that must be had before operations
can be resumed. There it Is, &C
Der, "RE19876-23" has only to b.
whispered over the telephone to tn
agent in town, to insure it's coming
by parcel post that very afternoon
On another page is the price list an
there this little piece of cast iron /
put down with a wonderful name. t
wit, Raising Shaft and Pitman Ro,
Babbited Connection, Lower Lief
Side Outer Hand, Threaded for No
BX471S, 1913 model 1885,"
While waiting for the Afternoon
mail, the farmer who has paid So;
for the complete machine, figures Out
that, should he replace 1t all from
cost him SILICA. But he hopes for
no more bad luck and on the arrival
of the mail. stops to talk with the
X f ID carrier about the marvels of
the telephone, the comforts of the
rural delivery service and the perfec-
ton of the system for supplying
UTOheH PAL Is iOl farm uldCHlueIS.
Just think of it, Broken down at
eleven and all ready to go to work
again before three same day.
The hired man gets out the team
while the owner hunts up the
wrenches and goes to put the newly
arrived piece in place. One end is
applied and securely bolted in posi-
tion when 1t is discovered to be a
quarter of an inch too short Often
times the farmer is like the Irishman
who was helpless when his rope was
TOO long but could splice it If it was
too short AS to cast iron machin-
cry, however, the same reasoning
did not apply and no improvising or
coaxing would make the new piece
Join together two parts of the mach
Inc 1t was intended to support 1t
was pretty near right but neverthe-
less was as wholly wrong as though
the deficiency had been a quarter OF
q mile instead of quarter of an inch.
Conversation over the phone devel-
opes the fact that it was for an older
model The agent had already dis
covered his mistake and had ordered
the correct part from the state
agency, 40 miles down the river. The
next day brings the information that
the state headquarters has ordered it
from the factory The last of the
week the factory reports that p large
supply OF REl9S76s is being rushed
through the works and will be ready
for delivery in about 10 days. This
comforting assurance makes it plain
that the machine can be re-equipped
for the year 1914 but that it is adso-
mtely out of commission for the sea
son at hand
There are no exaggerations in the