The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26

greatest interest to the underwear
business. 1t is one of the oldest and
best established plants in the country
and it controls the patents on the
"spring needle knitting machines
now in use in many other plants IN the
country. The plant of the company
covers ten or twelve acres and it is de-
clared to be one of the most moderns
underwear making plants in the world.
1t is announced that Harry Nenden-
hall of st. Louis, will be in charge Of
the sales department. of the syndicate.
Tt is announced that the new syndi-
cate is going to be particularly COM
parry to deal with American merchants.
The cafitui etF i Of lie new Black
Cat Textiles Company viii be entirely
paid in at once and it will be used in
the extension of the business of the
companies taken over and others which
may be acquired later.
The combination of the two great
companies will make KenOsha the home
of one Of the largest if not the larg-
est, in the world dealing in this line
of textile products.
It is understood that there will be
no change in the manufacturing orr
ganization of the Kenosha plant.
1t has been known for some time that
the Kenosha company was planning to
enter the field of manufacturing and
marketing underwear and before the
purchase of any plant was made sew
eral of the big plants of the country
were under consideration.
Officials of the company had little to
say further than the announcement of
the ABSORPTION of the Cooper plant by
the Kenosha concern.
"There will be no change in the
policy of the company and the only
thing will be very large extension of,
its activities along the lines which
have made these two companies nota-
bic in their different lines of business
in this country and abroad" said one
of the officials of the company this af-
ternoOn. FThe men who are now en-
ployed in the Kenosha plant will not
be disturbed. tt is probable that some
of the men who have been active in
carrying out the policies Of the Chicago
Kenosha Hosiery Company viii in the
near future 90 to Bennington to repre-
sent the company there, but for the
most part the factory organization of
the Cooper plant will remain intact.
President A. J. Cooper of the COM
pany, will continue with us as man
ager Of the eastern plant
It was declared that there would be
no change in the names of products
which have been made famous to mer-
chants and to patrons throughout
the country and the liberal advertising
campaigns of the companies will be
continued.
During the past few weeks reports
have been in circulation that the Ke-
nosha plant was to be sold r, Many
people had connected these reports
with rumors Of sale of the plant to
some other company. The new COM
pany taking over the property is made
up almost entirely of the men who
have been so successful in its opera
tion during the past few years.
At the meeting of the stockholders
of the old Chicago Hosiery
Company this morning the ratifca-
ton of the sale of the plant to the new
syndicate was unanimous.
The old hyphenated name of the
company has been borne ever since ID
was established in Kenosha consid-
erably over twenty years ago. When
the company first located in Kenosha
the plant was known as the Chicago
Rockford Hosiery Company, but later.
on the Rockford was dropped and Ke-
nosha substituted The Black Cat
Textiles Company viii be the new name
for the plants in Kenosha,- Benning;
ton apdsSheboygan.