Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-09

npa,a,uus heretofore owned by its president,
| oWmyn Evans, that future injuries for
| spImhIer installations will he referred to
Ne SIoDe Automatic Sprinkler Company.
| w Evans says his company instalis
| auou' ohe-third of all the sprinkler svs-
'eu1s ems IN the United States and Canada
| - rreW people In philadelphia are aware
| vi tie extent and Variety of our business -
continued Mr. Evans I'm this plant. in
s o,uu.ns our offices. we occupy about Il
atreS OF uoor space We manufacture
among other things, clutches for automo-
pues' we supply about 100 different
ulaherS OF trucks and automobiles with
! THESE clutches and no better material or
Workmanship Is put into auto clutches
no matter where manufactured. We also
H'ahe auto trucks, both for homo con-
sumption and for export. We are one of
tle ohIN two general agents in the
Ii'Ited states for the American IRA ss
company, and we use about onc-halC tho
sheet copper made by the Guggcnheim
Company.
Here Is new patent firedoor we are
mating II is so made that at the ion
and bottom there is a space of about hair
an men to allow for the expansion of tho
hletal IN case of fire, so that It won't lam
Wheli closing, 1t Is made OF corrugated
steer or the finest uGafty. There Is a
double sheet Of steel used. with the cor.
rugations running one direction on ono
other side. 40 as to COunteract the ey.
panSlon caused by the heat in case of fire
we are Smelters manufacturers i'm.
porters and jobbers. None of our men
work on piecework We could not afford
to hurt our well.earnod Reputation bv nav.
ing work slighted. Most of our work re.
quires the most eXper, and careful work.
men VINO take an interest in it, We be.
leNe III shop efiCienCy--but II is the eff
clency of the spirit and not the material.
That's why we have the reputation and
WHY we have no DieCe.workers"
AN ECONOMIC QUESTION.
Roughly speaking" said Arthur G. BIgc.
low, lio South Front street. president of
the Philadelphia Wool and Textile Asso.
ciatiun "wools could be divided into three
classes:
Glass one would include all the wools
from sheep of mcrino blood.
Glass two would be woods from English
sheep, and
Glass three would be what is known Ia
the trade as carpet woos
"The wool question" he continued. els !
an economic problem. Every one Is vitality |
Interested in the two most important req !
isites of life-food and clothes ANY. !
thing that will make a lamb or mutton |
chop cost less than it does today and at !
the same time reduces the cost of clothing !
automatically is n benefit to the com.
munity. For that reason our association |
Is ngitatlng to bring about conditions |
where the great Appalachian chain can
be devoted to the raising of sheen, to
which it is so well adapted. have found
That in the past farmers were willing 70
raise Sheep but the dog question WAS the
great drawback. The ravages by dogs
nave stopped the raising of sheep in very
many parts of the country. and proper
protective legislation must he enacted IL
We are to have successful woOlgrowing
n this country. In the year 9lO the crop
If wool produced in this country was 32S.
100000 pounds. In 1914 it had ahrunli to
80. 900 900 pounds.
81 believe that now when both mutton
md wool are bringing exceptionally high
,rices, is the psychological aIJnrut IN ~
ughly to interest the farmers the Gov
rnment and the State Legislature on this
'ta subject.