Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-12
DOUCHBOY' TO
BRING BACKERS
HERE RICHES
Rylander Joins Viques-
nev - To Establish
Statuette Factory

Arrangements are being completed
today in Chicago by Walter Ryland-
er, who has become associated with
+. NJ Visqueney in the making and
marketing of the latter's soldier sta
tue, "The Spirit of the American
Doughboy," fer the establishment in
Americus at as early date as pos
sible, of metal factory for the MAX
ing of the miniature doughhoy sta
tue in large quantities to supply the
avalanche of orders that are sweep
ing in upon Mr. Viquesney's office.
With orders in hand, checks and
money orders attached, for nearly
5000 of these statuettes, which are
IL inches high and will sell at 5000
each, Mr. Rylander went to Chicago
Sunday night to speed up the MAX
ers of the moulds from which the
statuettes will be cast in white metal
Some slight changes were to be made
In the moulds and a telegram re-
ceived from him this morning by
Mr.. Viquesney stated that these
changes had been made and approved
and that the first shipment of $50
statues would be sent out by ex-
press today. This plant will at once
! begin manufacture at a capacity of
200 per day.
Huge Demand.
But so great is the demand, and so
| large the orders in hand and in sight,
that this plant will furnish but a
| drop in the bucket, and until a
! plant can be put in operation here,
arrangements will be made, if pos
sible, for other concerns to under
take manufacture, also to increase
/ the output.
Mr.. Rylander is arranging for the
| Chicago firm to build sufficient
moulds to equip plant in Americu!
to manufacture from 1000 to 1,25(
statuettes per day. Such a plant
would not require great space mol
a large investment, it is said, and
would require the services of only Il
or 80 persons, many of whom, how
ever, would be skilled metal workers
Mr.. Rylander's telegram today gave
the information that he was about
to close a contract with one of the
most skilled metal workers in this
line in the country to come to Amer
icus and install and take charge Of
the plant for making these statues.
Enormous Prospects.
The doughboy statue promises to
become an enormous business. Mr.
Viquesney has in hand a proposal
from the disabled war veterans OF
Chicago, who have obtained from the
! city administration of Chicago a per
NIT to sell these statues without
license, and who have informed him
that they can sell 100000 in the
city of Chicago alone.
Two small advertisements have
just appeared in the American Le-
gion weekly, announcing the statue
for sale and calling for agents, and
the replies have been coming in, both
orders and inquiries, from all over
the United States at an average OF
100 or more per day. Announce.
ments are to appear shortly in the
Saturday Evening Post and the Gen
tlewoman, magazines of nationwide
| general circulation, which are ex
pected to bring new floods of orders
1t is believed it will require al
least two years to supply the hgf
tide demand for the statue with ar
output of more than 1000 per day tc
be attained by the plant to be estab
lished here, which will bring grea
/ flow of cash into Americas and
wealth for those who conceived the
idea and put it through.
1t is now planned, once the meta
plant is established here, to begin
the development of a general white
metal foundry business for the South
There is at present no such plant ii
the Southern states, although grea
volume of business comes out of tht
South. Such plant turns out many
lines of cast metal products, one of
the chief of which is metal trim
mings, handles, etc, for coffins ant
other objects.