The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-06-01
Georgia Industry Develops
World Wide Interest
By Horace NJ. Bowman

q Iie no oouthern industry offers more striking ex-
ample OF inns characteristic American phenomena than
the Miller Manufacturing company of cambridge Ga
IN seven years 1t has built up a business worldwide
IN scope, which extends from the Hawaiian Islands to
south America, from Canada France in addition to
vast volume of business in the United States
inns success may be largely attributed to the efforts
Of the Miller company in developing mechanical device
Tor Washing and sterliZng bottles with capacity of
from few hundreds to thousands of bottles an hour
and used by hundreds of manufacturers of caroonaed
beverages among which Coca-Coa company bottlers
wards Orange Crush botter and other botters of we'll
known carbonated beverages
TINS device, which represents the most advanced and
correct method of cleansing and sterlizng
bottles by mechanical means is shown in the illustra
non accompanying this article.
The important function performed by the Miller Nv
arc Washer and Sterzer in the carbonated beverage
INDUSTRY IS obvious when is considered that the humid
eS OF thousands OF empty bottles used convey soft
drinks to the public each day not only be thorough
~ washed but also serized before they can be again
used
hach day the manufacturer of carbonated beverages
must collect the cases of empty bottles from the dealers
who sell to the public return them to his Miami r.
Oe Sterized and prepared for immediate refusing When
an ehre Meet OF trucks begin to unload their cases of
empty oottes INTO the plant the cleaning these bottles
Tor quick use becomes question of vital Importance
Before the invention of the Miller Sterizer and Wash
Ier various means of soaking and brushing were ON
ployed to get the bottles ready for sfllino hu with
tne perfection OF the Miller machine all this has been
changed With the modern washer and sterilzer boy
PaceS the bottles IN the machine at end and they
ege at the otnef thoroughly washed by application of
boiling water by various baths in caustic acid solution in
connection with the of high pressure SPRAYS and
then given vigorous rinsng with alternate lets of hot
and cold water which impart crystal clear sparkling
hnh and are then conveyed the point where they are
placed at the filler without having been touched
| by hands.
This machine is tribute to the inventive genius and
progressive spirit of the Miller Manufacturing company
That the Miller Hydro has had extraordinary sue
evidenced by the opinion of carbonated beverage
manufacturers largest cities of Canada and the
Nate AC oof4I
survey of the city of Chicago ascertain the number
and kinds of such machines in that city revealed
the fact that to of every other type of
chine manufactured by the competitors of the Miller
Company, there were five Miller Hydro Washers and
sterlizers in USE
similar survey made of the metropolis district of
New York city resulted in the discovery of coincidence
VIZ that the performance of Miller machines all
others in New York exactly the as in Chicago
or five Millers to every of all other competing
chimes
| The entry of Coca-Cola into France was made by
way of Paris. AS measure of of pleasing
the Partisan connoisseur with this popular American
beverage in its most tempting form, it is offered the
frequenterS of the cafes and iboulevards in bottles
made crystal clear and thoroughly sterzed by Miller
Hydro.
Similar interesting facts exist as to the Miller ma
chine in such Canadian cities Montreal, Quebec and
Hamilton, as we'll as the cold and wntry fastness Of
ST. Johns Newfoundland. From the Northern extrem-
ty to the equatorial region of Brazil long way but
the Miller machine is sterizng bottles for drinks that
Branch offices maintained by the Miller Company
N San Francisco, New York. Chicago and other large
cities throughout the United States each branch organ
zaon composed entirely of Miller employees and a part
of the Miller Company of cambridge Georgia
The Miller Company is exclusive Georgia enter
prise The capital that has built it's business, the ma
chine which has been the medium of it's success the
men who control its policy and direct its business activ
ties, the organization which and handles its ad
vertising- of these what may be termed Georgia
products.
Not only is this company striking example of what
the ability of Georgia accomplish and concrete |
illustration of the fact that Georgia is logical location
for big business but there is still another and perhaps
even more important observation to be respecting
the location of this industry.
| If industry located in small inland town in a
remote part of the State of Georgia developed into
a business with worldwide reputation and custom
and become an acknowledged leader in its field in such
cities as Chicago New York and other METROPOLITAN COM
munites, what the logical limit for speculation in con-
sderng the possibilities of substantial success which
awaits the jobber manufacturer trade organic
alton in such cities Savannah, Georgia, the fourth
greatest United States seaport volume of business
Atlanta railroad center of great Importance where
practically every manufacturer in the United States
lis represented; at Augusta Macon, GEORGIA cities
that offer the advantages Of population for labor
poses ample railroad facilities, abundant power and
elements favorable to the operation of industries
The conclusion may be drawn, and without overstep-
ping either modesty conservative Judgment that the
State of Georgia offers the modern aid 1rorreesiyo
manufactures with sufficient capital and the facilities
recognized necessary to carry normal business
strong foohod for the present. as abundant posi-
btes for constant and future opportunities
development great available in any state from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to the Gulf
Western judge holds the Volstead act to be incon-
sistent and ambiguous, Well, if it's ambiguous how