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Show INDEX TO FARMERS' PROSPERITY In the general prosperity which the country is enjoying tho fnrmers aro getting their full share. Bountiful crops and good prices make happy homes and smiling faces. In no wnj Is the prosperity of tho farmer as. fully exemplified as In tho Increased trade of the farm implement manu facturers and dealers. Tho Consolidated Consoli-dated Wai;on & Machine company ol this city has this year scored its highest high-est ninrk in regard to volume of business. busi-ness. Tho increnso Is not on any spc-cial spc-cial line of machinery, but practically nil the manufacturers have been benefited. bene-fited. Tho steam plowing plnn of reclamation reclama-tion of arid lands hns opened now business for the J. I. Case Threshing Machluo company for their engines nnd separators and for Doorc, Pnrlln & Orendorff and Oliver plows. The general prosperity of tho farming farm-ing community has greatly Increased the Con. Wagon & Mnchlno Co.'s business in Bain and Cooper wngons. Sweet's Common Sense bob sleds, U. S. ceam separators and farming tools In general. It is surprising to figure on the amount of American Steel & Wire Co.'s barb wlro and Held fence, the McCorniick machinery and tho Plymouth Ply-mouth rod tag twlno it hns sold during dur-ing tho year 1900. They aro feeling the good effects of tho Agricultural College and also from tho experts on beet raising, who aro tending to increase soil production produc-tion or extensivo farming, which Is Increasing tho Planet, Jr., Dooro & Mansur and other lines of general farming tools. Pleasuro, business nnd utility vehicles vehi-cles of overy kind have boon more freely purchnsed than over before. Kauffmnn, Velio, Ilesso, Bnclno, all old favorites of tho trade, have maintained main-tained nn onvlablo reputation. Automobiles hnvo made a fairly good showing, over $30,000 worth having hav-ing been sold by tho Consolidated Wagon & Machlno Co., and tho outlook out-look for 1907 In this lino Is very nattering, nat-tering, as tho 1907 autos aro very attractive at-tractive to tho man who wishes to obtain ob-tain tho greatest nmount of enjoyment, enjoy-ment, use and utility with tho least amount of mechanical difficulties. General Manager George T. Odoll, and Secretary Melvln D. Wells, have spent considerable tlmo at tho factoilcs tho comypany represents repre-sents In selecting nn enormous stock of tho best obtainable implements, vehicles and stoves. Its business methods of securing tho very best goods that aro madb (avoiding cheap Imitations) and selling sell-ing tho best goods as near as conditions condi-tions will permit on a one-prico basis, Its liberal and generous extension of credit, and honest endeavor to treat all customers with strict honesty and liberality is tho foundation on which It has built up the largest business of tho kind In the world today. |
