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Show JOHN C. HUBIN- Remarkable C reer of XV m K We.tern Cnpltnli.,, M.Tf V nrer and Phllanthropi,,. Among the leaders of the pr0!?ri, . element for which the midU w ' famous, Mr. John C. Hubinger 0f jr kuk, la., reigns without a peer j a manufacturer, as an enterprise italist and as a philanthropist his f has spread over many states, and"!1" financial enterprises have 1W-1 '" many obscure towns into progress-thrifty progress-thrifty and wide-awake cities v'' Hubinger, although but 47 .Years"'' age, can look back upon ncore's of mercial victories, each one of which', benefited mankind, for his liberujlv as bountiful as his business snpamil " it, , s',l-nij marvelous. He was born in New or leans, La., his parents being 0f Frenei and German origin. When hnvasfcm years old, his family removed to Ken tucky, in which state young Hubinge, received a public school education most before reaching man's estate secured patents on a number of Ta uable mechanical inventions, thereby laying the foundation of his present fortune. By inclination and force of circuro-stances circuro-stances his attention was early direct-ed direct-ed to the manufacture of starch by jra. proved processes, and in the course ol time he became the head of a concern having an annual business of millions of dollars. But genuine ambition never quite satisfied with existing conditions, con-ditions, works ever toward perfection and after years of painstaking' study and research Mr. Hubinger has made 1 |