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MUDLAVIA. INDIANA. MAY. 1908.
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eMUETDC'S PAINT P
*0 CharMterlnd kjr Kirks Whits* Vlee-Preelrfei WhIU Lead end Ced W/ perlority of Our Produof Matad by-the Old World.
<W," sold Kr. H. Xlrfcl Whits, riOS'prseldsot af the Anns WUts Load * Color Works, Detrol:. Mick.. "the pklst Bustaetvrltt et tbs United States will rank with tbs atstl
Already Amsrlea ts the
^nr other tUsp from
huodrsds of thousands of Tbs Acme company !s
of Sir. Writs'* eye sad be It trow, yssr by year,
dingy room out on Oraad Ave*. Detroit, where it was scan. twaaty-foar years no, lata oas of of tbs foremost concerns of Its kind la the world. Although Mr. Whits Is advanced la years and U livumcil la many different Haas, tbs paint plant la Kill hla favorite. Starting on a 910.000 capital, tbs oompnay la a o w capitalised at 91.000.D0e and cove;* with Its inanw buildings. fourteen aeraa of ground. Tbs Acme eoApauy m originally started hy William I*
BUSY LIS MOD BATH
Master John Lewris Msntpsmsry at Two Yssr* and a Half Takas to Meer-Murf Like Vaterarv--He Didn't Fcsl One AH Afraid.
Master John Lowrhi Montgomery, two and one-half years old. son of Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Montgomery. ill Fifty-Afth ft, Chicago, stepped from the Moor-Mud bath at Jdndlawta one
!IB0 pounder. The eon-
true bstween the two, both an blaek
as tho ace of spades, made the bath
ers roar with, laaghtnr. hat that passed rlfht over John Lowrfe. The
dtartnatlva ehnp bravely asserted to
everybody that be wasn't the least bit afraid. "Xaw, I wasn't seared/'
be said, M!t' flat When I crow up, my papa says* for ms to take mud baths It 1 get sick."
Dr. and Mra. Montpmcrr spent a very pleasant rest period at Madlavla. 1 savins much pleased with the bathe and Ti|,M Watosm **I shall he more than ptad to say a pood word for uad*
ALCOVK OP NEW DININQ ROOM AT MUDLAVIA.
paint pell of -the world. The countries
of Korops have recountsed the soporlorMy of the paint and relative prod ucts made In this country. The hoeInscc boa been rsffacsd to a ecleaee." Mr. Wbdte was a recent guest at Mndtaria. where he has been several times, coming each year to spend a root
period aad recuperate from the u4vo m dntloe imposed upon him by his many enterprises
Mr. White declare# that the home
factorise will be busy for years to seme supplying this country with paint aad vanish saouEh to cover it* 0r 400.00b structures of wood end brick.
Davies, now president, and Thomas Heal, the present secretory sad cen* oral manager. sad hod a oeparity of one barret of paint a day when Mr. White aad his brother advanced capltd and. cams Into the Ora. IDs brother. Albert B. White, la treasurer of the company.
By the death of Mr. D. M. Ferry. Mr. H. K. Whits becomes president of the XX M. Ferry Bead Co., of Detroit, the greatest need house In the country. He Is also president of the Dels Mfg. Co., of Albion. Mich., besides betas prominently cooacted with a score of other enterprises.
moraine recently, as proud a little specimen of budding manhood aa ever walked. Tbs youngster doffed his clothes and sntcrod the hc*h trader tho guidance of an attendsat with u much assurance so say seasoned "mudlte." John Lowrlc stayed in the mod nearly ten minute# and he lei every oas Id the hotel know that be had taken a mod bath with bis "dad dy" and how Jlne It wee. When he walked to the shower one of the grown-up bathers was Just leaving
Savin to my friends.1* said tbs doctor.
*T have bea> to a greet many resorts,
hat have never been treated with
more courtesy and consideration than at your place. Tour medical staff is far above tits average. 1 am sure Un. Montgomery feala as X do about our visit sad Cowrie has had the time of bis life. We shall certainly come again.** Dr. Montgomery !i one of the leading dentists of tbs Bomb Bids, where be sad him wife have many friends. The doctor Is Past Bvprems President and Depair Su preme lecturer of the Xl-PsKPhl.
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STRiPKANSER FINED
Mucflavla News
London Maglitrata Ettabliihet Prece dent That Would Pill the DepteXed Coffer* o< Our Cities If Tried Here
Mr. A. C. Weiss. Man Who started dev. Johnson on Road to presidency Through Columns of Oulwth fivtn Inp Hsrald. Writes KIs Opinion of Mvdlavli--Charmed With Resort.
Moor-Mud Endorsed by Leading Pbyalan* ee Nature** Cure far Rheuma tism--Medical Practitioners fiend
--Brlllahar Cornea Under Ben ef
Thousands ef Patients te MudinvU
Law for Standing in Crewded Tram*
Should Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, be so fortunate mm w
--They Como TMid mIv m, To *.
capture the nomination for the presidency at the national demoeimtle con- I
ventlon i be held in Denver thle summer, he can. In a measure, thank
Juei think of a man in tbl* tall|Ht* |
Mtd day of the straphanger Ott the |
crowded subway, elevated and surfed 1
care in our great American cities. be*
lag fined for standing tip because M
could aot find a Mat! It weald be
somewhat of a nmdt Cor >hi imagte-
atloa, wouldn't It? Rewmr, the Bad*
Uah anchormen look u the matter >a
a different light, according to XT. Fred
Buck, vteo-preaUfaccu and general man*
ager of tbo Lufkin Rule Co., of Sea*
Laao. Wch.. who wae
April visitor
to Madlavllu "Ta Loaden/'eald Mr. Buck, "the lawe
governing the street railways, or tnun-
etye, as they are called la the Brit
ish capital, are very Held. Just the
opposite of New York. Chicago and
Mr. A. C. Welie, president mad geasrel manager of the Duluth Evening Herald ter the honor. It wee Mr. Welaa who first realised the great ex ecutive worth of .Mr, Johnson and through the columns of hie 'paper tee tered the present governor's eandddaey for chief magistrate of the stats.
Mr. Weiss, who came to Mudlarl* ia the early spring to regain hie health after sever*] weeks* Hines* In the hospital following a serious op eration, wae high la hie prates of the Moor-Mud place an a health resold. Whet he thinks of Mudlavla Is told la A communication he wrote to the Iiidhas Spring* Co., appearing below la thle article. The Duluth editor Is a man of engaging personality and la proud of Ui paper and the dty it represents. The Herald baa been controlled by Mr. Welae tor over twenty years; he has seen It grow dram a country newspaper Into one of the lead ing daUlaa' of the northwest. Governor Jobnsou, since his election, has shown hJs appreciation, of Mr. Wets*' efforts to hie beball by conferring with him on needy questions of public interest. He be* naked the editor to be one of a board of three appointed by the governor to attend a con ference mlled by the president thle mouth to discuss the conservation of tbe natural resources of the aountry.
Duluth, now a dty of TB.400 population. Is rapidly approaching the
point when it will be oa* of the leading Industrial centers of the world;
Tbe foot that over * thousand prac
ticing pbyeicdaiaa visit Mudlavla each
year is a crtterloa of what tbe con sensus of oplniion le (a regard to the efficacy of tbe Moor-Mud bath and the Llthla Waters. They not only some themeelve*. but send tbelr pa tients te the Indian* bchJth resort to reap the benefit of the Moor-Mud method for rheumatism, kidney end stomach troubles and allied diseases Ir I* logical to believe that if tbe MoorMud bath were apt what It le claimed to be physicians would shun Mudlavla instead of gftrtng It tluslr unilmltrfi sanction. Tbe wonderful success of the resort le based upon merit aionr. The departing guest Is the beet testi monial Mudlavla has. If they come ones, they come again.
other big American elites,
Between fifteen end twenty
any person standing in a tram
thousund positive csree have
or subway wbea ell seata are taken, la violating Che tnunieIpal laws of London. Tbs corporation operating the earn la liable. Recently I *aw a man heavily fined for the oftenas la a London court, if
been received by people tak ing (lie Moor-Mud and Ltchtu Water treatment In the two decades Mudlavla has been oca Ousted by Mr. H. L. Kramer- Little did Samuel Story, tbe old aoldler. who
very American wae fined Cor
was the dleooverer of Nature's
banging oa a strap in a etreet ear. the iwranmee of a great many ef our dUaa wonlfi he
great panacea ter tbe uffUd- * ed. foresee chat tbe big patch
of eoel-bleek loam be found
materially lacreased. Ths t iwoeportnUon question. how-
ue bla tiny farm would be the fouadextoa for one of tbe
ewer, la an entirety different proposition. here from what It te In other conntHse, The
world's most famous health resorts. Not only from cae
Halted gtttia, but front all
subways of New Torfc, for In-
over tho world, patients come
stance, earry net* peeeengere
to kbuHtvlA aeeklfig ralirf.. A
Ja a minute than chose of
tew years ago it wa* thought
London fa a day." The subway idea has ad
one must travel to tbe Europ ean ups* to take mud. bath*,
vanced more In thin country
a journey requiring mueh
la a comparatively few years
time and necessitating the
tbea It ben In London in
expenditure of more money
the fifty years that they
than the. average sufferer
bavs been In operation
can afford.
Now. ocn-
In that uKy. Then are b o w seven as* derground railways la the Sagjiah
THI "FOT~-ON WIN* CNffBK,
dltionn. are reversed. Not only le Mudlerta easy of aceea* U> nil points of
city, an electrified, hue aooe or them approach, those of New York a* a transportation medium. Kr. Back
eey* that It would be Impoelbto to use the methods la vogue tn foreign oltlea aa to street railway regulation la this country, conditions being so differsat.
Mr. Buck has traveled the world ov er and Is eloea etudeot of affaire la this ooantry and abroad. HI* com
It is destined to be one of ths great railroad terminals of the country oa
account at tbe Immense wealth of Its natural resources--copper and Iron.
Already, the United Staten Steel Corporation has purchased land la Duluth at a eoet or ixoo.ooo upon which to erect a plant costing rrom fts.ooo.Doo
to 92S.000.040. Three new railroad* are negotiating tor entrance late tbe
city. The Wisconsin Central win pay pi.DOO.OOO for tbe privilege and will
have to tunnel five blocks through solid rock to rseeh Sts terminal point.
With the exception of Boston. Dula-fc U tbe greatest copper market In
the world.
lTTFIrrf !
the country,
the expense of a few
weeks* stay ex the Moor-Mud resort le
nominal and the benefice four in exrete
of those to tie had. at other resorts.
There 1* only one Mudlavla and that
lx located at Kramer, Ind.. five mtlaa
from A&U0A, Ind., from which, point
the visitor la conveyed to Mudlavla la
the big, red automobiles operated by
the Indiana Spring* Co. For detailed
pany Is the largest of its kind la the world, having breaches Is New York.
BV MR. A. C. WX3SS.
Information In regard to rales and reservation of rooms, address Mr. XL
Windsor. Canada. sod London. Eng
"In leaving Mudlavla after a two weeks* sojourn at your pleasant re B. Kramer, president sad general man
land. During the latter part of Mr. sort. X cannot refrain from expressing my gratitude to you for the bene ager of the Indiana Springe Co..
Buck's stay at the Springe. Mrs. Buck fits to my health that I have received daring thle stay. X wee ia a very Kramer, Ind.
was with blm. Although they have run-down eoadidoa, superceded by a two months' lllaem, leaving aae in
been to many resorts, they had never beea to MudtnvCa before sag were
a very weak and nervous state. Owing to say weakness 1 wee rstber reluataat shout taking a eerie* of Mcor-Kod bathe, but upon the assurance of
TILL ANOTHER BOOMCk.
charmed with The novelty of the mufi bUb. Both of them expressed e desirs to make return trip ae sose ee possible.
Thousands have been cured at Mud* tsvta by the Moor-Mud treatment, ef
my physician. I came to Mudlavla and have been greatly benefited end gen
erally built up. The baths, under the direction of your chief medical di rector. together with the great amount of Llthla Water I drank dally from
your Litbin Springs, acted like a tonic on me. with tbe result that in leav
ing I consider myself a well man. "t eaaaot refrain from speaking of the boms-Uke air of your hot si, the
exeellest table you eat before the guests, the Immaeulate condition of your
The followling le an extract from * totter written to a friend at Mudlavla by Frank Smith, tty clerk of Dana. Ind.:
"I am at!U enjoying the beet of health sod have gained fifteen pounds
rheumatism end allied diseases, many bedrooms, bedding, and. in list, the entire outfit from top To bottom. Yon lace you saw nte lest. I have net
of them learning the reed to health will hereafter as* me at Mudlavla every year rrom thle time hence for at had a rheumatic pain since last Au
through the columns of the MUDLAVIA NgWff. If you know of a friend who le afflicted, send In his nun* end we will mall him s espy of tbe paper.
tenet two weeks, ee t shat! deem It an annual duty I ow# myself.*"
"Yours very truly, "A. C. WETS3."
President end General Manager Dr.luth Bvanleg Herald Duluth. Minn.
gust. eo t gueee i will have to be a boomer for Mudlavla, for 1 truly be lieve that (he treatment I received while there eared me or rbetusetlim. Pivtfy good testimonial, U It not?**
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NEW PROCESS OF MAKING WHITE LEAD WORKS GREAT _ CHANGE IN PAINT INDUSTRY
m New
Of Ik* ACM* Whits U4 * Oder Week* ia Which
White LeM b Xad* hr the Mair ! Freesae.
Detroit*a latest Industry. And by far appears. The stream of molten lead
the most Important In th* paint line, runs through a pipe In the bottom of
to th* raanufaetare of whit* lead by tho caldron to an atomiser, where It
Iks "mild proeon." a process which Is .eaeouuteru a blew of superheated
of recant dUcovety sad which haabaan team, that disintegrates . It. into lu
aoqalred by Hi* Aom* Whit* Lead A smallest parMoled so smell ara they
Color Works, and, boosed in a newly that assembled- tbsy resemble a stove
completed brick, eteel and concrete polish,' somewhat drtod-and this fiha
building costing $100,009. The tolldtaf powderiika subetsne* Is eoDseted la
itself le a notable addition to Detroit'* larga teaks of water, from whence It
factory equipment, but tho "mild pro Is carried on to broad, trough!Ike ta
cess"' ot maaufseUarisg white lead le bles. where powerful agitator* scarab
fascinating eves to the layman.
tt for any small particles of toad that
For hundreds of years white* H
remain unconverted. Air at low pres
has been mart* by tho old Dutch pro cess. which required 19 days and
sure is forced through ths .liquid lead end water, the- combined action of sir
large amount of labor. The product Itself was ell that opuld be desired, but. the prOoesf wsfrelww. aud eery expensive, ll raquiiwh d men to. operate a very email plant, and <mljr 'll per
end water converting tha lead into what to called s_b*afc hydroxide of load. Obaarvo that, la all tho pre-M ocstee, no handling has been neces
cent of the lead laid away carbonated, sary. rnun the cop otory of tb* buttd-
; necessitating a great deal of scrubbing' fng the lead dads It way from floor
and. separating and another 320 days to to floor, tbrougbi^gravltatlon, and in
carbonate the S per cent that re Ka liquid form i*' thani pumped back
mained. Under that system the pig lead was malted Into rbuckle*."
to eomplets its tcunifortaatton. Thor* tuniafns to bs done the oarboasring process, which la completed by placing
aerafcling; larga pretaels and * laid the toad In carbonatera, where it Is
dose* eeeh In fulhen Jars In the bot constantly ngttated while It le bring
tom of which wa acetia acid. A great 'bed of tea bark a fopt`deep was laid, and these jars, hundreds In number,
were burled in the tan bark, which was mixed with hone manure, and
subjected to tho action of giis pumped
In under low pressure. This gee Is a product of the plant Itself, In X hours
of this treatment the proper fineness and density la obUlued end the fin ished lead--white `as snow--Is pumpsd
ever these jars was placed pin* lum to ths drying beds, which are long
ber 'over which another layer of tan bark end manure was distributed to receive more jars, tn this way a great tack was build whleh was to remain
stripe of duck canvas told over screens, end her* ft dry*, the finished
product. Tho,ftroof that ths lead has
been thoroughly converted and de prived of Its soluble load salts is that
four months. AJI of these "buckles" these duck sheets last a long urns.
were cast by band,, the Jars were filled Heat, sir, water and gas-have onanged
and bandied by hand, the stacks were built by band and the process .was moat
the pig lead to the white lead of tho
trade. Bight men are all that are required
expensive.
to.operate the big plant with lta enor
Bat does In. Bt. Louis was a man named Wilson <H. Bow Ley, who work ed out an Improvement, and his ex
perimentation went forward for seven
mous capacity ot iJK0 tons a year.* The "mild process'* accomplishes in H days .what the old Dutch process required I* days to accomplish. The possibility of lead poisoning, so evec-
years. untB success was earned. The prsssnt Ip th*.old process. Is banished.
"mild. process" Is so absurdly simple that on* wonders how the world blun
Not a particle escapes and not a par
ticle Is tort. Instead of losing S per coat, .ns tn the old system, th* new
dered along without tt so long. Hera. system makes n chemical gain of 3$
It Is: Ths pig lead la hoisted to tbs per cent,' so that far mrjr 1M pmfMftr
third etsiy of the plant and melted iq ifncTeaUna. In this, initial carry-
of lead piit.ln US of the most fntr ths city, ths only
oat. It to onq r processes In, 'Its kind In tlra;
lag t* the osXren- to. tbs only need of world, sad piecesJpstreltjn. jhe.ftgqt
huimiim Irii-- lirilHf IntohVl srirrtnrt ra* anapatat
.. -ihcV ontn
Mpa. ..-----j Ml. tamI U>4 bin. WM--k,
1 '*'tar liu. Ui, inaorlp-
--LIT. ir Worth u,.
rehaia of . button sad tb.'
t . Mitmcu make, on. .
W i city atrrlc. btin,.
Md thk faonv tbu, taken ja -Of b.
u ms r<* i,uu *w-- Th. hui-
Jf* to rtorn. throuabout
jStj*pJt}lZft` Br .l.reol.t1hi--el.r wanilld-bK<larreamwinind..
hboarrheohoIm.i--mth.takenwlaibutjiattfclrtlMobfni.bouiMrtt*toi!fnb,..,
IMU analghborhoad uioclatlnS.
MXhh-M>aWth. wPaMn HorUtmpnalrrepden.. mI,onthth,
taprcnmrawt ofjkn dty ui th, ml-
fre of tha
m rrery way, a.
a MM, th. I.*u. bti anmnl
yard .nd atHY cfcnlc, up on. on
April M. nd.u affnrlng pet,,, far tb, ,Mt attract!re yard nm.DMnt.Uon
Santa. Th, Naan* ) atro Detain. .
movement for publle play grosnds.
sebiic e mn
PURCHASE GIVES
dUERSHIE
. IN a s s o c ia t io n Tb ENCOUR.
ACE HOME BEAUTIFViNQ.
oerric. league, th. tint* la atm.
Button, signifying memberahlp hare "*" Pltwi on ml, .11 oror tb. dtp
1n<1' I*1 "7 forget, sign* ban bean plum! la window, and on atreet car, to remind eltttaq, that Mob Icagua
CITY SERVICE LEAGUE BUTTON.I
.xiata tor tbe .purpoio of beautifying JDotrolt.
By/ huyinff . button you taoome a
mamber. Tbe membebablp will be di
vided Into' district associations, each
of which will encour.ee home benml-
Qrlnc and artistic gardenias In lta sec
tion <* tbs city.
JCuba and print ara offered for tho
greatest Improvement In condition!, j
All the district aaaocUUoae are to be I
repreaaotad id a city gathering.
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PAINT MAKING IS,
REVOLUTIONIZED Or NEW PROCESS
termer ha* tat)
of yaan,..whU* ,,T
,,nr __
out lor only about fly* ytan. tS lint pataata van arxatsd in h j j |S
1#0S, and a plant with 1,940 toga *0-
Dual capacity vaa oqulppa* and plaead In operation. The produce round
immediate eontymptlon and hr 1497
the aalaa having outgrown the pro-
ducinc capacity of the plant, It waa
found nectsssry to bnlld the nav fac
tory.
j
Product la Superior.
By compariaon of the "Old Dutch 1
"MILD PROCESS" FOR MANUFAC ---------- - -- -- ---- .sctentlflcally
demonstrated that th* product at th*
TURE OF WHITE LEAD IS INSTI Utter is superior In quality, lee* ex
pensive, mote sanitary, uniform withTUTED BY ACME COMPANY- j out impurities of any kind, rmulnsi
PLANT COSTS *250,COO.
only live days to produce, while the: Dutch process takes four months, and-
A nav lnduatry that bids fair to tht fall ebeauccl inerwane, irkUdL j<
make Detroit the moat Important paint about 1* per oenfc.Ii obtained temry
canter In the United States la the particle of metallic lend is converted
`Mild Process" for the manhfactora : u>d none lost It appeers strange to
of vhlta lead, which haa Juat bepun the afera** person, bnt-has been dem
operation* at the Acme White Lead onstrated, that when lop pounds of
and Color works at SL Anbln-ava. and pit lead has been pot into the process.
the Michigan Central railway tracks. US pounds of carbonate of lead is tak
The So* nav four-stor? building, of en out Thu Is explained by the Chem
btlck, steal and concrete has bean ical operation of taking up the a|r,
completed and th* machinery set in water and carbonic add gxa
motion which will completely revolu
It Is said that under the "Dutch
tionise th* manufaetinr* of whit* lead. 1 process." it would tike a plant cov
! The buUdlng alone cost some llOOr ering 10 acres of ground to be as'-tift
1000 and whan the plant Is fully (quip ; Helent as the one Inst completed by
ped it will be an investment of a the Acme company tor the "MEM proI quarter of s million, of dollara. Th* 'ee*a"
I capacity of th* plant la .10,040 tons
par annum cad the money vain* of
I that would represent in th* neighbor-
'hood of a million mad half dollars so
It win bo seen that this industry la
an* of th* most Important acquisition* that Detroit has had for soma time
acsiftac-nr^Sh
White then la an teamans* amount of
Are jbu glad you're living-here?
money Involved, the machinery, is sim
Doss your heart-beat for our city*
ple. Th* plant la automatic and th*
- Do ydu hold fior beauties door!
proses* 1* osncteuoae, th* machinery
Do you DOuot.livUpnJo gad lovo
to be operated 3U days In the year,
Every tath *| ItT Thfn goto:
day and nlghL
Show your lovo to sv*ry ittufir,
The state of perfection to which this
Wear Ssr'bliupn oh-youreoatfj'"
has been reduced will be noted when
It Is seen that only U then iare em ployed in: operating the machinery, two shifts, six men night* and an equal number during the day. AH of these men are practically Inspectors,
Kf tha-eity you wer* bora Jn * _
Ku a place within your heart. Or tho city you're adopted
In your Hfenow plays a port; If away from her, my brother.
,%
the only labor being performed when
Cornea a lump Into your threat;'"i*
th* pig lead la put Into th* kettle at
And you long to ooe her temples*
the beitenlng of the process.
Wear her button on your cost.
Invention of Wlleen H. Rowley.
The "Mild Procen" ga It la known, was Invented by Wilson H. Hawley,, formerly of St. Louis, hut now of Do- : troft, but the Idea was taken up by the Acme Whit* lead people and they put behind It the mechanical engineer ing and chemical skill that a corpora tion: of such Immensity could com mand nnd assisted Mr. Rowley to de velop It
White lead .1* the moet Important of an the paint pigments and the indus try has always been considered as among the most important In the country, hut heretofore the Acme com pany haa been obliged to Import what la used bom BL Lout* concerns. It la said, however, that uuUI the last tew yean progress and Improvement In the methods of msnulactur* of
Whit* tend have not kept pica with
Do you travel over waters Do you travel ever land?
Are you oCt alone with strangers I On a distant foreign strand?
Would you (fleets tie to bind you To your home when eo remoW.
Jttit a Knit *twtxt home aud home]u,
Wear her button on your coat
Tea. we havo the fairest city In thla land of freedom bright:
And we have tho fairest women. We have men of truth and might
And we havo the finest river. On which graceful vessels float.
Are you proud of her? Then, brother* Wear her button on your coat.
to Adorn BiiMinj in. / "
Electric Zdghti.
Aid. Brett's committee of. the common eouaell. on public buildings^ nour has a job lu municipal sea-'
Khetlcs out oat for lb Aid. Be- Ruud's resolution adopted by tho. council last night directs tho com-1 mltfeos to give attention to the fol-1
lowing;
"Dilapidated condition of the side- '
walks around the city hall: tbs yet- ]
low-end fragmentary appearance or I
tht public advertisements posted on|
the bulletin boards at both sides of Ibe western entrance to the city half; tho leveling 'of tlu elevated-'
dower beds to the front yard of tho stone building; .and the erection of zhla electrical slogan on the east aids of the city hall: I vTn Detroit--KJfe Is worth Div-
af'hls resolution waa Inspired
through a petition which haa bean Xlven widespread publicity br tbs
emo White .Dead A Color Works' of Detroit
Park Comhlnloatr Brelfmayer waa Authorised to borrow SIMM on the appropriation for ths ensuing fiscal year, to enable hint to pro ceed with tho lpaurfsotag of the boulevard system on which a total of $16,090 Is to bo expended.
The petition from th Detroit 'rsdirttlea of Labor in behalf of 'the Journeyman barbora requesting, that action bo .taken to compel the observance of the Sunday barber shop closing law,* wan. referred to the ordinance committee.
EUi
'ABSTOD"
VmtM loss Maks Life Os*** to
Be "Worth Living."
To the Editor: Permit aae to eaUr my protest against tha proposal of tho Acme White Lead 6 Color Workn made In your Sunday edition and also by circular Utter, to tbo ^oct that an electric sign bearing the Inscription: -In Detroit--Ufa Js worth Itvlng," be displayed upon fho efty hall each evening. .bo r*e""thseevweroarld y"eWaerslcotbmse"ciwtyithhoaultl any appreciable' effect upon the t^wth of tbu city or ths happiness `.Hi Inhabitants Finally, persist ent opposition succeeded In having, it discontinued.
The aim of those who ar* operat iUnfga ufandweorrtIhhslivsilnogga"nla`itno aDidetIrnoitth--e
and development of DetrolL if this motto Is forced upoa-Detroit plirljelsewnsinatsoeovneryceatusern toof btehsvrrooaftdh, living, and nothing, will stigmatise' Detroit more successfully as a smalt town than to plaster the etty hall with this boastful sad absurd mono.
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ST. JOSEPH EVENING HERALD
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1W j
FT
' * Enterprising Cltlxenchip. wo butane* ot public; zplrltedaeu
BjSl good citizenship Is shown hr one ot Detroit's lending manutneturlng concerns which might be well com mended to same ot the local Institu tions ot this city, in connection with the eKort* to boost St. Joseph.
Tbs instance referred id Is that ot Acme 'White Lead and Color Works Detroit, who last year spent 11,000 tar edrertfclng and expect to approximate the same amount this year.
In ovary piece of advertising that they carried In magazines or mall circulars la contained the Slogan "In Detroit--Life Is Worth Living." The originators of this idea of extending the name ot their city have encourag ed others to'adopt the same phrase, with the result that Detroit in this way is being advertised all round the world.
This Is An Interesting evidence real public splrltednwi oa ' f a large manufacturing concei
can't , we atari someth!: hind at home?
TIE DDTCff
I Old Xetked of Witte lead Halt
ing Beroltrtioiiized by-
Detroit Conner*.
,
So old that It fa moi grown. Irf| tti NVtaf, *It beats the Dutch."
and rat thaMeof TPWte Dead * Color works boo actually done this by tbs psrtectlen of a process In vented by W. Jt Rowley by which white lend 19 made * finished prod uct in.from seven to tl|ht days laeiadlaf the `drying as iftinu ltd
ta ill dtn hr the old-Dutch process in vo|ut ter haodteds of Ytm.
ThU meant the erection of % |IW.dbd reinforced ooncreto building as, an addition ta the plant, of the ictnC-a. separate establishment de-
--O---t-d--d-tsnr co-i uAViS-ne-w--Indus try ..with especially designed ma-. cbinsry and apparatus. The plant' is finished and ee Is the expert*!
mist. At tbs rats of is.ooo tons} of tbs purest.of white lead a year,
is now being turned out. and ft la net touched by a human hand from the time ths pig ot lead la dropped Into the furnace on the top floor until the product hsa. In Its various staves ' of- development, dropped to the basement and been pumped
again to-the second floor, finished.
* 3*s on war
in' thr.iwHrtaces* in vogue uuttl
this was oon^hud. ths metallic
laed was oastuita perforated discs. These discs warn peaked Into earth*
am pels or retorts, flooded with acetic acid. About 11' pounds of lead was put fnfib each pot, Thee# peta were arranged In layers plied on* open the ether with boards between each layer, and each layer resting on saeeral'Inehss of ground tan bark. Which woo also placed around the adfies of-the pets, whlon were allowed to rnmufs burled In tan bark foe tram' M .to- ltd days wills ehsmlca? actios caused by the heat .of (he fermenting tan bark and the add slowly converted the metal lic lead late the white lead used for psfht. The corrosion we* newer oomplete and anywhere from ft to if per eent of the metallic lead only was converted into the finished firoduot. Being hard and brittle t. was ground sad then floated and l pumped to the drying pane of cop
per.. it necessitated the employment ' ot 40 Aea for every stack of pots.
ft la by force of contrast the full significance of* ths new or "mild
process" (a brought home, and it is then realised that ths Detroit plant will revolutionise the manufacture of white lead the worm over. To Detroit, and 'to the Acme Interests la fine ths credit of making one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the age practicable*
gteanu Water aW *
In the new process aa operated at
the now Acme plant nothing hut
steam, water end earbol gloside gas
i are used, resulting to bringing to
the drying pans. In flatshed product.
ISI pounds of white* isai for every
too pounds of metallic lead placed
In tbs starting furnace. During
every ten hours the plant Is ta op eration let.sss pounds of metallic
lead t rselUd,. passing from the
bottom of ins foraaoe Into A very;
, hot, steam flllod tadk, whore it bo*
coasts a soft bins subsUnes^ as thin
as thin mud, add in thla. state very
susceptible . to tMgietl . efiaogr.
risk there gt: me Ue dupWx eyfawert
dtroMWUorgei..mm- eiwtgil--
,tkeskriifiStsL.ml(h
I*. 1.1. wait.
In tli. lot crlinoan 'tln ibaalej
hydoxlde* ot lead, as they are sett er, in the presence or a considerable^ amoupt of wd|r are subjected^ tol a current of jesrbon dioxide gas.! which In less Man two hours, eeti - , rerts the hydoxlds* Into white lead, which, containing no impurities, is reedy to pooip ft|Co the drying? pens without any washing or separating whatever. Thr'flQiihed product of purest white lead we* seen laring In the drying bsde of canvas stretched upon cots of wires wiih shallow panu benesth to catch the moisture that filters through. The fact of the lead being irve from im purities renders the expensive cop per drying pans unnecessary. The finished product never grows herd and that pert declined for commer cial use ts ps.es&d on to the grindingi mill where It Is mixed with oil into the paste form seen In the can when bought from the hardware-stores.
Me Alkalis Her Ten Bark.
In the new process no athaiis nor tan bark are rsgulred. Twelve roeg tend the entire plant for 24 hour runs, and everything Is dons by gravity and machinery, in it* soft condition the product is pumped everywhere, and thus a minimum amount of labor Is required. Hr. Rowley not only Invented ths pro cess, which Is covered by brood pat ents. but also ike machinery by which tbs white lead is mads. Me pots are required, no lumber is nee
^Thore Is not a particle of the lead
lost, everything drains Into cUterns in the basement and aa the same water Is used over and over
again, the slight metallic residue that may go' to the bottom la run through tbs process again and fully utilised. _ ^
"All of this being under water."
said Dr. C. D. Folley, the chemist t the establishment during a trip through the plant yesterday, "there
is absolutely no danger of lead pois oning. Back stage of the process to under full control, the full cheml c*l Increase (s obtained and the pro
ebss Produces, a uniform article with out impurities of any kind. This
process requires no acids, tan bark, or parts and takes hut two or thro#
days before It goes to the driest where It remains five days,. as against from tO do ISO daye by ths
old Dutch process, exclusive of ths drying which of course la five ddya jn the Dutch process only double >*
fined lead can be used. In this pro-' cess any good grade- of lead Is
After melting the load is atomised Into an Impalpable powder. and this atomised leotl. la as you im, dis tributed by pumps and gravity."
A Ftatpveef MHLtsp
The building Is of reinforced con
crete ssd siceeU three stories in
bight,, light, airy and sanitary, and
ae man engaged.In the manufacture
hae any hard labor or heavy lift
ing. Thus the Aeras asres immense,
snms In equipment. In maintenance,
and in labor and gets 234 pound*'
; of white lead for every 100 pouzfts
of metallic lead yot fn the' furnace.
The carbon dioxide gas is made
from coke. The heat furnishes the
steam for the atomising and for the
running ot tlie cnclne. The gas
passes through s tower of coke satu
rated with chemical preparation* so
that all sulphur and impurities srs
removed and Cite gas passed to the
carbonsttng Cylinder* absolutely
pure.
Tn all Us aopolntments the plant
it modem and yet simple snd eas
ily managed. Mr, Rowley, ths In-
vntor. Dr. Feller, the chainlet, and
the >cm* official* are naturally.,
proud of tbs achievement and reel j
I Chat In addition fo opening an 00.-4 limited flsid ( enterprise. they have
also given Detroit something worth i
having.
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0007-SWP--042847
0007-SWP-000126436
W*T*>
BEATS
Eve^hidig drat
cbitreju'lo fihS
THE DUTCH balemeat and as the same water is used
over and over again, tha slight metallic
residue that may go to the bottom is run
Old! M(AIm4 f Wbita lt>4 IbkU^ through the process again and fully
Bevlitlcind fcy Dtr*lt
utilized.
\ `II-
"All of this being under water," said Dr. C. D.I Holley, the chemist of the es
Detroit Free Press, May 16,190s.
tablishment during a trip through the plant yesterday, "there Is absolutely no
So old that It Is moss grown, is the danger of lead poisoning. Each stage of
saying. "It beats the Dutch," and yet the process Is under fuUcontrol, the full
the Acme White Lead At Color Works chemical Increase Is obtained and the pro
has actually done this by
the perfection
cess produces a uniform article without Impurities of any kind. This process re
of a process invented by W. H. Rowley quires no adds, tan bark, or parts and
by which white lead is made a finished takes but two or three days before it goer
product In from seven to eight days in to the driers where it remains five days,
eluding the drying as against 120 to
12$
is against ftomfigo to 120 days by the ole1. Dutch process, exclusive of flit drying
days by the old Dutch process ia vogue which of course is five days. In the
for hundreds of years.
Dutch process only double refined lead
This meintthe erection of a It00,000 can be used. In this process any good
reinforced concrete building as an addi
grade of lead Is used. After melting, the lead Is atomized Into an impalpable pow
tion to the plant of the Acme, a separate der, and this atomized lead, IS, as you
establishment devoted entirely to this see, distributed by pumps and gravity."
new industry with especially designed The building is of reinforced concrete
machinery and apparatus.
The
plant is
and steel, three stories In height, light, airy and sanitary, and no min engaged
finished and so is the experiment; At 'a the manufacture has any hard labor
the rate of 10,000 tons of the purest of or heavy lifting. Thus the Acme saves
white.lead a year is now being turned Immense sumsln equipments, in main
out and It is not touched
by -a. human
tenance, and in labor and gets 12s pounds of white lead for every 100 pounds of
hand trom the time the pig of lead Is metallic lead put In the furnace.
dropped into the furnace on the top floor The carbon dioxide gas is made from
until the product has, in its various coke. The neat furnishes the steam for
stages of development' dropped to the the atomizing and for the running of the
basement and been pumped again
to the
engine. The gas passes through a tower of coke saturated with chemical prepara
second floor, finished.
tions so that all sulphur and Impurities
In the old process In vogue until this are removed and the gas passes to the
was completed, the metallic lead was cast carbonating cylinders absolutely pure.
into perforated discs.
These discs
were
In sll its appointments the plant Is modem and yet simple and. easily man
packed into eaithetn pots or relorts,flood- aged. Mr. Rowley, the inventor. Dr.
ed with acetic add. About eighteen Holley, the chemist, and the Acme ofpounds of lead was put into cadi pot trials are naturally proud of the achieve These pots were arranged in layers piled ment and feel that in addition to opening
New PrweeM if mklBV White teid werke great change la pMnt lattattf.
L,..- .1 .
' ffi&mr'LX-,. ^
iJSI
The new belMtng " Che
White Lead A Celer Werha la. which
white tensile mele hr the 'Slew Mild Pveeeee
one upon the other with boards between' an unlimited field of enterprise, they have
each layer, and each-layer rowing on sev-1 ato given Detroit something wdrth hav
en! Inches of ground tan hark, which) ine.
-1
was also placed around the edges of the pots, which were allowed to remain bur
led in tan bark for from 90 to 120 days, while chemical action caused by the beat of the fermenting tan bark and the acid
slowly converted the metallic lead into the white lead used for paint The cor rosion was never complete and anywhere
from 6$ to *S pir cent of the metallic lead
only was converted Into the finished pro duct- Being hard and brittle it was
ery stack of pots. It is bv force of contrast the full sig
nificance of the new or "mild process" Ts
brought-homc, and II: Is then realized that the Detroit plant will revolutionize the
manufacture of white lead the world over. To Detroit, aod to the Acme In terests Is due the credit of making one of the greatest scientific discover:sles of the age pprraaccttiiccaabbllee,.
In the new process as oppeeirated at the
new Acme plant, nothing but steam, wa ter and carboi diozic e gas are used, re
sulting in bringing to the drying pans, in finished product, 125 pounds of white
lead for every 100 pounds of metallic lead. placed In the starting furnace. Durlnz;
every ten hours, the plant is in operation 100,000 pounds of metallic lead is melted, tassing from the bottom of the furnace
nto a very hot, steam filled tank, where
It becomes a soft blue substance, as thin as thin mud, and In this state very sus
ceptible to chemical change. From there It goes' to large metallic duplex cylinders where it is kept continually agitated with Weter In the presence of air which is
forced through tile cylinders at low pres sure. The product is then an orange or
ochre color. This part of the operation is complete In less than two days. The product Is then passed through a separat
ing system which removes any slight me tallic residue and is then pumped lots the cerbbnatiag^ cylinders, somewhat simller
ixides
01 Kmti
M, u u h ,u , -- -- pres
ence of a considerable amount of water
ere subjected to a current of carbon
dioxide gas, which In less than turn hours
converts the hydoxides into white lead, which containing no Impurities, fs ready,
to pump Into the drying pans without
any washing or separating whatever. The
finished product of pure* white lead was-
seen laying in the drying beds of canvas
stretched upon cots of wires with shallow
pans beneath to catch the moisture that
liters through. The fact of the lead be
Ing free from impurities renders the ex
pensive copper drying pans unnecessary.
The finished product never grows hard
and that part destined for commercial
use Is passed on to the grinding mill
where it is mixed with oil Into the paste
form seen in the can when bought from
the hardware stores. In the new process no alkalis nor tan
bark are required. Twelve men tend the
entire plant for twenty-four hour runs,
and everything is done by gravity and
machinery- In Its soft condition the pro*
duct Is pumped everywhere, and thus a
pjmlHUW Wftunt of labor is required.
Mr. Rowley not oplv Invented the pro
cess, which is covered by brod patents,
hut also the machinery by which the
wtitte lead is made, No pbts are requir
ed, fk> lumber*is necessary.
There is not a particle of the lead list.
0007-SWP--042848
0007-SWP-00012643S
DOMEY ON ROOTERS' (lUtj
Very Clever Take Off Mr. fbeeleyv by "Acme Beeler.**
L. J. Faequelfo of Detroit, who repre* Moti tb Acme Laid & Color Work^of Detroit, bee been in tbe clfr for the put few dsya 10 th* Interest of bie com pifif'a ifsua of pviferred stock. Tbeir plea ef placing tbie preferred stock is small k,te among tbe people who ere users of palm, iesteed of allowing K to ba absorbed by tbe large investors, bee proven a marked eucceee, nod e Dumber of local lovestore base already asbecrlbod for some of tbe stock which paye six par cool end tba company pays tbe tax, while tbe dividends are pajreble quarter ly. Mr. Fasquelle is affrangiog for a parly of local capitalists to visit tbe fac tory within the next waeic or two. R. L Jackson is aeaieiiog him in tbe work bare.
Tbe Acme White Lead A Color^Works baa grown to ita vast proportions not only through tbe merit of ita prodocti, bat also by tbe originality of lu math*; oda. As much etleatl*n it paid to cul tivating the iotereac ard loyalty of ita employes as to adveuisug its products Mf. FaaqueUe banded ue a repeat copy of tbe Acme Quality Rooter which is publhhed frsqneatJy for the beoefit of the factory employee, and which la watched for more eagerly than a dai y paper. For instance, tbe following very clover take off on Mr. Dooley graces tbr front pegs;
"I see be tb' pe-a-pars," said Mr. Hecossey, as bo tosvid a niokel over tbe bar to Mr. Dooley, *thet they've orgy nixed a Roobva* Club oat to th' big Aomy Wurrks. Phwat th'divil is a hooter*' Ulub, I daaoowr* "Rev yp i w bio to a bell game, Jswof*' aoevered Mr. Doo ley, slowly aLovtoga tall one over, to ward ibe Impatient Hennesay. MTe hm,1 so. I moind. well one day lea* week ye ksm in th* dare tbot booras on* dbry ye euddeo* ebpake, ao` ye bed to m*k sines wid yer fingers tbot ye wanted a shell ev beer about two* fut blgb to cool yure polpee. Thotday tbe Tigers won--a ye hollered'Korray.fqr Hughey* 'nil ye> near split yure wan good lung. Ys did, in. But ysatiddab, </ewo, wbio.tbot gang av Friacbies from Cleveland, Bill Bradley, Otto tieee, an* tbot bjiscb of frog store, did tbe byes up* yekea in tbe dorr, called for a oouple av fiogers av three star, an' begun lo tall bow je wild er yanked Bill Donovan Is tbe footlh. an* bow tbot Cool Jennings c*.dd n'ron a aula team, an* aonyway a mule teem w iis about ell lie bed 11 run. fo_heer ye tell it, there wus diver a moo no th* tame tbot hod intikltgeoee util to
reckenute i ban bat If be bo w wan, or etreoth enuf to yuee It if be reekerntsed it, Ye're no rooter, Hoaoeesy.
"But thsrejv little Malta, now. He hem In th' anight we wee, so* stye he, 'Menlo,' he seye, 'they're loins teem,' says he; an' be dreok bis beer- se' wiat oat stakin' hie head, pleansd-Hke. An' yiataddab, when they lost, he kem in just after > wiot oat. *We loot,' eeye I. We did that/says he. *rhe Tigers 're on good,* says I. 'They're tbe earnest bunch av ball players thrt iver Ummed a boras bids, aaye be. They w u s q 'i beat 'till tb* mao wus out in the ninth/ be aaye, `so,' at tbot/ aaye b , Hheyil cum bacic to-morrab an' they'll mek (him Frinohise tbot tired chosen three base bits that Larrvll bav U sat the umpire to call the game to tb* elxt/ ba oaya. Nolan's a raal rooter, Jawn.
And* tbot'n phwat that Rooters* UUb u doin' fur tb' Acmy. They're Hayin' MWthlo* about enny tnleetakee that en-
ny av th* byao around tb1 pleat molgbt mek--en* av cooxse tbey*se miaetakae mod tbace wanes in a while, same as aony plaeo. But tbey don't till tbtm outside, Jawn. All tbey till is good, an* it ain't iosin* nawthio' io ih' tillin'. They won't yuse seethin' hot Acmy Quality goods aooy plac , or lev* s o d >* av their frioa or relaehuoe do it ey tber. They do say, Heoneaey, tbot wan av thim won't lave bis ohUder ate maple sirup on their pa-an cakes uerme's he kaee it looks like varnish, but don't bev tb' Acmy Qualify, label. X trli yw tie to.**
''Well, ye won't emails- to frequlai wbln all thim rooters quits dbriokin' wud gloybol wid s uoggia' sv tieased ila fur n chaesr, joat cause the Acmy baodies the goads/1
"It'S stay to say. Jawu," said Mr. Doo
ley sadly, "tbot ye ain't d o rooter. Thor I wnddaa'bs rootin'Hsoosesy, tbot wud be dom fallsfinase, sr eue/oide/*
0007--SWP-042849
0007-SWP-00012644C
Ike MICHIGAN j Y PAINHENTElf
wmaMDn or vn ioa|
WiflTJB TJSAT> A ca&oh WOREJS j
OF DIDMDl EU AMBI-. HODB KtOORiM. '
WHITE LEAD MAITDTAOTDBi
TO BE BEVOLOTXOHIZED
Nir ftoctii Omwi EnMnAy ftr
Slip FtofrcarfTo lant Hakd II
roMfbfa t Oonodt LmA U
SU lutnd of 110 Dtfi,
IpwlEl |'s Th CvotHr-Btfill: Otbel^ ICiek, June 17.---Withla *
tow mn Detroit u likely to.be ilia world's paint, wnlah and whJU lead opntsr, if tha plana of ha Acme White Lead * Color Work* of thU dty Vra carried oat. Abwndy this plant adjoj tha distinction of baiiic tb luyMt of tta'klad la tha world, add grow, lag w rapidly that the dky seams not far distant whan It will htn doralopad tha paint add varnish business to such a capacity that Juchlgaa will ba tha leading stata of tha union in ttd respect.
A few day* since a^pariy^ of Sagt*-
moth plant in thla city and vara afore tins agreeably anrpriaad to nqto tha magnitude of Ha work and tha antarpriee and wnktlou of lta managostoat. Within a half yaar tha oompaay haa addad a wnita laad oocrodlag department, where tt la revoluUoDlstag tha white laad boafaeoo of tha worn. This department bids fair to be*tha moot tatkod-of dapartara In lead busimw that hao ever r*"**--1 tha ettaatlon of tha world's actonttota and hoaftnaao man, and already it has enm-i maadad tha raopaet and investigation of tha goveramears czparti, a wall aa thosa froi leges.
Zn tbfo plant pip laad to corroded la afae days, under what la tamed the "solid process." S*or cinturfeo past tha corrosion of lead baa baan ac complished undar oomewhat medieval conditions, requiring from no to 110 days, and than-with * partial loot of tha material md at a eunstdarabla expans#. Tha "mild proaaaa* employs six days, no loss of material and wry Uttte expense. Zt to a patent 0roea that In ao simple one to tmpallad to aak why no one had thought it out yean ago. and yet la lta ahnpUenyl not a thing tonka to turn oat the boat1 product at tha minimum expense. -l
It to ffeto department of the thnfn lanio Acme establishment: *--* ~-i
paint ana'emmtofc canter.
jsotad/to 'k nufvenfc. of i__ ..
The -trip through the lead w o t ]
gas, whidh to leak man s -bow'd
wan the moat enjoyable part of the vrita tha. hydro*### late whtu lc
visit, Bare wee found an absolute^ which eohtalas' no hnpuritlto and
ftra-proof building; nothing employed
In Its construction being Inflammable.' And hare the rialtor to shown tha var ious stages through which pig lead
passu before, after a period of alx days, It to turned out petfset land
ready to ba pumped iato'stiN dryi pan without any washing or separat ing process whatever.
Jfp J44 Zs Used.
No add, alkitU, tan bark eJ
ruet Under the old Dutch prooeea are required In this process. If
the laad was moulded Into discs stmplieity and oeboemy itself aa wa'
weighing about one pound each, and from sixteen to eighteen of thee* discs
placed In metal pots containing acetic acid. Thaw pots are arrawrod in
layers; pUod one upon another; board floors separating the different layers,
eaeh of which recta upon several Inchae of ground tan bark, which Is also
as practicality, and prodaces the.b" while toad the market baa ever i
forWdeidth. this great department still :
Its infancy, and the point and varnli plants using ter their own neefla-
considam&ls proportion of the output]
placed about tha pots. These pots
remain burled In the Can bark for a period averaging about 121 days, dur ing which the .chemical action caused by the heat of the fermenting tan but and the add, slowly converts!
the metallic into carbonUe of lead, which is commonly termed "white laad." Poring `all of thla time tha
lead Is burled and beyond His control of workmen. Ia addition It to a pro* cm requiring heavy expense, aa muoh
labor la employed In taking down tha stacks and removing tha pots of cor
roded metal, such aa to also employed in building them and conveying tha
aatnl. Tha corrosion under this pro
Just what tha future baa In store for' this pleat cannot bp definitely trid,*
but It will ba vnry suepsesful beyond doubt. Ordinary dkvalepmanta mean that In a few yean as laad manutkaturars In this country wm be Seriously
handicapped by the superior quatttr and reduced carl at which the Acme
company can market its product and sooner or later branch establishments will have to bs placed about chaj country, all of whleh w il i aid the
Acme company in Its effort to become a eeator of tha paint and varnish bus iness af the world.
cess has never bean complete and re
d Capably
quires a rigorous taaatmant of crush,
log; raff/ag. screening, grinding *&f| .floating to separata tha partially cor-1
rodad land, tanbark and metallic lead.
This In itself Is also aa expenrive
operation, and not entirely satisfac
tory.
\
t o tha toyman the difficulties sad
handicaps of this process bacons# at
Aside from the superior and exclu
sive prooeea this company usee la thb'n corrosion of pig toed. Its establishedgj
buslneas and recognised standing adl
a leading paint and varnish manual faeturer. tha ambitions and energies of I Its officers and manmgeraent is .a pew- } er for great good. Tha company la
onoe apparent. It is costly and la- perhaps as ably managed aa any lh
complete, requiring the use of great tha United Btatoe, Its efficers and dK
qjsaatlttee of adds and expensive tan barn, pots, lumbar, which must con stantly be replaced, and deed not de
rectors taking, a keen personal pride , la Its affaire and closely devoting f
their entire time to Its policy of'peo-
velop aatirihotorily.
greeaion and advaaoemant. WUxtosa,
How rsooma Is Mach. Superior. a h oc thee# drawbacks are over come In the **mlld process,* which neither require* add*, tha burying ef
L. Davton tha prastdant, has long baan Identified with it. boMtog a large ,
Share ef the- etoek and. having beak at the halm since 1IIA. whan the company first branched out. Ttaoauue
metal, the daisy of three mouths tor Neal, the secretary and general matt- ,
fermentation purposes, or the" sspeo- [ager, la also a large etookholdab. and .
rive outlay for ton bark, lumbar, pots, 1 the Aetna plant ef today, the- mjf
eCcL. formerly needed. This saving modern and successful g ita/csdri ]
alone would Justify thb new- pcooaas. tha world, repraimata the eombinea 1
but It has ether-advantage^ the full theoretical cheenloal Increase of If per cent for. metal oorroelen being se cured, as well as the utilisation of all
energy, ability and successful mans ! ajrsment of these two and other, ilk j
bualneaa man. Stray detail of the j business has far yaars'had their per#
paris ct the pig lead, which can be aonal attention and both man era to | of the ordinary market product and ba found at their desks during aO not a special metal made for this haute ef the haatneas day. Z Kbit
purpose.
White and A. B. White, two of
Tha new process has p_i_______tha e__x_p_e_riments) steg_e. Its prodjsuct haring
troll's bast known capltsltots; are s> o olllleera of the corpemtion. and al-i
old tor five years and bean thor though interested ia oorea of othax i
oughly demonstrated. It is tha in large inttltnUens taka a very kaesj .
vention of W. H. Rowley, formerly of interest In the development of thii
B*. Louis, but now tha superintendent of this department of the Acme {riant. The process is as follows; The sad after malting Is at once atomised Into an Impalpable powder. Than tha atoaabed lead, la dlatrlbated by pump# and gravity to tha desired places. Tha
finely powdered toad to pumped Into large metallic duplex cylinders sup
plied with powerful agitators, where tt to kept continually agitated with
water ia the presence of air which to leveed through the cylinders under
Afffnt plant.
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The office building of the company*
la said to ba the finest in tha toad,)
and Its established policy of securing
and holding business is everywhana.
recognised ae the most aggressive and.
successful pursued by any large paint
or varnish housa hi tha world. wUh^
in a short period of lam than twenty,
yearn tt has made all of fts products
.known tha world over* and its trade
Lnpon every brand established. What
has been accomplished Jn this onoi
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low pleasure. Thla operation to com plete In tom- than two days. ,lt ts
direction will bo mare than dupllcat-,
then passed through tha separating
system which removes soy anight me
ad' la tba white lead department,'
tallic residues remaining and is than! which, with the hbw.snd bettor pitH
pumped Into tha carbonating cylln- ossa. Is sore to. revolutionise thla
letu which are somewhat ,afmHev to busUMMO and command attention us
MfchJgan as.fha leading stata la thf
nhbgi Sa this omnufactura k* presence o& a, cob?]
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earn. It, b non* of oor personal egeearn when *nd.:hw , the people of tbe
- a library at ov*y two thousand volume*, malhtaihedjuet fey the uaa. of the amplayaal There are book* of history, MoathBhy, poetry, flatten
Tillage Invest their surplus caah. But --on every auweet aayoa* might b*
wbat a great thing tor Plymouth and
tateraatod la. And technical hook*, too, on different branch** of the bus-
the money holders aa well would it be, Ineas that their people may learn the
if the dollar) were forested in enter-1 prise* that would benaBt this town, In- ]
stead of awn* other town? Why not nee this money to build up Plymouth-
why* aad foe wherefore* of their work. There le no better way for Inoraaitng the internet In all Hue* ef foe work than this, let a asm knew hist whet he It doing and why *oaad-so is neeeaaary to foe perfection
and- Plymouth enterprise*? There Of any one thing, and he win do It
certainly are opening* in all directions,'
with a hundred per cent more Inter act and vim.
If advantage h 'taken. Keep your And the way the library la _
\money el home, where yon eon eee for yourself how ft (a befog bandied. It \oeauoo bbee mmaaddee ttoo pay out ^kuCysapsth V< --we.ll a--ai u- oi ther towns; 406nk
aVut Itl pj
toyed le a dSlight to see- ficamely la a man enrolled than he la toand *nthucteetioally ptireuln# soma Una of reading. Perhaps na nnds near at hand for thd drat time hooka he haa aisraya wanted to rand and can hard ly watt until ha haa bean through foam all. Ifany a man haa been
farced by neeeeelty Into the shop or
factory before ha has attained the education he would like or that la neooesdry far hi* edvunoemsat Her*
ouci aocs now
ha and* the opportunity to complete. Itv hlefodd moment*, hie particular UBS of etndy, to prepare hhneelf for
enecese along higher tinea. A read
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ing mem with the latent tnagaslnea, any number of eaey chair* and a plan* conveniently adjoins the library
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and offers many a pleasant hour--and
alt who will may com* a.
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It 1* foot *uoh work fs to befog
don* by the Acme white Z.*cd and j
Color work* ef Detroit that means so much to the great meases of our
Tffirr t o aocB p a in t w a j j t
people--"that wul bring them toj higher, fuller Uvea and treater nup-
s h o w s icon tnoeauBS-
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ptneee. And ft ah'onld he a source of much pride that our own aaptalna of Industry realise this and are detag thslg utmoot to Mtther the work at
horn*.
One bean much tneee day* about .-the work that la beta* dens by the lane manufacturing coueems tor the
betterment of their employe* to make them happier and to educate them far higher field*. tUa all I esuude eery fla* and w ere later* i *cted la It, bat not ao much ao until It la btougbt. oloaar home to u*. until 1 va dad font coma progressive firm* la `our midst in really doing thee*
I thing* unlU we oan eee foam, not ! Joel read of them. * trip to Detroit
recently and a vtatt td come of the magnttoant plants there wae meet gratifying. Truly the newer plaatn ere wonderful enmplea of care and consideration, of attention that 1 been given to the little thing* that make for the comfort of.their pec* pie. we have right her* In Klch< igan aa nrogreaalr* arm*, aa thought ful employer* a* one ever read of. One f the meat noteworthy of thee* l* foe Asm* Whit* Dead A Cole* Werka of Detroit. At fom plant they hare planned work roams that would be better than their dream* com* true to many a workman of a few year* ego. The , room* are large, tight aad exoattautty , vntUatad. dome even have window boxes aad hanging baskets hare and there of growing mine* brightening the earner* with their cay color*. There are tndtrtdnal locker* act away from dual ao that hats aad coate are well taken ear* of. Tennle courts aad a wall laid out baaeball diamond afford opportunity many a Boom tor friendly combat An attractive cafe where meat palatable lunehae are eemd every neon for a nominal gam, doae away with the neesatlty of lb*
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DRUGS, OILS AMP PAINTS
JJneemder, ISS8
The Men Behind the Guns
" . . . it's savior of `ir country whnt the guno btgin to sAoot,n>.XVlJMo.
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competent men were added to tho staff, among
thorn Tracy Lyon, Henry L. Barton, Walter Chrysler. W. H. Alford, Miron Prantics and
James T. Shaw. At the end of this period the loan was repaid, a large cash surplus had been
The proposal was launched in 1907 at a dinner of the Michigan Chapter of the Ameri can Institute of Architects, on tho evening of
June 4th, title writer having been selected to "put over" the first attempt at "Fashions In
Svarjr nun who, during the nrliir day* of Association work, know "Tom" Neal, knw to
indefatigable and highly productive worker,
who usually cot results. Tha dttsiii of hi* earoor in outlinsd in
the following nummary, from which ho omita any reference Co hla many years of work for tho waUira and advancamanta of tiro in dustry an a whole. That will ho supplied as an appendix, by his putative biographer.
Thomas Neal speaking; Thomas Neal was born on September 87, 1888, to Henry and Mary <Proctor) Neal, In Comma, Ontario--a small villago situated
on tho Canadian shore of tho Saint Clair River. Hio parents actually roaldod fn De
troit, Michigan, but an epidemic of small-pox which broke out In that city shortly before
his birth, had caused them to remove tern* porarlly Co Comma, whore hla paternal grand
created, payment of dividends bad been re sumed end, on the basis for what proved to be a brilliant future, thus established, the busi ness was turned back to tho stockholders.
During the World War (1014 to 1918> he
served, at the request of tho United Slates Government, as Chairman of the War ServiceCommittee of the Paint Industry and during that time specifications were prepared for nearly all departments of tho United States Government- Tha Committee also functioned in many othsr ways for the Government.
In 1081, upon eale of the Acme While Lead end Color Works, Mr- Neal intended to retire from active business. However, in 1027, he was persuaded to Join his son In organizing
tho Equitable Trust Company, of Detroit, and Is still Chairman of the Board of that Insti tution.
House Paints/* The proposal for the year was "Copper Brown" and "Copper Verde." Though the Idea was a "dud" then, it is new "going strong." as "Styling ertth Paint."
Ha eras ons of tho founders of the "Save the Surface Campaign" which is also still "going strong"
"Straight as a string," kindly as a "Sister of Charity.** intelligent "as thsy make them." and as friendly as a "lodge brother," may his days be long in the land and everlasting In the heart of tho industry ha has so unselfishly served!
^^knolajczy arid
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parents made their home. Soon after his
birth, the family returned to Detroit, where he received hie education in the public schools
and a business college. In 1878 at the age of 18, he got his first Job
A Practical Hiding Power
--that of "oiler" In the factory of the National Pin Company. Jfc was his cask to stand atop
Comparison of Lithopone
a ladder and squirt oil into the boxes through which a power shaft, suspended from the ceiling, received Its lubrication. From this department he wst moved from Job to Job-
day shift to night shift and back again--
and Titanium-Calcium Pig ments in Commercial Flat Wall Paints
until he reached the goal of his 8ret ambition --eke post of bookkeeper and office manager.
In 1880 desiring to broaden hie experience, and further to qualify himself to enter busi ness on his own account, he accepted an opportunity to reorganise the office and ac counting system of a concern dealing In real
estate and insurance. While he was engaged In this work, through
savings and prudent Investments, he accu mulated a small capital which seemed to
Justify him in striking out for himself. Ac cordingly. In December of 1884, In association with hie brother-in-law, William L Davies,
he organized the Aemc White Lead and Color Works- The business weathered the panic of 1808, prospered and became one of the leading units In the paint and varnish industry. Both Mr. Noal and Mr- Device continued their as sociation with this company until 102L when, concluding that tho time had come for them to retire--Mr. Davies was then in delicate
health--they arranged to sell the business to Sherwin-Williams Company. Aa a subsidiary of Sherwin-Williams, it continues to bo one of Detroit's Important business enterprises.
Early in tills century, Mr. Neal was one of a group of fiva men who organised the Detroit Board of Commerce.
In 1008, or thereabouts, he was sisctad to the board of directors of the First National Bank, a capacity la which ha continued to
serve until 1081. In 1010. General Motors Company en
countered difficulties. A large loan was naadad to kaap tha business alive. Buck credit was granted by a banking group on condition that a new board of directors be elected to supervise the company's activities
until the loan could be repaid. Mr. Neal was elected to this new board and. In successive steps, became a member of the Executive Committee, President and finally, Chairman
of the Board. During the five year* of his association with
the company a number of unprofitable units (who remembers tho Carter car, the WelshDetrolt, tbs Weish-Ponttoc, the Elmore and the Marquett or the Rapid and Rdlanc* trucks which ware msrgsd Into General Motor Truck Company 1) either were liquidated or con solidated with mors profitable subsidiaries. Competent engineering, research and manu facturing units were organised and thany
Thomas Neal
In 1082, he became a member of the board of directors of the Crowley-Kilner Company, In which connection also he continues to take an active interest in business affaire.
In May, 1884, he married Elisabeth May Davies. They have one son, Xirke A. Neal, and three grandchildren, Dorothy Xirke, Diane Elisabeth and Mary gfgrid. Mr. Neal is a member of the Episcopalian Church and for many years was a vestryman of St. Paul's Cathedral, In Detroit. He is a member of Oriental lodge, P. * A. K,, and of the Detroit Commandery, Xaighta Tempter. His clubs are The Detroit Club, the Detroit Boat Club and The Country Club of Detroit.
Thomas Neal's biographic commentator speaking: Mr. Neal is, of course, a member of the National Association's "Fifty Tear Club" end. If that honor is conferred for senHcee rendered the industry be should have the "gold bowl** "for keeps."
This biographer was cloeely associated with him In the early promotion of Che formative association work. In hla "Bemtalaeanees sad Comments" Mr. Neal's cams is Indexed fifteen times. He was "in with both feet" at the start of the Educational Bureau and the 3evS the Surface Campaign and largbly shaped their destinies. ft was he whe originally suggested limitation In tbs great variety of tints, etc., then rasnuiseturid in Infinite variety-
- [A paper presented to the October, 1980, Mooting of tee Now York Paint and Varnish Prodnotion Chtk.y
By J. C. Tk o Mp s o io, Jx.*
Ceevriefct. IMS, TV- New Jew Stas Compeer. New Yerfe. X. V.
The subject of hiding power is at best a controversial one, and has been mads so not only because of the difficulty of accurate measurement, but also because of the dis agreement among Investigator* as to the
scientific fundamentals involved. The result has bean that tits "Trade" in general has not had much confidence In any published figures, fsw as thsy are- Ths New Jersey Zinc Co. la frequently asked for the hiding power of their pigments and has hesitated to assign a value to them. The result has been that since some published figure* show tUanlum-eelcium a much better dollar value at hiding than lithopone, and since we have bean unwilling
to confuse the issue by giving set of our own, we endeavored to determine if a definite figure could be assigned/--providing commer cial fiat wall paints only wore considered.
Tou may will ask yourselves, "why is it difficult to assign a vales to a pigment that wilt represent its hiding power?" The answer is that no one value can be assigned that will be even close to accurate unless wa know the particular formula, because /roes formula to formula tho seme pipmont vartoo over wide Umito. It. H. Sawyer, of the Research De partment of the Krebs Pigment and Color Corp., in an article entitled "Hiding Power." appearing In the 1938 edition of "Whits Pig ments," publication of R. T. Vanderbilt Co,, bed tills to say;
"... It is impossible to assign to any pig ment1 an absolute hiding power value having much meaning, since It is easily possible to vary tha hiding powes value of a single pig
ment as muck at 100% simply by varying
the paint composition In which it Is used. An absolute pigment biding power has no meaning except under* sondiftioim of use very closely approximating the conditions used In testing."
A committee of the A-S.T.M. composed of a number of very capable investigators lues been working on the subject for a number of years. Realising the need of a control method
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