HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-11-05, Page 7way Henry made twenty-five
dollars profit each trip.
in 1809, at twenty-five he
founaed Heinz and Co., at
Sharpsburg, to sell bottled
horse-rodish, in 1875 he branch-
ed out in Pittsburg, with two
new lines — pickles and celery
sauce, Then came disaster,
TQ ensure a supply of cucum ,
hers for picking he told a can-
ning firm with some unplanted
land, "Plant it with cucumbers
and we will pay you sixty cents
a bushel for the crop, whatever
it is,"
An above-average amount of
mild, warm rain that year pro-
duced a record crop. As the
wagon-loads 'of •cucumbers
eodr ti oiRieinz couldn't find room f
They blocked the Pre-
mises, got under everyone's feet,
Worse, he hadn't the money to
nay for this g I u t, and went
bankrupt. It was a nightmare
time for Henry J.
But the next year a new corn-
, pany, F. & J, Heinz, was launch-
ed on' three thousand dollars
capital, with brother John and
cousin Fred as principals, and
the bankrupt Henry as mana-
ger. No setback this time, The
firm forged ahead, Henry was
able to regain control and he
renamed it the' H. J. Heinz Com-
pany.
It took him years to- pay off
his debts, hut he did it. He kept
a memo book of his creditors
and Their claims and called it
the "M.O.," meaning "moral ob-
ligations." Years after his most
stubborn• creditor, a „Mr. A., had
been paid off, the man got into
difficulties himself, Henry gen-
erously bought him out of trou-
ble.
In '86 Henry thought it was
time Europe began to hear of
Heinz. With his Wife, four chil-
dren and sister,,Mary, a bag full
of samples and a few' cases of:
goods, he sailed for England and
went straight to Fortnum &
Mason's in Piccadilly, dressed
in his best frock coat and a
new topper.
The head of Grocery Purchas-
ing tasted, liked, and said, "I
think, Mr. Heinz, we will take
the lot." The Pittsburg bottler
was in and on the way to be-
coming the world's "Pickle
King." In '95 he opened a Lon-
don branch house, then others.
He was brisk in his business
dealings, sometimes angry but
a basic kindness wasn't far off.
A new boy in the firm made a
mistake which cost it seventy-
five dollars.' "Deduct five dol-
lars a month from his salary
until it is paid off," he ordered.
But the boy was surprised to
receive normal money next pay-
day: "Didn't y o u know? Mr.
Heinz has increased your salary
by five dollars a' month," lie
was told.
If he had to reprimand he
would begin. with a little praise.
The slogan, "Heart Power •Bet-
ter Than Horse. Power'.', was
pasted on the wall. "Tell your
mistakes," he said — and gave
men a good mark for doing so. .
"In business, as in life, it is
important• to face the truth even
Of tinnIeasiit fgcta;"-
An employee once said, "How
is it that the old man can kick
the gizzard out of a 'man,. and
then, if he jumped into the
river,• we'd all jump. after him?"
But he never forgot the' start
of it all — bricks. Aftet he. died, ,
aged 74, in 1919, two locked
drawers in his desk were found
to be full of all kinds of them.
Turkey was named in error
by, early settlers • in America
when they saw a wild fowl that
resembled the turkey-hens and
turkey-cocks they had seen in -
Europe . . . the guinea fowl of
Turkey. After Captain John
' Smith wrote of turkeyS as early
as 1607, the American species
was, fotind to be an entirely
different breed.
ALL THAT'S LEFT — Little more than kindling wood remains of a Baptist church after a tornado
churned through New Mesquite, Tex, Nobody was killed when the church collapsed.
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OIL PIPELINES
REFINERIES
,teolidi ji, OIL PORTS
RED In another trioVe to strengthen •beinietnic get with its European satellites,
the' Soviet union has embarked on a huge Oil pipeline project, the plan, 'to be completed
within fitiut years, tolli foe pipelines to 'Originate in the Soviet all tenter of kuibythev in
tieeilt and runt across Russia to tosieeri Europe, where refineries Will be 'builf '(see NeaVsentilS
tilitiVo), In addition, tWO Abilfit sad cities are 66, developed as Oil ports. eir the ten/tel..
Onion is to double oil production by 1965, to an output Of 2'40 tons, Ond have ati
exportable surplus of between 25 and 80 Million bate.
Founded Fortune
On Ten Cents
A century ago, the Heinz fa-
ntily nine grew more nor-se-
radish than they needed in their
Sharpsburg garden, near Pitts,
burg, The father, an itnintgrent
from Bavaria who ran a brick-
works, deputed his young son,
Henry J., to sell the surplus to
neighbours aa a sideline, taking
it round first by hand, then
wheel-barrow, then horaecart as
the radish patch exPanded.
People had to grind the root
a tedious job, It occurred
to Henry that they might pay .a
little more to, have it ready-
gibund, an easier task 'in bulk.
A few years later he tried put-
ting the dried,:' grated root into
bottles, By 1860 the plot and
business had grown so much
that four women were working
on it.
That was the origin of the
now world famous "57 Varie.
ties" firm, whose romantic story
Stephen Potter expertly re
counts in "The Magic Number"
Henry was an enterprising
lad whe believed that work
brings money. He earned his
first pay by pickiteup potatoes
for neighbours at twenty-five
cents a day. One day the owner
of a field offered rewards for
the best sack-fillers. Henry won
third prize, a ten-cent piece.
This humble coin started the
savings with Inhich`he bought a
half-share of his father's brick
business at twenty-one — and
then went on to ifounda his
great food empire.
When father Heinz went 'in
'for selling ice from the frozen
rivers and creeks, Henry's job
was to drive wagon-loads of it
eighty miles to Oil City. Re-
turning empty was a waste that
annoyed him.; so at Butler, for-
ty miles from Pittsburg, he went
to a produce merchant and said:,
"I have no money, but I'm driv-
ing an empty wagon through to
'Sharpsburg. If you will furnish
the goods to carry, I will sell
them at my destination and ac-
count for the proceeds." In this
INDIANS WIN — The U.S. Court
of Claims in Washington has
decided that. small group of
Alaskan Tlingit and Heide In-
dians is entitled to payment
for more than 20 million acres
of land taken by ,white men
from their ancestors. Millions
of dollars could be involvd in
payment for the land (shaded
area on Newsmap). Included
are the Tongass National For-
est (18 million acres), appro-
priated by the government' in
'1902-07 and Glacier Bay Na-
tional Monument (two million
(acres), taken in 1925, and
Annette Island (86,000 acres).
Successful wintering of bees,
says the Apiculture Division of
the Canada Department of Agri-
culture, hinges on three impor-
tant factors! strength of the colo-
nies, an abundance of <good
stores, and protection from, the
cold.
To be strong, a colony must
have a queen not older than
one year which has been laying
satisfactorily' during the latter
part of August and September.
Such colonies will have a well
balanced population of young
and old bees to go into winter
quarters. *
Weak colonies should be united
with colonies of medium
strength early in the fall so that
the bees of each can mingle and
arrange their winter brood nest.
At least 60 pounds of stores
are. required for double-storey
colonies and of this amount,
about 50 pounds must be in the
upper hive body. In the fall, well
ripened cloven- or buckwheat
honey should be placed in the
hives for the colonies. Fall honey
or honeydew is unsafe for winter
feed. * * '
A few spare queens should
be wintered over, and this can
be done by placing a thin divi-
sion board in a standard hive
body.
Unless a ventilated cellar Is'
available, it is safer to winter
bees outdoors. Best temperature
for bees in a cellar is about 35
degrees, and in Eastern Canada
it is impossible to maintain such
a temperature without refrigera-
tion.
Bees should be moved into the
cellar after the last good cleans-
ing flight in the late fall.
For outside wintering, colonies
may be packed singly, as' doubles
or four colonies in a row. When
more than one is Placed together
there is some conservation of
heat as each colony is protected
on at least one side by another.
There is also conservation of
packing material, but there is the
disadVantage in multiple winter-
ing that the bees drift frem one
colony to another •in the early
spring, leaving one or more of
the colonies weak.
• * *
Tar paper or building paper
is the most economical type of
outer protection. Tar paper
should be cut into the required
length for one, two or four
colonies well in advance.
Ah ideal apiary site will have
protection on the north and west -
sides, will not be shaded in the
summer or winter and will have
good air drainage. *•«
Drawn combs are valuable and
should be protected during the
Winter from the ravages of mice.
A good plan is to place the
combs in supers and then tier
the supers one above the other
with an inverted hive cover be-
neath the tier and one on top,
There should be no open spaces
'left where mice can get in, * e it
Queen excluders may be used
instead Of hive covers., To pro
sect froni .wax moth, combs
should be stored in a cold plate
if theyalready present, fu
inigate With earben bisuiphide --a
a highly irillailiniable cheinital. * «
Canada beParttrient of
culture officials have arranged
for meetings in all parts of the
country to get advice at the
grassroots level about proposed
regulatione under the reinsert
Seeds Act.
The Seatiene were scheduled
through the co-operation of
Provincial clePartibents Of aeri-
Cul titre,
The'Seeds Act Was, revised at
the tessimin of Perliamont
to meet recent trends and de-
velopments in the production,
processing and merchandising of
seeds. No substantive changes in
policy were made.
Target date for bringing the
new act and regulations into
effect is July 1 next year,.
e *
Plant Products Division, Can-
ada Department of Agriculture,
sought the local hearings to
learn the views of representa-
tive groups and individuals on
the various matters with which
the regulations will dea.
About Planting
Those Bulbs
It isn't time yet to worry about
doing the Christmas shopping
but it is time to plant pots of
hyacinth and narcissus bulbs if
they are to bloom in time for the
festive occasion.
Plant the bulbs, about three to
a pot for a full bouquet, and
water-them thoroughly. Keep the
pots away from light and in a
cool place. If it is convenient
they can be- buried outside, in
the soil near the house for pro-
tection, or fore apartment dwell-
ers a dark cool cupboard: will do
just as well. In either case they
will require occasional watering.
About three weeks before the
bloom is desired bringa,but the
bulbs where the warmth and
light will start top growth. For
Christams bloom try the French
Roman species of Hyacinths.
Incidently, garden bulbs
should be planted now too if
they are to be ready to greet
April shoWers, The exception is,
of course, gladioli, begonia and
dahlia which are planted in the
spring.
The depth of planting varies
with the type of bulb. Ttilips, for
instance, should be planted at a
depth of four inches for early
-varieties and six inches' for late
with 4 to 6 inches between each
bulb. Jonquils are also planted
at six inches; but , they need
about six,ifiches between them
to grow properly. Daffodils and
lily go a little deeper in the
ground — about seven inches
with six to twelve inches be=
tween each bulb. The depth
given is to the crown or top of
the bulb.
To plant, dig a hole two inches
deeper than the recommended
depth.. Into this hele put a tea-
spoon of a complete garden fer-
tilizer and mix thoroughly with
the next two inches of soil. On
top of this, put two inches of the
untreated soil that was re-
moved from the hole. This pre-
Vents the bulb from coming in
contact with the fertilizer and
also brings,the hole- up to the
proper dept.
NOW plant the bulbs and wait
for the "rewards which come with
a beautiful spring garden,.
°I COO CCiVa 61 el
. To Meet of the world, Dena 11,
1936, was a fateful dean King
Edward VIII abdicated the Brit-
iSh throne to marry, "the woman
Wallis
,diVerdee.
Wallis; Simpson, The abdication
dite brought heartbreak. The
depth, Of this despair was reveal=
ect 'recently with the publication
of letter written in 193kby
the late Queen Mary to her
eSt tett, now the Duke of Wind,
Sot! "I 'do not think you haVe
ever tdalitdd the shook (Yen).
Canted, It >seeing inconceivable
to those who had niade Mich tad-6
tiftdot during the war that: you,
as their King, 'refused lesser
sacrifice All lily life I have
put my Country before eVerY-.
thing, 4 I -simply Cannot Change
HE MADE IT — Louis Mares, 15,
a boy scout crippled ,from child-
hood, achieved a rare goal. He
successfully climbed Mt. Whit-
ney with seven other scouts. He
made the ascent despite a
heavy, brace on his leg,
Speed Limit Was
Four Miles An Hour
If anyone had informed an in-
habitant • of these islands at the
close of the nineteenth century
,that iti:'fifty 'years time it would
be pObsible to walk about all
day in London and never see a
single horsy, he would have
been set down as a madman. No-
one had any idea of the extent
of the revolution ,the was
about to commence; The bicycle,•
of course, was already well
known, arid was regarded as a
dangerous innovation, since it
made parental control almost im-
possible. '
The ,possibilities of the motor-
car were hardly taken seriously.
It is interesting ,to find Alfred
C. Harmsworth, later Lord
Northcliffe, apologizing for the
word Motoring. "Motoring (he
says) — for •the word will have
to be accepted and recognised —
is . . . sport, "The• sentence oc-
curs in the ,anthology, Mortars
and Motory-Driving, which he
brought out in 1902. It formed
pert of the series_ mown as th.
gaclMiattM, ..Library which is it,
self sufficient ,evidence • that the
sporting possibilities of the too,,,
torcar were uppermost in every.
body's for the Badminton
Library WAs devoted entirely
sports. of various
The revisions of the 001 Loco,.
motives pn ,Highways Act which
laid down a maximum speed,
limit of four miles per hour and
required that .4 self-propelled
vehicle on the roads must
Ways, be preceded by a man with
a red flag were not repealed
until 1890, so it is not surprising
that progress 1)oth. senses :of
the term) had, before that date,
been extremely slow.
• The petrol engine, however,
had already been developed, es.
pecially in. Frame, and in the
following year there had actual-
llY been a road race from Paris
to Bordeaux and back, the win-
niog vehicle covering, the ground
at an average speed of fifteen
miles per hour, The Antoear,
the •first English motoring jour-
nal, was founded in November,
1895, and: , then the Automotor
and Horseless Vehicle Journal,
The interest aroused was not
purely theoretical, — From "Ed-
wardian Promenade," by James
Laver,
Protect Those
Storm Windows
It's storm window time again.
Delaying the job of putting them
up isn't likely to influence Old
Man Winter to stay in hiding.
However, if the job is done in
two sessions it won't seem 'half
as tedious. Take one weekend
to clean and paint the windows
and the next to put them up.
Take all windows out of stor-
age this week-end and clean the
summer dust from them. If the
frames haven't been painted for
a few years it's quite possible
that old paint will have peeled
leaving bare patches: This is a
sign to take out the paint brush.,
and give the frames a new face.
First of all remove all loose
and scaling paint and then spot
prime bare patches with an ex-
terior primer. This provides an
even surface for the finish coat.
The primer should be given 24
hours to dry and all glossy sur-
faces should then be sanded be-
fore applying one or two coats
of the finish. When using a,
color make sure an exterior
paint or enamel with recom-
mended exterior durability is
used. Paint should be applied
in thin' coats, as thick coats tend
to cause blistering. This finish
coat dries in about 24 hours so
by next weekend the windows,
will be ready to go up.
Save energy and 'unnecessary
work by putting masking tape
around the edges pi the panes
of glass: -Thfs Makes painting
faster as care.need not be taken
to prevent paint from getting on
glass, After the job is finished
and masking, tape removed the
windows will be spotless.
Windows should only have to
be refinished every three or four
years but don't let Went 'go any
longer than that. There's no
point in having the house nice-
ly decorated on the outside only
to have unsightly, storm window
frames spoiling the effect. '
Cole S 1 -w, sometimes in-
correctly referred to as "cold
slaw," is an' adaptation of the
Dutch "koolsa"„from "cool" for
cabbage add "sla"' for. salad,
DRIVE CAREFULL* =.'"The
life-you save may be your .own.
Rev 1. Barclay Warren,
B.D.
ralihful Unto Death
Acts g;8-1a"; 1;54-60.
Memory Selection: Be than
faithful unto death, and 1 will
give thee a crown of life. Revo-i
ration WO.
In this• lesson we have the
story of the 'first Christian mar-
tyr. Stephen, a man full of faith
and of the Holy Ghost, was one
of the seven chosen to care for
the ministering to the needy.
But Stephen was more than a
wise and honest administrator.
He did great wonders and Mira-
Iles among the people. Opposi-
tion arose and men were hired
to charge him, with blasphemy.
Of course, he was no blasphemer
but his preaching of Jesus as
the Christ offended the unbellev-
ing Jews. Stephen was .permitted
to answer to the charge, They
listened to his review of Hebrew
history till he pointed out from
the Old Testament that not even
Solomon's temple could contain
the God who made heaven and
earth. Stephen, seeing the
mounting resistance and anger,
then charged them with the
murder of Jesus, They were cut
to the heart and cast him out of
the city and stoned him.
Stephen's behaviour during
the stoning must have had a pro-
found effect on the young man
Saul who stood by the clothes of
those who threw the stones, He
saw Stpehen's face reflecting the
glory of God and heard him say,
"Behold, I see the heavens open-
ed, and the Son of man standing
on the right hand of God," Then
as he knelt midst the falling
stones he heard him pray thus
for his enemies, "Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge."
Some people are still suffer-
ing 'for their witness for Jesus
Christ. Gon Joon Kim of Korea
saw his wife and father killed
with clubs and he himself was
left for dead. He was comforted
by his little. girl and the words
of Paul, "Who shall separate ,us
from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or anguish, or perse-
cution, or nakedness, Or peril, or
the sword? "He went to the home
of the Communist leader who
had ordered the beating and
prayed for him. He won, a con-
vert and the home became a
secret meeting place for Chris-
tians. In one year 180 persons
became Christians and a church
was built by former communists.
Last year Gon Joon Kim return-
ed from seminary in USA to
preach Christ to the students of:
Korea, It takes, courage to stand
for •Christ today.
ISSUE 45 — 1959
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking '
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LESSON