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Feb 21. Took train 8:08 to [[underline]] Gardelegen [[/underlined]]. Small town near Hanover about 9000 inhabitants rather rural. Streets not very clean. Beutler a small man rather nervous about 35 years old. and quite awake; of a somewhat [[?]] disposition His factory rather old place rather mixed up and not very orderly. He tells me he sells now about $100.000 of [[underlined]] finished buttons [[/underlined]] a year. A year or two ago he did not possess a cent and [[strikethrough]] Rutgers[[/strikethrough]] ^Bakelite^ Gesell. gave him the machinery and the cash to start with his royalties and
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profits is now having a splendid income. Employing about 100 employes mostly women and girls also some men for better class of work His buttons look very good. Bought a large assortment of samples for New York. His whole installation has not cost over $10.000 exclusive of the buildings. Weger tells me the other bakelite button manufacturer does more and has better installation Tells me also that real bakelite machinery exclusive of boiler and motor does not cost over $5000. Rather dirty place. Took train to Stendal a