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X PREFACE specimens from the unique collection, showing the evolution of the various handstones and wooden grain implements, British and foreign, ancient and modern, were presented, after his death, in accordance with what had been his own desire, to the Liverpool practical co-operation in Public Museum.^ Nor did the work end here. As his the compilation of the history proceeded at his residence (Stony croft House) he regularly devoted early mornings or late evenings to collaboration— a pursuit in which he found constant recreation and rest from the business cares of the day. Six years of enthusiasm were thus devoted to the pleasant task ; but the only result he lived to see was the kindly and gratifying reception accorded to the first two volumes. Since then, the third volume having been similarly honoured, the present and last of the series has been written * " By purchase, exchange, or gift almost every desirable specimen that could be discovered in private hands was resolutely acquired. Friend nor acquaintance at home or abroad was exempt from his enquiries on this behalf, while professional collectors of curios in all parts of the world were diligently circularised. From all quarters the precious stones and utensils of wood came. From farmers of Anglesey to the governor of isles in the Pacific ; from metropolitan dealers to African missionaries ; from peasants of Norway to Arabs dwelling on the site of Homer's Troy ; from dwellers in the Midlands of England to sojourners amid the hills of Mexico— literally 'from China to Peru'— the scattered units to form the collection were amassed ; while was also added a stone certified to have been dug up by a gardener at Anne Hathaway 's cottage at Stratford-on- Avon that may once have ground flour for Shakespeare." — Milling, May 19, 1900. Mr. William C Edgar, of The Nor/h- Western Miller, Minneapolis, has been the first authority on the subject to recognise the singular interest attaching to this difficultly acquired collection, and to desire its suitable preservation. Last autumn, having communicated with the writer as to the possibility of purchasing it, he learned of its disposal with regret. There is warrant for stating that, had his rare appreciation of its historic value been known earlier, Mr. Bennett himself would have cordially desired its acceptance by Mr. Edgar in furtherance of so great an aim as the foundation of an international Museum of Milling. The following letter exhibits Mr. Edgar's initiation of this notable project :— " MiNNKAPOLis, November 2, 1903. "Dear Sir, ... I very much regret to learn that the collection of millstones belonging to the late Mr. Bennett has been turned over to the Liverpool Museum. I was prepared to purchase this collection, and use it as a nucleus for the most complete museum of milling appliances ever brought together in one spot. To this end it was my intention to secure the erection in this city of a building for the purpose, and to instal therein this collection, with such miUing literature, photographs, drawings, &c., as might be possible to get together, the whole making a complete milling museum. It seemed to me that Minneapolis, being the greatest milling point the world has ever known, would be the most appropriate place in which to establish an institution of this sort. I feel that I could have interested with me in this work the leading millers of the country, if not of the world ; and the result would have been an institution which, in time, would have been of the utmost value to the whole milling trade. I am much disappointed to learn that the disposition made of the collection has rendered my plan quite impossible, as I would not feel equal to undertaking such a collection from the beginning. ' ' Very truly yours, ' Wm. C. Edgar. " Mr. John Elton, " Birkdale, Southport."
PREFACE xi in tribute to his memory and the hopeful aims he had in view ; the publishing expenses being defrayed by his family. In commercial circles Mr. Bennett enjoyed for years a high position, which he had attained solely by his own exertions and in face of many difficulties. The son of a working carpenter, he was born in 1844 in Christian Street, Liverpool ; and at a very early age, without friends, trade, or even elementary education, sought for himself the precarious employments such a child could obtain. His foot rested on the lowest rung of the ladder, and in future years he was even content that it should have been so. It was not till, some years later, he contrived to gain a place in a warehouse near the docks that the disabilities due to a want of education dawned upon him, and thereupon he joined a night school thus ; beginning a course of self-help and self-education which he steadily maintained throughout as clerk in the life. Having at length secured a position riverside forwarding business, he was ultimately engaged by Messrs. Notara, Greek corn factors and warehousemen, with whom he remained some years, and attained the position of manager. On their retirement he was enabled to commence on his own account in the same line, adding with an thereto the riverside carrying business ; starting excellent reputation, if little capital, and with all his early habits of strenuousness, abstemiousness, and economy. His small business gradually developed into a large one. Years before his death the firm of Richard Bennett & Co. had risen foremost among the forwarding agents of the port, where their scores of handsome teams of heavy draught horses long constituted a notable feature of the riverside traffic ; and where Mr. Bennett himself, by resourcefulness of character, business reputation, and cheerful bonhomie, had become one of the public men of Liverpool. Still, though several times solicited to enter the City Council, he always declined the honour.* A man of strong domestic tastes, happily married, and with a family of young children, he had at the first * " A good specimen of the sturdy, fearless, self-made Dicky Sam, the story of his early struggles compels the respect and admiration of even those who envy his success." — Liverpool Porcupine, May 9, 1896.
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PREFACE xi<br />
in tribute to his memory and the hopeful aims he had in<br />
view ; the publishing expenses being defrayed by his family.<br />
In commercial circles Mr. Bennett enjoyed for years<br />
a high pos<strong>it</strong>ion, which he had attained solely by his own<br />
exertions and in face <strong>of</strong> many difficulties. The son <strong>of</strong> a<br />
working carpenter, he was born in 1844 in Christian Street,<br />
Liverpool ; and at a very early age, w<strong>it</strong>hout friends, trade,<br />
or even elementary education, sought for himself the precarious<br />
employments such a child could obtain. His foot<br />
rested on the lowest rung <strong>of</strong> the ladder, and in future years<br />
he was even content that <strong>it</strong> should have been so. It was<br />
not till, some years later, he contrived to gain a place in<br />
a warehouse near the docks that the disabil<strong>it</strong>ies due to a<br />
want <strong>of</strong> education dawned upon him, and thereupon he<br />
joined a night school thus ; beginning a course <strong>of</strong> self-help<br />
and self-education which he steadily maintained throughout<br />
as clerk in the<br />
life. Having at length secured a pos<strong>it</strong>ion<br />
riverside forwarding business, he was ultimately engaged<br />
by Messrs. Notara, Greek <strong>corn</strong> factors and warehousemen,<br />
w<strong>it</strong>h whom he remained some years, and attained the<br />
pos<strong>it</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> manager. On their retirement he was enabled<br />
to commence on his own account in the same line, adding<br />
w<strong>it</strong>h an<br />
thereto the riverside carrying business ; starting<br />
excellent reputation, if l<strong>it</strong>tle cap<strong>it</strong>al, and w<strong>it</strong>h all his early<br />
hab<strong>it</strong>s <strong>of</strong> strenuousness, abstemiousness, and economy.<br />
His small business gradually developed into a large one.<br />
Years before his death the firm <strong>of</strong> Richard Bennett & Co.<br />
had risen foremost among the forwarding agents <strong>of</strong> the<br />
port, where their scores <strong>of</strong> handsome teams <strong>of</strong> heavy<br />
draught horses long const<strong>it</strong>uted a notable feature <strong>of</strong> the<br />
riverside traffic ; and where Mr. Bennett himself, by<br />
resourcefulness <strong>of</strong> character, business reputation, and<br />
cheerful bonhomie, had become one <strong>of</strong> the public men <strong>of</strong><br />
Liverpool. Still, though several times solic<strong>it</strong>ed to enter the<br />
C<strong>it</strong>y Council, he always declined the honour.*<br />
A man <strong>of</strong> strong domestic tastes, happily married,<br />
and w<strong>it</strong>h a family <strong>of</strong> young children, he had at the first<br />
* " A good specimen <strong>of</strong> the sturdy, fearless, self-made Dicky Sam, the story <strong>of</strong> his<br />
early struggles compels the respect and admiration <strong>of</strong> even those who envy his success."<br />
— Liverpool Porcupine, May 9, 1896.
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