. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . eeringat the MassachusettsInstitute of T e c h -nology. Graduatingfrom this institutionin 1880, he went towork in the draught-i n g department ofthe manufacturingconcerns at H o p e -dale. The technicaland scientific train-ing which he hadreceived was of greatvalue to him in lateryears, and he soonbecame a prominentfigure in his fathersextensive machineshops at learned t h o r -oughly the practicalpart of the manufac-ture of machineryand cotton
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . eeringat the MassachusettsInstitute of T e c h -nology. Graduatingfrom this institutionin 1880, he went towork in the draught-i n g department ofthe manufacturingconcerns at H o p e -dale. The technicaland scientific train-ing which he hadreceived was of greatvalue to him in lateryears, and he soonbecame a prominentfigure in his fathersextensive machineshops at learned t h o r -oughly the practicalpart of the manufac-ture of machineryand cotton the age of twenty-one he was admittedas partner in the firm of George Draper & Sons, consisting of his father andhis two brothers. General W. F. and G. A. Dra])er. Hehas other business interests, being director in over adozen manufacturing companies, among them being theHopedale Machine Company, — manufacturers ot thefinest cotton machinery in the country, — the SawyerSpindle Company, the Dutcher-Temple Company, theHopedale Machine Screw Company, the Globe YarnMills, the Continental Mills of Lewiston, and the Cilas-. EBEN S. DRAPER gow Thread Company. In addition to these corpora-tions, he is a director in several railroad com] interests have not engrossed the whole of attention, however, for he has been a diligentstudent of political problems. He was present at thefirst meeting of the organizers of the Home MarketClub, was chosen on its first board of directors, and isstill a member of the board. In politics Mr. Draper isa strong Republican and a stanch advocate of protec-tion, but he has neversought political o f -fice, although havingserved on several im-portant committees,and several timesbeen elected a dele-gate to a spirited con-test he was chosen tothe office of chairmanof the RepublicanState Central Com-mittee in January,1892. He is con-nected with severalsocial organizations,among them theBoston Athletic, theUnio
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