The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-06
Newly Organized Biscuit Company
Will Work Along Indepen-
dent Lines.
Incorporators Include Many Former
Members of the Lillibridge-
Bremner Company.

9Ihe manufacturing, sales and account
ing departments Of the Lillibridge- -Bren-
nef~ factory organization, which was sold
OUT ABOUT. ten years ago, are represented
IN the new Works Biscuit company, which
to-day filed articles of incorporation. The
members OF the company were prompted
TO engage in business, they say, because
there seemed to be practically no future
Tor them in trust connections.
Inc capital is 100000, fully paid up.
Ihe 1ncorporators are George S. Works,
Z. "A. Lllllbrldge, A. A. Crane, O. M. Lar
away, M. w. Savage, George A. Whitmore
Will F. MCGEE, j. c. Leitch.
The new company will be independent
and, to a certain extent, cooperative. 1t
will begin operations Oct. /.
George S. Works, who was for twenty
five years inn the business with H. F.
Lllllbrldge and H. F. I.illibridge &, Co..
who was with the Lilibridge- -Bremner
factory of the National Biscuit Company
as assistant manager, and who Of late has
been manager of the Kennedy agency,
Minneapolis, of the National Biscuit COM
pany, is to be president and general man
ager.
The manufacturing department is to be
under the direction of James G. Leitch,
who for fourteen years has had a similar
position with the National Biscuit COM
pany. Before leaving Boston Mr.. Leitch
was With the original Frank Kennedy
cracker factory in Cambridge.
The travelling statesmen of the new COM
pany have been with the Lillibridge and
National companies for from nine to four
teen years.
The departments Of the Works company
are organized with experienced help
drawn from sevral of the prominent east
ern factories. Mr.. Works said to-day:
10 certain extent the corporation is
to be on a cooperative basis. Many of
the principal employees are stockholders.
Three Of the incorporators are travelling
statesmen.
I'VE have brought here a practical oven
builder to superintend the building of our
| ovens He is Alex Crombie, of New York
city, for fifty years engaged in this and al
| lied businesses. Mr.. Crombie has been
here since Aug. II and hopes to have op-
| cations under way Oct. 1.
Much money has been spent in repairs
| the installation of new floors, plumbing
and heating. A new office has been built
| at 19 Third street N. The factory is at
| l|-l9 and In the rear of 1878. The fac
| tory is tlve-story. building, larger than
it's predecessor. The machinery was built
for this factory and has all the late i'm
provements 1t is the largest independent
| cracker factory started outside of the east.
ern cities and the only one in the north
west. The National Biscuit company ha.
| hitherto absolutely controlled trade in this
| section.
| While this company does not propose tt
ldemoralize prices or to sell goods below
market value, yet it's policy will be along
independent and individual lines as lib
eral as consistent with prudent business
management.
when the National Biscuit compan,
heard of this new venture the first vice
president, manager of the sales depart
ment and assistant manager of the manu-
featuring department came up from tn,
general offices, wired all the statesmen tt
come in and endeavored to have then
sign a paper which included an ironclaC
oath that they had no connection with
the new company nor had been ap,
preached by its representatives. 1t con
cluded a contract to Dec. 81, 1902 Al
but one refused to sign it. They spen
several days in Minneapolis endeavorin,
to dissuade some Of their old employs
from becoming associated with the ney
independent factory. They also ap
preached part Of our sources of supply an
endeavored to get them not to sell u.s.