Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-15
WONDERFUL EXTENT OF
INTERNATIONAL. HAIR
vESTER co.'s BUSINESS

| The handa0mest and most expensive
thing in the way OF fine book work
recently seen In Salt Lake lies on the
desk OF General Manager Geo. T. Odell
of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine
Co The book In question is n volume
recently issued with the compliments
| OF the International Harvester Com
| panS whose headquarters are Mt Chi
| cngo. and a News" representative who
| turned over the pages yesterday found
wonderful fund OF interesting data
| within its covers The book is issued
| to give nm idea OF the extent OF the
| BUSINESS carried on by the International
| Harvester Company. which. as is gem
/ orally known combines several imple-
ment and machine companies brought
| together through the genius of j. PIER
| pont Morgan. The book Is hlled with
| beautiful illustrations. one of the most
| Instructive being the Harvester build
| ing In Chicago This ediflce is IA stories
| high and Is where the general officers
make their headquarters, and II houses
about 1000 employees necessary to do the
| Office work In Chicago OF this large IN
| stitution.
The other pictures show in detail
| the plants OF the institutions which
went into the organization. and include
| the manufacturing plants at Akron,
| Ohio; all the different plants In Chi
| cago; the manufacturing Canadian
| plant at Hamilton, Ontario; the old
| Keystone Works II Sterling III; the
| Milwaukee plants; the manufacturing
| plants AT Auburn. ". y. at Plano. ILL.,,
| Mt waterloo, Iowa. at Newark valley
| and also the large wagon mandatory
originally owned by the Weber plant at
| Chicago. in addition to which is the
| European manufacturing plant at Norr-
| Hoping. Sweden. and the Flax Irvine
| Mills at St Paul. MINI.
The book also refers to the ware
| house buildings anu the one hundred
| general agencies OF the company es-
! tablished throughout the United States
| and Canada.
| A glance shows the marvellous extent
to which the Harvester Co has sys-
| temntized Its business. IL goes back
| TO first principles of operating In
| obtaining its raw product. and is the
/ owner Of numerous iron ore properties,
| coal and timber lands railroads etc,
| all Of which are used in getting the raw
| material to the factories.
The many lines of goods turned out
| by this concern are so well known as
| TO practically need little mention. They
| are of course headed by the McCor-
/ mick Harvesting machinery. and II Is
| this line that the Consolidated Wagon
| e. Machine company to ether with the
| binding Irvine, gasoline engines manure
| spreaders and many other articles OBJ
| tain from the international Harvester
| Co. who employ in the manufacture of
| their goods In excess of twenty-five
| thousand people, who are paid annually
! many million dollars In wages. and
amongst whom are found two hundred
skilled inventors and designers. In adj
| dition to this. the company's agencies
! employ perhaps nearly forty thousand
| people The company's plant covers
| seven hundred acres, or more than
| square mile of manufacturing facilities.
| The merger OF the different implement
| concerns made it oTportune TO select
| the keenest and most experienced min Is
| for this particular line of trade. This
| resulted in the choice of Cyrus II. Nc
| Cormick as president, with n directo-
| rate associated with him who had gain
| ed their past experience In the conduct
| of their individual manufactures.
| While 1t Is impossible to mention in
| this brief article the names of all the
| gentlemen who have been so successful
In building up and systematizing this
immense organization. 1t Is only fair to
call attention to the ability and indi-
vlduality OF ;ts president, Cyrus IL.
Mccormick. TO the general manager,
C. +. Funk, and his assistant, Alex
Legge, also to the general sales man
ager. A. Fl. Mayer All OF these gem
| tlcmen came up from the ranks In
| their particular lines. They are young
1
| through their untiring energy and pers-
| everance.
| Manager Odell. when asked for a
| frank expression of his experience in
| doing business with this large concern.
which is generally known lbut improp-
| erly) as 1.-THE Harvester Trust" said
| very ernphatically, that he was con-
| WINGED tho public had Ind better serv-
ice, that It's needs had been more quick
iy filled and that fairer prices had been
maintained between the manufacturers,
the jobbers and the public since the
organization took place. than there ex-
listed prior 10 that date. What changes
there had been in the selling prices
was due to the increase In the prices OF
the raw material and increased expense
of labor. He also stated that at this
time there were many independent
companies operating outside and in
no sense connected with the Inter-
national Harvester Company, and that
there could be no such thing as sitting
| competition
The international Harvester Company
has maintained an office in this city.
which for some years past has been
under the able and efficient control OF
Mr. S. j. Seal, an estimable gentleman
whose efforts In regulating the condi-
tions OF trade are much appreciated
by the Consolidated Wagon & Machine
Co. and the other concerns in this city
TO whom the Harvester people sell their
goods
Mr.. Odell was greatly pleased NJ the
outlook for business for the current
year. and with the reports made OF
all the branches for the past year.
all of which was submitted to the
Stockholders on Monday last who ex-
pressed themselves as being entirely
satisfied.
The banauets. which wero given by
the Consolidated Wagon g. Machine
Co 20 its employees, were held In
Montpelier, Jan l4th; Logan. Jan. 18TH;
ogden. Jan. Path, and at Idaho Falls.
Jan. 27th. have been productive Of good
as they have brought together the ON
GERS and employees on common foot
ing, which has resulted In the exchange
OF ideas all along the line at these
meetings the feeling was expressed by
all the employees that the greatest har-
mony prevails In the ranks of the Con-
H.