The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-09
1t Is Reported Also by Some
That There Has Been No
Sale, Only a General Sales
Agreement.
CASE AND OLIVER
CONCERNS IN DEAL
Rumor Has 1t That These
Two Big Corporations
= Have United with the In
ternational Company.

II has been persistently rumored for
the past two or three weeks that the
American Seeding Machine company.
which the Hoosier Drill plant of this
city is a. part. has been purchased by
the International Harvester company.
generally known as the Harvester
Trust" According to the report. which
seems TO be well based, the lnterna-
tional has also purchased the j. l.
Case Thresher company. of Racine.
Wis, and the Oliver Chill PIow COM
pany. of South Bend. Ind.
Another report is TO the effect that
the American Seeding Machine COM
pany, the ]. /. Case company and the
Oliver Chill Plow company have not
been purchased by the International
company. but that these concerns have
or are about to enter into sales
agreement with the International COM
pany.
1t is reported. but no confirmation
can be obtained. that the alleged mer-
ger will not be announced until il is
| known what the outcome of the Inter-
| nationals compromise offer to the gov
ernment's dissolution suit will be. The
federal government some months ago
filed suit against the International
Harvester company charging il was
operating in violation of the sherman
antitrust law. According to press dis
patches the Harvester company sever
al days ago offered to split up. placing
several of it's companies in the field as
independent concerns. This would as
sure active competition. the Harvester
company alleged. Whether the govern
ment will accept this compromise Of
/ fer and drop its suit against the CON-
pany has not yet been announced by
the department of justice.
| Reported Division Plan.
II is reported the Harvester COM
pany. should the compromise offer be
accepted by the government. would be
divided into four independent concerns.
the Mccormick. the Deering. the Inter
national with the American Seeding
Machine company. and the j. l. Case
, company, with the Oliver Chill Plow
4 company
| IL is understood that in the event
this division is made the local branch
of the International company would be
transferred TO the Hoosier Drill COM
pany, where the products of the latter
company would still continue to be
manufactured. Products of the Interna-
tional company for distribution in this
I district would also be stored at the
Hoosier plant. according to the re-
port. II is also reported that one or
two other independent companies OF
the gigantic corporation would also
maintain branches in this city
About two weeks ago IL was report
ed that the American Seeding Machine
company had been sold to the J. T..
Case company. ]. A. Carr. general man
ager of the local branch OF the former
company, then refused to deny or con-
firm the report. but II was denied at
the general offices of the company at
| Springfield o.. where the statement
/ was made that the two concerns had
entered into 2 selling agreement.
In the foot fsteps of that report came
the report that the J. I. Case company
and the American Seeding Machine
company had been sold TO the Inter
national Harvester company. Manager
Worth of the local agency of the Inter
national company was asked yesterday
If the latter report was authentic. He
I entered a denial