The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-13
Between 200 and 300 Rumely
Officials and Agents At
tended Welcome Banquet
Of Commercial Club.
PLAN is TO KEEP
EACH BRANCH BUSY
B. G. Baker, Head of the
Sales Department, Declar-
ed that the Gaar-Scott Fac
tory Will Be Largest.

Richmond was honored with the
presence of DR.. E. A. Rumely, head of
the M. Rumely company, at the BAN
quet rendered the Rumely party by
the Commercial club at the Y. M. c.
A. Saturday night Dr. Rumely's busi-
ness interests have prevented him from
attending the banquets given for the
party in any other city since the in
spection trip started. The banquet
was success of the highest order and
was attended by 228 Rumely men be-
sides many local people.
When DR.. Rumely arose to his feet
to address the men the hall reverber-
ated with cheers and he was forced to
wait several minutes before quiet was
restored. He stated that he was glad
to be able to come to Richmond as he
expected the Gaar-Scott line here to
become one of the biggest factors in
the Rumely company's business. The
object of the big deals that the COM
pany has been negotiating in the past,
according to DR.. Rumely, is to scatter
the point of production of their pro-
ducts and at the same time to CEN
tralize the factories to the smallest
number of cities.
Richmond is one of the best cities
in the organization" said DR.. Rune
1y. THE living conditions here are ex-
cellent and the class of men employed
at the Gaar-Scott factory is better
than the average. The men are able
to make the highest class of imple-
ments."
Mr.. Rumely related the history of
the shift from hand labor to animal
power to till the soil and declared that
animal power would be entirely super
seded by mechanical power in a short
time. One of the great problems of
the company is to try to make the
yield per acre of the soil increase as
it has fallen.
If this condition is not changed and
the fertility of the soil restored, the
country will soon be facing a famine,
he stated
company's plan.
The plan of the NJ. Rumely COM
pany is to produce machinery which
will keep the factories busy at all
seasons of the year. This is assured
by the Rumely Products company
which was organized by S. S. Strattan
of this city, since retired from the
company, as this branch of the com
pany will control all sales Of Rumely
products.
Howard Hayes, head of the Rumely
legal department stated that one OF
ha of ho &c TO ty~ao
it's competitors fairly. He said that
competition must not be smothered as
it is the means by which broader and
bigger ideas are received and through
these the perfection of implements
can be attained.
One of the most interesting talks
was given by Alexander Lottamoor, Of
Russia. Mr.. Lottamoor was a schoo
mate of DR.. Rumely's at Oxford uni
. versity, and in several German uni
versities. He told of the crude meth
DDS of the Russian peasants, many
of whom have never seen a train o1
automobile.
What the Sales Organization Viii
DO For Richmond was the subject o.
the address of B. G. Baker, the leader
of the 500 Rumely statesmen. He out
lined the plans of the sales depart
ment for the coming year and gave
the figures of their expected sales il
1918. He said that Gaar-Scott would
be the largest plant manufacturing
cylinder gas tractors in the world ant
that more hay balers will be turned
out of the factory than from any othel
factory in the country.
The Canadian organization of sales
men and managers sang the song
'The Hit-em-up Bunch from Canada
and L. B. Cravath, of Calgary, reat
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