The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14

ment.
The plant, of course. Is perma-
nency and does not depend on the war
for continuance, but 1t was the war
which brought It into being.
There were $500 people working In
the U. NJ. c. plant when the war broke
out. Before the end of the year there
will be 10000, so that the two plants
together will be employing $4,000 per-
sons. BY that time the munitions
plant will have capacity many times
that OF the United States government
The Remington Arms company cele.
brates its centenary this year In
1916, just 100 years ago, Eliphalet
Remington made with his own hands
the first rifle and founded the business.
He made It for his own use. His ia
Their had refused to buy one for him,
and Remington collected scrap iron,
welded 1t into gun barrel and walked
fifteen miles to Utica to have 1t rifled,
1t was such good one that his neigh
bors invited him to make similar ones
for them, and before long his forge
was a gun factory. At that time all
gun barrels were imported from Eu-
rope. and there were no real gun fac
tories I'm America, so that Remington
founded brand new American indus
try.
Mr.. Dodge and His Co-workers.
Marcellus Hartley Dodge Is the sole
proprietor, and 1t was he as a young
man of thirty-two-who looks like
youth OF twenty one-who waved the
magic wand over the swamp lands or
Bridgeport and created almost over
night one Of the greatest manufactur-
ing plants In the country and contri-
button for the military preparedness
Of the United States that is Of meal
culable value. Mr.. Dodge Is an en-
thusiast over the great enterprise OF
which he Is the head. His mother
died In his infancy, and he was
brought up I'm the home of his GRANDPA
Their. Marcellus Hartley, the owner OF
the Remington Arms and the U. Nj. G.
It was from Mr.. Hartley that he re-
ceived both his home training and
business training, and he lived with
the business and In its atmosphere and
imblbed his grnndfather's feeling to-
ward II until he came to have senti-
ment for t not less than second to
that Of his family. Mr.. Hartley's feel
ing toward II was his. Mr.. Hartley
died I'm the traces ut board meeting
Jan. 8. 1902. at the age OF seventy-five
and the grandson felt commissioned
not only to carry II on, but to carry 1t
on worthily. 1t has been his dream to
enlarge the great enterprise his grand
father founded, the apple Of the eye to
both of them.
In April, 1914. Mr.. Dodge associated
Samuel +. Pryor with himself In his
business. Mr.. Pryor had been vice
president of the Simmons Hardware
company of st. Louis and president Of
the Southern Car Wheel Company. He
Is man of great energy, vigor and
business ability, and the two men have
worked together like hand In glove.
Mr.. Pryor is II man of fifty. and Mr..
i''hEt ~ H'l N'' UNITY -AN''
Mr.. Dodge was in Germany when
the war blrkc out, and he made his
way from there to Paris and then to
London. lie saw the situation and
drew his conclusions. When he re-
turned to this country he determined
on the great venture and had the cour.
age 10 20 ahead with II without wait
Ing for any country to place an order.
Mr.. Dodge was in n peculiarly fortu.
nate position TO embark on such ca,
rccr. for he was entirely unfcttcrcl,
Mr., Dodge owns all the stock In the
Remington Arms and the L. NJ, c,
There were no stockholders to consult
no fears to asSuage or yield to and lac
arguments 10 make to anybody about
the danger or hope that might lie In
taking big chance.
With characteristic dash and energy
Mr.. Dodge took the hazard of ordering
the machinery before any orders FOR
arms had been received by them. Or
dcrs were In prospect, but none had
been given. 1t was chance worth
lUhlllE, lOT Shllltl'AlN Hul W jump VI
ana give the first order for machinery
II anybody was to take advantage OF
the European situation to create new
Industry. for the United States was
short OF II.
There is in this country limited
capacity for such machinery. The
erection OF buildings was the easies
, and simplest part of the work. To &c
hold of men who understand the max
ing OF military rifles and ammunition
Is not so easy.
There are few army officers I'm tn
| country who understand the making o
arms and munitions. and Mr.. Dodg
and Mr.. Pryor went about the task O
obtaining their services This was a
the very beginning, and by Novembe
most OF these officers were out of tn
/ army and In their employ.
Yet so few were the men In III
! United States who understood III
making of military arms and mum
tions that IL was necessary 70 impOl
some, and number of high price
| men have been brought over frul