South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-04

the course or an admirable address
Mr. Campbell said:
When Wallace Dodge conceived
his great idea Of making wood split
pulleys with interchange bic bush
ings. which could be obtained from
stock and mounted at once on any
size OF shaft smaller than the stan
dard bore Of the pulleys. he had a
vision OF perhaps a hundred deal
srs carrying these pulleys in stock.
and he doubtless had in his minds
eye a factory employing several
hundred skilled workers making
wood pulleys for the world. But IL
is very doubtful that even in his
later days when he had developed
his idea 10 include other transmits
sion appliances. he ever dreamed
OF a plant OF the magnitude OF the
present concern or a selling and
distribution organization like the
Dodge sales and engineering COM
pany.
Shadow of "MelP' Mix.
"AIl of Mishawaka's citizens
know that 'Dodges is a big insti-
tuition. employing over a thousand
men. one OF their big industries that
has helped make Mishawaka the
Invest and most progressive city Of
its size in America. Only a few Of
our people, however. know the de-
tails OF the development Of this
great institution from the chrysalis
that Wallace Dodge with sublime
faith in his idea and undaunted
90 I,n fro nc
formation which followed in the
hands of his able successor. That
story is one OF the romances of
American industry and | am not
going TO attempt tell it, Emerson said
that every successful enterprise is but
the heightened shadow Of a man.
and the shadow OF Nell Mix is the
Dodge institution OF today.
MY story will be confined TO the
Dodge Sales & Engineering Co, the
medium through which the prod
ucts OF the Dodge Mfg. Co. and the
Dodge Steel pulley corporation, are
sold and distributed throughout the
world
THE United States is divided in
TO - sales districts, and we have II
branch warehouses carrying stocks
at the leading industrial centers or
the country each with its district
sales organization. In addition over
500 dealers carry stocks of Dodge
products. which are sold in every
country in the world where power
is used ia industry, except the Hun
country Of Central Europe. Dodge
transmission is driving machinery
at the famous Treadwell gold mines
of Alaska, in the nitrate fields and
copper smelters OF Chile, in the rub
Der plants Of CeylOn, in the steel
mills of Japan, in the jute mills of
India. in the sawmills of Australia,
and in the munitiOn works Of Eng
land France and Russia. Many OF
the familiar safety matches from
Norway and Sweden are made on
machines driven by Dodge pulleys.
"Our fellow townsmen. Warren
Judkins. wrote me some years ago
from Turkistan that some where
between Bokhara and Samarcand
he saw a line Of Dodge wood pull
leys driving the machines In WOOL
treating plant, and how out there in
that far country which has changed
but little since the days OF Genghis
Khan. each of these Mishawaka pull
Ieys was like a letter from home.
Dodge PulIeys i'm China.
IN a publication of the Metho-
dist Missionary society I once saw
an illustration of a print shop of
( the Methodist book concern in
/ town in the interior Of China. and
! there was a line of Dodge hangers
| and pulleys driving the presses. IN
quiry brought back the information
that this equipment was purchased
from a Chinese dealer in Shanghai
&c. II. Hing & Co.
This will give you an idea or
/ the far flung distribution Of Dodge
products. and will explain why the
Dodge plant here runs every work
ing day year in and year out, never
shuts down and is seldom on short
time. At present a large percentage
OF the transmission machinery re-
quired to operate plants making
munitions and equipment necessary
20 win the war is being made right
{ here at Misha waka. and these men
\ i'm the shops are doing their share
] 10 make the world. and 70 keep
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