The sun., 1919-10-26
Mr.. EMLEN s. HARE
PRESIDENT
MERCER MOTORS co.

Gradually he worked through the shops
and through the demonstrating and test
ing departments. He wore out shoe
leather selling. He sold for years. He
financed the Commercial Truck Com
pany and became vice-president. Later
he was sales manager, and then presi-
dent and general manager of Packard
Motor Car of New York before going to
Detroit as executive vice-president of
the parent company.
Mr.. Hare Is fond Of quoting a remark
of that famous athletic trainer Mike
Murphy, under whom he worked at coll
lege: "You can't beat team that won't
be beaten" and those who know best the
man who has just thrown in his lot with
Mercer know that Mike Murphy's words
will be put to the test once again. Ac-
cording to the driver of a Packard
demonstrating car. he did not work for
Mr.. Hare: II work with him, we all
do" ...a
The excellence Of the Mercer product
Plus the team work of the experienced
organization Mr. Hare can command
argue well for the company making as
rapid strides in increasing it's volume of
business as the Mercer car made In
speed and stamina on many famous
race tracks from ten to fifteen years ago.
Mr.. Hare has no faith at all in car
be a first class unit of passenger trans
portation made to stand out and stand
up in any company or circumstance.
Complete freedom from all the troubles,
large or small. which remove a car from
service for few days, is Mr.. Hare's
purpose. He intends that high grade,
economical. reliable and safe automotive
transportation shall all be said in one
word in the future.
Henry Las dale and G. l. Guyman.
both big men in the Packard organiza-
tion have Joined Hare.
Henry Lansdale. who has for years
directed the passenger car sales policies
and activities of the Packard Motor Car
Company, as passenger car sales man
ager is to join Mercer as vice president
and guide the sales, service and adver-
tising divisions of the business He Is
not yet 40 years old, started in the bust
ness back in the early days and Is we'll
known in automobile circles throughout
the country as one of the ablest sales
executives in the industry. He was with
the Cadillac Motor Car Company in the
old single cylinder days as assistant
sales manager and during the years
when Cadillac began large production of
its four cylinder models took a leading
part in the building up OF Cadillac
dealer organization which was the foun-
dation of the present Cadillac sales or
ganization. He left the factory sales
end 10 go out into the field and spent
several years as salesman branch
house manager and distributor. He
then Joined the DENLY Motor Truck
Company of Detroit as vice. president
and general manager, and after manu-
featuring trucks for a couple of years
left to take up the broader field of ac-
tivity offered by Packard.
G. L. Guyinan has been with Packard
since 1908. He was appointed assistant
truck sales manager In 1915. and In this
capacity handled the company's largo
truck orders from the Allies until the
entry OF the United States into the war.
At that time the continued operation
or the Immense truck factory with a pro-
duction of a thousand a month depended
entirely upon its success I'm dealing with
the Government, and the company gave
Guyman entire charge of the work This
meant handling sales, production sched-
ules on both trucks and millions of dol
lars worth OF spare parts, and the or
Banization OF Washington Office and
large executive department at the fac
tory to handle the details of cooperation
with the Government with relation to
service both in this country and France
and to shipping inspection, &c. In ad-
dition en- organization I'm France was
built up and directed by Mr.. Guyman 10
assist the Government. Under his direc-
ton Packard obtained over 800, 600 900
worth OF United States war trucks busi-
ness this being a larger volume than
was obtained BY any other company In
the world