Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-12
CITY LEADERS
VIEW FACTORY
WITH A HEART
National Cash Register Com
pany, Dayton, o., Entertains
Local Hoosier Delegation.
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indianapolis business men, accompanied
by a number of members of the city ad-
ministration, visited Dayton, Ohio, Mon
day as the guests of c. d. Bracket and
the National Cash Register Company, in
spected the huge plant of the company
and learned from a first-hand demonStra-
ton of many of the benefits that come
to a business institution that puts a
heart ~ 20 its affairs"
They returned last night with the Idea
fixed in their mind that Dayton is a
most progressive city, the National Cash
Register Company a leader in industrial
welfare and tine commission manager
system of city government a much to be
desired Improvement over the government
of Indianapolis.
Probably never before was a group OF
men gathered on a special train that was
more representative of the business heart
of Indianapolis and its professional cir
cles. Certainly. no group of indianapolis
citizens was ever more delightfully."- enter
tanned, and seldom, if ever, has a neigh
boring city SO impressed Indianapolis
men with the things of which it Is
proud.
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At Dayton the visitors were treated to
an inspection of one of the most mod
ern and progressive manufacturing
plants in the United States. They were
taken int othe plants school and taught
the advantages Of the commission and
managerial system Of Government by
graphics that could not be disputed.
They were entertained at a surprisingly
good luncheon. conducted through a de-
hghtful city playground given a birds
eye view of an enormous food prevention
project, dined at a fine new clubhouse,
and as an additional mark OF esteem
were received in a body at the home Of
J. H. Patterson, the president of the Ma
tional Cash Register Company and the
guiding genius of the spirit that has
made Dayton.
Disclosures during the program were
that the most successful trip Of its kind
ever arranged for Indianapolis business
men was the personal project Of Mr..
Bracket, the local manager of the n. c.
r. Co. until 1t was finally taken over
by the company with which he is con-
nected whose officers expressed their
amazement at his demonstration Of abil-
ity to assemble such a crowd
HOLSTERS LEARN
DAYTON'S ADVANTAGES.
indianapolis business men sat in the
ample auditorium of the cash register
plant and heard the commission form OF
government explained. They learned
there of the reclamation of the site of
the huge plant, and the underlying prin-
ciple on which it was developed, and they
realized regretfully that with all its ad-
vantages and achievements their homo
city had nothing TO compare with Day
ton in this particular field.
Special trains to and from Dayton af-
forded them an unparalleled chance to
rub elbows with their fellow citizens and
realize that while there were many diff
ferent views among them they were all
the Views of men intent on making In
dianapOlis a better city. Some of those
IN the crowd prObab bly, developed a reali-
zatiOn that others in Indianapolis were
humane, too, and under the benign in
fuence of the Dayton hosts a little more
Of the heart that the IN. C. R." de-
scribes as responsible for it's national
success was injected into the business
circles of indianapolis.
GUESTS ATTENDING
THE RECEPTION.
The guests on the special train were:
John J. Appel, J. W. Anterior, Roy E.
Adams. F. J. Ach. Samuel Ashby. W. A.
Atkins, George A Bittler. Harold H
Brown. William c. Barber, T. +. Baker,
B. NJ. Beatty, VI. D., J. G. Uranium, a.
E. Bradshaw. c. L Buschmann, Herbert
L. Bass, Bernard Batty, VIII H. Brown,