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mm! noont lt;*i his firm for many years, andn’s promotion to his present positioncaim through merit. Mr. Thieman*likes Sedalia and considers it a good*jKint foi his luisiness. The building iw iiihas been selected is believed tobo inadequate to accommodate tin*SEDALIA GETS AGENCY OF THEcompany's business, and Mr. Thieman!LARGEST CORPORATION INsaid last night iha? other arrange■nTHE WORLD.i ments would probably have to )mmade. Ho is desirous of getting a lo-1!cation near a railroad spur, so as to,give him better shipping facilities, as-»DISTimUTINU POINT, tie* company handles the goods by thecai load lot and will receive severa-* undred cars into Stnlalia annuallyGenera! Manager Thieman of the St4dal ia Anfiounces Ready for Bustness This Week—InstallingFPlant, Instructing Men.fiPrFor the past two or three days the!field force of the International Harvester Company of America, which isto establish its headquarters for thibeenhein consultation with Mr. H. L. Tliie-man. general manager of the SedaliaI!eneral agency. During this meetinghplans for the future work have beenmapped out, and the field assigned toIi‘ach of the traveling men who will«work out of this city and be under the*control of the Sedalia office*Mr. F. M. Fisher, general sales manager for the company, whose headquarters are in Chicago, was also pres-i*mt and took part in the conference qwith the men. Mr. Fisher and Mr.Thieman were also busy installing theIoffices here, w hich are to bo located inthe old Dal by building on East Fifth:treet, and everything will be readyfor the force of clerks and bookkeepers who will arrive Wednesday andmake their homes in SedaliaThe movement to concentrate thelive divisions of the trust, while notFiquite perfected, is nearly so. and willbe this week. The five divisions ofI*he company are, or were, known asthe McCormick, Deering, Milwaukee,Plano and Champion Harvesting Ma-companies. The main Western i -rporatiibe in St. Louis under the managementof Mr. T. N. Funston, formerly of theMilwaukee company, and a generalagency will also behod atioEast St. I»uisbgeneral manager.\. K. Anderson as .*IThis company is the largest indus-brantriai organization in the w'orld, and | j ,employs more men than any otherconcern, even surpassingtiicompanynumber of cm-1unployes. Owing to the volume of busi-uhnessthe increasing traveling ex-asI sopenses,company has found it neeessarv to establish branch offices infa1various par s of the T’nited States, inN(orderagents and to supply goodscot ice. Sedalia has been selected as abranch house for Central Missouri.ScThe company' expects to supply their(trade from the stock of machines andefTextras from this office. The International company supplies everything in~trr*oithe harvester machine line.wilThe company will work a large of-ftce and also a large traveling force ofsalesmen, all of whom will work inANvarious counties in Missouri, but Seda- ^lia will be their headquarters.Ofcourse all of the representatives wills,4not make their homes here. The eom-a cdaipany . in be ready for business by the j ,-nRmiddle of this week. The entire build-ng will be utilized for offices and excitrras. but on accountthe old M.( K. T. shop buildings willhousesistock willplaced there.IThe offices of the company will bej of 1111located on the second floor of theEast Fifth streetnigfirst, second and third floors will beW’Olused for stock. Manager Thiemanstatedhasselected. He will also!head bookkeeper with assistants andstenographewith assistants, andScdbill clerks. The exact number of em-company will have in Sedai*a he was unable to say. There willalso bemen employed at theTnuametware house and also machinists for I Epiithe repair work.TconcernW.ialia and will do much toward the j Par:city’sSedalia can be ! eveicongratulated upon receiving soVV.ft concern. Manager Thiewho menwill make his home in Sedalia, needs ! havlt;no introduction to the tradetOW'Iritory, as he was born and reared in Elkdthis section (Lafayette county is hisjCenlhome) and has been in the employ* tendooft * ii
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Sedalia Sunday Sentinel
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Sun, Nov 22, 1903
Page 1
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