rne, of Auburn, N. Y., Henry
Wallace, of _Wallace's Farmer_, William N. Whiteley, of Springfield, Ohio;
and the officials of the International Harvester Company, who made it
possible for me to have free access to all of its works and to familiarise
myself with its manner of doing business in this country and abroad.

Also, I take pleasure in reproducing the following editorial note from
_Everybody's Magazine_, in which four chapters of this book were first
printed:

"President Roosevelt in his message of December 3rd said: 'Modern
industrial conditions are such that combination is not only
necessary, but inevitable.... Corporation and labour union alike have
come to stay. Each, if properly managed, is a source of good, and not
evil.' If capital combinations can be good, there must be some that
are good. Would it not be a proper service to the American people to
tell them of a trust that, while it had reaped the economical
advantages of combination, had yet played fair with the public and
with its competitors? Hence this story of the great Harvester
combine. Before we began to publish Mr. Casson's articles, we
followed up his investigations with a thorough inquiry of our own,
and we are bound to say that the business methods of this institution
seem to conform to the highest standards of fair play and square
dealing. The International Harvester combine is not a tariff trust.
Its members surrendered dominance in their own business only when the
trend of 'modern industrial conditions' and overstrenuous competition
made combination 'not only necessary, but inevitable.' The inside
history of the 'Morganising' of this group of fighters, as narrated
here, is as humorous as it is fascinating."

CONTENTS

PAGE

Preface vii

CHAPTER

I. The Story of McCormick 3

II. The Story of Deering 48

III. The International Harvester Company 90

IV. The American Harvester Abroad 126

V. The Harvester and the American Farmer 161

ILLUSTRATIONS

A Chicago mower in Siberia _Frontispiece_

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Cyrus Hall McCormick