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DATA ON QBORQE A. MARTIN the world1* greatest paint and vnrnish company. Making hla own way againat all odds, young Martin had nothing bat his eouxags, determination and willingness to wort. "Nothing", bs adds, ''but tho -same opportunity that azistad for any otbar boy in Aaorioa -- tho ohanoa to make good*" Parhapa that'* why ha's so strong foat(jaraarving3r Ansrioan my of lifs and businsss enterprise. Ha wants to aaa every other boy ham tho sama ohanoa and inoantim to aaka good that ho had. / HISTORICAL OUTLINE Mr. Martin's story is as followst "Bom Gaorga Abrahaa Martin, November 7, 1865, Montallo, Visoonsini takan to Chioago as a babyj adueatad in publio graaosr sobool and night school* left grammar sohool in sawanth grads at ago of twsim and got a job in ths Union Stock lards, in 1877, with Tho Chioago Booking frovlsion Coapany which was than ono of the largest, if not the largest, under the control of an international oharaotar by the nans of B. P. Hutchinson, who aaoaad to taka great anjoyasBt. oat of a habit ha had aoquirod hunting up tha writar every time he ease to the Stoek Tarda, *hioh was weekly or semi-monthly, and dis charging as, and was sueoasaful in doing it s 2k tiaas during ona winter - tha moral of which is a very funny tala. "Successful in getting away froa Tha Chioago Packing Provision Company of my own free will and accord, went with the General Superin - 0007-SWP-000005177 (Hist. Outltns) -a- V. tezxient of that Coapany who hod .organised a an enterprise la ths wot industry, sad reaalnsd with hia oil of *78 and *79. In 1880 aada a portnarshlp with anothar fallow in whleh tha t writer bought and ahippad aone aaat specialties, (whleh at that tins wars wastes of tha Stook lards), to. a partner in How fork City, who sold than to hotals. This was ona of tbs toughest and aost suooasaful jobs X think I erer had. This was diseontinuad duo to tha reason that tha paekera diecovered tha asrkat wa had aada and ths prospects for Its derelopasst, and finally put us out of business. ' "Froa 1880 to 1887 with Tho Union Brass anufaoturing Coapsqjr. aanufaoturars of railway oar triaaiags sarwad la aaay departments la olarkahips. aa Journeyman, ato., finishing up as shipping sad billing dark. \ 1887 to 1891 la tha aanufaature of paint specialties in Chioago, sailing to railway and Industrial trade only, and due to failure.to soil oao of tha railroads, who continued to rafor to Tho Sbarwin-VilliaM Coapaxqr, daoided to try and sail Tha ShsrwiaHIllllaaa Coapany and was soooassfal in doing so. "During ths pleasant business relations, I had net soaa of the \ prinoipals of ths business at that tins, naaalyt Hr. Will Sohasfar, Manager of ths Wastert"Division of ths Coapany| Mr. faara, Saeratary of tha Coapany with haadquartara at Chioagoj llr. John L. Thurbar. Railway R+prsaantatlvwst and in duo tins Mr. Sharwin and Ur. Millleas, as wall as .Mr. Hogarth, and last but not looat, Mr. J. C. Beardslos, who was Canaral 8uparlntaudant of tho raotorlos, all of whioh lod up to on invitation by Mr. Sharwin, to join tho organisation and tako ohargw and eontrol of tho Caluast Faint Coapazy, loeatad at Fullaaa, tha ownership of whioh business at that tine wee held ; rather onfidential. 0007-SWP-000005178 (Hist. Outline) - ,, Tram 1391 to 1897 managed th* Caluwot Paint Company am Manager, Salesman, Books*par aad Faint Grinder. __ '. In !98 was nda Manager of th* Western Division of tho Company, at Chicago, which at that tine worn on* of tho thro* division* of tfa* Company, nasal/; Cleveland, Now Tork and Chicago, vhiia eleven traveling r*presents* tiras saia up tho coaplot* traveling oaloo organisation* At that tia* the condition of th* country and tb* strength, ohsraetar and quality of tho non vho represented th* Sous* i*m sooh as caused th* busl* noas to go in l*sp* and bounds, and in thr** y*ars th* travallng salas organ!- satlon of th* Division had gone froa olovon a*n to forty-seven, and th* business from a fov hundred thousand dollars up Into th* Billions, and' Expansion*'being our aotto then, at that tin* aas th* comaoaesaeat of th* **tsbllah--nt of divisions such as San Franoisoo, Kansas City, *to* Ur. Martin managed th* lastarn District of Th* 8hwia-WI11 Ian* - Company until 1905 when h* was transferred to Clarveland in eharg* of the Auxiliaries Dapartasnt, which under his aanagoaent expanded to Include load, sine and coppar mines, aaoltars, linoaad oil plants, powar plants and tin can plants. In 1916 ha was appointed by Fr*sld*nt Walter 8* Cottingham to th* position of -Tic* Frosldant and General Uanager of Manufacturing. In Jun*, 1921, h* was nad* Tie* President aad General Manager .of th* *ntlr* business. In November, 1922, h* was *l*ot*d President of Th* Shanda-THUaas t Company. In December, 1940, he was *l*ot*d Chairman of the Board of Tfaa Sherwin-Williams Company. 0007-SWP-000005179