On the north side of Chicago's Michigan Avenue Bridge, in a small circle of dignitaries, Mayor Martin Kennelly and International Harvester Co.'s Fowler McCormick last week unveiled a plaque. It noted the Chicago centenary of the International Harvester Co., largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment in the world. Five days later, under tents and in open areas flanking nearby Soldier Field, some 275 pieces of Harvester equipment were displayed, to show how the company intends to make the second hundred years as exciting and profitable as the first.
As in the past, Harvester...