DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

WASHINGTON

MONTHLY NEWS BULLETIN

of

DIVISION OF SIMPLIFIED PRACTICE

AMERICAN MARINE STANDARDS COMMITTEE

NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON WOOD UTILIZATION

September 15. 1927 No. 30

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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An Age of Accuracy 21

Budget Cuts Production Costs 20

Commercial Standards Group Holds

Meeting 17

Cutting Inventory Costs ........ 19

Decreased Costs Through Elimination

of Waste 15

Druggists’ Research Bureau 18

Envelopes Simplified . . 8

Farm Products Simplified 9

Glass Standardization Needed 12

Hospital Association Convention 16

International Standards 14

Management Week 23

Marine Standardization 24

Progress in Simplification 22

Quartermaster Corps Cooperates with

Division 2 Rationalization 13

Retail Credit Men in Position to Reduce Commercial Failures 1 Simplification of Highway Organizations 3

Simplification Radio Talks 7 Sweets to be Simplified 5 Two Questions 4

Waste Not, Want Not 11

Weights and Measures Laws 10

Will Simplify Fire Hose 6

1. Retail Credit Men In Position To Reduce Commercial Failures.

Simplified Practice Of Vital Interest.

Ray M. Hudson, Chief.

Division of Simplified Practice.

One hundred and thirty-five thousand commercial failures from 1920 to 1927, inclusive, with total

liabilities of $3,500,000,000, is a record that every retail credit manager can help to reduce.

Seventy per cent of all the failures in 1924-25 and 26, occurred in the trading groups and their

share of the total liabilities increased from 37^% in 1924 to 49% in 1926.

Broadstreet ’ s analysis of causes of failures during the years 1922 to 1926. inclusive, gives "incompetence". as the reason for 35% of the cases, and "lack of capital" for 33% more. The other 27% are scattered among "inexperience", "extravagance", "speculation", "fraud", etc.

Insofar as "incompetence" expresses a deficiency in managerial ability, it can be overcome by intensive study and application of methods that have helped others to success, but oftentimes "lack of

capital" means "too much money tied up in slow moving or dead stocks". The effort to carry a wide

variety, a large assortment or a full line, has handicapped many an otherwise capable merchant. Fear

that he would lose trade if he could not fill every order that came his way has tempted more than one merchant to "overstock". Simplified Practice helps the merchant to cut down his inventory, get

quicker turnovers and better profits.

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i One merchant carried in his women's and children’s hosiery department an average monthly investment

! of $55,850 divided among 26 manufacturers. His annual sales were $87,633 and his stock turned 1.57

; times per year. Eighty per cent of his business was done on 5 brands. 20% on the other 21. Even

1 under these conditions he lost 54% of the people who came in his store because 4 times out of 5, he

did not have the size they wanted. He simplified his stocks to 5 brands, cut his investment to $29,-

C00 and increased his sales to $187,795 a year. He cut his lost sales from 54% to 23% and cut down

the number of clearance or mark-down sales necessary under the former conditions by 15%. A well

known Eastern hardware merchant cut out 31% of his stock items, 28% of his territory and 56% of his

j customers. These changes caused some decrease in his gross sales but the volume of net profits

increased 35% in 3 years and the percentage of "net" to "sales" increased 68%. These examples

demonstrate the meaning of simplification

A credit manager is in excellent position to bring this subject before the other executives of his

company to determine if simplification will help increase the net profits. One hundred dollars saved

each month, whether through the avoidance of bad debt losses of that amount, or through elimination

of non-prc f itable varieties of merchandise, is equivalent to a 6% net return on $20,000 worth of new

| business. Excessive variety is often a profit-waster. Simplification helps the credit manager in his

job of saving profits.

2. QUARTERMASTER CORPS COOPERATES WITH DIVISION. The Quartermaster General of the Army. MajorGeneral B. Frank Cheatham, has at all times cooperated with the Division of Simplified

Practice, in making the work 100 per cent successful. Under date of August 15, BrigadierGeneral William E. Horton, Acting the Quartermaster-General, wrote the Chief, Division of

Simplified Practice, as follows;

"The Quartermaster-General desires that you be informed that the bulletins have been re- ceived and placed in the hands of our specification writer for use as a guide in the preparation of specifications for the new construction under the Army Housing Bill. It might

be well to say that many of these bulletins have been reprinted in the form of Circular

Letters and sent to the field for the guidance of our quartermaster activities."

3. SIMPLIFICATION OF HIGHWAY ORGANIZATIONS. "The tendency to simplify highway organizations to get

away from the motley array of small inefficient bodies, each busily 'grinding its own axe' with but little regard for the work of other bodies, is indeed a splendid sign", observes

the Engineering World, going on to state that a step toward simplification is the organization of county officials as a part of the American Road Builders' Association, recently

effected in Washington. The development of all all-inclusive highway association thus is

brought one step nearer.

"The development of strong organizations is certainly a well recognized American idea

which has as yet not completely permeated the highway industry", continues the Engineering

World. "The reason is undoubtedly the youth of the new highway industry which has grown

up as a result of the changes in traffic during the past decade. With maturity will come

the tendency to simplify into a single organization, or. preferably, a closely knit group

of affiliated organizations."

4. TWO QUESTIONS. "There are two master questions which the president of one of our large corporations asked himself", states the Executive magazine. "The first is, 'Is It Necessary?'

and the second is, 'Can It Be Simplified?' By asking these two questions and following

through with answers, his company has been able to cut its manufacturing turnover from 60

.o 15 days. The fact that tradition says a certain thing can not be done means nothing

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to this executive and his associates. They ask 'Why Can Not This Be Done?' and they re- fuse to rest until they get an answer."

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5. SWEETS TO BE SIMPLIFIED. "There is in the candy industry a great need for standardization of

trade practices", according to Nation’s Business. "If such activities do not bear immediate fruit, it should be remembered that the candy industry has for some time carried several burdens in the form of practices which have been a heavy tax upon the whole body.

Maybe we are about to see another industry pull itself out of a hole, by tugging at its own boot straps"

5. WILL SIMPLIFY FIRE HOSE. A bill has been introduced in the State legislature of Texas to appropriate $5,000 annually, for two years, to provide a fund to standardize or simplify the

fire-hose threads in the various cities and towns of 'the State. At present there are 354

protected cities and towns in Texas, only 75 of which have standard threads.

7. SIMPLIFICATION RADIO TALKS. Mr. David Lawrence, publisher of the United States Daily of Washington. D. C., is making a series of radio talks on "Simplification". The first broadcast

was made August 25th from New York City.

"Usually we think of waste as something unused, a surplus perhaps or a quantity of material

left unsold which perishes. Waste is something more than that - labor that is unemployed

is wasted. Transportation that is interrupted or consumes too much time means waste.

Seasonal operations frequently involve waste", said Mr. Lawrence in his first address over

the air, remarking that "It has been recognized as proper function of the Federal Government to encourage cooperation and provide for fundamental investigation as to what may or may not be done in this direction.

"Primarily, of course-. Government cooperation in proposed simplifications of various

industries is directed to the improvement of the commercial and industrial practices only,

but it is obvious that in most instances, at least, these standards which are best for the

business of a democracy are also best for the Government which represents it. The Government is, therefore, particularly active in this field, and is constantly working on definite simplification programs with a view to functioning on a better business basis . It is

generally admitted that the Government pays a higher price for what it buys than any other

consumer, but it has been "sold" on the simplification idea and is now adopting it extensively and urging it upon all Government departments and agencies as a means of reducing

costs and overcoming the prejudice that exists against the Government as a customer. Simplification and standardization may be abstract terms but they can be reduced to concrete

gains"

3. ENVELOPES SIMPLIFIED. The War Department has just informed the Office of the Chief Coordinator.

that the standard list of envelopes for the fiscal year 1927-28, will be reduced from the

present listing of 80 sizes and styles to 30. This is in line with the Government’s effort

to practice what it preaches, - lamely, simplification

FARM PRODUCTS SIMPLIFIED. "An essential step toward bringing the farmer and his market together

is standardization of products”, observes A. M. Michener of the National Ba lk of Commerce.

New York, in Commercial Monthly. "In the common language of standardized grades is found

the meeting ground with marketing agencies and consumers of which he has been deprived by

geographic remoteness. Moreover, in standardized grades is found a meeting ground with

other agricultural producers, affording fundamental basis for competition. Through this

medium the essential factors of a market can be brought together on a scale commensurate

in extent with that of production and consumption without assembling those factors physically .

"The value of reliable standards for agricultural products was recognized long ago. even as it became manifest in industrial progress. In §ome agricultural lines, the exigencies of

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the situation brought action, either on private initiative or through Government agencies, even before the world war".

10. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAWS. A compilation of the weights and measures laws of the Federal Government, the various states, territories and insular possessions has been completed by the

Bureau of Standards. Copies may be had from the Superintendent of Public Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. It is known as "Miscellaneous Publication No. 20". price $2.30. This document will be found particularly useful as a reference work to weights and measures officials, legislative reference bureaus, law libraries, and national

and local trade associations of grocers, canners, producers, packers, and distributors of

commodities sold in packages or containers.

11. WASTE NOT, WANT NOT. "You never yet found a merchant who could r.ot , by investigating, discover

wastes in his store that were detracting appreciably from his net profits" , remarks the

"Happply Van Club News" issued by L . H. Gilmer of Philadelphia, stating that, "in many instances, the whole net profit that ought to show in the business disappears in wastes. A few of these wastes are:

"Leaving light using current in places where no light is needed steadily. Using electric bulbs of greater candlepower than necessary, - a 40-watt bulb where a 15 would do;

using up brooms, pails, store cleanii g utensils by careless use or by failure to store

properly; unpacking merchandise carelessly, or placing where it gets soiled; piling goods

so high that they tip over, causing loss of value; leaving covers off boxes; leaving drawers open; allowing rats or mice to injure stock; wasting water when water is bought on meter rate; overloading carriers of any sort and causing undue wear or damage; handling

breakable merchandise too rapidly or carelessly; allowing promiscuous removal of merchandise from stockrooms; failure to protect stock from theft by customers and others; depreciation of stock by tossing it instead of carrying it; leaving perishable goods where they

will be affected by heat, light or cold".

12. GLASS STANDARDIZATION NEEDED. "Somthing should be done regarding the standardization of glass

containers, something similar to that which has been done for the tin can", states T. L. Taliaferro, General Manager of the Phoenix-Hermetic Company , in a recent issue of the Canning

Age. He says that "there are too many shapes and sizes. When one thinks of what standard_zation has done for the tin can. one can not avoid the conviction that it will be for

the good of the food-packing industry, as well as for the glass companies, if fewer shapes

and sizes are manufactured and sold.

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"I have been looking for something to occur in the case of the glass container similar tc that which has taken place with regard to the tin can, where the shapes and sizes have

standardized themselves in some degree according to the products. For instance, the sar- dine and other flat forms of fish cans have evolved quite naturally, and serve to permit

orderly and tempting arrangements of these small fish in the container. The corn-beef can has become standard, and for no other reason than that, its particular shape permits the

contents to be removed easily in a convenient form to be sliced."

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RATIONALIZATION. In a recent issue of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, an editorial states

that, "In its broad German conception, rationalization includes standardization and simplification, reduction of waste and scientific management, labor-saviig equipment, reduction

of overhead cost, economy in selling, and finally, and highly important from our point of

view, the consolidation of corporations with allocation of production and the closing of

uneconomic industrial units. The program, as a whole, has a familiar sound to American

industry, but it is a new factor in Germany, a constructive policy of internal reorganization that has not only gripped industry but has enlisted the sympathy and cooperation of

labor and the public.

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"There is a national committee that encourages standardization in all its ramifications

throughout industry. Nearly two thousand standards have already been approved, covering

materials, equipment, and methods. In fact, this phase of rationalization has been carried

into minute details that would seem to us of minor importance."

14. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. "In the matter of International Standards there are, of course, various views as to what the nature of these should be, and to what extent they are possible,

and would be valuable in the automotive engineering field" . states the August Journal of

The Society of Automotive Engineers. "Obviously, many of the Society’s standards are of

marked benefit to motor-vehicle users throughout the world. On principle, there should be

standards, making possible interchangeability of various units of automotive apparatus that are in practically universal use. This is dictated by the need for promptness and economy

in servicing."

The Society has interchanged information with the Institution of Automobile Engineers of

Great Britain in matters relating to standardization for many years. Considerable work

has been done by the Society through Sectional Committees, organized under the procedure

of the American Engineering Standards Committee . looking toward international agreement in

standardization of ball bearings. There is still some question, however, as to how much

can be accomplished in this direction. Conferences on the subject are being held currently in Europe , and it has been urged that this country be represented at a meeting to be

held at Stockholm, Sweden, in October.

15. DECREASED COSTS THROUGH ELIMINATION OF WASTE. In discussing this subject in The Foremen’s Magazine, William Leiserson, Professor of Economics, Antioch College, states:

"The only reduced costs that can really result in more sales and more work for the wage- earners are those which eliminate wastes, improve efficiency, substitute machines for hand

labor, and cut out unnecessary processes. All such reductions in costs result in increased

sales because they make possible not only the maintenance of wage and salary schedules,

but also increases in wages and salaries, and, consequently, in the buying power of the

country

"A decade ago business men ridiculed people who said you could increase wages for the workers and at the same time lower prices for the consumer. Today the most successful business men are holding that the only sound principle upon which a permanent business can be built

is to seek constantly to sell at lower prices and to pay higher wages. The soundness of

this principle depends upon the relation between costs and decreasing demand for the product which we have attempted to explain. The future of industry in this country, depends

1 on the ability of the employers and wage-earners to cooperate in cutting costs by means of

improved methods, labor-saving machinery and elimination of unnecessary and wasteful processes. Only in this way can prices be reduced and at the same time wages and salaries,

and consequently, demand for products be increased."

16. HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION CONVENTION. The second day of the 1927 American Hospital Conference,

October 11, will be devoted to hearing the report of the committee on simplification and

standardization of furnishings, supplies, and equipment. This report will be rendered

to the Minneapolis convention by Miss Margaret Rogers, chairman of the committee. Perhaps

no other activity of the Association has attracted as much merited attention as the work

of Miss Rogers and her associates in their endeavor to eliminate wasteful practices resulting from the lack of any efforts on the part of institutional people to standardize on the

sizes of certain items of equipment and supplies.

Directly resulting from the labors of the committee . in collaboration with the Division

of Simplified Practice, the number of bed sizes has been reduced from 33 to 1, standard

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length, and because of the saving in manufacturing costs thus affected, the standard

sizes of beds can now be purchased at lower prices. The members of the committee are. Miss

Margaret Rogers, St. Luke’s Hospital of St. Paul. Minn. chairman, Charles F. Neergaard . 512 Fifth Avenue. New York City, David C. Shepard of St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Paul Sister

M. Veronica of Mercy Hospital, Chicago, and Dr G. Walter Zulauf of Allegheny General Hospital of Pittsburg.

17. COMMERCIAL STANDARDS GROUP HOLD MEETING. A meeting of the Commercial Standards committee was held on August 3rd, with Dr. A. S. McAllister, N. F. Harriman. I. J Fairchild, and R. M. Hudson, in attendance. The meeting discussed the Handbook of Consumers Standards and delegated Dr. McAllister to review the work being done in this connection by the Bureau of

Heme Economics of the Department of Agriculture , and then take up with the various organizations, the proposed handbook. It was also voted that announcements will appear in this

Bulletin regarding Federal specifications as and when issued, also specifications proposed

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or in the making whenever such announcements are appropriate.

18. DRUGGISTS’ RESEARCH BUREAU. There has recently been formed a Druggists' Research Bureau, with

offices at 51 Maiden Lane, New York City, to act as a national clearing house for obtaining facts necessary to the welfare and success of the drug industry.

The committee in charge consists of A, K. Mayer of Indianapolis , chairman, J. F. Finneran

of Boston, vice-chairman, G. B. Evans, Albany, N. Y.. Sidney Hollander, Baltimore, Ambrose

Hunsberger, Philadelphia, H. S. Noel, Indianapolis, P. C. Olsen. Philadelphia. Alf. W. Pauley, St. Louis, J. T. Woodside , Chicago, and E. L. Newcomb, secretary.

The bureau gathers facts, making for the better conduct of the industry. This includes

data on simplification of stock, to increase turnover and increase profits; simplify and

standardize cost accounting; and simplify and standardize arrangement of stock to expedite

service within the drug store and eliminate waste . In the research work along the lines

of simplification, the Division of Simplified Practice will cooperate with the Druggists'

Research Bureau.

19. CUTTING INVENTORY COSTS. "In the present-day attack on the costs of production and manufacturing operation, special attention is being given to the inventory", says John J. Swan, in

the Manufacturing Industries, under the caption of "Cutting Your Inventory Costs", He says that "here is a point where great losses can be suffered. Likewise, substantial savings can be secured by proper oversight and care . Into this situation are woven purchasing, production, sales and financial requirements as they affect the supply of raw materials and finished goods, for that, in broad terms, is what the inventory is.

"Therefore, a program for reducing inventory costs is vital and imperative to any executive who is trying to bring his production costs down to the irreducible minimum. For inventory is not an incident of the business to be accepted 'as is'

rather it requires the same managerial attention for general manager, superintendent and foreman, that is given

to the pressing matters of daily production", concludes Mr. Swan.

20. BUDGET CUTS PRODUCTION COSTS. Through the application of budget system for control of expenses

in all departments, the Belden Manufacturing Company of Chicago, has reduced total over- head expenses about 12% per cent, according to Harold V. Coes, general manager, in his article, "Budget Cuts Production Costs", in the Executives' Bulletin.

"Introduction of system immediately revealed overlapping of functions so that responsibility could not be fixed. Four divisions of the company were therefore made, sales, purchasing, and production, manufacturing and accounting, and financing. Budget control brough*

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great reduction in spoilage. Some results of the system were as follows: Ratio of non- productive expense labor to direct labor has been reduced. More efficient utilization of

labor has made possible a saving of $40,000 in production of same volume of goods. Maximum and minimum points have been determined for amount of raw materials needed for efficient operation".

21. AN AGE OF ACCURACY. "What Price Carelessness?" asks the Compton's Pictured Newspaper in a most

appropriate editorial in the August issue. The editorial answers this query by saying:

"a manufacturer of automobiles has just found out it will cost him $5,000,000 for the fraction of an inch in error. A new model of car was about to be launched, but in planning

measurements, some one had erred the smallest part of an inch, the part would not fit and

the car would not go, or rather, a hundred thousand cars would not go. and the delay and

replacement costs will run into the millions.

"Standardization makes things cheap; it makes repairs easy; it multiplies the luxuries we can all have. We say this is an age of machinery, but it is also an age demanding careful,

and attentive accuracy from the man back of the machine. Accuracy pays, whether it is re- flected in a hundred thousand smoothly running motors, or in the reliability of a mechanically perfect airship to which a trans-Atlantic flyer may trust his life."

Preliminary, general, and revision conferences, have recently been held under the auspices

of the Division of Simplified Practice , U. S. Department of Commerce, looking to the simplification of;

ASH HANDLES. A general conference was held August 19, at Cleveland, Ohio, for the purpose of promulgating a Simplified Practice Recommendation on ash handles. This conference adopted 3 grades for fork, hoe, rake and shovel handles. Each handle will have impressed in the wood

its respective grade symbol. The recommendation is effective November 1. 1927.

JACK CHAINS. A preliminary conference on jack chains was held at the Department of Commerce Building, August 25. This meeting expressed the belief that not only jack chains, but also

plumbers' link, safety, register and ladder chains could be simplified. Accordingly, the

following were appointed as a committee to make a survey of current practice on these types

of chains, the data obtained to be used as a basis for a Simplified Practice Recommendation. The following will comprise this committee: John S. Black of the Corbin Screw

Corporation. New Britain, Conn,. Charles C. Swartz of the H and 0 Chain Co.

South Norwalk.

Conn , , E , J . Trevethan , The American Chain Co . , Bridgeport , Conn . . A . B Way of the Turner and

Seymour Mfg. Co., Torrington, Conn., and of Sargent and Co. of New Haven, Conn , and P. H. H. Dunn, of the Division of Simplified Practice.

POCKET KNIVES. Manufacturers of pocket knives have requested the cooperation of the Division of Simplified Practice in making a survey of current practice, through the medium of a questionnaire. Replies which are being received by the Division will be compiled into a report

showing the conditions in the industry.

ACCOUNTING SECTION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION. A representative of the Division of

Simplified Practice addressed the Accounting Section of the Pennsylvania Electric Association. September 9th, at Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, on the subject of simplification.

MANAGEMENT WEEK. Progress continues in the development of a program for the 1927 observance of Management Week, October 24-29. Many local Chambers of Commerce have written to the Secretary of the National Committee for information regarding the movement.

22 . RECENT ACTIVITIES OF DIVISION OF SIMPLIFIED PRACTICE
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Eighteen additional towns have been organized since the list was last published in the

Monthly News Bulletin. K. W. Decherd, P.0. Box 464, Meriden, Conn.; W. H. Pitcher. Secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Norwich, Conn.; H. J. Odenthal , Executive Secretary, The City

Club, Washington, D. C.; Martin H. Spangler. Albion, Indiana; Edward F. Stager, Chairman of

Committee; A. Corcoran and T. R. Thacker, members of committee, Louisville. Ky . ; George J. Clautice, Executive Secretary, Purchasing Agents Assn.. Baltimore. Md . ; E. Grosvenor Plowman, Boston, Mass.; C. L. Wyant, Flint, Mich.; W. W. Bates. Organizer; P. F. Williams, Chairman, Albany, N. Y.; G. A. Newman. Secretary, Manufacturers’ Assn, of Syracuse, N. Y.; Prof.

John M. Foster, Chairman, Raleigh, N. C.; Prof. A. C. Schmitt of the School of Finance,

Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon; A. S Keller, Secretary, Natural Resources Division, Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh, Pa.; B. R. Brown, President, Technical Club, Dallas,

Texas; G. L. Cline, Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies, Fort Worth, Texas; J. S. Early,

Manufacturers’ Association of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; W. R. Conner, Everett, Wash.; and

Frank H. Browning, Seattle, Washington.

AMERICAN MARINE STANDARDS COMMITTEE

A group of twenty-two printed publications of marine standards became available during August which was distributed to the membership of the committee and others interested. A limited number of sets of the papers were distributed in binders supplied by the executive

board of the committee.

Information was given to all concerned, regarding the form of binder adopted, which is

similar in type and size to the one furnished by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for its standard publications. This binder is a convenient holder for the publications most useful for ready reference. It is manufactured and sold by the Franklin Bookbinding Company, 229 West 28th Street, New York City, for $2.25 each, which includes postage .

Twenty-eight publications comprising 47 standards are now approved for issue, but one, namely, No. 4, "Rigging Screws for Ships", is in suspense pending adjustment of simplified

standards for turnbuckles

A preliminary draft of proposed specification for metallic packing for condenser tubes with

appended notes on features of design, construction and installation of condensers affecting the effectiveness of tube packing; also instructions for installation of the packing,

has been submitted to the membership of the American Marine Standards Committee and others

concerned, for critical comment.

Manuscripts and drawings have been prepared for the publication of marine standards for

fire-hose racks, cargo booms, pilot ladder, and details of propeller shafts and stern tube

bearings

Preliminary drafts have been begun on proposed standard medicine chests and supplies for

first-aid equipment.

There are to be issued at an early date preliminary drafts of proposed standard specifications on the following items; f inch air hose; li inch water hose; f inch and 1£ inch

steam hose; 2\ inch water suction hose, smooth bore; 4 inch, 6 inch and 8 inch oil suction

and discharge hose; insulation coverings for piping and machinery on ships; magnesia molded pipe coverings and blocks; magnesia asbestos cement or plaster; asbestos millboard;

hair felt; and cotton duck for insulation coverings. These tentative specifications will

be distributed to the committee members and others interested for criticism and comment
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Note: Publications are available for all items on following list except those indicated by (*)

and may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, at the price

shown. - Do not send stamps.

S.P .R. No. Item Price Reduction in Varieties Per Cent

From To Reduction

1. Vitrified Paving Brick —

Fourth Revision Conference 50 66 4 94

2. Beds, Springs and Mattresses 50 78 4 95

3. Metal Lath 50 125 24 81

4. Asphalt (Penetrations) 50 88 9 87

5. Hotel Chinaware 50 700 160 77

6. Files and Rasps 50 1351 496 65

7. Rough and Smooth Face Brick 50 75 2 97

Common Brick 44 1 98

8. Range Boilers 50 130 13 90

9- Woven Wire Fencing 50 552 69 87

Woven Wire Fence Packages 2072 138 93

10. Milk bottles and Caps. (Bottles) 50 49 4 92

(Caps) 10 1 90

11. Bed Blankets (Sizes) 50 78 12 85

12. Hollow Building Tile (1st Rev.),. 50 36 20 44

13 Structural Slates for Plumbing

and Sanitary Purposes 50 827 138 82

14. Roofing Slates 50

Descriptive Terms,

Thicknesses and Sizes • 98 48 51

15. Blackboard Slates 50

Slab Heights and Sizes 251 25 90

16. Lumber (Second Revision) 150 Standard Nomenclature Grades and

Sizes for soft-wood lumber.

17. Forged Tools 50 665 351 47

18. Builders Hardware (1st Rev.) o

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(Items ) 6948 5130 26

(Finishes ) 100 29 71

19. Asbestos Paper 50

Sizes. Widths, Weights of Rolls 72 12 83

Asbestos Mill Board

Sizes, Thicknesses 21 4 81

20. Steel Barrels and Drums 50 66 24 64

21. Brass Lavatory and Sink Traps 50 1114 72 94

22. Paper 50 (1) 15

23 . Plow Bolts 50 1500 840 44

24. Hospital Beds 50

Length 33 1 Standard 97

Width 34 2 Specials 91

Height 44 1 98

25. Hot Water Storage Tanks 50 120 14 88

26. Steel Reinforcing Bars 50

Cross-sectional areas 40 11 73

27 Cotton Duck (Widths and Weights) 50 460 90 80

28. Sheet Steel (First Revision) 50 1819 263 85

29. Eaves Trough and Conductor Pipe.50 21 16 24
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S.P.R. No. Item Price Reduction in Varieties Per Cent

From To Reduction

30. Terne Plate (Weights) 50 9 7 22

i 31. Loaded Shells (2nd Revision) 50 4076 1758 57

32. Concrete Building Units, (Length,

Width and Height of Blocks,

Tile and Brick) 50 115 24 80

| 33. Cafeteria and Lunch Room Chinaware 50 668 177 73

34. Warehouse Forms 100 Thousands 15

35. Steel Lockers 50 65 17 74

36. Milling Cutters 50 944 570 40

37. Commercial Purchase Forms 50 Thousands 3

38. Sand Lime Brick (Length, Width

and Height ) ........ 50 14 3 79

39. Dining Car Chinaware 50 700 113 84

40 Hospital Chinaware 50 700 113 84

41 . Insecticides and Fungicides

(Packages) 50 38 21 45

42. Paper Grocers’ Bags 50 6280 4700 25

43. Paint and Varnish Brushes 50 480 138 71

44. Box Board Thicknesses 50 244 60 75

45. Grinding Wheels 100 715 .200 255,800 64

46. Tissue Paper (Roll Tissue) 50 13 3 77

Shoe Tissue 21 6 72

47. Cut Tacks and Small Cut Nails

Sizes 50 428 181 58

M Packing Weights 423 121 71

48. Shovels , Spades and Scoops 50 5.136 2,178 57

49. Sidewalk Lights (Sizes) 50 120 6 95

1 Styles 80 5 94

Shapes 10 2 80

50. Checks, Notes, Etc 50 Thousands One size for each instrument

51 . Die Head Chasers (For Self-Opening

and Adjustable Die Heads) 50 75

52. Staple Vitreous China Plumbing

Fixtures 50 441 58 87

53. Steel Reinforcing Spirals 50 7 3 58

54. Sterling Silver Flatware 50 190 62 67

55. Tinware, Galvanized & Japanned Ware 50 1,154 873 24

56. Carbon Brushes & Brush Shunts 50 (3)

57. Wrought Iron & Wrought Steel Pipe.

Valves and Pipe Fittings 50

Sizes of Valves and Fittings . 20,000 19,238 4

Sizes of Pipe 62 49 21

58. Classification of Iron and Steel

Scrap 100 Specification for Scrap

59. Rotary Cut Lumber Stock for

Wirebound Boxes 50

Length 102 6 94

Width 65 6 91

Thickness 9 6 33

62. Metallic Cartridges 50 348 256 26
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! SIMPLIFIED PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS IN PROCESS OF ACCEPTANCE

S.P.R . . No . Item Reduction in Varieties Per Cent

— From To Reduction

*60 . Packing of Bolts and Nuts (1) 18

*61White Glazed Tile & Unglazed Ceramic

Mosaic (4)

*63. Metal Spools and Reels (1) 6

*64. Spark Plugs (1) 6**

*65 . Piston Rings Oversizes (1) 6**

*66. Brake Linings (1) 37**

*67. Taper Roller Bearings (1) 172**

*68 . Flashlight Cases 25 14 44

*69. Razor Blade Packages (2 systems of packing reduced to 1) 50

*70. Salt Containers 35 19 46

*71

Grading of New Billet Steel for

Concrete Reinforcement (3 grades of steel reduced to 1) 67

*72. Solid Section Steel Sash 42,877 2,244 95

*73. One-Piece Porcelain Insulators 272 249 9

*74. Hospital and Institutional Textiles 575 26 95

*75. Composition Blackboard

Colors 3 1 66

Widths 18 8 55

Lengths 54 13 76

*76. Ash Handles (Grades) (1) 3

(1) Original Total not known.

(2) These figures are the average reduction in catalogue items in 1922 of four leading manufacturers of Builders’ Hardware as result- of simplifcation

(3) Increments of increase in dimensions, and dimensional tolerances for carbon brushes, sizes of

holes or slots in terminals for flexible shunts, and size and specifications for cable for brush

shunts . (4) Shapes, patterns, dimensions, grade nomenclature, grade marks, grade specifications, and certifications of grades, for white glazed tile and unglazed ceramic mosaic.

** Society of Automotive Engineers Standards.

SIMPLIFIED PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS IN FROCESS OF REVISION

S.P .R. No. Item

1

Vitrified Paving Brick (Fifth Revision)

10 . Milk and Cream Bottles and Bottle Caps

19. Asbestos Paper and Asbestos Millboard.

27. Cotton duck

37. Invoice Forms

45. Grinding wheels

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Limitation of Variety Recommendation No . 1 - Paint and Varnish. 50

Simplified Practice - What It Is and What it Offers 100

A Primer of Simplified Practice 150

Monthly News Bulletin No. 30 —12

A.M.S.C.

Serial

No.

PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICAN MARINE STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Title or Subject Price

Organization of the American Marine Standards Committee, Its

Constitution and Rules 50

Stability and Loading of Ships (Out of Print)

1 Glass for Air Ports and Fixed Light 50

2 Mooring Bitts - Cast Iron

3 FIXED LIGHTS FOR SHIPS

Type A - Pressed Steel Frame

Type B - Cast Brass Frame

Type C - Cast Brass Finished Frame

*4 RIGGING SCREWS FOR SHIPS

Rigging Screws with Spliced Rope

Rigging Screws with Sockets

5 SHIP FITTINGS FOR DECKS AND RIGGING

Chain Plates

Wire Rope Sockets

Solid Thimbles for Wire Rope

Open Thimbles for Wire Rope

Thimbles for Manila Rope

Pad Eyes and Links

6 CARGO HANDLING GEAR FOR SHIPS

Railroad Iron Sling 50

Chain Sling

7 Kinds and Sizes of Hose for Ship Equipment 50

8 Specifications for and 2" Flexible Metallic Hose 50

9 Specification for 2£" Double-Jacketed Cotton Rubber Lined Fire Hose

10 Specifications for 2i" Unlined Linen Fire Hose 50

11 Instructions for Care and Maintenance of Steel Hulls

12 General Instructions f.or Operation, Care and Upkeep of Scotch Type

Marine Boilers 100

13 Kinds and Sizes of Mattresses and Pillows and Woolen. Linen and

Cotton Articles for Ship Equipment.

14

Kinds and Sizes of Glassware for Ship Equipment 5p

Monthly News Bulletin No. 30 —13

A.M.S.C.

Serial Title or Subject Price

No.

15 Kinds and Sizes of Silverware for Ship Equipment

16 Distinctive Markings for Piping

17 Specification for 2|" Single-Jacketed Cotton Rubber-Lined Fire Hose

18 Essential Machinery Spare Parts, Accessories and Supplies for SeaGoing Ships

19 Equipment and Methods for Safety on Ships 50

20 General Instructions for Operation, Care and Upkeep of Water

Tube Marine Boilers

21 Condenser Tube Ferrules and Tube Sheets

22 Specifications for Pressure and Vacuum Gauges for

Ships

23 Mooring Bitts - Cast Steel 50

*24 FIRE HOSE RACKS FOR SHIPS

Metal Rack - Pocket Type

Metal Rack - Saddle Type

Wooden Rack

*25 Pilot Ladder

*26 TUBULAR STEEL CARGO BOOMS

5 tons Capacity

10 tons Capacity

15 Tons Capacity

20 Tons Capacity

30 Tons Capacity

*27 COUPLINGS FOR PROPELLER SHAFTING

Flanged Couplings

Loose Couplings for Inboard Shafts

*28 PROPELLER SHAFT DETAILS

Tail Shafts and Stern Tube Bearings

Propeller* Keys

Propeller Nuts

Stern Tube Stuffing Boxes