The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-29
RATES OF ADvERTIsrNo.
A DAY IN THE AMERICAN WATCH
A4NUFACTORY Al WALTHAN.

a day in watch mandatory is as worthy
of Especial notice" as a day on board the
great ship. From an inspection of both.
one sees the maximum and minimum of mt.
chauicai invention and achievement. All
mechanical intricacies disappear a. she
scale of construction Is enlarged-sn5 Al.
though such world renown monsters as the
Pyramides, the Colosseum aud the great ship
overwheim US by the force ofmere magai.
tude, yet there is quite as much TO excite
the bump of wonder" in the operation Of
= little machinery driven by steam, that
turns out we'll cut screws visible only hy
the aid OF the microscope Such curious
contrivance mas be seen any day at Wal.
than. sssistiug In the delicate art of ma.
king watches. And, surprising as IL may
appear. this ingenious aud enterprising
American company have invented machine.
ry for the separate fabrication OF almost ev.
cry one of the one hundred and twenty-five
parts employed in the composition of watch
The metals the jewels and whatever else. Is
used in the construction of this baautifu!
and wonderful place of mechanism seem to
be thrown in at one end of the establish.
ment in raw and inert state, and When
they come out al the other are q COMPLETE
oHO aAH1oSI NAuS VI ahlSuG "ttu oeSl-
ing heart" speaking face" and ''hands
rSised as il were in establishment at the phe-
nomenon of its own creation go
The value Of a watch consists in its accu.
racy, and in one Of thess American watches.
we may feel the absolute safety and cont.
dence We have in friend who has never
deceived US. And for this reason so much
of the work is made By unering machinery
that in their movement We are guaranteed
perfection and uniformity of motion unat.
tainable by the less exact manipulation of
the most expert hand; for instance-here is
a machine that turns out microscopic screws
at l6o, 900 to the pound-and all equally
perfect. It would be utterly impossible for
any humsn hand 10 make two exactly alike:
and it is q curious fact that man can con-
struct q machine which will do nice piece
of work better than he can do it with bia
own hands. The sewing machine sews bet
ter than the man who FIRST invented it.
But machinery accuracy is not the oniy
point of SUCCESS achieved by the American
watch company. The labor saving feature
in their manufactur is ensbling them to sell
better article At less price than eau be
hsd Of their European competitors. They
now employ in their manufsctory al Waltz
am about Two hundred and fifty operatives
over one third being women; aud when it il
known that one girl by means Of newly 10.
vented machinery. at 3 salary Of SS per
week, does the work of four men, formerly
employed at salary of 5s5 q week each.
the public will understand why it il that
the American watch is cheaper ihan the
Swiss. with only four per cent protection.
And when our countrymen are fairly con-
WINGED that the home made article is really
better and cheaper than the imported. the
$4,000 600 annually sent abroad for the
purchase of watches, will be paid to our
more ingenious manufacturers in America.
The law Of self-interest which is a higher
and more universal law than patriotism.
will always induce men to buy where they
can buy cheapest. and with the primeval
laws of human nature it ia never wise TO
quarrel. We should now no sooner think
of sending to Geneva for e watch. than to
En- gland for yacht, to Rome for religion
or TO Washington for Congress water.-Bsiis
Britain.