, 1870-09-09


WotE, which everybody can see, and which ts
d. ne ny children, Is cheaper than accurate work,
which requires skilled labor, and Of which but
few can nudge. It was consistent with division Of
Labor, aiming st cnearness, 10 give high finish
to noA-act1ng surfaces, while it IVES not censts-
tent With It to give the utmost Perfection to these
parts upon which the working quality depends.
Again, 4 watch got up with nne appearance, but
Eltn no reference % permanent uSs, may stu he
saie!y Mafsanteti Tor xeaf 9! Two. because
ss MT Iass aSG 10 tas tine and a.
seas,i.. Thus dtslo1ntttl nnu nleceMcal tahos.
compe ting f1r cheapness III tne production of an
has led to .ystenaue ilnpostnre, and 1he products
ota fraudulent ccln1lrErc are scattered broad
cast over the couulrJ, while Us victims an taxed
millions Of dollars annually for shc repair Of
We hare hcrc the legitimate consequences Of 4
lialt-tlerel0ped industry. matchmaking had been
lt4ratcl: gelius and enterprise had not Jet been
1trcte1! 10 organize and concentrate Its opera
tons.
The efforts that hare been made from tine 10
time in Eutt pc to combine the numerous branches
OF tho bustness in slug1e establishments were all
Rb0r1ive, and served only to STOW that the nerd
inidlt,enf Wcse absent. The tespotism ot the i,
itary habits, the cheanncss and CON-
stoltlty Of farsory operatives combined to
prevent that ina! perfection Of the Industry which
consisted II. thc nnlnca1ion of It's nlnltptt rr,
hranch Of mo,ern Industry, thonEh created ~
European ecntns. and reoret1 In European expe-
E1tLcc, with houEdlcsa cIp!tal at It's command,
fsne al atF wa1
csauou, antl that, too. nndeE alI the stimulus OF
national rlraIryr Should nevertheless he Arst
brought to Its highest stage OF development in this
Haf century after Europc llal perfected tho
mechanism Itself, the American mind perceived
that another step remained 20 be taken. and thut.
a Eu,F nf N}1 hath 4
paxt, the witch must be made ~ machIMcsy, aud
combined in one establishment and under ono
direction. 1t s INT get twenty ye2rs since the
company was FORMED which bu!lt the nsst .Amest-
eau watch factory at Roxbuty. The undertaking
slNrai:c anemits to make watches IN this
conltry by haul, commencing In 1S12, had all
failed, AMI there was body Of disciplined work.
men to start with. Besides, the Swiss authorities
would not permit The expectation OF such ma
ctlntf, models, or drawings, as were afreasi5 IN
ute-:o that tie American managers OF the pro
inl to invent theIs own machinery. anil tfaa their
owp workme,s. The hrst experiment was thKart-
producing nne .luss, which, aisnough UNDECIDED
In other yorat1ons, way saEal to the
delicate operations Of matchmaking. The
the banks of ihe Charlts river, q LITTLE aboye the
village Of WaIthan1. Embarked Ia noyc!. ex-
rcEsise, aud. As many thought, QutSottc enter-
T.
oss policy. ana The ilrst factory. which was even
tGrn Thought to he Of great dimensions, raplliy ex-
rautled Tito an immense establishment, filled with
lnaclli,crs sli.sinteEded hy seven hundrcrl
haitls, and turning out come eighty Thousand
watches a year-n:pzr tf:aM are prot,nced IN ali
En,laui, an three times ns many as nre male in
1adtft flt -nt.re ,rntcA, tast and al.
An English matchmaker, Ia recent lecture bc-
fore the Hosaactal Institute, OF London, ~sct1!,-
flf
III the various manntactufes ~ ta!s c"hhtry* n
nla1ke1 u rSirtehce 70 ne " Malt1aIn essabltsa.
ment. I'm !eaT:ne ne tacsorE. J 1slt That ne
Hannlarsutc Of watches on Tue slu plan VA
rome: Il was thus iugcuu9nsly confessed that
American enterplise hal made an Industrial epoch,
AID txaleu Europe In one Of neE oldest and mo$t
difficult productions. In this there ~ neither Ac-
cdent nor mystery, but 1t IS the result Of R.chi
Law That can no more Ike resisted thau tie Tow IT
tMs Su.srsam Or me asance ,n f q h SnoTeiss AZ
ait unteyelopt,t co"tlt1on, and which had leeu
,atslnseEraed for the last bundled, reaEs, WAS now
anil an pcri.rsy-1san,zed m M system. TIC ensrsv,ng
flScItscs the secret Of this importan: tevnlution
ii shows how completely the fpultlfarious opera
s nnac, T. re. III + @ 1sirssen.s a hu, one lrranment I
| tar establishment Single to.is, which gradual
! 1y grew into s1unlr llanti-macs!nes, with which
few Of the parts OF the watch hah leefl
| produced. were here brcEghi together, and hun.
| Gtttls Of new cncs, NJ many nun!retls Of thon-
sands Of dollars cost, were create and all inter-
]
| tcal organism. A single sseam engine dts
| Eiluses It's power by uesus Of driving -shafta
through whtle colony o similar working o0mz,
rate Of onr cyery threr mfrnfea and WttS NM.
| fotmifr AMI ner},rtjon which hrrc a, nare and
1oresss ans'f.a1sd @ a'l nTesions methods ei s4s
:he Oil man ts some. bccanse The Inv. nf grnw7h
haIs raFrrtAd n tba in1nsr1v h,,hr ~,
,si tTs.;.i a,r.ncn "oae VI tue VI
'"n Aaus..a nsu.s A... .a. ~. Ia. =,
"a aas osss Steat nns q nele secured
~ csl!ea! auu neen!se ~ Hatch-Nork. T. lhc
nlEneA. possn.ls aceatacy o. eonstfaftloh; me
" ,,,n otS9 reHa5faolet
sra rst,as 7, S,, h..taea 3. ,,t ~" y e.
!an ! 81 rnxa y. t9E EAaclltn1e ue-
~ sa.s, ~ 1; ,ta "hSm we aprsoaea
Men1 ,h u4.i ~ - ~ @ HG4s ~ ss
,n2rtshl aerateE b searE s,a5,, ~ 1ls
ost hor.ier - fecfns1 ant riai sensthtt4 e ~ "
faps, eprttca u -, ~ ,a", AZ ~
rear,fons Nnan tha nerrona srGe1n vtirs e,.e NC
nnaii,7 II the fissne Wien farear.ler ,ao;ns m tn
piece OF ane Torf in the city anu rinishcs Il n
ne Country. he 1JanS,tlon cad BE- e1ecIei m Inc
f1hric. xhIch viii present Two distinrt asnac1s.
Again. called the p.rsonai nnseion IF iel.
cscopic and macroscooc obserysu n lin nlT tf,at
soErre Of errur In lonEtnr shurpIy IL fNe rhir,:
which ylel}s different rrsuta with tlIfI,1rrt rr
sous, which i.pends upon temperament, sar:es
With the ref1ol Of life, Ind hhs 10 ie dixconnl..l
In inttyjtjlai casea In ore: "a arrive at fhr rrart
ruth. Vow warch-wors, in the precision 1t re-
hner1hs1on: 1t u, il one n3y SO s.eak, trnta-
visual and u. 50 tbst tho only way to get
lid VI errors Ia to get rid OF personality Itself.
THIS Is precisely what the American Watch COM
pAny dees- 1t commits the whole work to Inachln-
~. anu tnns sectfes me act0t4 and uniformity
that machinery alehe can 1Hn1eE. The aatust-
ist, ~ hi y M rcsnh ~ Pr
iris r,r rerStT srsr.nt.s ~ sttin, rssi - harc
HAmtnta.1 mi Tn.1 = Ssr nor., 11T1eni, =, "S en
n,innist nlcnfro os ssrn.nsnt ost;or 1r1,t ,r ~
cisinn ther.. rn1st aisf,' Re- fr,+lnm ~ m"rsnrnf
AMI eari, ntror rsnst nsTe ia tnnni,eSInosf NAV
for "sltle.snafe7 and .seadshake:s Otherwise II,
ATOM OF ttust or rtsa al ten peraturn Eould tocE
tic paTts anc xnn thc uoii0n. 70 1et hi, srs-
temaIc e1acsDcss. iarce grades of rarqes vrt
use,l The frst Ana rnarstst mrasnfinu 10 me
1-2So of an Incl: the second 10 the !-Isso Of IN
fnch. and fne third IN he f-I7noN ~ m Inch
rms nofhtnr IL irft Il, he err ar the tMcna ~ ina
Tnftman. n cpnmiy. himself IN thc n,sthsrnstl.
ra: cniance ri b.. 0on1ps and IL fte nrecj sior ~
sis mocntrnT ~, e.nenrs en n1nai M reSi,in
- .ac.,-se- -,,,:r tha Vnnis Tachs rsar ~ Tha n1a
hs -n+.hnsshs ss9H 5,..n.. ..s's 49,. ~ 80 ~ ~
..II ID. :. usapPeala Aua ue whule At = IT.
sose1 ny t1e eonsesaelon Of eo!lelated a1d u9i-
L!u !n&ehlltei! On Feff tAtuueu scaAe. al1u,
l1eligent human a9ency Is ~ no means super
se.ie1i The mcs1 accurate machine, Ike all osacT.
earthly things. has i.s impeE3ectons, and fhesA
the sktIiu workman Is ever On the Alert 10 detect
and Tectil5. By no lathe, for example, Is It H.
rays poks1hle to get pivot turned exactiJ Fouud.
1t las 10 be teaked hy eauyeS and brDnrht IA n
e;andarl in pnicb The erT,rs ure IFs. than tha tnn
thlusandfh Of an ioch: ''~-'' >'~ >-11-