The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-17
THE MODERN MOLOCH
Five minutes to z.

churchyard The great. broad belt
hung limp The monster hywheel
seemed to be SO many distractions bar
ring the light The long shafts tina
! transmitted power to the hundreds o
machines looked like cold rays of light
! The machinery had grim look. Mucl
OF It was as forbldding as the teeth tina
grin III the Jaws of skull. That wa
the impression 1t made on DR.. Jayne a.
he accompanied John Dow. Dr.. through
department after department.
How many people do you employ"
Nearly 800 on our pay roll-men ant
boys"
keeps you pretty close. suppose
you never get holiday"
Dow DR., laughed. "On the con
trary, my father goes away whenever
he desires change; | go off every fall
hunting and fishing; stay away two and
three weeks-been away six; and the
shop never missed Us"
Doctor Jaynes look of wonder in
vited the explanation, given with par.
donable pride
"System-method, doctor Ii | dc
say it myself, DIR. Jayne, you won't find
factory In the country, giving employ
ment to as many hands, where every.
thing runs as smoothly as at Dow's
! We do everything methodically here
all the departments divided upon system
atlc lines, regulated like clockwork."
YES" said the doctor, Il have been
told thousand miles away from home
that Dow is regarded as the model es-
Enlistment Of the country"
The only way to run factory" said
Dow, Jr., IN matter of fact way that
impressed the doctor, who was making
a round of the workshops IN quest of in
formation he deemed essential to the
completeness of book he had In hand.
How do you keep track of your peo-
pie? So many coming and going, sup
pose you don't know your own opera
tves.
Dow, Jr., took out his watch, glanced
from 1t to clock at the end of a room
they were in and said:
Just wait minute and you'll see
Stand near this window, DOCTOR"
The doctor observed a number Of men
and boys coming into the factory yard.
All carried dinner pals or baskets in
their hands They trooped into the mill
IN droves, by twos and threes, slngly
laughing, talking, pushing and showing
each other, until they entered the de-
partment the doctor was In. There the
flow of good natured chaff ceased as the
operatives took their places at the ma
chimes they attended TO. As they passed
the tmekeepers office the doctor heard
the timekeeper and his assistant repeat
ing IN monotonous tones:
Thirty Six seventeen, three hundred
four, forty-five eleven. seven hundred
one, two, nine, twenty-one, five hun
dred, as the arrival of the operatives
was recorded.
Suddenly gong sounded-the doctor
started. simultaneously the long, mar
row belts and the big. broad belts be-
came taut; the monster f1ywheels re-
volved; the long line of pulleys over
head whlrled, the machines, big and
little. champed as they seemed to whet
their teeth on red not and cold iron,
munchlng II In their Jaws like ravenous
monsters and tossing the iron out again
Ike so many nusks or empty shells after
they had absorbed the kernel The
sound that filled the room as iron met
iron. welding, cutting. shaving and
pounding, was deafening: the whirling
puileys and eccentric movements of the
machinery added to the confusion.
Seven O'clock precisely. and TO sec
ond every man, woman and boy IN Dowo
factory was at work
Doctor Jayne readily excused Dow
Jr., who was called away by hand.
some Young fellow. friend evidently
and looked wouderingly at the opera
mons Of machine beside INN. 4 verv
small BOY attended the machine The
movements OF the small bows arms aud
hands were 50 regular that Doctor Javue
insenSbiy associated nun with the ma
chime II WAS d,fnruit % tell where the
machine ended ANA The boz heEan. The
small Ohv Bevr- mazda a false move. The
oit o. iron Wa Ai1C4 with one naua
from one pUsat the same piece in
another IoEln WAS caught up dexte-ouSly
thirty seconds later from the machine
although seemingly the same instant.
however. - fha machine manipulated
thirty pieces IN a minute, IT followed. s.
matter OF course. that the small Dor
was not singing the same piece Of IRON
st himself through the machine as rap
Idly as appearances indicated. The small
boys eyes were never Off the machine;
his hands seemed to be 4 part anG parcel
OF II 1t made the doctor tired to look
NJ him He Ieoked ar tha h.ar -rla4.hina