Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-29
THE MODERN MOLOCH
Five minutes to z

~" great iactOry was as silent rs .
churchyard The great broad belt.
hung limp The monster tiywbeel,
seemed to be so many obstructions bar
ring the light The long shafts tina,
transmitted power to the hundreds OF
machines looked like cold rays of light
The machinery had GRIM look Mucr
OF 1t was HI forbldding H. the teeth thai
grin IN the jaws OF skull That was
the impression 1t made on DR. Jayne AZ
ne accompanied John Dow Jr. through
department after department
How many people do you empioyY
Nearly SUI ON our pay roll men and
boys
Keeps you pretty close 1 suppose
you never get ii holiday
Dow .Ir. laughed On the con.
trary my father goes away whenever
ne desires change go off every fall
hunting and fishing stay away two and
tnree weeks been away SIX and the
shop never missed MS
Doctor Jaynes look OF wonder in
vited the explanation gwen with mar
donahle pride
System method doctor If / do
say 1t myself Dr Jayne yuu won find
a factory IN the country giving employ
IiIent to as many hands where every
| lhihg runs rs smunthly as AT BOWS
we do everything mtthmlhally here
AL the departments divided nl,on system
attic lines regulated like cluckwork.
Yes, SAID the doctor 4 nave been
iold a thousand mites away from home
tnat Dow Is regarded as the model IN
Establishment OF the country
The only way TO run factory. said
Dow. Jr., IN Il matter OF fact way that
Impressed the doctor who was making
round OF the workshops IN quest pf in
formation he deemed essenttSn to the
completeness of lss~sss-re had III hand
How do yopssReep track of your peo-
pieS So nn44t coming and gong | sup
ilssss you don't know your own opera.
tives.
Dow, DR.. took out his watch. glanced
from It to clock at the end of room
they were in and SAID
just wait minute and you'll see.
Stand near this window. doctor"
The doctor observed number of men
and boys coming into the factory yard
All carried dinner pals or baskets in
their hands. They trooped into the mil!
III droves by twos and threes singIy
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
Gnlnaa fhaV nffnnHn1 IN A.,k
the timekeeper's office the doctor heard
the rnekeeper 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. ~ 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 tlywheels re-
the long line of pulleys over
head whirled, the machines, big and |
little champed rs they seemed to whet |
their teeth on red hot and cold iron.
munching II in their jaws like ravenous
monsters and tossing the iron out again
IKE SO many husks or empty shells after
they mad absorbed the kernel The
sound that filled the room rs iron met
iron. welding cutting shaving and
pounding was deafening the whirling
pulleys and eccentric movements of the
added to the confusion.
seven o'clock precisely and to sec
ond every man woman and boy in BOWS
factory was at work
DOCTOR Jayne readily excused Dow
u. who was called away by a hand
some young fellow friend evidently
md looked wonderingly at the opera
ions OF machine beside nm very
small BOY attended the machine. The |
movements Of the small boys arms and
hands were so regular that Doctor JAYNE
nsensioly associated him with the ma
nine II was difficult tu tell where the
hachine ended and the boy began The
'nali hoy never made false move. The
NJ vi IRON Was ntte,l with one hand {
rom one point the same piece in
nother FORM was caught up iexterously
hlrty seconds later from the machine,
Though seemingly the same instant.
However. as the machine manipulated
hlrty pieces In minute. it followed, as
matter OF course that the small bow Q
'as not singing the same piece of iron
himself through the machine as ran 4
lily as appearances indicated. The small
oys eyes were never off the machine;
is hands seemed to be part and parcel d
It 1t made the doctor tired to look
INN He looked at the boy machine, v
machine-boy fully ten minutes before