The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-02-23

liable as the sound lumber The mills
wMch were the first to realize the value
OF what had reaped a golden harvest.
WINE those which have failed to look
atter the sawdust and allowed 1t to con-
unue to go to waste have either barely
escaped bankruptcy or have sold out To
their more successful rivals.
ZEN years ago the watch trade Of the
cniteo states was not only in its in
iancy, but was practically monopolized
py TWO firms. Swiss and German watches
were largely sold in this country in com
petition with the American made article,
atu IN spite OF heavy protective duty.
AT the present day American watches are
SOLO an over the world. and have con-
t'ibuted prominently to the American
invasion of Europe that 1t was an
hounced only short time ago that a
single firm in this city had contracted
to deliver 100000 watches in London
within a year.
The secret of American success In
ALTERNATING lies in the small economies
effected by American machinery.
rival to the two concerns which rnonop-
ohzed the manufacture here ten wears
ago had at its head young man whose
early days had been passed in consid-
cradle privation. 1t NAV have been the
training In economy which his early ex-
peliences had thus given him that led
him to examine with special care all the
little details CT the establishment AMI
to be continually watchful for means and
NASN'NONS eAaehN prevent WdSIeIul-
ness.
The following story is told: One dsv.
soon after taking over the management
Of Of the co5lssrn; he noticed that work
curl her bangs" He promptly issued an
order tabooing bangs. On another occA-
sion he noticed workman discarding a
screw. He made inquiries and discov-
cred that, in allotting materials to the
hands of the factory. fourteen screws
were counted as dozen. IN order to al
low for variations in size. Each screw
cost approximately about the one-hund-
reth part of cent. But the new man
ager set about celebrating machine
that should make every screw to one
standard gauge. The result of these and
other similar economies was not long n
producing its results Other managers
found themselves obliged to be econom-
ical. too. and American methods scored
their triumph in competition with the
cheaper labor and costlier output of the
rest OF the rest Of the world
The way in which little economics"
have contributed TO the success OF ons
of the grestest tea blending and import
Ing houses Of the world was described
in recent publication. II saw" said
the writer. scales that would weigh by
electricity to within the hundredth part
OF an ounce; girls wearing brown Hol-
land overalls, enveloping them from head
to foot. that not the smallest bit of tea
dust even might adhere to their dresses
anu NC CdI4eu away anu wasted, mar
Vicious time-keeping machine. that re-
corded automatically the loss Of even a
single second of time by any one of the
hundreds of employees. and dozens OF
other similar monev-saving and time
economizing contrivances; and 1 ceased
to wonder that such a business as l saw
before me had been built up by two COM
paratively young men in less than fve
years"
One Of the greatest industrial centres
of the world has sprung up within the
short space of half a dozen years at the
hitherto little known town Of Sault Ste.