The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
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electrical machines from 81 ornslouee ssne'
Irt3t, forJ th4 ely street ear syaesms 20 /
iittis electric meters " hlch ats - o1B
tho,,ra !, "a Is h Russia. Tho factory has
n. avn brass and Iron foundries, its own
machine shops 81 all Kinds, its photos t''
graphic establishment, & and 8its printing
pre sses ], where IL can turn, out its cata u
ioc,,es ii, color. (. II has been built on the
American, splat,, ana II e g. run aftsrl
rioal9 mot hodss This q the company
which Mas equipped most u the Berlin
street railr roads a. we'll 90 thoss " other
Germ q /, oitiss. II II already doing q
large export busintss and deals With With
south Am sricA. Africa and AslA n.
= & walked through the works With the
nss,stant mana kerS Mr. lotion, who was
formerly WITH VI our n w stingf ouss Com \.
paily In the United States, and as 3 did
% chat{ed WITH him about tho difference
tween, thS Va herman and American work
man. In reply 70 my questions he saidi
81 have not been here very long ana ana
may nave oooasi q 70 chat,Ee my opiraoti,
but SO Far don, think the Gern,ans can.
lido more than, sixty Y per cent. a. much en-
work as the Americana. We pay our "a
borers ab6ut half asfn1uch ~ similar men
rscSive III the United states. and We Work
them more hours, but proportionhtely the
Americans do 10 much for the money
that pieos Of machinery. Notice now
carefully he works and how me Keeps e.
II until every tooth 4s exactly right and
beautifully shiny. He turns out nne work.
but no wastes time In doing II. Tho ma
chine u no better for tho extra fini1h. An
American would give that machine q q
dozen strokes Of the file and smooth i
np well enough for ali practical purposes.
the German Ii not rortet1ted With amp
thing but d perfect finish. HIS work
looks better, but ~ AZ no 1 better - far
a. Utility 10 concerned. This ID one OF
my greatest troubles hers.1 cant GET
| those men to understand we are making
tools and not jewelry.' '5Sg @
Don't Like Modern Machinery.
nov about the American machines.
Mr.. Cotton r.. asked "Can you get the
Germans to work them to their full ca
paclty7' IL, S ~ s58,. ,,7.
1&UNo. They don't want TO increase the
product. They think the work that is left
| over for to-day must bs done Tomorrow,
and this moro they Do to-day the less
work they will HAYS Tomorrow. They
TRY 70 delay, rather than to- hur:s, and
this is 80. throughout the German fact O. 9
RI q We had ono machine that seemed to
me TO be running as fast ~ IN the United
states, but somehow Or other It did not
produce the same results. watched the
| man, and found that he was cutting only
a halrllne at q time, when he should have
been taking of a quarter OF an inch. :"
'nThe German laborers have not the
same Incentives to work that we have.
continued the assistant manager The
German system Of employment 10 bad.
Everything here Is done by piece work.
and the price 10 gagged BY what q man
can do ina day. Il he does much more
than has been expected, his employers
lower the prioe.. and tho result r. he has
| to work twice az hard for the same
money. There is little chance to rise.
The common laborer seldom becomes the
hoad OF tho shop, and as result there
| il all unsurpassed onmity between the
llaborers and their matters. n y,
Wages and Hours fWork.
Give mo some idea OF wages, - said 1.
Es'The ordinary mans wages arc from
/ 10 to ~ - cents an hour, Of. from u to
| SIPS for ten hours work. Women get
b cents anEhour. or about 90 csrts 2 day."