The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-29

Have you many factories like this one
in Germany?' asked.
NO. replied Mr.. Paaske. THE most
OF our factories are still a generation be-
hind the times. Down in Saxony and 81
lesia you will see the same old machines
and old methods which were in use a gem
GRAFTON ago.
1.-The people there can't realize the great
ness of their competitors across the seas,
and they look upon the reports Of your
successes as mere Yankee Dragging. In that
part of the>eountry you would not be per-
mitted to go through the factories, for their
owners would suppose you were trying to
steal their trade secrets.
Here We run things on the American
plan Every visitor advertises US, and Amer
leans are always welcome. When the Amer
lean engineers visited the Paris Exposition
a few years ago this company gave them
a special excursion from Paris to Berlin
to our works.
'"They were given a luncheon at the fac
tory, a steamboat ride on the River Spree
and a banquet, and all without charge"
TOOLS MANUFACTURED
FROM OUR PATTERNS.
The Leewe Company manufacture light
machine tools only. and they work on the
interchangeable system. SO that they can
supply part at any time.
There are other machine tool works here.
The Niles works has a large branch. which
Is connected with the Loewe workr 1t
makes its tools from American patterns and
depends for the larger machines upon its
American connection. The Luxfer Prism
Company Of Chicago has q German cstab-
lishment and also tho Worthington Pump
Company.
The westinghouse has . branch electri-
cal establishment in Berlin, and the Union
Elektrische Gesellschaft is the German
connection of our General Electric Com
pany.
The Union Elektrische Gesellschaft has n
factory in Berlin and another at Riga, in
Russia, and 1t does a big continental bust
ness. When its factory here is In full work.
ing order 1t employs $500 men, and at pres
ent the number is little less.
The works are built of brick. iron and
glass. They have about twenty-five acres
of floor space. filled with the finest Of cleo
trical machinery, and the most of the ma
chimes are American.
1 went through this factory the other day.
1t is cleaner and better kept than most of
our factories. and it lie as well equipped as
any.
1t makes all sorts Of electrical machines.
from enormous generators for the city
street-car systems to little electric me
tiers, which are sent by thousands to Rus
STA.
The factory has its own brass and iron
founGr1eS, It's own macnlne shops OF all
kinds. its photographic establishment, and
its printing presses. where 1t can turn out
its catalogues in color.
1t has been built on the American plan.
and 1t is run after American methods. This
is the company which has equipped most
Of the Berlin street railroads, as well as
those of other German cities.
1t is already doing a large export busi-
ness, and deals with South America, Africa
and Asia.
I walked through the works with the as
sistant manager. Mr.. Cotton. who was for
merry with our Westinghouse Company In
the United States. and as did SO chatted
with him about the difference between the
German and American workman.
In reply to my questions he said:
Il have not been here very long. and may
have occasion to change my opinion. but
so far I don't think the Germans can do
more than 60 per cent as much work as the
Americans. We pay our laborers about half
as much as similar men receive In the
United States, and we work them more
hours but proportionately the Americans
do as much for the money.
Take the man over there who IS filing at
that piece Of machinery. Notice how care
fully he works, and how he keeps at 1t un-
IL every tooth Is exactly riEht and beauti-