The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-09-06
THE WAREHOUSE.
The Exercise of Good Common Sense
in Making Additions.

The ExerciSe of Good Common Sense
in Making Additions.
On the first of September 1t is estimated
that new season in the cotton business has
commenced. AlreadJ the ginneries in town
are daily receiving a few bales. which are
soon put in marketable condition, when buy
ers readily pay the cash for it at prices above
ten CENTS
AS our readers know, the farmers have
bought the warehouse at Abbeviile which
last year stored over three thousand bales al
one time. Capt. Lyon, the Manager turned
the property over to the new owners last
week and Mr.. Magill is now in charge.
Messrs j. Allen Smith, F. E. Harrison, and
r. E. Cox are on a building committee for :he
addition which was ordered TO be made. MI.
Cox, on behalf OF the committee, has taken
personal supervision Of the work, and is pre-
ceedlng nicely with the laying of the brick
in the wall which is now about seven or eight
feet high.
The impression having gone out among al
least stsome Of our people that majority OF the
bricklayers had formed combination 70 de.
msnd 81 so a day for their services. Mr.. Cox
has undertaken to do the work with cheaper
layers with more or less experience were en-
ployed to raise thei corners and to run the
outside courses. The rest of the work is be.
ing done by common laborers. At present the
work seems to be as good as any one could
desire The cost up 10 this time is only about
one'dollar thousand or about half the usual
cost.
However much we may be mistaken. this IL
one view TO take Of the matter: One great
advantage OF hiring inexperienced men TO do
ordinary work Is that their pay Is lower and
the amount OF work which such men do Is
far in excess of the work OF the more skilled
and more experienced workmen. A man al
dollar day will put in all his time at work.
When he gets two dollars day he needs to
tinker. sight and measure, and he will do, say
about Two thirds as much work az the orqi-
nary laborer. When he gets three dollars he
thinks more about what be knows than
about the amount Of work he does, and
he sometimes does very little work. When
the price Is four dollars day he does not ex-
pect to do any work at all.
OF course this is said jocularly without In
tending to be specifically correct and having
no sort OF desire to be offensive, but We leave
1t for others to say II in this remark there
Is not at least show OF circumstances
bordering on actual conditions.
II, therefore, a man Intends to look after
tho. construction OF his own work he can al
well do it with cheap labor as we'll as IL
can be done by master mechanic at a high
price for himself to overlook the work while
employing higher priced or more experienced
mechanics.
Inlaying brick, for instance, in q majority
of instances man al Sl.2 day lays as many
or more brick than q man at $3.50 will lay.
But Of course there is q class of work to do
which might better be done by high priced
men. One advantage in building brick
house is, that 1t under fome conditions IL will
cost no more than good wooden building
1t will last almost forever, with very little
repairs, and when torn down the brick are az
good ss ever TO use elsewhere. Not 40 With
a!wooden house. Another advantage In
building with brick is, That The lot is moi
coverered with expensive lumber that has
been destroyed by the exercise OF bad judg
ment on the part Of the mechanic. A
mechanic may need three foot piece Of
timber. If four foot piece and twenty
foot piece be lying around, is 1t not true
piece will be cut from the long piece instead
of from the short piece? Is II not true that q
man who has accumulated something for
himself will be more economical in the use
OF material than the man who has no interest
In II?
In the construction of a brick house the op-
portunities for waste Of brick are not 60
many.
or course there are many good and careful
mechanics who waste nothing needlessy.
But II must be admitted that there is often
waste along the lines which We have sug
gested.
But we have strayed Off from what We in
tended 10 write about. Mr.. Cox is doing his
work well and cheaply. Knowing how the
work should be done he will employ such
men as will DO his bidding. He will act as
witely In hiring carpenters as he has done
in hiring brick layers. He knows what he
wants done, and he wants men to carry out
his instructions. He thinks low priced
man Will do his biddings without talking
back" TO him. A high priced man knows
more, and the trouble with him is, his EN-
ployer Is q sort OF self.conceited man who
takes learning hard. Sometimes 1t Is almost
impossible for mechanics 10 get new ideas
10 litter into the brain Of inexperienced men
who may undertake to build their own
house. 1t Is natural for the man holding the
purse strings to be a little conceited. We
know how 1t Is ourself. We have done a lit
lie at employing menlto work for Us. A good
mechanic knows that we know nothing
and he OF course talks back" bui
We can fool an inexperienced hand, and
make him think that we know 1t all, He
will strive to do the work as we direct,
good mechanic knows better, and If there Is
anything that good mechanic dislike TO do
1t is to perform his work in an improper way.
On this line we speak advisediy. We were
once journeyman printer, and afterward
We had Job printing office. 1t required
twenty years for us TO quit talk ng back" to
our customers, and telling them that they
were mistaken as 10 what they wanted. We
have had the conceit taken out OF Us 80 often
that In later years our only desire was to find
out what wss wanted. Even II q man was
not as good printer, II he knew what he
what he wanted, our rule has been to do II
that way.
The farmers and the committee have acted
wisely In putting Mr.. Cox in charge OF the
practical work OF constructing the additional
room TO the warehouse. He will do good
work at the least possible cost.
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