Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-08

ness, and IL has contributed NIGHTLY
To the value aud iJcroase OF our In
dustria life. But there are times
when il proves somewhat demoraliz.
ing and threatens to produce dire re-
suits. 1t has the unpleasant feature
of creating IMPROVEMENTS by LEAPS
and CONSERVATION and decentralization
To- those Interested
y good many years ago shirt manu-.
featuring was conservative. rcspcc.
table business, and shirts were cut
out entirely by hand. Then some
one invented cutting machine.
which ut single clip would cut ont
two dozen shirts Mt once. II moant
a saving of fifteen hundred dollars n
day In one large establishment whore
The invention was employed. But to
those who did not cont,ol the patent
IL meant CONSERVATION. demorali2a.
tion aud in some case; failure. In
TIME there was proper readjustment
To Inc new conditions, ana shirt man.
niacturing Is a booirin, industry OF
the day
The clothing industry has likewise
been demoralizcd. fcnhjustod ana
made remarkably successful ,hrourn
invention Great ma1uf,cturinr com.
nanies engaged In making ready
made clothing use machinery ana I'm.
ventions which cost hundreds of thou.
sands of dollars. Royalties of nearly
Two hundred Thousand dollars nrn
paid annually to the Inventors Of Tho
machines used in cutting out the lif.
lerent parts of ready made clothes
lhe generalization caused hy these
Inventions ut first THREATENED Ia drive.
out oil business all thos, engaged I'm
mana cutting; but timd has demon.
strated that this fear w,s unfounded.
but INC invention of doth cutting
machines on such an emrmous scale
III 'his country that II las been pre-.
uicted that. within anot1er decade ve|
snuii be clothing half die world with
our ready made suits. II
The Invention of Tho nIno ,hro.1,,,
'naehlne carried CONSERVATION into
ro' nSSe manufacturing firms. and
,'o ''hie IL looked as If many would
IN, ,u.oed INTO bankruptcy. 1t was n
~ n,,n Invention, out potent in it's
i'iI'ehce'' The inventor drew royol.
rs from IL that made him extremely,
Enormous Addition to Wealth
IL mas been roughly estimated TINT
INVENTION has added almost fortv'srn
housand millions of dollars 10 tho
Neaiih OF our country. sum which
!, S,ehtet than the national dnbte
Il all countries Millions or ln,ia.o
ave been paid out in royalties ever !
ear Tor these inventions ana n,,,,. |
,oiu millions are annually Invested |
Now machinery to keen moo win
nc development of Inventions
!, IT. Is a common saying among mn.
1.'. th"t machine becomes mn
a'''eu inside Of five years. This
III ~. rcler 10 tie life of the ma
,ne' put 10 the fact that new invon.
ons improve it SO that it poye to
low IL out Of shop and nut In =
7" type. This is well illustrator in
'e Manufacture OF motor cars Tho
'o'' EXPENSIVE part of this businnss
- Deef to eGuip tho shops With
pu.ih tools and machines for max.
= tne various parts on large scoIo
c|riy all American cars are mndo
"ish p'lced machinery. In tho If.
nc 10 reach perfection in tho dirar
u parts ii has been necessor,, 70
luip me shops With jigs. lathes ont
y toois. screw machines ond' 40,
n'iS ana bending implements os ali
nus The tool and machine eorin
~ OF single shop will often
'ouht 10 an Investment OF ono or
hundred thousand dollars. a Sin.
hiachine will often cost fwontv
ousand dollars. The great monnfac
tihs shops have TO reploca No
uipment almost from foundotion ~
&c IN every three years. Tho dotoi
81 Is enormous. and the ann ran,
lste seems incxplicable. mi - -
. ,im,c III order to keep abreast Of
n zines, ns, single new invention l
.s oi'en save thousnd or two dol.
a gay IN one department. rho
az. base their chances OF =
'nl upon the wholesale production
> soous which, are equal If not su. Z,
RIO r to hand made goods %"
ne inventor keeps the businass
~ guessing. Today his business 10 :,
parehtiy on Sound foundation Or II
:" are good. shops are well anri,,
WIN me latest machinery and :
whole plant is running ecopon,i {
~. Tomorrow some imnecvnio,, "
, I'M, INDIVIDUAL walks into the shon Il
, nu uh.oius from an old newspaner =
ii o,, ~ me model of an invention :"
tnror ~ ciaims VIII save the manu-. II
he 80 many cents on every arti- 81
~ os ."ans out. NOW the problem "
10, ascertain the value of the in. n
,.lon' If it is of little use there q,
''V - '.'ne 10 waste with the man. 81
a. a., a. contains the germ of some n
at idea 1t may rcvolutionize .the -,
usery, and the manufacturer Who =,
3, control OF 1t will have an enor' -, -
10 10 advahtage over his rivals. The 80
eaFaiice OF the inventor cannot he :"
TN as criterion of the worth of -,
model The memory of Westinr. ~ IL
! be :, WIN his air brake of Steinmetz r.