New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
VARIOUS TYPES OF MACHINES.

.-,: .,-,,.;or Il Is true brings together the
caraci1jes of several segments of the mech"Ii''t
brain and assumes their harmonious lh'ei -, -
There is no reason why all the parts or sePaIa'e
.,.,t;yee couId not be combined TO Work as
whole. as il is the functions Of each largely over
Ian those Of others. It is merely fcr PFdo''o7i P
noses +ra+ the machine intellect has beeh sel9IdN
- ,,s,+s sufraHle for diversified business needs
The division Of labor corresponds 10 5hat "illV"
h,.i-,s j., the organic headpiece. a bank cashier
., 40, ,-a-te5 in butcher shop neither is a broker
II the office Of mechanical engineer lheie hio
scores Of mechanical specialists. -
>o machine vet possesses the power Of Nol'loh'
although some are partly operated by electTlctE'
o-5 j. v-or11d be possible start machine SOW
ire . number Of routine problems on your gong
10 bed and get the printed answers IN the morn
ing Thus the machine would be thinking "hle
Won sept. Bat for practical use a human operator
= L,,,ired somebody to push the keys or turn
2 Wheel OF give some other Initial impulse. VI
course II takes a slight amount OF Practce 10
ask the right questions. The wisest man on ear'h
interviewed 10y a fool does not often yield Nalua-
he information. Yet fortnights training Will
eot,ir the ordinarily intelligent clerk 10 consult
the oracle and receive answers as fast as WheeIs
can turn. A knowledge Of the typewriter keEpoafd
IS sufficient in some cases, ana again the deposit
ing Of a package platform Is enough TO solve
instantly a problem that would have puzzled our
srandsires for several minutes
The machine brain is becoming perfected and
more widely every day il is displacin intel
lectual labor a rapid pace. making a sl2-a-Heek
clerk as competent the emplOye who received
double that sum. II reduces Office forces by one
half or more. II enables the immigrant 10 set up
IN business without elementary knowledge Of fig
lres II gives the proprietor cf great compli-
Gated industry A daily view Of his progress in all
lis details when business completely disCarGs
arithmetic and accepts the machine. il Is prophe-
sled that the teaching Of calculation will almost
die out Of our public schools and be replaced by q
more slseful study.
The bureau OF municipal research IN its recent
recommendations for improving the methods Of
the New York city Department Of Finance says of
the bookkeeping machine:
Thus typsr. using machine, might &C
comrish much from fifteen clerks
using the present method
At present pay warrants, tax bills and water
raJeS laborioIlsly copied and recopied h. nu-
nlerous clerks they travel back and forth
Through a dozen different departments twenty
copies could be MADE by d machine opera
ZION and al figures automatically computed New
York's annual payroll Of 100000 for clerks could
he cut by three-foUTths If the city had its book
keeping done on machines. Ten machines could
Go the work Of forty who checking
Up arrears in The department Of taxes and expect
that their jobs viii lasJ three years II maxim
that politics DO favor Iahor saving devices ex-
Cept in such that the State Auditor
q Indiana who earns fees in proportion the
work accomplished and has therefore not hesi-
iated 10 dispense with two-thirds Of his office
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