The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-02

vices and models which represent
Of dollars invested, but
which guarantee to this company that
& will be ahead OF demand for twen-
ty years Ideas not commercially
usSole to-day have been acquired for
possible use tomorrow.
Paper manufacturers have their
eyes on the annual fax crop of the
Northwest, where a million tons Of
fine fibre stock go to waste every
wear. In the South 100000 tons
Of cotton stalks are destroyed. An
incalculable supply Of cornstalks is
burned and plowed under. Great
areas of wild hemp and marsh hay
iird no commercial uses.
All these products, wasted to-day,
possess ingredients required In paper
making. All of them are to-day un-
der experiment. Tomorrow they
may be commercial actualities. In
chemical plants scientists are being
paid 10 discern the secrets of nature.
Artificial rubber is a possibility. 4
substitute may be found for cedar IT.
| pencil making.
Reversing the proposition, present
raw materials are being made to pro-
duce new products. Had the turpen-
tine been extracted from the yellow
pine that went to waste last year the
gross saving would have been S14,-
100000.
There Is no reason why every con-
Germ that possesses raw materials
should not use commercial chemistry
TO extract products from substances
heretofore wasted only in parts. AS
important as a right supply Of raw
material. men are learning is a sup
ply of skilled labor. Here Europe far
eXcels America in foresight. Only a
few industries and few concerns
here have given thought to to-mor-
rows supply.
The movement has begun. The
= Winona Technical Institute at In
p dianapolis, training boys to skilled
, trades, is supported largely by bust
ness men who have the tomorrow
idea. The Lowell Textile School has
back Of it manufacturers of fabrics
and textile machinery representing a
p capital of s65,O00,00o.
Not few concerns havs taken hold
p of this problem themselves. r. Hoe
p & Co. in their New York plant, the
Baldwin Locomotive Works at Phila-
delphia, the Browne & sharpe Com
pany at Providence, are instances Of
10 manufacturers who have assured
their labor supply by apprenticeship
p systems and trade schools. Is it only
p coincidence that these are the three
Oldest successful plants in the coun-
t-y?
= Another tomorrow department is
that which looks ahead and provides
new and wider markets. A New Eng
land carpet manufacturer had enough
l orders booked to run his plant at
p full capacity for three years ahead,
but he realized that within that time
other carpet manufacturers could OBJ
tain a foothold and make inrosds into
territory which he could not reach
, now but which he would need in the
p future.
So he launched an advertising cam
paign that was designed to obtain
p these results slowly and TO impress
upon the consumer the superiority
Of his goods, and as carpets are not
bought by the householder every day
: this slow process had its effect and to-
= day this manufacturer has a national
business.
= An Eastern manufacturer Of a
p household article saw more than two
years ago that his line was bound to
= become highly competitive. There
were no patents on his goods: small
p capital was needed TO start his bust
ness; overproduction was inevitable
SO he took a trip abroad. started in
very small way a foreign trade b!
mail, gradually established agencies
, expanded his trade
To-day he does only foreign bust
ness, He is the most prosperous
, manufacturer in his line. While 9th
srs are fighting for the profitable
: home market he has a non-competi
tive foreign market.