Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13

from the company machines and service at the
same prices that all the Others had them. This
principle OF equality to customers has been main-
tained at all times by the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company, and 1t has borne splendid
fruit.
The manufacturers. feeling themselves on an
equal plane and knowing that they were getting
fair treatment. forgot their grlefs and went 10
work with renewed vigor
The new company determined that n vould
have the best. whether in brains or workman
ship ana those who have followed its course
have found that 1t attained its ends The best
inventions were taken up. the best mechanics
were employed and the best and fairest business
methods were adopted.
The men who were best fitted to solve the
problems of the trade were made to feel that
the company offered them a great opportunity
for advancement. While they helped the com
pany they were helping themselves.
But the company has always made II a rule to
discard all except the best of everything The
company has paid high premium for ability
along all lines and this course has encendered a
friendly rivalry among the men who have been
employed by the company. which has done much
to advance the interests of the COMPANY.
Capitalization Of Production.
When the company was first formed fl found
itself In possession of a great number Of manu-
featuring plants in various parts of the country
Only by Capitalization could the company hone
TO attain the higher economies for itself and its
customers which 1t hoped to obtain.
The officials OF the company realized that its
manufacturing interests must be brought To-
gether. With this idea in mind a committee
spent a whole year visiting the various plants
cred data which eventually resulted in the con
struction OF the great plant at Beverly Mass
which has been declared by eminent engineers to
lie one of the finest plants in the world.
An idea Of the magnitude of the work carried
on within this great manufacturing plant may
be obtained from brief description A walk
through the factory means a journey Of six
miles. There are seventeen acres of floor space
An army of employees. 1900 in number works
there every day. The weekly wages OF these
employees. exceed $4,000. In the stocsroom
III,
ready for delivery at any time they may be
desired.
Machines TO the number Of 4J0 a week are
shipped away from the factory. As many as
10000 have been shipped out In a year. Each
one Of these machines performs the work of
from one to twelve men.
One hundred and twenty five thousand pounds
of steel consumed each week In the factory
The foundry produces thirty tons Of castings
each day. sixty thousand pieces u week are
made by the drop forge department
Employees Interests Protected.
The interests of the employees are carefully
guarded by the company. savings bank anu
insurance company are operated especially for
the bcnef, of the employees.
The salaries paid the employees are high Tn:
company has provided country club. a gun
club and the vers best quarters for the men and
been given opportunities 10 do cooperative
farming.
The old policy Of let well enough alone has
not been recognized by the company. Ii believes
that what is good always be made better
Therefore the company is constantly endeav oring
TO better the machines which 1t turns out, 10 |
make them do more work and to do the work |
more correctly. 1
In many this seems to be a search for |
the impossible. Nevertheless, the company en-
ploys a Of efficient mechanics and well |
known inventors to better the machines, (which /
already perfect. As soon as a new inven-
tion has proved its worth the old machines are /
displaced and new installed
In this manner the shoe manufacturer fire.
Quently finds himself better equipped to carry
ON his business that he before. This is due /
TO the energy and initiative Of the United Shoe
Company. The manufacturer Is pro-
vided with the latest and best machines rs
rapidly they De turned out
The shoe manufacturer is NOT compelled IN RE
up his capital Just because the United shoe
Company has adopted the royalty
system and leases to the manufacturer his ma
chimes. II he had to purchase the machines the
would ind himself sadly hampered
Instead. he pays TO the company q certain small
sum each shoe he turns out or buys from
the company furnishing the materia, certain
findings essential to its operation.
Royalties Never Increased.
This system. while IL provides the manufac-
turers year by year with improved machines and