Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-13

S.-Regular meeting Wednesday even
ing, July 13, p. m.
Mrs. George Downing, W. n.
Edna c. Fu1arton. Secretary.
such line Of agriculture Il to bel
found. To the one who Anticipates
entering into the business on such u
basis the advice should BE- that he
will find for himself nothing but Z lot
Of hard labor. announcements "a.
lore. and only poor subsistence for
himself and family.
The dairy COW should be cousid-i
cred as machine placed upon the
farm much in the same way a. the
manufacturer places In his factory q
machine for. the purpose Of convert
ing raw material into finished prod
uct. No successful manufacturer will
ever install n his plant q machinel
that will not convert raw material into
a finished product and do It probably
He realizes that the raw material fed.
into the machine costs specified sum
and that the operation Of the ma
chine 10 more or less expensive. and
costs him money to operate. All these.
items OF expense are figured by him
very closely. He determines nrst the
cost OF the raw material, next the
wear and tear upon the machine and
the cost Of keeping it in running con-
dition. or maintaining It. He then
figures closely the cost Of operating It
IN the most successful manner, and In,
the end. 10 able to charge up against
the finished product pound for pound,
Or yard for yard. the exact cost of pro-
ductaon- He knows exactly what the
selling price Il to be as we'll g what
The cost has been, and he realizes that
the margin between the cost and the
net selling price Is his profit or loss,
- the case may be. Occasionally, no
doubt, he nnds q machine In his fac
tory. the producing capacity Of which
T. 90 small, or the cost Of running go
large, that the difference between the
cost Il producing the article OF COM
meros Is even higher than the net
selling price, and this particular ma
chine or these particular machines are
losing money for him rather than MA
king for him profits Now, II he is
q business man. az he usually is, he at
once throws them out of his factory
and mstalls in their places new ma
chimes with tho capacity and the char
Aoeeft0tcs which make it possible for
them to be operated at profit rather
than loss. Or. perhaps. hooking at
1t IN still another manner, we find
manufacturer who started his plant
some rs years ago with a certain class
OF machinery that on the whole makes
for him small margin Of profit, but
during the last year or two some In
ventor has placed upon the market
machines for the purpose of manufac-
turing the same article that he has
been making. at q much less cost Of
operation. thus permitting some one
to manufacture the same commodity
which be IL making Ut . much less
cost and competing with him upon
the same market in selling. Now. II
he b Q business man, lie realizes that
II there Is machine in the world that
will do the same business that his
machines arc doing. and accomplish
the same end at less cost, he at once
sells out his entire factory, or gets
rid Of the machines which he Ia at the
present time using. and installs In
their places, machines Of tho Inn
proved type and the character which
Ensures the most economical pro-
ducing value.
Tho Farmer q Manufacturer.
Now, whether or not the farmer
conducts his business Of dairyinx
along the same lines es the manufao-
turer, determines whether or not he
conducts his business affairs strictly
along business lines. It Is certainly
apparent that the man who Is keep
ing upon his farm inferior machines
In the shape Of poor COWS for the con-
version of tho raw material or the
feeds which he raises upon his farm,
or buys. as the case may be, into q
finished product In the form of milk,
cream and butterfat. places himself
in the same position exactly as the
manufacturer who has in his factory
machines that are making him far.
less profit than would be possible
were he to install in their places ma
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acter. Again, we find manufacturers
who expend a great deal Of money In
establishing plant and fitting It up
with the very best of machinery. So
far their methods have been excep-
tionally good, and point toward sue
cess and profits. but later they make
. mistake by employing unskilled la
borers who have not the ability to
operate the machines to the very best
and the result Of this is
that the machines do no better work;
and no more of it than much poorer
machine would be, were It operated
with more skill, and this again applies
to the conditions on many Of our
farms.
: The American spifIe.
Impatiencs Of delay IL one OF the,
symptoms Of Americanitis, and It ex-
hibits itself in many ways, much to
the aSton1Shment OF the more uhleg-