The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-01-10

IAGenioaS Inventioa That Doeo -
Work Of Many Hsa.



The bookkeeper il on tie toboGgan
slide The advance in laboF-savinH
machinery has finally reached his
sphere and warned him that he must
seek other occupation The latest
piece of mechanism to invade Chics~
60 consists of three machines which
dispense with bookkeePern in large
establishments and perform their Ia
Dor through the medium Of An op<r-
ator and typewriter One OF the
machines in an ordinary establish
ment does away with the labor OF
two men: another disp<nse3 with the
labor Of eight men. says . report
from that city
The first machine, under the direc-
tica of an ordinary typewritast.
makes out . bill copies the invoice
permanently in = book and makes >
permanent sales sheet copy The
work il all done in typewriting and
in permanent books The second ma
chine makes . sales copy an original
invoice and duplicate Of the same. N
acknowledgment of the order. . die
copy. an original, duplicate and
tripIicate bill of ladinR, = platform
order. . factory shipping order. >
ba9room order. . loading order and
a car card Still third machine, Of
which NarshaI Field has taken 30.
makes one bill . month. adding the
items day by day. recording the date
and saIesman's number by = lock ar
ranRement which makes it impossible
for the operator to enter series OF
items without dating the same and
entering the saiesman's number. en-
tiers all credits in red ink. and carries
200 accounts At one time
A Tennessee bank cashier il re-
sponsible for the invention Of these
machines Some years ago. boxing
| through . post ONCE window. he
noted . clerk canceling stamps with
| = hand stamp. He wondered Why the
| same work could not be done by ma
| chinery From that point his
| thoughts wandered on TO the wonder
| whv his own books could not be kept
bv machinery. He tried TO make .
bookkeeping machine A year ago he
are now supplanting bookksspsrs in
large establishments
The machines were At first intro
duced into country Offices in the
south alone Later = company with
$1,000. 600 capital WAS formed in Cieve-
land, and now the large cities have
been invaded When it is stated that
the three machines combined save the
Ia Dor of IL persons. that one of them
alone saves the labor Of eight people
the effect of the machines on eertaiz
economic conditions can wen be i'm
agined-
The machines are rather simple j.
appearance They are not made
upon a set plan The agents of ths
inventor call upon . mercantile Is
sablishment. ascertain what its book
keeping requirements are and the1
manufacture a machine to meet thes<
conditions A machine that Will suit
one establishment viii not do for An
other.
The apparatus is = typewriter
with basket upside down. set ove1
a fla. platen of sheet steel which il
covered with vulcanized rubber
Books. papers or anything to be writ
ten upon are easily placed upon THU
platen. properly elAmped. and. nj
matter what their thickness. easil.
, adjusted to the work of the type
writer One operator is required TO-
the machinery She strikes the key
, with the lighte<t kind of touch
a piano toueh-and they work De
spite the lightness of the touch. the,
|, will make 5. manifold copies 1T on
time or will mark I'VE library card
At one time.
} Cartoons and papers are 50 clevert
cut and arranged that the maehin
performs its work on each sheet be
q meath just as the operator directs
For instance. the IL entries whicl
one of the machines will make. de
d scribed above, are all made at on
time and with bu, one placing OF tn
papers TO be written upon
o II there WAS . bookkeepers' unio'
there is no question but what the in
: PRODUCTION of these machines woul
be met with . storm of protest An
resistance. As it is they have az
peared quietly. but are being take
rapidly by establishments workin
for economy of labor The fact tina
they will handle books just as tn
individual formerly did II = grea
card in their favor The first COS
= of the machine is about the same =
= billing typewriter, $500 1t is est
mated that il Will save so per cen
labor now expended in accounting d.
pArtments-
Kew Tee fer RW8sAells-
E0rShells NAV be used TO ndvnY