The Washington herald., 1911-07-07
FIRST EXHIBITION
OF TIME SAVERS
New Mechanism for Office
Use Is Demonstrated.
CLERKS STUDY THE SYSTEMS
Government Employees Profit by
show Held Under Auspices of Com
ency-A1 Classes of Work Have
Ways to Save Labor and Time.

Whatever your vocation may be,
whether chief. of a government bureau
or manicure girl in a big hotel, you can
find something which will save you time
and labor at the exhibition Of time and
labor saving devices being held in the
Union Building, G street. near Seventh
street northwest, under the auspices of
the Presidents commission on economy
and efficiency. 1t is the first exhibition of
| the kind ever held in Washington
The exhibit opened yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock and will be continued until
July Is. Admission may be had only by
means of cards issued through the chief
clerks Of the various bureaus Of the gov
ernment departments. The purpose of the
initial exhibition is to instruct govern
ment employees in the art Of time saving
in connection with office work. but many
workers outside the government service
are profiting by the lesson taught.
More than $50 manufacturing concerns
have booths and demonstrators at the
exhibition.
Committees Of two employees Of every
department in Washington are preparing
reports upon the exhibits. which will be
submitted at the end of the exhibition.
so Is expected to attend the exhibition
and the service anticipates a greater ef-
ficiency in its employees as result
Chance Opens Show.
The formal opening of the show will
take place at 10 o'clock this morning with
Merritt D. Chance in charge Mr.. Chance
is in favor of greater cooperation be-
tween the government and the manufac-
turers in saving time and labor.
The following is a list Of the corpora
tions which are exhibiting their devices:
Acorn Brass Manufacturing Company the Adler
Machine Company, Art Metal Construction Com
pany, Typewriter and Ofico Supply Company, ths
American Multigraph Supply Company, the Beck
Duplicator Company Bates Manufacturing COMPANY
Barrett Adding Machine Company, BOOrum &
Peaso Loose Leaf Book Company, the Automatic
Time Stamp Company, Autographio Register Con-
pany, the Betterway Service. Brandt Cashier Com
Tany Burroughs Adding Machine Company. W. II.
Bundy Recording Company. the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company. Columbia Photograph
Company. CCmptOaTaph Company, Mr.. L. C. Witou-
ski, Thomas A Edison. Inc, the o. NJ. Edwards
Company. Ellis Adding Typewriter Company. Elliott
Adding Machine Compny. ElliOtt-Fisher Company.
Felt & TaITant Manufacturing Company General
FireproOfng Company. the FIeTotype Company. the
General Manifold and Printing Company, the
Globe -Wernicke Company Gray National TelautO-
graph Company. Mr.. E D. Hathaway, s. H.
Huggson & Co.. HolOphans Company, the Hoover
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Company, Howard Dustless Duster Company Inter
national Time Recording Company, KeuTel
Esser Company, LamsO7 Consolidated Store Service
Company. Library Bureau. Liner Elapsed Time
Calculation Company, Naloneter Company. the
McCaskey Register Company. the MarysTis Cabinet
Company. Mellicks Calculator Company, z ".
Middleton, H. O. Miller Company, NJ. NJ.
Minnix Company, the Monarch Typewriter
Company Montague Mailing Machinery Com
psny, the Moore Company, W. B. Moses &
Sons. W. A. Morschhouser National DictogTaph
Company, National Machine Recorder Company, Ma
tional Distributing Cooperation, Neostyle Company.
Office Device Company. Charles H. Potter & Co.,
Philadelphia PnntOgTaph Sales Company the Proud
fit Loose Leaf Company. Rapid Addressing Machine
Company the Rapid Mail Opening Machine Com
pany, the Rectgraph Company. the Remington
Typewriter Company. Rogers Addressing Company,
r. J. Reynolds & Co.. Royal Typewriter Company,
Carl H. Reuter-. the Safe Cabinet Company, the
pany, the Signature Company. the Smith Premier
Typewriting Company, Ia g Smith & Bros. Type
writing Company. G. s. Stafford & Co. Statistical
Service Company, Sterling Sales Company. A. B.
Dick Company Swayze- Bailey & Co, the Time
Saver Company, G. W. Todd & o.. the Toledo
Metal Furniture Company, Transo Paper Company.
Yawman & Erba Edward S. BabcDckl. Typewriter
and Ofice Supply Company. Underwood Typewriter
Company, Underwood Adding Machine Company.
Underwood Computing Machine Company United
States Envelope Company Victor Typewriter Com
pany Washington Loose Leaf Company, the xxx
Company and Yaw1nan & Erbe Manufacturing Com
pany.