Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-05

plants in the world.
An idea of the magnitude of the work
carried on within this great manufactur,
ing plant may be obtained from a brief
description. A walk through the factory
means journey of six miles. There are
seventeen acres of floor space.
An army Of employees 200 in num-
her-works there every day. The weekly
wages of these employees exceed $75. 900
In the stock room 10000 different kinds OF
machine parts are stored. ready for de-
livery at any time they may be required
Machines TO the number of $50 week
are shipped wa" from the factory. As
a year. Each one of these machines per-
forms the work of from one to twelve
men
one hundred and Twenty-Five thousand
pounds Of steel are consumed each week
in the factory
The foundry produces thirty tons OF
castings each day Sixty thousand pieces
a week are made by the drop forge de.
partmeE,
EMPLOYEES INTERESTS PROTECT.
The interests of the employees are care,
fully guarded by the company. A saw.
ings bank and insurance company are
| operated especially for the benefit of the
employees.
The salaries paid the employees are
high. The company has provided a coun-
try club, a gun club and the very best
quarters for the men and women who
work for it. The employees have been
given opportunities to do cooperative
farming
The old policy of let-welI- enough alone
has not been recognized by the company
! 1t believes that what is good can al
ways be made better. Therefore the COM
| pany is constantly endeavoring to bet
ter the machines which it turns out, IA
make them do more work and to do the
work more correctly.
In many cases this seems to he a search
for the impossible. Nevertheless, the
company employs a corps OF efficient me-
chanics and well known inventors to bet
ter the machines, which already seem
perfect AS soon a new invention has
proved it's worth the old machines are
| displaced and new are installed
In this manner the shoe manufacturer
| frequently finds himself better equipped
| to carry on his business than he was be-
fore. This is due in no small measure to
| the energy and initiative of the United
Shoe Machinery Company, for the shoe
manufacturer is provided with the latest
and best machines as soon as they are
perfected.
| If he had to purchase the machines the
manufactures would find himself sadly
hampered. Instead. he pays the company
a certain small sum on each shoe he turns
out or purchases from the company fur
nishing the material certain findings es-
sential to its operation
ROYALTIES NEVER INCREASED.
This system, while it provides the man
ufacturer year by year with improved
machines and facilities for making shoes.
| does not entail an increased expenditure
| by him for machinery. The royalties
| have never been increased since the or
ganization of the company; but rather,
| they have been decreased. 1t is rather
| surprising to learn that the average roy
! atty accruing to this company is less than
| two and twOthirds cents per pair OF
| shoes This covers the entire cost OF
manufacturing the machines. the supplies
| Improvement, maintenance and admins
| ira ton.
| There has been a striking prosperity in
| the entire shoe industry of the United
| States during the years in which the
! United Shoe Machinery Company has
| been in existence, The Federal statistics
show this in a striking way.