The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-01-04


ting but not unreasonable. In this
case the eggs pass through the hands
Of first, local buyer, Transports
ton Co.. a city transfer Co, the job
Der and finally the retailer. AT least
five concerns between producer and
consumer. Each of these must add
per cent. of their overhead charges
and profit to each dozen eggs
handled. The wonder is that they
can be sold SO cheaply.
Someone with genius for organ
zation will devise method to over
come this wasteful manner Of distri-
button. just as our old methods were
overturned by the Rockefeller's and
others. SO will our present system be
replaced by something less wasteful
IA general reorganization Of bust
ness processes is no distant event.
In the trusts, the writer sees not
the evil only but rather the great
minds behind them cropping for the
truth minds that fell short of the
ideal solution, but which created a
pattern that will be extremely use
full, for greater minds to mould into
a system bringing producer and con-
sumner closer together, lessening the
waste and expense attached to our
present method Of merchandising.
Cooperation is not far from being
the solution of many Of our prob
lens. One thing is certain and that
is, people are awakened as never be-
fore to the necessity of a change.
The consumer is as tired of paying
one hundred cents for fifty cents
worth OF merchandise and fifty cents
worth of advertising and unnecessa-
ry handling, as the manufacturer is
tired OF paying one-hundred cents for
fifty cents in productive labor and
fifty cts. IN waste motion. The present
National interest is less political
than 1t is economic. It is great
lnsurgent movement against waste
and will be successful because the
pocket book has been hit.
The civilization of the present day
is so complex, each individual is So
interviewer liz the whole, that what
ever effects the whole effects each
individual and vice versa. The
waste of wars, national waste, the
waste of land aud wasteful methods
of distribution all create tax upon
labor which is handed down and di-
rectly or indirectly every individual
must pay his share in longer hours
or decreased dividends. On the
other hand any individual waste in
turn effects the whole. We do not
mean personal extravaganza, fool
may waste his money but some wise
man will garner it and there is no
less wealth in the world. But the
most precious thing we have is time,
and that is one thing we are much
too prodigal with and any waste of
time is harmful not to the individual
alone but to the world as we'll. To
be non-productive is to be tax on
others and each person should strive
to do away with misdirected efforts
and lessen his waste motions. Of
ten an apparently busy man will
accomplish little, for the reason that
his efforts are not intelligently d.
rected and all his hustle and hustle
is nothing but waste motion. Con-
centration should be studied add our
efforts be made to count.
Personally, we may feel that time
spent here is wasted. yet thanks to
the management, we are members of
a self-supporting community and to
that extent have the advantage over
similar Institutions that are heavy
charge on the state. We have OPP
portunity Of self-improvement and
may turn each day to personal profit