Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-06
plants in the worlI.

plants in the world
IN idea of the magnitude of the work
earned on within this great manufactur,
| ms plant may be obtained from brief
description. \ walk through the factory
means journey of six miles. There are
| seventeen acres of floor space.
IN army If employees-f,20 200 in mum
her works there every day The weekly
WAGES of these employees exceed $4,000
| IN the stock COON 10000 different kinds Of
machine parts are stored. ready for de-
Livery q any time they may be required
Machines 60 ne number of $50 a weeE
are shipped IVA. from the factory. As
MAJ" AS 5oo9a nave been shipped out in
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.
partment.
EMPLOYEES INTERESTS PROTECT.
The interests of the employees are care.
fully guarded by the company \ 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 whC
work for t. The employees have been
given opportunities to do cooperative
| farming.
| The old policy Of Iet-well- enough alone
has not been recognized by the company
| 1t believes that what is good can al
ways he made better. Therefore the COM
pauy 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 be a search
for the impossible. Nevertheless, the
company employs a corps or efficient me-
| chanics and well-lluown inventors to bet
ter the machines, which already seem
perfect. As soon as a new invention has
proved its worth the old machines nrt
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,
| II he had to purchase the machines the
manufacturer 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 ana 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 aCcrulng to this company is less thar
| two and two thirds cents per pair OF
| shoes. This covers the entire cost o
| manufacturing the machines, the supplies
| Improvement, maintenance and admins.
! ratiOn
/ There has been a striking prosperity il
the entire shoe industry of the United
! States during the years in which Tho
! United Shoe Machinery Company has
! been in existence. The Federal statistics
show this in a striking way.