The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-24
DIFFERENCE m WELL
EQUIPPED PRINTING PLANT
AND ONE THAT ISN'T

chula Advocate reprints the follow
ing paragraph from the Telegram,
following with it's own comment on
the good equipment of this Office and
then recounts the experiences of
other less well equipped plants;
A small but important part of the
, kilograms newspaper press broke
yesterday afternoon, putting it en-
tirely out Of commission temporari-
ly. At that time we had five news
papers due to make their appearance
either last evening or early this
morning-the Evening Telegram,
the Lakeland News, the Davenport
Messenger, the Auburndale New
Era and the Lakeland Advertiser.
Had our equipment been that of the
ordinary newspaper Office, we would
have been hopelessly up against it,
but having duplicate plants, the
forms were shifted over to another
RlSoo, tuC oACCto luA lOu6u
other folder, and every paper was
gotten out on time. This is merely
an incident showing the organization
and management that are behind the
Telegram and have built up its
business.-Lakeland Telegram.
It's fine and dandy to have a whole
basement full of printing presses,
but when you have not got such an
equipment ingenuity goes long
ways. Here is how the Bronson
Times-Democrat got out of bad
predicament:
THE Times-Democrat was mailed
one day late last week on account
of crippled press. A press is like
a gasoline engine or a woman
springs on the end of the gripper
rod snapped and put the machine out
of commission. We couldn't find
spring or buy one, and we tried to
make one, but suitable material was
not available. After several vain at
tempts to construct spring that
would do the work we had to use a
human spring. One man fed the
press and another used his finger for
spring and the problem was solv-
ed. If this idea had occurred to US
earlier in the day, we could have
come out on schedule time"
The Times-D Democrat also helps
out a brother editor as is shown by
the following story for its columns;
An excited man, rushed into this
, office last Thursday and introduced
himself AZ follows: II am Becker,
A. ]. Becker, editor of the West End,
published at Trenton, but I have for
gotten your name. oh, yes, Robbins.
Well Mr.. Robbins, I am in predica-
ment. In fact, Lam in devil of a
Ipredicament. Mr.. Becker then
paused momentarily for breath and
we asked him what was wrong. He
hurriedly informed us that a neces-
sary part Of his cylinder press had
been broken and coald not be dupli-
Gated this side Of New England, and
there he was on press day without a
press and Bronson twenty miles
away" DR.. W. J. Williams came
to his rescue with an automobile
and the forms and paper were placed
in the car and brought to Bronson .
We solemnly told him that our press
was also out of commission, and then
he threw up both hands and would
have tainted and fallen back in it II
we had not fastened to assure him
that our press could be used II one
man would be the spring. Dr.. vii.
liams promptly volunteered to play
spring and the forms were placed
upon the press and one side of the
paper was printed without mishap
Then the engine was stopped and the
forms changed for the last run. Mr.
Becker remarked that the situation
looked good to him. Then the gaso'
line engine refused to start. and Mr.
Becker's levity suddenly deserted
him, and after several Intellectual at
tempts had been made to coax the
en- CINE into action his spirits droop.
ed perceptibly. He said the paper
had to be printed because it con.
tanned an important announcement
that must be published at once. The
|, engine was carefully overhauled ano
adjusted and soon began to make the
right kind of noises. Mr.. Becker's
courage revived again and he finish
ed the job in short order. Th'
, forms were again put in the WAITING
car and the two gentlemen tool
their departure at $50 o'clock"
new rich class, and that he has hat