The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-17

worth six thousand dollars.
Stakeholder cylinders are reamed
out after they are cast. This ream-
ing machine. which operates through
a jig with unvarying accuracy, Is
worth thousand dollars.
Thus we might study the 1859
different kinds OF machines In the
Studebaker factory. and as we pro-
ceeded we would be more and more
impressed with the wonderful pre-
cision and efficiency OF Studebaker
manufacturing machinery. After
having made our investigation
thoroughly. we would be convinced
that the Studebaker automobile is
built essentially as good as any
thing can be built by man and mod
ern machinery.
And then there are wonderful au-
tCmatic machines which turn out
certain small parts complete from
solid bars Of steel. These machines,
of course, require constant atten-
ton; they must be oiled, adjusted
and watched with skill These ma
chimes shape and finish with won
derful accuracy many intricate small
parts without the assistance of a
guiding hand.
Yet every day something newer
and better is perfected in Studebak-
er equipment.
Then, too, it has taken years Of
manufacturing experiences to place
the various plants, the many de-
partments in each plant, and the ma
chimes in each department, in their
correct relation to each other, so
that every manufactured piece will
travel the shortest possible distance
through its various manufacturing
processes.
As an instance, let us consider
only one of the 1913 manufacturing
departments in the studebaker fac
tories.
The grinding of Studebaker pis-
tons is handled in department not
greater than 3S feet wide and sc
feet long. In this room there are
thirty machines required merely to
grind and finish the pistons.
Studebaker finishes from one
thousand to twelve hundred pistons
a day. These pistons, through their
nineteen grinding and finishing
operations, are never carried one
inch of the way by human hands.
They are conveyed by gravity con-
veyers and pulley conveyers from
machine To machine through the
shortest possible distance, and laid
down at the operators right hand.
This man reaches through the short
est possible distance for his work
finishes il and sends it TO the next
man, also through the shortest pos
sible distance.
There are several hundred parts
in an automobile almost as intricate
as the piston, and some of them
more so, that are handled with the
same studied efficiency.
1t is the same over the acres and
acres of Studebaker factory space.
Now, these things are not the
sudden result of a theory developed
by some so-called efficiency engineer
and adopted without practical ex-
pertinent. They are the growth of
years and years of concentrated
manufacturing experience. They
are developed by men who are spe-
eializing in just such production
studies, month after month and
year after year.
Yet men are far more Important
than machines. A man can do we'll
a certain piece of intricate work
because Of three things; training,
experience, and talent. Our experi-
tHCt liz GOinS q :,
month after month or year after
year determines our expertness.
Precision is thing of second ma
tnre-of HABIT.
A day or two ago the Chief En-
neer sent to the writer list OF
names of men who had been long
in the employ of Stakeholder. The
report showed that the majority OF
men who are making Studebakcr
cars are men who have always made
Studebaker cars.
Studebaker holds its men.
Then, too, the Studebaaer policy
Of selecting and hiring men takes
clearly into consideration mans
talent or aptitude for certain kind
of work.
The Studebaker standards of ac-
curacy are measured to one one
thousandth OF an inch. 1t is only