Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-31
BIG CORPORATIONS co IN y
FOR STRICT ECONOMY
Backs Of Letters Used for Carbon
Copy Answers, Saving Paper
and Filing Space.
RAILROADS STUDY EFFICIENCY
Discarded Typewriter Ribbons Saved
to Make Copying Ink-High Cost
OF PAPER Imprcsses Need Of Dras-
tic Reforms.

Richmond's biz corporations arc fol-
lowing nowadays with almost religious
goal many economies that would have
been snckcred at year or two ago.
and orders have gone forth from the
directing heads that every practicable
loss through leaks" mus: he stopped
For more OF them the high cost OF white
paper is responsible. directing their at
tention TO tho many losses. which.
small in themselves. aggregate a
princcly sum in tho course OF 4 year.
Down in the Offices OF one OF the
large corporations some young genius
has discovered that n sheet OF letter
paper has two sides. and that two
sheets OF paper are thicker than one
Hts discoveries ar. saving fairly
large sum for his COMPANY his
economy IL the use Of the back OF
business letter for the carbon copy an
swcr. In this way two savings are
enerted--that Of the paper itself. and
in filing space.
Tho Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company Is another economist Or
ders were recently issued from tho
general Offices TO all employees Of tie
road directing them TO save All worn
out typewriter copying ribbons. Ex-
perinents developed the fact that =
good grade OF copying ink COULD he
made from these discarded ribbons. ann
to Richmond by tho hundred
OFFICE STATIONERY
Not ron SCRATCH PADS
There was tim. when Office Sta
t!onery "as used to make mcmoran-
dung. That practice pusSed ont OF
existence In recent months Discor-
t'nucd forms and trimmings from paper
cutters are used for scratch pads now
In some instances office boys have even
been put to work Sitting open used
envelopes. which are distributed among
officials for memorandum paper.
In the modern business oficc Il long
letter that would have taken two pax.S
II double spaced on the typewriter !.
now single spaced, SO that II Will con-
sumo more than one page II \
letter is 20 short that II could be placed
on less than fun sheet IL is written
on half-shcct And. TO cap the
climax. most corporations arc havinE
elite" type put on their typerr;tcrs-
more words 10 tho line. SOC:
The Chesapeake and Ohio is using
the universal envelope" covered on
both side: with spaces for sixteen dit.
terent addresses y document intended
for the general pass.nSe. agent ~
placed in IL and sent To him. the gen
eral passenger agent passes 1t on TO
the trahic manager. simply rcaddrcSa-
ing the envelope in tho space hclow
his own name. And so on. There are
envelopes in tho railroad oNicc--Eray
hurried. vsncrabl" old cnyclopcs-that
have Travelled 5000 n,lcs from ono
official 10 another. And the day is not
far past when every official who re-
ceiT~d such a document used another
envelope to pass IL on.
Corporation officials pointed out Scs-
terday that the new era in economy yaS
giving rise 10 new standards in per
S"nai efficiency. Tho good Ai"nuc-
raph~r nowadays is the ore Who kn"u.
enough 20 use both sides of Tyne.
writer ribbon before throwing IL away.
and the good porter is tho ono who
hnds the most rubber bands aud paper
clips on the floor and turns them over
Z to the boss
which ill goes 10 show how gar
reaching are the terrible effects Of war.