El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-04
BY
Frank G. Carpenter
Frank G. Carpenter).
Copyright 1913. by

thousand a minute and another that
makes shoulder pads at the rate or lso9
per day There is buttonhoie machine.
run by electricity. which can be speeded
up 20 1909 stitches a minute and the but
tonholes turned out look better and are
stronger than those made by hand They
have ia that factory machines for sewing
on buttons by which one man can sew
5000 buttons on coats in a day. and this
machine viii put Just the same number Of
stitches in each button, and viii tie the
stitches and trim off the thread The
button machine looks not unlike the ordi-
nary sowing machine
There are also machines for making
pockets which work at 5000 stitches per
minute. There are machines which make
collars. which sew on labels. which join
the seams OF the coat and machines
which put tape around the edges. and IN
fact machines for almost everything con-
nected with the making Of clothing The
best factories are modelled along cost eff
cheney lines and are worked according TO
the idea OF efficiency as given by David
klrschbauu. who has some OF the largest
said Modern efficiency means the &C
compllshmeut OF a task as well as Il IS
humanity possible TO do it, with the least
expenditure Of time. effort ana money"
Ready Made" Is High Grade.
In this connection 1 would say that
most OF the readymade clothing OF the
country IS not manufa ctured in sweatshops
and also that some OF the uptodate fac
tories show as good service work as is
done in any branch OF industry The
agents for the department Of commerce at
Washington. which have recently investi-
gated this industry. give the story OF one
factory which is worthy OF mention along
welfare lines. This readymade clothing
factory employs many hundreds OF work
men Its plant Is modelled after the lat
est Of sanitary methods The lighting is
all overhead and so arranged that no
shadows are cast on the work So much
n#HnfTnn nnaH !
There are sanitary drinking sp0uts and
running water everywhere There are
bathing arrangements Tor women and men.
and the women have shower baths which
come only shoulder high 20 keep their
hair dry Liquid soap and paper towels
are used.
The agents OF the department7of com
nerce saw that the owner OF this factory
calls them by their firs- names and keeps
himself posted as 10 their personal af-
fairs. His employees are studied for the
special Jobs for which they are fitted. and
trained for another so that the square
pegs get into the square holes and the
round pegs into the round holes The
factory Is making sociological and eff
cheney study. IL keeps up records OF az
operations and its wages are increased ac-
cOrcluE TO the amount Of WORK done Tho
speed Of the machinery IS stuGied and
everything is on a cost efficiency basis. No
own machine. This Is done by a special
repair department and is found 90 pay
Welfare Work Among Factory Hands.
The owners OF the factory do much Of
what IS called welfare work They OBJ
iect 70 this name. however. and say they
prefer it 20 be called service work" They
do not consider it a charity. but a bust
ness proposition. and they say that Il
pays In this branch are included doc
tors dentists and nurses The factory has
an emergency hospital and cousul tation
rooms. A physician spends some time al
the factory three times week and the
dentists and oculists are there once a
week 80 euplove Is engaged until after
his or her teeth are examined and the
employees are required 10 keep their teeth
fin good shape. Every employe must have
his eyes examined, and the factory oculist
arrauges that glasses. II necessary. are
supplied AZ 90 per cent discount The
factory tries 20 have every emplOFe eL-
amiued by the physician. dentist and the
ocuiist ST least once every six months
Library and Amusement Grounds.
The heads OF this establishment pay
especial attention 70 the social vel being
OF their employees. They have a library
and amusement grounds for both men and
women They pay dancing Instructor %
come once a week and teach the employees
modern dancing. and there is a plano in
one OF the rooms connected with the shops
where at noon every Wednesiav a dance
IS held. the shop orchestra furnishing the
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society and parties are given now and
then at which the gers. suDerintend-
ents and foremen- with their wives, mix
with the employees.
The establishment has penny bank
and about 50 per cent Of the employees
have bank accounts When they have
saved IS much as 800 the money must be
taken out and deposited with one OF the
city savings institutions. The factory also
loans money without interest TO Its en-
ployes. but this is only NJ 20 a limited
amount. and the loans are deducted on IN
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