El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

500. and IL has electric cookers on
wheels, which can be moved about
from room TO room
The company makes a business OF
I studying its employees, and seeing that
the round human pegs are fitted into
the round holes
As I went through some Of the
large machine shops I talked with
J. O. FinfrOcz. the works manager.
about this. He believes that the
study Of the human material he uses
is quite as important as the study Of
the metal and the machinery This
work is largely done in a school which
The factory has established for teach
ing operatives
Employees Attend schools.
As soon as the men and women are
hired they are put into this school
under competent instructors They
are taught 20 operate the various ma
chimes and are given machines OF the
class they are best fitted TO work. Mr..
Finfrock says that the spirit Of the
employees is excellent and that those
who have the more responsible posi-
lions are ready TO sacrifice them
selves to almost any extent 10 get the
work done
The employees are good team work.
ers, and many Of them bring patriot
ism into their jobs
Accuracy Is Everything.
Several thousand women are now
employed IN various parts Of the fac
tory and the number viii be gradually
increased as fast as possible The
women are especially efficient as 20
certain kinds Of the work. They use
all kinds OF tools
Thy inspect the parts and measure
them with gauges which show their
i accuracy TO the one-thousandth OF dIi
/ inch. They viii DO mOnOtOnOus wOrS
longer and more efficiently than the
men and are more liable 20 stick TO
spent SOME time in the factory
school, the work Of which adds to the
output OF guns. IL is like a great
machine shop. II has one or more OF
each kind CT machine used in the fac
tory. and grouped about each Of these
were men and women, taking instruc-
lions and actually running the ma
chine.
At one complicated tool saw three
girls, each with a denim cap on her
head. and with a denim apron tied
erations. One was handling the ma
chine and the others were learning
how It worked ] talked with the
principal Of the school
All Employees Carefully SchooIed.
He tells me thar he gives each new
emplOye from two days TO two weeks
examination and instruction in order
20 see that he has the right place in
the factory and is able 10 start in at
the work when he gets there. Within
the next five or six months the COM
pany viii put in more than 5000 new
men and the most OF these viii go
through this school He says Il IS
cheaper and better to start the em-
ploye in this way than to let him
bungle along on the machines and
pick up the trade in the course Of
his work
The company has an Industrial ser
vice department, which tries to keep
the men cOntented and 20 stlmuiare
them TO make the most Of themselves.
It has a school for apprentices. in
which the boys Of the factory have a
regular course Of instruction, their
wages being raised as they learn and
acquire more mechanical skill A boy
can keep up his studies for four years
and receive a good mechanical edu-
cation, all the while being paid by
the piece for the work he turns out.
The boys are examined and tested
to see the trades they are best fitted
Tor and the company does what IL can
TO make men Of them, while they are
teaching them to become expert me-
chanics.