The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-30

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the front office, together with the
system of the back office, get re-
suits quickly and enable three per-
sons in the back office to do the work
usually done by larger number. If
read, it is typewriter in the frnot
office.
Doing at Right Time
The modern machines for doing
the mechanical work, and the effic-
lent system for bringing the work
to them and to each process, was an
other means of doing two hours
york in one hour. The arrangement
# the stock of borders used In the
advertisements was SO simple that it
enabled the compositor to pick up
at four grabs, what man usually
spends from q few minutes to half
an hour on. An examination Of what
Is known as the border case, or
border shelf, brought forth many a
laugh as they remembered the COM
icated and expensive border racks
and supplies in their own shops at
home.
Proving the Methods
The use Of the model fourteen
linotype in casting borders and the
Miller saw in cutting and beveling
them, and in making all kinds Of
al orc ho NJ Il
length, and the speed with
which it is done, was a
clear demonstration, and answered
the question, "How can business of
this size afford such expensive ma
CHINESE" The large amount of work
accomplished in few minutes an
swered the question. This was es-
pecially true in the case of the Miller
saw for it shortened an hours work
into a few minutes, and thereby not
only saved the time of the one per-
son operating it, but on press day
an equal amount of time for persons
who were waiting to operate press,
folding machine and mailing ma
chine. Senator Lloyd Adams of the
Rexburg Standard hunted up Mr..
Fred Smith, the Salt Lake repre-
sentative Of the Miller saw who was
in the company, and ordered a Mil
Ter saw on the spot. He said it did
not matter what it cost, he could not
afford to be without it.
Hunting Weak Spot
''e work in The Republican office
travels in circles, without any turn
ing back and the confusion that goes
with it. Everything needed for eff
fective work was at hand and in it's
place ready to pick up and use. One
of the visitors put his hands in his
pockets and stepped very slowly
around the whole office looking in
tently at everything and then went
to Foreman Lantis and said, "Well,
| have to give it up. ! have been
hunting to see if I could find some
thing out of its proper place, but l
couldn't do it."
Down to Brass lacks
Some other visitors who had been
looking around the press room AMI
figuring out the uses of good many
things, found two brass thumb-tacks
in the floor, and four bolt-heads. and
they worked or tie problem of Sec
ing what they were there for. One
of them had been in the basement
and he remembered that motor
stood on its head under the floor, and
operated two machines from there
instead of taking up floor space. lie
explained that the four bolts held
the motor in position, but nobody
could explain about the two brass
tacks set in the same group, so they
appealed to Mrs. Thompson, the
bookkeeper to explain, and she gave
them the following story:
Boy Loses His Job II
The two tacks have something to
do with the operations of the folding
machine. When papers are passing
thru the machine, they develop a
slight amount of electrical current,
and the current makes them stick to
whatever they touch. This results
in a paper going wrong at the packer
IVA oCCdolondIly, anu tudC CHOkeS
the machine. The one who feeds
the machine sits where he cannot
see when one goes wrong, so in the
old way of operating, a boy vas en-
ployed to sit by the packer and ad-
just any paper that fell into wrong
position. For that work he was paid
10 cents per thousand copies folded.
When Wesley Lantis became a
part Of the Republican force five or
six years ago, he hung mirror on
the wall SO the feeder could glance at
the mirror and see the papers falling
into the packer-box. There was no
longer any need for the boy and he
lost his job and his 10 cents per.
Tacks Earning s Cents Minute
When we moved into our new
building, the looking glass had to be
set on a chair, and it took little
maneuvering to get the chair placed
Just right to throw the image of the
packer in range of the feeders vision
and ho mr. che vnou1I oF<or bovo A.