Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-15
EAST LAUNDRY MEN EXCHANGE
IDEAS WITH MONTANA OWNERS
Representatives From 80 Plants Attend Annual
Convention in Great Falls; Public Hears
Textile Talk Today.

Luke Goodheart of Denver. w. H.
TynAr Of Cincinnati. c. w. Towne OF
Butte and Howard Wilson Of Des
Mcines. Ia. were the speakers who
brought new ideas, new methods and
progressive business getting efforts to
the Montana Laundry Owners associ-
hotel during the afternoon session
Monday. The evening was devoted to
social affairs with a dinner and dance
at the Great Falls country club at
which the local members of the state
association with many friends were
hosts to the visitors.
". Fl. Collins, president of the Ma
tional Laundryowners association of
San Francisco, will present the i'm
portant address of the morning SEES
sion today. The afternoon session will
be thrown open to the public to hear
Miss Clara n. Pennington Of Glendale,
y. D.. a national authority on fabrics.
Members of Great Falls women's clubs
and merchants handling textiles have
heen especially urged to attend this
session.
The sessions. which are attended by
more members than any of the preced-
ing seven annual conventions of the
VtkduiZutlVus Will UC UIouBht ~ "a
this afternoon with a final business
session devoted to the election of
officers and reports of committees.
The Helena Commercial club invited
the laundry men to hold their next
annual meeting in that city, but as yet
40 action has been taken.
The Family Wash
OF paramount Importance to every
power laundry in Montana is the
family wash and the various kinds of
service to be offered in handling it.
For that reason practically the entire
afternoon session. aside from TOwne's
discussion Of advertising, was devoted
to that work.
G%oodheart. who operates one of the
largest %laundries in Denver. started
the session during the afternoon with
his talk on methods which he has
tried and found effective in handling
the family wash. He told how he has
devoted months and years to over
coming the necessity of marking fine
linens and other pieces and also how
he managed to cut down production
costs by eliminating three people
formerly engaged in marking washing
as it was received. He adopted the pin
system.
iC" sV"ic dSO. "bNh iouhuIs ~op
handled at our plant it was not mark
ed, it was t%attooed." he explained and
then told how he increased his bust
ness to the point where $4,000 pieces
are received daily. AS each bundle is
received a pin with a tag is attached.
When the markers get this bundle they
add one similarly marked pin to every
piece in the bundle. Then it is sepa-
rated into many classes. woolens. cot
ton goods. silks. light and white goods.
dark and heavy goods, flat work and
linens and separated and each group
washed separately in order that each
will receive the proper amount Of
handling it requires to cleanse it and
lighter goods will not be subjected to
the same treatment that heavier goods
must have.
Fugitive CoIors
Goods which are subject to losing
heir colors or will not stand up against
the same washing as fabrics of other
kinds are separated by themselves and
then given three separate washings.
those OF high color getting an extra
turn if more washing is needed.
As the thousands of pieces come
out Of the extractor. which CORE
spends to the housewives wringer. the
various pieces are assembled again and
placed in groups. Here the pins with
the marks are removed and if the
proper number does not check with
the number taken out originally for
the bundle the laundry knows immedi-
atelv that one piece is lacking.
"Thl gives us a check on our bun
dies. both in and out Of the laundry
Goodheart explained.
lem OF cost systems and told of the
Goodheart her went into the prob
need OF keeping his plant up to the
minute and of his weekly check on the
depreciation count.
In the general discussion which fol-
lowed many Montana men joined in and
all expressed their appreciation of the
talk. 3
Quality and Price
How can We increase the volume Of
family business sent to the laundries
Of the country" was Tyner's ques-
tiOn.
He answered it with. 1T can easily
he done by offering the public the right
kind and quality of work at the right
price. then back it up by the right
kind of advertising and salesmanship.".
Mr.. Tyner sounded a new note to
the convention when he said that it is
necessary for the laundrymen to make
n survey and determine what kind of
laundry service is most needed in the
community.
1t is my opinion that the quality
OF work will have more to do with
sny price consideration. no matter what
class Of work you choose to adopt.
therefore. we must determine what
quality is satisfactory to the house
WIFE. and h arrange to give it to
her. Now don make the mistake of