Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19
The Word "Bunk''

the foundation of accumulated hui
man thought and experience handed
down from generation to generation.
Men who invent things must start
first OF all. with some thought of fact
which has been established by other
men.
The men and women who rise
above the average are almost invar-
iably those who learn from the TX
~perience of others-who avoid Ger
tain things because mans experience
has proven them to be detrimental
and who adopt certain lines Of &C.
ton, because mans experience has
proven them to lead onward. Child
rem are sent to school to learn and
absorb what men and women have
learned before them.
Few there are who would abolish
the schools and a systematic system
of education; yet there are very
many ready to cry bunk" to "a.
helpful ideas or suggestions which
come their way. They forget thar
maj can and should learn something
froAl others nc matter what his age
or degree of intelligence. They over
look the fact that hints, advice and
suggestions which are the result of
other mems varied experiences have
played a great part in the careers
of the successful.
The word bunk" has halted the
progress of many a man, by implant-
ing in his mind a sneering distrust
of the motives OF all mankind and
an eager habit to criticize everything
under the sun-excepting himself.
TITS all a LOT of bunk" How often
do we hear that expression. It's the
~favorite with the kickers, the whin-
ers, the loud-mouthed know-it-alls.
Consider the men who cry "bunk''
at every turn. What does 1t profit
them? Where do they get? You'll
find lots OF them among the tin horn
sports, the ancient order of side
walk soldiers ,strutting around in
credit clothes, the sore heads, the
killjoys and the floaters. Not content
to sour their own dispositions and
mar their own futures, they seek to
retard the progress of others by tar
ring them with the same stick"
The earnest, reasoning nan Cor
woman} who has his own life to
live and his own future to provide
for, pays no heed to these fellows.
He examines everything without bias
Va Ills OWN COnClu~
sions-and grows.
You Pay The Cost
You, as the consumer and citizen
or this country, r bearing your
part of every industrial controversy,
It matters not whether YOU are
a retired citizen, farmers, mer.
chant, clehk or factory worker, or
manufacturer, YOU are helping to
pay for losses caused in other plants.
WHY? You say.
Because IL the manufacturing
plants. steel mills and railroads
We're required to pay for these losses
It would not be very long until their
financial resources would be ex-
hausted and they would be COM
PEELED to quit business"
Losses by strikes cannot be esti-
mated in advance but must be paid
later by the consumers in the form
of increased price.
Help Your Firm and Yourself
Every man or roma who works
naturally wants to get ahead in
their work. Some remain plodders
for life. others do get ahead and
in time occupy the better positions
with their companies.
1t Is, of course. impossible 10
write a set of rules that will insure
to any worker. But
the man who will take a serious in
terest in the business of his COM
PAW to the point of demonstrating
that he has ideas which VIII benefit
the company and is willing and ca
of working out these ideas is
beyond doubt pointing in the right
direction.
Take conditions as they exist to-
day. He who can in any way help {,
suggest means of keeping down
or operating expenses for
firm in any department, will find
a ready reception for his ideas. II
they are well thought out and prac-
teal.
In the item of waste alone. there
are places where substantial savings
can be made in any plant II some
one would take the trouble to figure
them out.
1t may be a waste of materials,
It nay be a waste of time. 1t may be
a waste of motions or effort caused
by unnecessary operations OF by not
getting full efficiency from valuable
machinery. Whether it be due 20
thouFhtlessness or mistakes. wheth-
er 1t be large or small, watch out
for waste. remembering that only a
waste multiplied in different
departments of business and extend
ing over three hundred days in the
year may amount to an astonishing
total.
Materials are passing through
your hands every day and II yoI