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THE DOLLAR VALUE OF
PATRIOTISM
By GEORGE HOLMES CUSHING
B Y practical patriotism at this time I mean a willingness on your (capital's
) part to bring out the efficient machine the patent on which you killed
because you had money invested in an older device. I mean a willingness
on my (labor's) part to lay aside the rule which makes a little
work go a long way among many men. I mean a willingness on the
other fellow's part to adopt a new routine to save time.
To illustrate, I reach the print shop every Friday morning about a quarter
to nine. The last page of our trade paper is sent to press by half past eleven.
In those two hours and forty-five minutes, the type columns are fitted into place ;
the illustrations placed, the headlines set, the proof read and the corrections made.
There is no hurry : no one gets excited; we merely work fast.
A short while ago, I went to another print shop in another city to "make up"
a paper of identical size. We started on it on Friday morning and finished it,
after a fashion, Tuesday night. We worked Saturday afternoon and I worked
part of Sunday. During those four days, the place was in an uproar.
To explain the difference is easy. In our shop all the type is set at night.
When the make-up man comes in the morning, he finds all of it in his racks.
He arranges it in logical order and, after placing his illustrating plates, fits the
type to the remaining space. He takes about five minutes, on the average, to
each page.
In the other shop there was no system. Xo order. The typesetter, the makeup
man and the adjuster were all working at one time. The type was scattered
all over a big room ; when we wanted an article, we had to issue a search warrant
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