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Hardw^ood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



November 10, 1921 



TVE ARE TELLING THE 

 PUBLIC: "BE SURE YOUR 

 WALNUT IS REAL WALNUT." 



MNUT 



' The Ciihiiiet-wood of the Ages" 



WE ARE TELLING THE 

 PUBLIC: "BE SURE YOUR 

 WALXUT IS REAL W4LNUT." 



SALES AMMUNITION: 



Our "All-America" campaign tfir American Walnut Trade Exleusion through advertising is furnishing 

 alert manufacturers and dealers with innumerable selling arguments. The JValnut Jacts alone are 

 what clinch the sales. The best public is "all tor American Walnut." 



In all of our advertising, including the beautiful series ot tour-color illustrations in the leading maga- 

 zines, we are continually driving home the long list cf .American Walnut's simple and enduring 

 virtues — rich nahiral color, supreme stability and strength, easy working properties, and unjadiug 

 beauty. No stain is needed to produce the royal elegance of warm browns so coveted bv the 

 best trade. 



One of the chief causes of the steadily rising demand for .American Wabiut furniture and intericjr 

 trim is its faculty for growing i>i beauty 'ivith the passing of the years. 



"The Cabinet- wood of the .Ages" is a true phrase. 



Our' W alniit Brochure, de luxe, is filled with ideas and suggestions of interest 

 and value to the trade. A request will bring it, with our compliments. 



AMERICAN WALNUT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 



ROOM 1024 616 .SOUTH MICHIG.AN" BOULEV.ARD CHICAGO, U. .S. A. 



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STERLING 



Sterling Quality 



is more than a pleasant phrase of words. It 

 represents all our experience and desire to 

 serve. A sample order will allow us to show 

 you our quality and ability to serve you 

 promptly. 



REPRESENTATIVES: 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . .F. K. TINKHAM 



CHICAGO, ILL G. M. PALMER 



ROCKFORD, ILL K. E. KNUTSON 



Send us your inquiries 



Roddis Lumber & Veneer Co. 



27 Years at Marshfield, Wis. 



Iffiitfimtt il from tniiir :?S ) 



It is quite possible to determine the proper time an operation 

 should take by careful analysis of the motions as revealed by a 

 time study and after making allowance for personal time, machine 

 care and incentive, to set a rate which can be guaranteed against 

 change as long as the standard conditions under which the work is 

 to be done are unchanged. If speeds or feed are afterwards 

 changed, or standards of quality are altered, the rate is propor- 

 tionately increased or decreased, but the same effort on the part 

 of the operator will result in the same financial reward. If some 

 system of paying for suggestions which result in increasing pro- 

 duction is used, there will exist conditions which are bound to 

 reduce costs and increase output. , 



To control production really, so that all the necessary parts 

 reach their sub-assemblies at the right time for the sub-assemblies 

 to reach the final assembly in the proper sequence and time, is as 

 fine an example of organization as can be found. By anything 

 short of the thorough analysis already outlined, and without stand- 

 ard methods, it is not too much to say that it is impossible unless 

 the work done is very simple indeed. 



To explain at any length the actual methods used would take 

 more space than would be justified in this article. Not only does 

 each branch of industry call for different methods, but the organ- 

 ization of each individual plant must be considered, and its pe- 

 culiarities of layout, personnel, location and many other things. 

 There are fundamental principles, however, which apply univer- 

 sally and if these are compiled with a workable system will be 

 evolved. 



Above all things such a system must be flexible. There are 

 always several ways of doing anything and emergencies are bound 

 to arise. The system must not be disrupted if, in any emergency, 

 standard methods are temporarily discarded and work re-routed 

 through other channels. In fact, it is not too much to say that a 

 system is a success in proportion to its ability to handle the unusual 

 in an efficient way and quickly return to normal afterwards. 



