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and herein adopted, it would be easy to act on each card, by and 

 for itself alone, while in the other this would be impossible. 



The labor of consolidating the contents of the cards will be 

 diminished, while that of making out the cards will not be in- 

 creased ; for it is as easy to write one line on each of five cards, 

 as it is to write five lines on one card, and paper costs less than 

 account books, clerk hire and running about. 



Distribution. 



The cards are to be so freely distributed about the shops, that 

 any workman having to make a memorandum, either as to his 

 wants or his expenditures, makes it on one of these cards and has 

 it authenticated by his foreman's punch-mark. 



There is no scribbling on the back of old sandpaper or on 

 shingles to be copied by the foreman, involving double work and 

 double error ; the thing is started right by the man who knows 

 most about it. 



Tabular Analysis of Abstracts, etc. 



The tables accompanying Chapter X are designed to give one 

 a general view of the subject, and, by establishing general evident 

 rules, prevent the confusion likely to result when illustrations 

 only, however abundant, are given of special cases. It will be 

 seen that there is no question as to the mutual relations between 

 foremen and storekeepers ; each has only his own duty to per- 

 form. For each, the question is simply whether the transaction 

 is a receipt or an issue, or whether it partakes of the nature of 

 both a receipt and an issue. In any case he punches according 

 to the facts as they concern himself, once for each act recorded. 



The foreman, having the responsibilities of fabrication added 

 to those of the storekeeper, has a greater number of possible cases 

 to deal with, and has besides to account for the value of the mate- 

 rial committed to his keeping for use on the fabrications with 

 which he is entrusted. In spite of his greater range his duty is 

 as easily learned as is the storekeeper's, and like him, he can 

 promptly and finally decide each case which his practice may 

 present. 



