Part I : The Job 



GATHERING AND ISSUING MATERIALS 



Section I 

 The Purchasing of Materials 



Vital Importance of Materials in Industry. AH 

 industry exists by doing something to materials. 

 Hospitals, churches, and schools arc concerned al- 

 most exclusively with people; but industry is direct- 

 ly concerned with materials. It cither transports 

 them from a place where they are not needed to 

 one where they are needed, or transforms them 

 from a condition of no value, or low value, to 

 one of higher value. The lumberman cuts timber 

 in the far Northwest and starts it toward the mill 

 on sleds or by water. The miner brings coal from 

 underground, where it is useless, to the surface, 

 where it is available for distribution in making 

 light, heat, and power. The railroad transp 

 those products from where they are not needed or 

 have little value to places where they are most 

 needed. All three of these industries lumber, 

 coal, and railroads exist by moving material 

 from one place to another. 



Manufactories, on the other hand, exist by 

 transforming materials from one form to another 

 of higher value. The furniture factory changes 

 lumber into furniture. The textile mill changes 

 wool and cotton into cloth. The machine shop 

 puts pig iron, steel, and brass together and makes 



