Our Inspectors are selected from the factory, preference being given to those who are experts on their particular class of work.
It is our opinion that the Training School is the proper way to teach the inexperienced help in order that they may learn the work quickly and get on a production basis in a short time instead of hiring and placing help right in the shop and letting them pick it up with what assistance and instruction they can from their fellow workmen.
In the Training School the most efficient workers can be reorganized in a short time, and the less efficient ones can be given special attention, and usually we can bring them to a degree of efficiency not possible under the old method.
We try to find out in the training school where the student’s strong point is, whether on machine operation or bench work, and are enabled in this way to place them in a job they are particularly suited for, thus keeping the problem out of the factory. If they show a proper degree of interest, they are given all possible encouragement.
We have had to materially increase the size of our school, and with the hearty co-operation we are receiving from the heads of the different departments, we believe the employment of women on our work is proving a success in every way.
Another point that we think is good is that the school itself is nearly self-sustaining.
The accompanying photo, number one, will give an idea of the size of our school, and also the various classes of work we train them on.
Number two shows a gang of hand mills “manned” by women. These girls have all been through our Training School and are now working on a piece basis and doing it successfully.
(Signed) Wm. A. Hartman.
