Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-09-03 | Page 3 | Ogden News

CJ f Ogden News o Office t street Circulation Department Twenty fifth firth Street Ogden Friday Sept 3 VISITS BELGIUM GUN FACTORIES John M Browning Tells How They hey Manufacture Fire Firearms Firearms Firearms arms Abroad Special to The Ogden Sept 2 After a Ii three months trip to Belgium and to the eastern cities of the United States John M Browning of the Browning Brothers company of city has Nul as returned home His Hi trip to toH H was wall in the interest of the manu manuL i L of firearms of lila hie h i designing Mr Ei owning Is te known the world over a aan all as allan asali an ali inventor of firearms that are being used everywhere Mr Browning Broning states that he be has had hada a very iery pleasant trip and In a business wa way it has haa been successful The corn com n nit 1 n condition of the European coun countries countries tries says say Mr Browning is not alto altogether altogether gether satisfactory A financial depres depression depression sion prevails there which has bas a tendency to business enterprises The fac factory tur tvr tory at Liege has just finished the mak making makIng ing of his new automatic shotgun which Is of if a smaller gauge than others and it is being placed upon the market 1 I have other inventions in mind and andam andam am nm working on them daily but I do not care to say sa anything about them The making most moat of our guns is the Nationale dArmes Armes d Je Guerre of 01 Belgium It is a large manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing turing concern and makes daily about c of the Browning pistols and averages 17 w a year e l We e have nave nothing to do dovith the making of the th guns gum nor with tin selling s of them th We e get a Ii royalty r t on n all the guns gun of our Invention that are J EM There are United States compa nu nits also that make the Browning guns heater Remington Colts Colta and Steph HI all manufacture our firearms This factory at Liege employs 35 3 0 j r ople Most It of the work is done by and girls They the ma hinry do dd the milling and drilling and many other things calling for rather heavy ha work They roll roil up tIt their s ves and go at it like men These women and girls are paid from 60 to 70 W cents a day daj fo for their work