Show ENERGY IN AMERICA Foreign visitors to American machine shops have often wondered why It Is that the German Frenchman or HUB slau workman on American soil turns out better work than ic ever thought of doing at ttomc Alexander Jl Ford In his article on The Triumph of tho American Idea In the September New England explains this very satisfactor ily As he says In America the workman to secure good wages or even to hold his Job must show that he Is a better craftsman than those about him or whcnslnck times come he will inevitably be dropped Again piecework piece-work prevails so that a powerful incen tive ejlgts to turn Out as much work as it Is possible to perform Then In America one man learns to master tho machine that turns out the cog wheel of a watch another the making of a cycle sprocket or the cylinder rod of a locomotive thJs may be all he knows about the making of a watch cycle or locomotive but he knows It thoroughly and understands how t < get the utmost ut-most out of tile machine he rUns whether It stomps out 100 watch wheels nt u stroke or makes but a single cylin der rod in a day The British workman work-man might know how to create every part of the whole bpt wquld scarcely l become an expert In the making of any one part As has bcn already stale the American manufacturer offers his workmen every Inducement to improve < the equipment of his plant In the ma klngr of Jpokqs for Instance the Amerl ran manufacturer who purchased an English Invention for his factory was disappointed with the amount of work I I it turned out although four machines I managed by one man turned out 3500 I pokes per day He worked with His men making improvementafter Improvement j Im-provement until the machine was so perfect that one man could turn out 3SOCO spokes a day still the American IP I not salfsned and 14 J offering hln men r cubfitanlfal rewards for any now Im I j provemcnt they may suggest while In I England the old machines are still inure j in-ure and eem to give I satisfaction h |