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Show 5 It's Your,, business! An increasing number of manufacturers man-ufacturers are opening their doors to visitors with a neighborly invitation in-vitation to see for themselves how the plant operates, inspect its men and machines, and learn of its importance to the' community. Business leaders all over the United States have been 'advocating 'advocat-ing such plant tours to show that workers here have more leisure and goods than workers elsewhere because they have power and machines ma-chines to produce more in less time. Visitors to many plants learn that machines and equipment cannot can-not be installed unless investors put up savings; that the profit incentive must be sufficient to at-x tract job-making capital, and that, in the long run, machines make more jobs. Guests on the tours were convinced con-vinced that machines help raise wages and cut costs; that the plant being inspected was a good place to work, and that a company's profits almost invaribly are much smaller than the total spent on wages and materials. Most plant visitors, it is reported, report-ed, are impressed on" learning that an investment of a least $8,-000 $8,-000 is required to provide the average av-erage new job in industry. They discover for themselves that better working conditions, as well as modern, improved machinery, are factors in enabling workers to earn more and" produce more. In some communities, management manage-ment men plan to extend plant tour invitations to all residents, because townspeople like the idea. |