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Show m FACTORY NOW ' ' HAS NINETY H MACHINES Ki So great has become the demand m for Ogden made overalls and knitted V, goods that the overall and knitting H I factories of the John Scowcroft & H Sons company are continually being B enlarged and new machines ordered. Hl More machines are to be bought as B soon as it is possible to train ope- H rators to run thorn. The one dif- HB ficulty encountered at the factory is K to secure operators of the overall and HBf knitting machines. HES In addition to increasing the over- HflB all department, 25 machines have been B4H ordered for a plant in which corduroy BH trousers and Norfolk coats will be Bfl manufactured, as well as cottonade BM nd whipcord goods. The members of ' BBi the firm exPect to have this addition BB in oneration within a short time. Hj Six months ago, when the overall Bj factory began operations, there were H only 25 machines. The demand for B the home manufactuied articles in- B creased to such an extent that the 90 B machines now in operation are un- K able to keep up with the demand. Be- B tween 50 and 60 dozens of overalls B arc manufactured each day and the j employes number about 100. In both HHI tnc knitting and overall factories B there are 125 girls at work. Bll Before this time in 1013 the com- B'9 pany hopes to be turning out 100 doz- Ba ens of overalls every working day. H'fl Tne knitting department has grown B'l greatly since it was established a Hl year and a half ago. The capacity of 1 this branch of the business has in- Kfl creased from 12 to SO dozen a day and B nas outgrown (ts old quarters ' Two B additional machines to the sewing H department of the knit goods section H have been placed in operation and the H company is now preparing to manu- 1 facture union suits. |