Identifier: saturdayeveningp1933unse (find matches)
Title: The Saturday evening post
Year: 1839 (1830s)
Authors:
Subjects:
Publisher: Philadelphia : G. Graham
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
d secondly to the energywith which all the chiefs executed the orderstransmitted by general headquarters. Obregon does not recognize as a virtuethat conventional and apparent suppres-sion or distortion of truth which commonlygoes by the name of modesty. He statesfacts as they were, even when they redoundto his credit or to that of another person,and pays no heed to the ensuing charge ofself-praise or flattery. It is, however, fairto say that in his own published descriptionof his campaigns there is nowhere to befound a sentence or a word which lendscolor to either accusation. Certainly hemade many mistakes in the course of hismilitary career, was aware of some of themand used these as stepping-stones to keephim immune from them in the future. Obregon was once asked by a man whoevinced an intelligent interest in his mili-tary operations to what he ascribed hismany successes. This was his answer: To the fortunate circumstance that Icommittedfewererrorsthan my antagonist, EVENING POST 65
Text Appearing After Image:
Keeping Coal Expense Down FUEL expense is a big element in the cost of producingmanufactured articles. Every efficient manufacturer knowsthe ratio between his own fuel consumption and his output, aswell as that of his competitors. If the ratio in his own businessmounts too high above that of his competitors, he must eitherfind a remedy or give up the field to them. Every manufacturer who uses Consolidation Coal can availhimself of the services of our Testing Engineers in fighting fuelexpense. A suggestion of the results that are obtained by themis given in the experience of a western paper manufacturer. This customer reported that something was vitally wrong in his powerstation although he could not put his finger on it. He was consumingcoal at a rate much higher than other paper plants. For every ton ofpaper produced he was using a ton and a half of coal. As he put it, hisbusiness was rapidly being confined to the red ink side of the ledger. Careful observation disclosed an intellige

Note About Images