Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1917 — PRACTICAL HINT ON ECONOMY [ARTICLE]

PRACTICAL HINT ON ECONOMY

American Railroad Man Makes inter, esting Suggestion to Employees on Use of Pencil Holders. An interesting suggestion of econ» omy has recently been proposed by an American railroad to its employees, in the use of pencil holders. Ordinarily, a pencil is thrown away when it has been reduced to its last third, but if placed in a pencil holder it may be used down to. the last inch without any inconvenience to the user. Each pencil is a small item of finance, but on the amount of pencils used by that one company alone, the saving would amount to thousands of dollars every year.