A HISTORY OF EDISON'S WEST ORANGE LABORATORY 1887-1931

| Kategorie: Kniha  | Tento dokument chci!

Vydal: Neurčeno

Strana 509 z 567

Vámi hledaný text obsahuje tato stránku dokumentu který není autorem určen k veřejnému šíření.

Jak získat tento dokument?






Poznámky redaktora
The industry as whole had increased its output considerably. There was rapid increase size during the War, with total number employees around 10,000 by war's end. Demand soared after the war when American industry returned peace time production. The steady flow government contracts had provided jobs for increasing number workers West Orange, and the booming phonograph business kept them there. The increased demand and output the war effort had caused period sharp inflation. The decade of 1899-1909 saw 250% increase over the previous decade, while . The war years had brought increased sales and profits to the Edison enterprise. This was not matter great concern when profits were high and demand increasing. During the war, Americans had been unable buy phonographs, and many other consumer durables, because the factories were devoted war production. There seemed upward trend phonograph sales. The labor force had grown around 4000 the first decade of the twentieth century.XIII- 1 CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE DECLINE AND FALL THE PHONOGRAPH. Table 13-1 shows the wartime prosperity and the boom that came immediately after the cessation of hostilities. The Phonograph Works had correspondingly increased its prices the Amusement and Business Phonograph Divisions