The Kodak Salesman . the Companywas always ready with the goodsand prepared to make shipmentspromptly, without a hitch. It takes a great deal of time andincidentally a great deal of moneyto prepare for the manufacture ofphotographic film of high averagequality in the large quantities neces- sary for present-day production, orfor that matter, to prepare for suchgreat increases in production ashave been necessary in the to keep ahead of the demandand always be ready for big busi-ness as the Kodak Company hasdone requires vision and pluck—the vision to anticipate every de-mand and the pl
The Kodak Salesman . the Companywas always ready with the goodsand prepared to make shipmentspromptly, without a hitch. It takes a great deal of time andincidentally a great deal of moneyto prepare for the manufacture ofphotographic film of high averagequality in the large quantities neces- sary for present-day production, orfor that matter, to prepare for suchgreat increases in production ashave been necessary in the to keep ahead of the demandand always be ready for big busi-ness as the Kodak Company hasdone requires vision and pluck—the vision to anticipate every de-mand and the pluck to spend mil-lions of dollars as a tell for pre-paredness. The story about the making ofKodak film is one of continuous in-terest, ^lany diversified productsenter its manufacture. Who, for in-stance, outside those in the knowwould think that bales and bales ofcotton are required for the makingof the thin transparent backing onwhich the light sensitive picture-making coating is spread, or who 9 ^ KODAK SALESMAN. Where Bars of Silver Are Dissolved To Form Silver Nitrate again would imagine for one in-stant that some two tons of silverbullion are used each week in theKodak Park plant for making thesensitive coating? Two tons of sil-ver a week! Think of it! Close onto four million troy ounces a year;almost as much as the total outputof the white metal from Arizona,one of the leading silver-producingstates! When the sixteen-to-oneidea fell into the discard way backin 1896, everybody said that the sil-ver industry had absolutely and ir-revocably passed to the bow-wows ; but the many photographersthroughout the world, together withthe movies, have helped bring itback with a mighty thud. Besidesthe silver and cotton, there are thevarious acids for treating these pro-ducts, thousands of tons of which 10 are required. Then come the or-ganic solvents, including alcoholand other liquids, for converting thenitrated cotton into a honey-likefluid from which the thin film ismade, and las
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