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returns with his load to the warehouse. From his wagon the material is
conveyed by means of an elevator to the sorting room in the second
story, whence the greater quantity goes at once to the baling machine in
the form of waste paper. Any articles that may be of use, such as shoes,
clothing of any kind, books, crockery-ware, bottles, pots, kettles,
etc., are placed in their respective bins and finally, repaired, find
their way to the retail store. Heavy articles, such as stoves and
furniture, do not go up in the elevator, but are retained on the first
floor, where they go, first to the repairing and storage room, and then
out to the stores. The paper and rags, when baled, are sold to the
nearest paper mill for a good price. Some idea of the amount of this
class of material may be gained from the fact that the average amount of
paper sold by the Industrial Department in the United States is about
2,500 tons per month.

In England and other countries this work has not assumed such large
proportions, but there is some difference between the workings of the
industrial plant in the City of London and in New York. For instance,
at the Salvation Army plant on Hanbury Street, Whitechapel, London, we
found, in 1906, a planing mill, a paint and furniture shop, a mattress
factory, and a sawmill and cabinet shop. This place had employment for
ninety men, of whom twelve were regularly employed and the remainder
were transients. The regular employees were paid at a union rate of
wages. The men of this industrial plant lived some distance away on
Quaker Street, having possession of part of the Salvation Army shelter
or hotel there, the total accommodation of which was two hundred and
forty. Again, in a different part of the city, over near Deptford, was a
wood yard with good machinery, run by electricity, which employed
anywhere from sixty to seventy men making kindling wood. On the other
hand, at the "Spa Road Elevator," was a plant almost identical with the
industrial plants in the United States, where were shipped out an
average of 100 pounds of paper every week and several tons of rags in
addition, and where was accommodation for some two hundred men.

Branching out from the main industrial plant are nearly always to be
found large stores. These are Salvation Army retail stores. These stores
are found in the poorest sections of the city, and are patronized by the
poorest class. Articles of all descriptions may be purchased h