Life, 1919-10-23 · page 25 of 36
Life — October 23, 1919 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not satire or a political cartoon**—it's a straightforward **advertisement** for Robbins & Myers Motors, appearing in *Life* magazine. The image shows three working-class men in a factory or workshop setting, with one examining or handling something, illustrating industrial labor. The headline "The Power Behind Their Pay" uses a double meaning: literally, efficient motors power industrial production; figuratively, good equipment sustains worker satisfaction and wages. The ad argues that manufacturers who equip their products with R&M Motors ensure quality and reliability, which in turn protects worker employment and compensation. It's a sales pitch positioning the company's motors as essential to both productivity and worker welfare—a pitch likely aimed at factory owners and equipment manufacturers. The three small images at the bottom appear to show various applications of R&M Motors in different industries, though details are unclear.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
er Behind Their Pay makers of the better electrically-driven devices Keep wheels turning and the satisfaction of the men behind the work will take care of itself. Representative concerns everywhere have learned that the power behind production and good-will of the working force is efficient motive equipment— and that is why so many are using Robbins & Myers Motors. You will find Robbins & Myers Motors giving faithful, dependable service in all sizes from 1-40 to 50 horsepower—from portable drill to big machine —the power behind the work and behind the pay. Twenty-two years of highly specialized motor experience is wrought into every R&M Motor. Whatever the motor need, there is a Robbins & Myers Motor that anticipatesand meets it. For this same dependability and_ satisfaction, equip their product with R&M Motors. In this way they match their own high manufacturing standard with an equally high operating efficiency. Thus, to be R&M equipped isa sign of value throughout, whether the device be a vacuum cleaner or washing machine for the home, an add- ing or mailing machine for the office, a coffee grinder or food chopper for the store, or a motor- driven tool for heavy work. Power users, makers of motor-driven devices, and electrical dealers find the power of service and satisfaction in the Robbins & Myers line. The Robbins & Myers Company, Springfield, O. For Taventy-tave Years Makers of Quality Fans and Motors Branches in All Principal Cities obbins & Myers i O10 Faia comicbooks.com