Port  Carbon,  one  of  the  most  complete  of  its  kind  in  the  State,  equipped'
with  the  most-tipproved  machinery  known  to  the  trade,  lighted,  heated  and


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ventilated  in  accordance  with  the  latest  ideas,  admirably  appointed,  in  fact,
for  the  production  of  the  highest  class  of  work  under  the  most  favorable  con-
ditions. The  Millers  deserve  no  less  credit  for  the  consideration  they  have
shown  in  respect  to  the  welfare  of  their  employes  than  for  intelligent  dis-
crimination in  the  choice  of  machinery'  and  the  arrangement  of  their  estab-
lishment. They  employ  one  hundred  skilled  workers,  who  turn  out  the  finest
grades  of  underwear,  sold  to  jobbers  all  over  the  world.  Mr.  Miller's  char-
acteristic thoroughness  has  left  no  weak  points  in  the  business,  his  familiarity
with  the  details  of  manufacturing  being  well  supplemented  with  executive
ability  and  grasp  of  trade  conditions.  He  is  one  of  the  owners  in  the  Potts-
ville  Bleaching  &  Dyeing  Company,  and  for  a  time  was  the  president  of  that
concern,  but  is  now  vice  president,  Mr.  John  P.  Schwenk,  of  Schuylkill  Haven,
taking  the  presidency;  John  J.  Miller  (son  of  Henr}'  L.  Miller)  is  secretary
and  treasurer.  Mr.  Schwenk  and  Mr.  Miller  erected  the  plant  (at  Potts-
ville)  in  1909.  It  is  provided  throughout  with  modern  machinery  and  facili-
ties of  every  description,  being  one  of  the  most  up-to-date  factories  of  the
kind  in  the  State,  and  the  company  has  established  a  remunerative  business
in  this  section,  many  factories  having  found  its  conveniences  very  advan-
tageous.
