St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-06-16
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re valss q Inpsovea nasAssssy - -
Abeals1sa 81 An 1so1s Dss1BeeeeonA
Improved msehinery stAnds % higA
waees in q twofold relation: Il = ~
ouee cause and effect The be1tsr the
maehins with which . nsaa wgEts ~
more productive is his lAbR and ehe
mere valuable consequently 70 his emr
ployer On the other hand. the higher
the wages paid tie Drastes = the II
ducsment to tho.empl6yes 70 uso moro
and more produotive Da0hinery and -
reduce his expenses NOe caly = t.
labor employed in connecsioa with In
proved maehinery moro highly pss4 -
we have seen. than any other. bot to
increased cost of il u . powerful ssimr
ulus 70 further mprovemeue Thus ,
strike among the boot and ahoe makess
Of Massachusetts, few years back, ne
suited in the Invention Of . machine
which reduced the numben employed
in the operation Of lasting By eighty
per. cent And In this eonneetaoa va
notice . curious paradore VIZ. that ~
chinery should not b made 70 Last too
long. In times Of depreasiooft = the
firms which use old-fashioned uaehin-
ery which ere the first 10 sa9ee-as.
for instance. visiting Oldham In 1854
Mr.. Schoenhof found that the cotton
spinners were making no pso6oD at al.
whereas at Rochdals . newly bsilt
mill, fitted with al the latest
and hest inventiona. WAS doing we'll.
the reason being that mot oalyy1ts ~
expense Of working les4 bat waste had
been greatly diminahed 6uch i'm
provements arc often resisted. q. at
least viewed with little fsvoe, by the
workmen themselveA who 80 II theG0
improvements . means Of supersedlng
their own lsboe. But they. have not
grssped the key 70 the situatioa. and
have mot undsfstood how closely their
own earnings are bound up with their
equipment
On the continent such coasstvatism
ID far stronges. Il i8s uattsr Of pride
70 the manufnetuFUs that his nachin-
cry outlasts that In uss hsss: h1A -
far from being IN advantage to him.
the fact really handieaps him h Co.,
petition with his Eao1ish rivals Ard
such conservatiaB = posgiblo only
when . large ssppay of workmsa =
available st low wageA tor Il new nAr
ehinery i to b esaplaDd . hfghsr
stamp Of workmen = needed In the
industry Of silk-throwine. for Instance.
there IL . remarkahae df1erUnee ~
tween England aud America ihs thie
respect for the wagss paid In America
arc far higher than with - a1a yet
sae eoss y 1sE AeA 49, s.
Oh nefvsPower ny -. s,s .r ss
sacn s!emendous s'cse -
onAy !nen sss 80. = - =. 49,
oesoae-'n snor : wnee ~ J.
Let - NO" som.e ~. -. u.4. !
so@e"n.s op'a@s.c ,-.:e ~"
wages cneepea -
ways 1oey m.1s - - ~ ~
emc'ens-ne y sstOus. oso S.ts' tss
more s,et~ 40 eqes.sy -
eos " M 49, S ~ - =
P1oPos'0rs'ely 49,. -Sa 49, ~ s.a..s
w. Aney ..o oss ..S -. = ~.
nec~a o 4. eS.'. ~
eiv. ~ m.ximum a saiurnlua % ~
inventivenes. Of ia Dalera Short
hcn,. ~ I.ho~ rrnarc. eimil.r r,emlts.
- .urlcv.r ..a enrlov,.a A. ur1aer
everv indueement g ersaApr app,iear
ton ON the one s;de and economies On
TIE Other. Lat The volume oa uroduo-
~. ehould b. leeeaned AnA ia no
ro~t;on - vaeea -. . 49, - d.
maud tor the nrodueta a industrv riao
alsoc for the worleine el.ss-i !. the
~r.eA .oaior;tv - cooaumer.-ere ,hle
= ,,,-.h... WR.H Nl,.~ u