The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-08-26
WORKMEN DISPLACED
lpRsanetisn q Improved Machinery
Taxing Tasir IOo&
aama AEalsana Are Sew Rssaseay
WssAe~f E@pley@eas = Evea
the ss-caaIed Progessaeaa
Are ThF~aa@meA.

English wurkmen, II their ideas are
rorrertly reflected By their trade jour
nalz. are heginnfng 70 view with alAFsa
abe rapid and steady decline Of various
trades and easaiugs in Gnrat Britain
uwing TO the Introduction OF Improved
nsaehinsry in America. Norway, Ger
u1sry and other eoufnries ard the enoF-
nous exports to England OF manzfae-
Jared goods which were o0ce made in
England. but which the re11e@d cost
of Esanufartare IN this eouTnry have
crowded oHt Of Eng.i<hnen'S hands
Small wooden articles, sssSk As clothes
peg& ske~erS, unhrella stieks and
zzogsetrzP&. which have an enormous
sale IN England, are not made in that
countTy any more They are all
shipped from the United States. be-
cause they can be made more eheaply
here Oars fer sovksOzss. flooring and.
indeed. al the parts ths1 go TO the max
ing of wooden houses are shipped into
the British isles in such Quantities and
al such prices that the earpeAter Is
alr-os1 super3aity :here. except 10 put
ile parts together. The planning mills
ash sash. door and blind factories OF
this country deliver at English towns
all Of the component parts Of : house
50 much cheaper than they can be made
in England that the carpenters are in
despair This, of course. is due to the
Improved machinery in use here. which
minimizes the cost OF production.
The eoopers are beginning to realize
that they will soon be practically out
OF employment, since the great cooper
ing establishments Of this country ship
vast quantities of wood cut into slaves.
beads and wooden hoops, 50 that the
English cooper has but 10 put them to-
gether. They are shipped knock
lown~ 50 as to economic space on the
ships.and are put togetherinE England BY
boys at small wages The stained glass
industry. too, has received a setback
through the introduction of sort of
selatine film which can be readily ap-
piled to ordinary window glass, and
which is a perfect imitation of stained
glass II comes. of course, in all colors,
and stained glass window which for
merly cost $50 can now be perfectly i'm
itated for S2.50, and the stained glass
NorkerS cannot compete against such
prieesn
Label sticksrs in the canneries are
now face to face with a machine which
| viii label 10000 cans in ten hours,
( which does not give the hand worker
much of chance. Even the profess
/ sious, so-ealled, are threatened BY mod
srn inventions. The shorthand report
ers are watching with dismay the inn
provements being made in the phono-
graph Experts are now AT work try
ing TO devise q scheme whereby the
Phonograph can be run slow enough 10
enable a compositor to operate his limo
type machine directly from the phono-
graph and set up speech without the
Intervention Of written copy" When
this is accomplished the shorthand man
win have TO go driving an ice wagon.
English inventors are hard at work
On ranie, peculiar vegetable fiber
which they expect viii supersede cot.
ton. 1t grows IN the Malay islands
China and Japan. but could be raised in
England If the demand warranted. II
5 silky, much stronger than cotton and
finer than fax The chemical treat
faent to which it is now subjected rots
the 5ber, but when that is overcome il
is thought it viii closely push cotton
on account of its cheapness and the ease
with which it is Chicago
Chronicle.