El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-23

We would escape in the future more
frequent periods of overlooked home
markets, idle MILLS, and commercial
crises.
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, United
States commissioner Of labor, and one
of our most conservative ststisticians,
recently stated the result of his in
Vestigations of the relative productive
power OF hand and machine labor
A thousand paper bags could former
ly be made in Elk hours and thirty
minutes o. hand; they are now made in
forty minutes with the cid OF a
machine. To rule ten reams of paper
on both sides by hand required 4,oOO
hours, with ruling machine the work
is done In two hours and thirty
minutes of one mans time. 10 she'll
ing corn by hand, sixty-six hours and
forty minutes would be required to
she'll quantity which can be handled
by q machine in thirty-six minutes. A
moving machine cuts seven times as
much grass per hour a. one man can
cut with q scythe. These examples
might be extended indefinitely, but
Nc ore forceful illustration is found by
considering the total horse power ap-
piled to machines in this country and
calculating how many men it would re-
quire TO do the same work. For such
calculations the census figures OF 1871
must be used.
One horse power is equivalent to the
power of six men. Thus, IL the work
of SO All men in the -four mills of the
United States is supplemented with
the use of 1872, 365 horse power, the
power is equivalent to the work of
4,514, 100 additional men. In other
words, the power does seventy one
times as mucn work IS the employees.
The ratio differs radically in different
Industries. Mr.. Wright finds that the
total horse power used in the United
States in 1890 was about 5000, 900,
equivalent to the work of 5000, 600
men, while only 4, 476 S84 persons were
employed, the two kinds of power hav-
ing ratio of s to l. A force OF
80, 900, 900 men represents a population
of $50, 600, 600, so that, If the products
OF the manufacturing establishments
we're all made by hand, it would re-
uuire population of that size to do it,
with none left for agriculture, trade,
transportation, mining, forestry. the
professions, or any other occupations.
A still more striking illustration is
found in our transportation system.
In 1890 there we're over 30, 600 lOcomo-
tives in this country. 1t would take
81, $40, 800 horses to do their work, or
BAT ,425, 920 men. La countries like
China nearly al. the work of transpor-
tstion is actually done by
man power, and no further
explanation of the difference be-
tween America and Asia ia required.
By the use OF steam we are evOklng aid
from the store d-up heat in our coal
beds equivalent to the population of the
whole earth, while the Chiuaman let's
his coal lie underground, packs his
load on his back, and does his manu-
fecturip q largely by hand.
Mr.. Mulhall. the British statisticial,
calculated In 1895 that the use of steam
power had increased fvefold ia the
United States in thirty-6ve years, thus
more thsn trebling the collective work.
ing power of the population. He also
one American is more than dou BILE that
of one European. Thus the civilized
world, with the United States leading,
ts yearly doing a greater amount of
useful work, while Asia does no more
than 1t did thousand years ago. This
fact alone viii explain the demand for
The "open door, and the increasing
world domination Of the machine-using
nations.
This exhibit furnishes the answer to
the inquiry of one of our statesmen:
50 What do we care for abroad?"
There are l. 440, 900, 600 people ON the
earth, of which we have 76, 600, 900, but
shey are the most ingenious. energetic,
and progressive people on the face of
the earth. We make literally thou
sands of articles 80 much more useful
and convenient for the purposes of
than those which they have
been using that all we have to do is to
show our goods aud the world will buy
Ihem.
HOW TO GET THIS TRADE
AS a rule, the same methods which
are successful In developing a home
market will be successful abroad.
Show your goods and advertise them.
Is First catch the eye, then appeal to
The reason" OF course, this must be
done by competent representatives in
the language of the country. Ever
since the confusion of tongues at the
Tower OF Babel diversity of languages
has en- q barrier to commerce. We
must teach modern languages in high
our competitors for the worlds trade
are educating theirs. We must have
and promotion in our con-
sular service, international banks,
pecan cables, and ell that makes for
wider N erkets.
A high standsr of quality In all our
products should be maintained, and
with food PRODUCTS an inspection by
public authority should be had which
would carry an assurance to foreign
tina. they are pure and
" wholesome. We need laws applying to
both our foreign and domestic trade to
prohibit the use of deleterious articles
IN our food supply, and compel sll 9TH
srs to be honestly described and cold
for what they are.
Is A GREAT FACTOR
On land our unequaled railway SER
vice has given US a great advantage.
Dur railways carry our products 900
miles to our seaboard for less than
'oreign railways carry them two hun
fred miles inland from their seaboard: