The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-31
HAND LABOR BEING ABOLISHED.
The Small Electric Motor and It's Work

The electric motor Is not only sue
cessfully replacing every other form OF
power drive throughout the great in
dus.ries OF this country and abroad. but
it Is fast abolishing all the old forms
OF hand labor. The fact that electric
motors are built in all sizes down 10
one-twenty- nth of horse power. and
even lower. and that they can be read
ily attached to any machine. is respon-
sible for this marked change. The dit-
ferent kinds OF work which are dairy
required OF these small motors Is past
all attempts at cataloging. and more
In this electrical age boots are BACKED
by motor power: stamps are canceied
at the post-otiice: ashes are sifted.
floors swept and cleaned; horses and
dogs are Clipped by the same power;
typewriters and adding machines are
driven by tiny motors: hats are cleaned;
billiard cues chalked; candy pulled; ice
crushed. and so on without end;
to any machine or device formerly OPP
Grated by hand, the change is being
made, and the result is that every day
human hands do less hard work.
Until the world awakened to the im-
portance OF the electric motor. little II
any attention was paid to supplantins
manual labor with mechanical power.
In large factories the small machines
were grouped and run by line shafts
work was done by human hands. The
shoemaker. the jeweler. the tailor, the
tinsmith. the baker, the dentist and
other professions used foot power to
turn the wheels Of their small ma
chimes. Small water motors. to be
driven by water pressure from the wa
ter pipes, were an experiment. but
proved to be too cumbersome and In
convenient Besides. they could not
be removed from hxed locality on ac-
count of the waste water. AS soon as
lit was demonstrated that the ELECTRIC
motor could be constructed small
enough to run even the tiny jewelers.
| produced to drive other light machin-
| cry. Each day adds to the long list
OF motor-driven devices for the house.
| Office and factory.
true that '.woman's work Is never DONE.
| electricity has accomplished more to-
| wards making hex domestic duties cas-
Ter than any one thing. Almost the
motor wa to drive the sewing machine.
| This device succeeded so well that 9TH
ers followed in rapid succession. Next
came the motor-driyen washing ma
I the greatest boon to the good house.
| wife ever conceived. then the motor
driven kitchen utensils, including the
meat and vegetable grinders. the knifa
| next the motor-driven floor sweeper,
dumb waiter elevator, the new vacuum
| cleaners. the dish washer and potato
peeler, the motor-driven refrigeration
| err. Electric fans were appliedfto reg
ulate the heating and ventilation Of
| the home and to dry the clothes on
Iruiny days.
In the business mans Office the small
motor drives the fans and the venti-
| lators. The letter copying machines,
the typewriter and the letter addressing
and stamping machines, as well a the $,
Il oAA ioo S,oN =
| power at trihing cost and great saw
ing Of time over the old hand-power
methods.
Artisans. such as jewellers. tailors.
ters and machinists. make practical use
OF the small electric motor in their
work. In the barber shops the air COM
| pressors and massage machines are
stores the coffee is ground, ice crushed.
! cream frozen and a dozen and one
| things done quickly and Well ~ motor
power. In the theatre the curtains are
| lifted BY motor power: in the churches
I the organ is blown and the building
ventilated by motors; the up-to- date
cobbler sews your shoes with a motor
! driven machine while you wait. and the
next minute with the same power;
cows are MIXED on the farm by cleo
tricity, and, In fact, most OF the farm
work on the electrical farms IS done ~
ers, motor driven. are used to clean
! buildings The dainty tools In the den
lists shop are run by little motors. IN
stead OF the old foot power. And SO
on until almost every trade and almost
every profession has adopted the cleo
\ trio motor as source of power. .#
some one has said that this is tho
motor age. and the person who takes
the trouble to Investigate the situa-
i ton as he Journeys daily along the
j walks OF life will be surprised toMse.e
Il What an important item the electric
il motor is in this Industrial world. safe
4 reliable. durable and the most flexible
of all powers, there is no task which
Us too large or none too small for slec-
trio power.