Evening star., 1928-04-10

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the So-called "wheelb3rrOw men'-and
so when they are hired they demand
and actually receive wages more than
double what they were formerly paid.
But that very fact OF increased pay.
when pay comes at all, for that kind Of
labor makes the hiring Of common
laborers too costly 10 continue longer
than is necessary until another labor
saving device takes their jobs away from
them again. In China and some parts
of Europe there Is not this acute rivalry
| between Drawn and brains. for there is
an excess Of uneducated drudges there
and a persistent absence OF progressive,
labor-saving machinery. But American
wages are many times higher than pay
/ in those backward regions.
There persist to this day many work
erS who refuse with the stubbornneSS OF
ignorance 10 make use Of means for
alleviating their own drurgery. For ex-
ample, men who insist on carrying tons
of coal from street to bin in a basket
upon their shoulders. refusing the use o.
a truck. and waSherwomen who refuse
TO use machine, but insist on rubbing
the clothes on waShboard. If they
/ lived N Europe or Mexico. they would
/ tote the laundry 10 river bank or a
/ public pool and scrub the clothes in
1 cold water rather than use an electric
/ machine with hot water.
I Or If the floors are to be rewaxed
I how often Will the waxer consent 70
/ use an electric poliSier. when he has
/ been accustomed TO polish the floors by
main strength and heayineSS?
I In cotton mills. 1t is stated on good
/ authority. $85 out Of every 500 paid
[ for labor goes 10 common human
I drudgeS, who merely carry things from
one part of the mill to another In
/ such mill, with efficiency rearrange-
ment Of machines and belt carriers, ali
/ Of that human packhorSe work can be
supplanted by power and nearly 95 per
cent Of its daily cost saved.
But that would throw the drlidges cut
OF employment. and so We have hobo
conferences and political harangueS,
ment
In one particular case OF this TN
proved machinery. there were 81 men
out Of a total OF 40 whose services were
displaced BY a carrier system. In
1000 factory IN Michigan 81 per cent
" the pay roll went 20 carrier men. now
a carrier-be system has been installed
and only IS per cent Of the pay rc,l is
50 invested
y paper MANUFACTURER n MtCh{gsr
had been employing 81 StokerS 70 heave
fuel onto the fires OF "a boilers After
the war he put in four multiple resort
StoSers To do the work Of the 81 men
and that REQUIRED only men instead
/ Of 81, saving S2S,o00 q year.
The authority of a leading power
magazine is behind the claim, tnat
American factories can save IS per cent
OF their fuel bills by using modern
methodS os Stoking, That saving
amounts 70 $3.50. .oe0 600 a wear.
Mhteh Is the real crime e"-S@lhSti3,st
ms lahor@SaVilg methods for oid-style
dFudgery or continuing the work oF the
raisSnlitter" and the "iooSsned law
rather than force the rising generatlon
10 become better trained % use brainSs
Grant that the improved n,ethoSS
erinS with them new prohlena-that
OK guidlng the unemployed into more
intelligent development, To keep naee
with The more brains ulesalized INTO
machinery Intelligent authorities de-
voted to the permanent iMproyemene
of the wage earuegS strongly ltuAosd the.
hloS'efo trend os increased training As
a substitute fer dvu6gery. President
Green og the American Federation az
l.aDOr, who Is net diSmayed by the eyo-
luton OF brains In industry glndS these
jooS providing employment 60 also 600
men, which Jobs did not exist Ave wears
8go, or, II such work dla then eNiSt.
added demand new gives additional en-
ployment rs indicated: