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Montana labor news., 1933-02-02
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distribution and consumption of more
than three thousand commodities,
manufactured and agricultural, with
a mathematical measurement Of the
energy consumed in each Of these
processes, with a view to a determina-
ton of their exact valuation in terms
of energy. This survey goes back a
century and a half to the boundary
line marking the line ending man
power as an exclusive source of en-
ergy and the beginning of the ma
chine as a decidedly dangerous rival.
Stuart Chase tells us in his Men
and Machines" that James Watt, q
Scotch inventor, in 1776, incidentally
the year we won our political indie
pendence, coupled up a condenser to
a steam piston and thereby made the
steam engine a practical, working
machine, something it had never been
Montana labor news., 1933-02-02

before, and by the same token brought
about the industrial revolution, start
ed the machine on its somewhat hectic
career-which threatens to take our
industrial independence from us, in
the immediate future, unless we do
something about it and at once.
The Watt engine was a crude,
creaking, ~clanking, wasteful contrap-
ton, of little use to anyone, but inn
provement followed improvement and
before many years it was a big fac
tor in milling, mining and manufac-
turing; in due time it was chained to
the locomotive, eventually it became
the propelling power of the ship, it
turned the wheels of a thousand fac
tories, and the industrial revolution
was actually on its way.
About the time Watts invention or
improvement, whatever it was, made
him immortal; the Watt is the symbol
of power the world over, man-power,
per unit of production, was at its
maximum and ever since it has stead
lily decreased. Why-for the reason
that the machine has crowded the
man out of the picture, as a produc-
ing agency, slowly at first, in the last
80 years with cyclonic speed and de-
structiveness. Let's investigate:
The man-power of the United States
on a basis of one hundred and twenty
two million population is thirty-six
million, when they are working full
time, which it is needless to remark
they are not at present and that means
a horsepower capacity of three mil
lion six hundred thousand, man-power
being one-tenth as efficient as horse
power.
Compared with the machine, a single
modern, steam or electrically-driven
turbine, on an eight-hour basis, has a
capacity of three hundred thousand
horsepower, however needing no rest
or recreation. 1t works "a hours in
stead of eight and develops an en-
ergy the equivalent Of nine hundred
thousand horsepower, but each horse
power representing the energy ten
men can produce, in man-power we
have ten times nine hundred thou
sand or nine million, that is we have
one machine that will do the work Of
nine million men. A machine like
that would be mighty handy around
the house for those of us who have
to carry coal up a flight Of steps, cut
kindling and make ourselves gener-
ally useful; but that isn't all, by any
means, we have machines in operation
at this moment capable Of developing
one billion horsepower, or the equiv
alent almost of two hundred and
eighty-five times the amount of en-
ergy the entire population Of the
United States can produce.
When l think Of the miraculous,
almost inconceivable power we have
released, I'm reminded of a story /
read when a boy, a fairy story, if you
please, about a fisherman who pulled
a bottle out of a stream-that re-
verses the modern method, of course;
the modern fisherman is more apt to
throw a bottle into the stream than
pull one out-and when he removed
the cork out floated in the form Of
smoke a giant Genii, ten, a hundred, a
thousand times as big as the fisher
man, and when he spoke his voice
was like the thunder from the sky
What would he do; that was the vital
Montana labor news., 1933-02-02

Grand Central Market, III East. Park st.
New York Bargain Store, 119 10. Park st.
Yellowstone Garage.
All Allen-A Products.
The Eaton Metal Products Co., of Billings
BY the Cascade Trades and Labor As
sembly.
Henningson Engineering Co., of Omaha,
Majestic Radio and Household Appliances.
Rex Flour and products of Royal Milling
Co., by Great Falls Central Council.
Beauty Shop-Mrs. r. r. Barrett, 1873
Garrison Avenue.
Beauty Shop-Mrs. Chas. j. Duffy, 1865
Garrison Avenue.
Lewis Beauty School.
McCarroll Beauty School
Mabel Macdonald and Beauty Shop, 206
Edison Beauty Shop.
Eclipse Stores.
Whitehouse Market, 1874 West Park st.
Mr.. Burr, handyman.
Crystal Cleaners, 233 East Park st.
Chas. ~Jarvela, 402 East Broadway.
Mrs. Bowman, 315 S. Washington.
Nordberg- Rowe Engineering Co. 1908 4.
Montana st.
Mrs. Sophie Doyle, 6 West Mercury.
Guys Garage-Rocker.
Martins uS SaTageI RanS S9ath sM W6yS@sing-
f25 N. Main st. 343 s. Arizona st.
210h N. Main st. 40 s. Arizona ST.
337 South Main st. Al S. Arizona st.
9 West Mercury st. 621 Utah Ave,
% ~. ualenu ~. M. u. N1delcheff
10 y. Park st. 1913 Covert st.
9oS Il. fark ~. Chas. Jarvela
3 :. Arizona ST.; POI Il, Park st.
127 S. Arizona st. (College)
301 S. Arizona st.
UNFAIR BEAUTY SHOPS AND SCHOOLS
1873 Garrison Ave.-Mrs. X. H. Barrett.
1865 Garrison Ave.-Mrs. Chas. J. Duffy.
FOG w. Second St.-Mabel Mcdonald.
Edison Permanent Wave Shop, in Metals
Bank Bldg.
McCarrolls-7 II. Granite st.
Lewis Beauty S~chool-Owsley Bldg.
Montana labor news., 1933-02-02

and z per cent more freight with eight
hundred thousand fewer employees; to-
day they have approximately one mil
lion ten thousand men, a decrease Of
one million one hundred and fifteen
thousand in a decade-and a contem-
plated cut to six hundred thousand,
when they get a few more XII en-
gines constructed.
And not only does this machine
age take away our jobs, it destroys
the romance of the old days, espe-
cially SO in the West: Cy Warman's
railroad stories used to be classics,
now they are behind the times. We
used to have Cowboys, occasionally
shooting up the town to provide us
with thrills, now we have only the
silver screen variety. We used to
have vast herds Of sheep and here and
there a picturesque old Mexican with
his dog as a herder, now it is said in
some sections they do their sheep
herding with a baby airplane.
We have machines that will make
five hundred thousand needles in a
day. We have machines that will
make electric lamp bulbs nine thou
sand times faster than a human be-
ing can make them We have ma
chimes hat will roll twenty-six hun
bred cigarettes a minute. We have
factories that will turn out five hun
bred and ninety-five thousand pairs
Of shoes in five and one-half days.
We have machines that will make
four hundred thousand bricks per day
per man. A modern flour factory will
turn out thirty thousand barrels Of
flour per day, while the miller in the
man-power days could mill a barrel
and a half.
But why continue? Mans insig-
nificance in the cosmic scheme Of
production, at least, is amply appar-
ent He simply isn't needed. This,
however, should be a matter of re-
ioicing and not of gloom. For the
first time since the world began mar
has within his grasp leisure to study,
leisure to improve himself Intellectual
ly and spiritually and still have more
in the way of material wealth than
he ever dreamed of possessing-pred-
icated, of course, upon the proposition
that he controls the machine and
doesn't let the machine control him.
The machine has disproved the old
M%althusian doctrine, entirely, that
population tends to increase faster
than the food supply and that always
there must be a fringe Of starving
people on the outer edge Of society;
now it's entirely the reverse, we have
so much food, SO much material for
clothing, so much building material
that because of the very excess We
must starve, and go naked and sleep
under the bridge.
You've heard the old satirical say
ing; "Ain't Nature Grand?" In the
light of the indisputable facts just
recited, permit me to paraphrase
that saying, ever so slightly: "Ain't
Human Nature Grand 2"
ITO be continued.)
Montana labor news., 1933-02-02

less fisherman with a twist of his
thumb and finger; he could throw him
in the stream and drown him; he
could destroy him in any one of a
thousand ways. But he wasn't that
sort of a Genii, he was grateful for
his release from his watery prison
and the narrow confines of the bottle
wherein some old witch had probably
imprisoned him. Whatever you want
I'll get you" he informed the fish
erman; eff you want a beautiful
home, a roll of bills, a few diamonds
or pearls or rubies, even a princess
from beyond the seas, just say the
word and I'll do the rest" In the
language of the day, the fisherman
was sitting pretty.
We have released a giant of still
greater stature, in our multiplicity of
mechanical devices. He can destroy
us or serve us, but we mustn't let
him decide the question, we must de-
termine that ourselves; if we can
control him the world is ours and the
fullness thereof - comfort, culture,
peace, happiness; a veritable paradise
on earth-if, however, we are unable
to control him, he will drive us out
of house and home, he'll bankrupt
us, not only financially but mentally
and morally as well, so far as i'm
mediate human progress is concerned,
goodnight, the light goes out.
eve have loosed a billion wild
horses" Stuart Chase informs US;
where are the youths to rope them
and ride them and tame them to our
use?"
Technocracy goes further, however,
and presents all sorts of concrete in
stances of labor elimination by the
machine: A large s%teel-rolling mill
operates without a human being in
sight; a rayon yarn factory in course
of construction is to have one human
operative to touch a few buttons and
set the machinery in motion; the cleo
trio eye can sort and separate as
might a sentient being but a thousand
times more rapidly; a teletypesetter
operated from a master keyboard sets
type automatically and simultaneous
ly in any number of cities.
But why go beyond our own expert
ence, we have illustrations nearer
home. Take the road-building indus
try for instances it man who does
the work or is it machines? 1t is
the steam shovel, the steam roller,
the grader, the self-dumping truck,
the compressor on wheels, the jack
hammer-yes indeed they are going
to spend a million dollars on Mon
tana roads, all sorts Of work for Mon
tana men-but try and get a job
while you are looking for the boss,
you hear a blast on the mountain
side, you see the steam shovel digging
into the dirt, the self-dumping truck
is going full speed, the steam roller is
finishing up and before you are told
that you are not needed the road is
finished and the machines move on.
And who gets the million dollars?
A few contractors, the men who fur
nish the material, the machine OPP
eratives, and the Lord knows who else,
but you do not.
Maybe you are a railroad man out
of a job; plenty Of them are: In 1920
the railroads of the United States had
two million one hundred and sixty
thousand employees, nine years later
they were hauling more passengers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
MEETING AT THE
 STATE ARMORY
Boy Scout AerOnautic Club Competition to Be Held
 Saturday Morning
OPEN TO LOCAL BOYS

State Deputy Commissioner of Aeronautics. Jack Lenox of Hart ford, will be one of the judges Saturday morning at the Boy Scout Aeronautic Club Air Tournament to be held at the state armory at o'clock, 1t was announced this morning by Scout Executive Ar thur D. Marston.
 Robert Seaman will be recorder. Eugene Beedle, David Lincoln and Douglas Heaven, timers; Jack Morris. Louis Monerat and Wal. lace Finke. judges. Monerat is president of the local Aeronautic Club and Finke vice-president. The floor committee will be made up
 of Sedgwick Eddy. Harry Bartlett and Robert Liddell. MT Marston
 will be the starter and will also serve as director of the meet.
 All boys of the city whether they are scouts or not will be eligible to compete in the tourna- ment, providing they file their ap-
 plication with the recorder. There
 will be no entrance fee for the
 meet.
 Only two days remain for local
 boys to secure and file ap- plications at scout headquarters.
 Those who are unable to get their application and planes in to-mor-
 row will be accepted up to- re:30 o. clock Saturday morning y-the re- corder at the armory.
 The baby R. o. c. flight will be conducted first followed by the commercial R. o. c. with the en- durance stick model class last. Cash prizes will be awarded first, second and third place winners in each class.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
City Court Slate
 Irks O.; Conway Calls Meeting
Session Will Be Held Monday Nght-Boom Starts to Retain fiumnel- Representative G. 0. P. Leaders Insisting on Such Action

Formidable opposition to the proposed slate of prosecuting at- torneys for city court has devei- oped so rapidly and has reached such proportions that leading re- phblicans of the city have de- ,nanded a 'show down." Yielding to pressure Attorney T. l.. Conway, chairman of the local republican town committee, has called a spe. cial meeting of his associates on that particular committee for next Monday evening. It was intended to stage the session tomorrow night, but the majority of mem- bers approached prefer Monday night.
 One of the most impressive fea- lures of the sentiment developed is the boom started for the reten- tion of Attorney Emil Hummel. the senior prosecuting attorney of the present staff of court officials. Some of the most prominent cjt- izcns of the city are now demand- ing that he be retained as a repre- sentative of the republican party. notwithstanding deals. compro- misses or any other method which
 may be employed to. side-track him.
 Just at present the republican candidates are Mir Hummel, Attor- neys Mitchell c. Meyers and Charles Summa. Only two of the titree can be reappointed if the present plan of three prosecuting attorneys is retained. Republicans say 1t is written in the book that the triple position will be retained. Mayor Hayes has announced his intentions of opposing it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Forgotten Dollars

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 Twelve states have them to seize dormant public treasury This isn't York however and the gotten deposits fantastic proportions The old seaman Savings Wall street. for hundreds have gone down to the and made port again. the established institution of these is itself - family of - a $5 initial Another q $15 of godfather
 
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23

Boston. March 23.-CUP)-A material improvement in sentiment and noticeable quickenine in many lines of New England busi- ness activity during the last week was reported today by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
 "The small enterprises, particu- larly, are finding for the first time in many months an increase in sales" the review said. "Inclem- ent weather in the early part of the week reduced sales of the de- partment stores considerably, but the outlook is for increased pur- chasing.
 Wool prices have advanced | nearly ten per cent in the past two weeks, and the market con- tinues firm. Pieces have been ac- tive and the demand for the finer grades of territory wool has in- creased.
 Carpet wools are slow. Wool tops have become more active as prices advance. Current deliveries are light as the mills are reduc- ing operations and entering dull period.
 Goods have not shared in the advance of wool prices. Yarn prices are firm and most of the activity is in worsted knitting yarns. Very few sales of weav- ing yarns are reported.
 After very active week, busi- ness in cotton goods has become much slower. Prices on the raw material and for the finished goods in the primary markets are firm. Considerable future business Is be- ing offered to the mills, but they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Business Begins To Show Improvement In
 New England Zones
Small Enterprises Are Finding for the First Time in
 Many Months an Increase in Their Sales

are slow to accept orders too far ahead on the present market. "The principal interest in cot ton yarns centers in numbers suit able for the knitting trade, all
 though fair amount of business
 has been looked for weaving yarns.
 Prices, as a rule, are firm.
 Hides have advanced about 30 per cent, with sole leather up about 10 per cent, and upper leather 5 per cent higher. A fair volume of business has been transacted in hides and skins, and manufactur-
 CTS are buying leather more free ly. Manufacturing is still sone- what restricted by labor troubles. l There is little sign of an in- | crease in building, and lumber and | building, materials continue very
 slow. The market for New Eng
 land building lumber is weak. A
 slight increase in the demand fro
 hardwoods is noted, but prices are 1 weak.
 l "An increase in the demand for used cars is noted by local deal ] CTS, and more interest is being dis played in the recent models of new
 cars. There has been some pickup
 in the demand for automobile sup
 plies and tires.
 Employment in Massachusetts
 showed an increase in February, as compared with the January rec- ord, and an increase in weekly earnings of 2.6 per cent"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
REPUBLICAN CHIEFS DEMAND SHOWDOWN
WILEY DEBATERS
 WON OVER CROSBY
Decision Rendered By Three Judges After
 Good Arguments
A LIVELY CONTEST

The Wilby high school debating team, coached by James E. Moran, was awarded the decision by Judges John Walsh, Vincent Miller and Mrs Gertrude Bowes, mem bers of the board of education, over Crosby, coached by John Kim ney, in their annual debate this morning in the Wilby auditorium on the question Resolved: That one half of all states and local revenues should be derived from sources other than that on tangible property"
 The debate, generally held in the evening, was sponsored in the morning this year and created such a favorable impression on the minds of both students and teach CTS, that 1t is hoped it will estab- fish precedent for all future de- bates.
 To publish the arguments of Crosby would prove beneficial to Litchfield high school debaters who will argue the same question with the blue and white in the Cre=by auditorium tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.
 Helen Gelgauda, Evelyn Spender, Albert Vestro and Ralph Miner vino as alternate, upheld the af- firmative for the winners while Abe Berman, Ray Stein, Emmeline Manganiello and Albert Leibovitz, alternate, took the negative side for the losers.
 Wilby will take the negative side of the same question with Litch- field high at Litchfield in the near future. They will be represented by Eleanor Banis. Sam Rimer. Pompeii Lentini and Bernice Klein field, alternate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23

The lineup calls for the reten- ton of Attorneys Summa, who ts backed by Congressman l.. w. Goss, and Meyers, who has infiu- ential friends working in Hartford. Attorney Thomas Speiiacy of Hart ford has even been mentioned as one of the principals arranging the slate. If Summa or Meyers is named, or if both are kept, 1t means exit for Hummel. To-day it ap. pears as if the only force in back of Mir Hummei is the republican town committee of majority of the mem bers and the question to be answered is whether they amount to anything.
 Attorney HummeI has been a city court official for about Is years. His loyalty. to his party, his efficiency. and his integrity have been euiogized then and again. His friends ana admirers appear to be determined to break the slate made in Washington, New Haven and Hartford. The peculiar. thing of 1t all appears to be that everyone in, the state Is interested in plan, to, compel the City of Waterbury with it's demo- cratic government to pay the sal. aries of republican office holders. z The big Ideal" originated in Hartford and is being engineered without members of the republican town committee being considered.
 The democrats will have Judge Edward Mascolo and either Attor- ney Joseph Neaglc or Attorney John Thoms for prosecuting at- -torney. They will also name the clerk. his assistant and a probation officer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Local Druggists
 in Hartford
Headed By w. J. Dunphy to Appear at Hearing
 To-day

More than a score of Waterbury druggists headed by William J. Dunphy. temporary president of the newly organized association of local pharmacists, left Waterbury for Hartford this noon hour to ap- pear before the judiciary committee in support of bills advocated by the state pharmaceutical associa- ton.
 Permanent officers of the local association will be selected at a meeting here next Monday after noon. The nominating committee consists of John r. Martin, John Bendler and Walter Kenyon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
ALIENATION SUIT OFF THE DOCKET

The $5.000 alienation of affection suit of Thomas Helie of Watertown against Charles Royce of Water town. was withdrawn from the common pleas court docket today. Attorney Edward F. Sweeney, coun- sel for the plaintiff, who filed the withdraway notice, said the suit was in process of settlement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Harry Cashin
 at Lions Club Delivered Humorous Ad= dress at The Elton
 This Noon

Harry x. Cashin, club Lion Tanner, delivered very humorous address on "Russia's Five Year Plan" at the weekly meeting of the Lions club today at the Hotel Elton. Immediately after his speech he was beseiged with all sorts of questions regarding his topic which he answered to the best of his knowledge.
 The greater part of the meeting was devoted to group singing led by John Clark. It was announced that Monday evening would be the final one for the club bowling tournament. William Parker will be in charge of arrangements for the annual banquet which will be held within the next fortnight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
NEW DETROIT BANK

Detroit. March 23 - (U.P) - Tho New National Bank of Detroit financed by General Motors and tho government will open to-mor- row morning. Alfred r. Sloan. Jr General Motors president. an nounced to-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Heirs Rarely Found

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
NEW WAY TO ROB

Worcester, Mass, March 23 - (U.P)-Two bandits fellcd tree across q street here last night. The tree forced Emile Champig- ney to stop his automobile. Then the bandits held him up and his wife and escaped with $25 and jewe1ry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
LATE REALTY NEWS

The following real estate trans- actions were filed at the office of tho town clerk today:
 Mortgage Releases. Thomas F. Clark Co. to Eva Pel- letter.
 Quite Claim Deeds. Isaac Rosenblu'l to the Water bury Savings Bank.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following marriage inten- tions have been filed at the town clerks office:
 John Presto of Naugatuck and Josephine Frenis of 1926 North Main street.