Evening star., 1937-07-18

everything. Another difI1culty is to
find out where the return is coming
from.
An even more serious problem is
to find room for television on the air.
There are limited number Of wave
lengths in the radio spectrum suit
able for broadcasting. They are pretty
we'll taken up with the present radios.
And television will require band of
wave lengths at least 800 times
broader than is required for sound
transmission. For television to have
any wide significance great num-
Der of homes must be equipped with
suitable receivers, at their own ex-
pense. This problem apparently is
pretty we'll solved, for the committee
announces the claims of several man
ufacturerS that they can supply suit
able receivers at a cost comparable
to that OF an electric refrigerator.
The greatest problem Of all con-
Germs what shall be broadcast. There
must be continuous programs in order
to make such system pay 1t will be
possible to broadcast stage dramas,
thus dealing another blow to the
already stricken legitimate stage. 1t
probably will be practical to broadcast
talking moving pictures and, with the
perfection OF equipment, there is little
reason why one should not enjoy as
good presentation in the home as
IN the nelghborhood theater This
might means terrible blow to this
part OF the moving picture industry.
1t probably would not affect the pro-
ducers so badly. They still would
make the pictures and get their price
FOR them from the broadcasting COM
pany or the advertising sponsors This
new development. If it comes. will tend
to concentrate life even more In the
home.
Teachers May Lose Jobs.
Startling are the possible effects on
public school systems. as outlined in
the report. Television might well
scrap good deal of the present dav
system OF education and even throw
the school teacher out of a Job, for it
Is entirely possible that systematized
lessons might be broadcast to all the
schools in the country by some out
standing expert Or perhaps the
teachers job will be reduced to keep
ing order and operating the school
televlsion set The report stresses.
however fhof thaSo k,, 70 ~
prospects because education In the
past has been slow in accepting me-
chanical aids.
Earnings great enigma, the report
stresses. is the mechanical cotton
picker
In the near future is seen an eff
cient machine costing about $1,000
which will pick 5000 pounds OF cotton
a day. A man or woman seldom ex-
ceeds $50 pounds. Between eight
and nine million persons depend large
ly on cotton picking for their liveli-
hood. II the machine come. into
general use three fourths of them will
be out of jobs
For economical operation the ma
chine requires large acreages. These
necessitate substituting tractors for
horses and mules. Cotton farming
employs approximately five million
horses and mules. About 25.00O.-
900 acres in the South are required
to supply pasturage, hay and grain
for these animals Great numbers OF
them would be eliminated. The land
would be thrown out OF cultivation.
The small cotton farmer would nnd
it impossible to exist.
The millions deprived OF means
of livelihood might flock North and
try to replace the workers in northern
industries or the industries themselves
might move South to take advantage
of cheap labor In either event the
social repercussions would be enor-
nous. The price OF cotton would
drop enoromusly. This would lead
to an increased demand which, how
ever, would take up only little of
the slack.
The situation is so potentially full
of dynamite that the inventors Of
the cotton picker fear to put 1t on the
market until there is some solution
Of the enigma.
In other lines of farming there are