Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-21

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ard of living. | am convince
lies ahead if we can only solve our
taxing problem New industries re-
quire new money. Our present tax
laws prevent new industries from
getting this new capital But while
the capital is lacking today, the
inventions are not
Since the industrial revolution
began $50 years ago. the speed o.
inventions has constantly inereas-
ed. From 1S81-1890. 218,000 pat
ents were issued at Washington.
In the ten years from l92l-30 the
total had more than doubled to
442 coo. The depression did not put
on the brakes. In fact, it stepped
up the tempo under the impetus
of the need for eost-saving devices
and new products. Hence, the Pat
ent Offices speedometer now reg
listers $4,000 patents yearly. And
with all the New Deal reforms f,
the next few years will probably
set new all-time record.
Inventions Bring Progress
These new patents and their in
dustrial offspring have had
tremendous effect on our lives. The
infant industries Of today viii
bring further changes in our in
dustrial progress. They will throw
millions out OF work in old indus
tries. but at the same time they
will open UP millions of jobs IN
&c a CKrnnnE1E
of the novel inventions:
/. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
most violent upheavals will come
in farming methods. Mechanical
cotton pickers promise as evolu-
tionary changes III the South as
MeCormicks harVesters brought in
the West. Thousands of share-crop-
pers and millions of field hands will
be displaced. But lower cotton
urjces should boost demand for tex
tiles. while the making and repair
Ing of cotton pickers will build a
new industry. 1888 may tell how
soon The South must face these
establishments in her cotton econ
omy.
CHEAP TRACTORS are soon to
come on the market at price
within the reach Of nearly every
farmer. In addition to opening up
Jobs for their builders, these trac-
tors will mean new records Tor
farm output, thus adding to our
agricultural "surpluSes'.
CHENIURGY-The converting oi
farm products into industrial ma
berials by chemical treatment
will open new markets Tor our
farm "surpluses''. A brief list OF
progress to date: Roads made from
cotton. cosmetics from oats, glass
from milk, paint and automobile
parts from soy-beans. The time Is
virtually here when autopobile
bodies and hundreds Of industrial
parts will be made from wheat
chaff, corn -husks, and similar
farm by-products.
TRAY AGRICULTURE m y
make even city families partially
independent of truck gardeners
Certain vegetable crops are now
being planted in compact hqulc
chemical trays which contain al.
necessary plant food elements. Re
suits are phenomenally large ano
productive tomato, potato, ano
strawberry plants. Tray farming
is still in the experimental stage.
but lower living costs and more
FACTORY and servicing jobs are the
potential results.
2. SCIENCE - In the lnduSTla!
progress of the last decade, science
mas been the trail-blazer. Piastics
have been a spearhead. They come
from vegetable substances. Bake
lite. Galalith. Celluloid, pyroxylin,
and similar synthetic materials are
displacing wood. glass, metal, and
paper in the making Of such prod
ucts as fountain pens, ash-trays,
jewelry. kitchenWare, and knicker-
knacks.
ARTIFICIAL FIBRES are made
from cellulose which in turn Is
produced from plant stalks. Rayon
is a well-knoWn artificial silk
fibre. But now wool fibres are
10 be spun IN factories rather than
sheared on the sheep ranches. Big
changes are ahead IN woolen mills
aheep raising, and allied occupa-
tons.
SYNTHETIC RUBBER has long
been a dream of the chemists
not Just to make rubber cheaper