The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09

found in Hartford monument dedi- cated to the "Worker Inventor" ac- cordinR to Leo A. Borah, whose article, "Connecticut, Prodigy of 1n- genuity," appears in the septem- Der issue of the National Geographic magazine.
 Tn machine tools of almost human intelllgence lies the secret of the states wonder working, he says. Inventors are employed in Connecti- cut factories to do nothing but irl- vent - new tools, labor-saving de- vices, new manufacturing methods
 Machetes for Jungle Indians
 "No wonder Mark Twains Yankee outdid the magician Merlin at tricks" observes the author, as he tells of visits to plants that turn out anything from watch screws so small as to be hardly visible to a giant rubber belt press weighing a half million pounds. In a Hartford airplane plant, where he watched men testing parts, the addition Of Q cigaret paper would have de- stroyed the delicate balance between two heavy propellers
 Manchester machines weave flower designs fin satin cloth, and split velvet into two sheets by fly ing knives that moved too fast for the eye to follow" MT, Borah saw typewrlters assembled In Hartford nt the rate of three and Q half m hour by girls employed because their slim fingers are better at the work than mems. At CollinSVille, ''Maehete Town" knives are made for sale in Central and South Amer ican jungles to Indians who never saw Q white man, or heard of Con- nectieut
 But why ascrlhe all these won- ders to Yankee ingenuityp' he asks, Nearly 24 per cent of the population is foreign born: about 65 per cent Is either foreign born or had par- entS born overseas. The answer he finds In conversation with Connecti- cuts Governor Cross.
 II feel as much at home among our newcomers ,,., said the goV- cmor, "aS among the told-timerS None of them are here more than a few months until they become real Connecticut folk"
 "Salt Box" Houses Around
 Commons
 In c 48-page article, including 50 illustrations and two-page map, the author not only describes the glIttering gadgetry of modern indus try. "T soon revised Q preconceived idea of Connecticut 0S humming beehive of industry with no open spaces" he says. "Though the state Is smaller than oil save two others in the Union, 1t still has areas where white-tailed deer roam and where the tenderfoot can be lost v
 He takes the reader along the green and rolling hills of Connecti- cut that lure New Workers from theiP architectural caverns in Man. hattAn, and tells of "snug farms ilne old trees, and pretty villages with Revolutionary 'salt-box houses set primly around elm-bor' dertd commons"
 Pictorial glimpses of Connecticut'i way Of life include tobacco farms and old-faShioned sleigh rides, aI well aS scenes showing New Lon don's modern submarine base, wherl beginners are taught the techniqu, Of escaping by undeibea parachute from Sunken submarine.
 Story tO Reach Millions
 There are pictures of Yale college of silver craftsmen, and one of or expert rife tester who has free some fifteen million times in 4 years. Illustrative Of the old cus' tom of bundling, (which defied tht cold. but obeyed oil proprietieS," fl c scene posed by q young couple from the cast Of the costume com cdy, "The Pursuit of Happiness"
 This story of Connecticut lone fl R series Of American state and cit! articles published by the Nationa Geographic society in It's officia journal, the National Geographic magazine) will 90 into more thai . million homes of tho society," members, found in every civilized country and every community in tn, United States of 300 or more in habitantS. President of the organi zation is pr. Gilbert drosvenor. Dr John oliver Ladorce is vice-prcsi dent. Noted trustees include Chic Justice Hughes, General Pershine and Admiral Pratt.
 Pins and Needles, Hats and
 Hardware
 To list ali Of Connecticut's prod ucts in brass, silver, copper ant other materials would take SC of encyclopedias. Norwalk alone ha 120 industries. New Britain, Hard ware Capital" makes more build ing hardware than any other spo on earth.
 Danbury hats have been sol' since i780, when an enterprisinl citizen opened 0 shop with a staf of three men producing three hat 6 day. Now Danbury is matter t'
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