Milford chronicle., 1947-09-05
IN THIS AGE OF MACHINERY the fear

In 1f11O ANIE Ut M6AO11AANA1AHA UAAS ANNA
of lack of lubricants and oil for power is con-
tinually raising it's head. AS result, sclen-
lists are working around the clock to keep
ahead of the demand for such products. Re-
Gently it was announced that the Carnegie
Institute of Technology has developed pro-
cess for converting waste vegetable matter
such as sugar cane, into gasoline, oil and coal
as well as other products. From 100 long tons
of dried sugar cane there can be obtained p
$50 gallons of gasoline, 3,43O gallons OF MD
die oil. 1.21O gallons of lubricating oil plus
8.45 tons of raw sugar. The 26O,OOO,OOO tons
of waste produced in this country yearly
wouId weld. comments '"The Sugar Mole
cule." published by the Sugar Research
Foundation, fuel enough for every vehicle IN
the country for year. The yield would oe
255 gallons of gasoline, 292 of oil and lO4 OF
mbricating oil for every family in the coun-
trv. With these accomplishments OF science,
together with the advantages promised thru
the use of atomic power, once 1t has been
harnessed for commercial and domestic use,
Americans of the future have little to fear
from the bugaboo of oil and petroleum scar
cities.
THE DELAWARE STATE NEWS, pub
lished at Dover, has moved its business otflce
to it's new home on North Street. In an edl-
torial last week, publisher Barnes told wildly
of the troubles and perplexities which have
confronted him during the process OF moving
to the new building. He painted convincing
picture of the needs of Dover for a live news
paper, and expressed the hope that with the
new equipment now being installed he will be
able to fill this need The publishers of the
Chronicle went through the ordeal OF chang
ing over from Seven-cOlumn newspaper to
an eight-column publication about twenty-five
years ago. We know from experience just
what kind of nightmare it can be. There are
so many mechanical changes to be made, en-
tirely new techniques of makeup OF the pa
per to be considered, and the training OF the
working force to think along different lines
when these changes are in the process of full
fillment To add to all of this, publisher
Barnes is experiencing troubles in securing
newsprint in rolls for his new press. In his
editorial, Mr. Barnes intimated that it is his
hope to give the Capitol City a daily news
paper at some future date. In this he is look
ing forward further than we here at the
Chronicle can visualize. We don't believe that
Dover is now ready, or that it will be ready In
the foreseeable future, for daily. Large
metropolitan dailies are too close, and cover
the territory too comprehensively, for us to
look with longing eyes at the daily field.
Delaware can, and does, support some of
Americas finest weekly newspapers. 1t is in
that field that we plan to stay. AS publisher
Barnes broadens out with his State News he
should find a ready response from Dover for
his enlarged weekly newspaper. We con-
gratulate him for his initiative and progress
iveness as he charts the old State News to a
better and larger future.
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HIGH WAGES FOR LABOR are obvious
ly desirable. But the failure of a large seq
ment of labor to do a days work commen-
surate with present record earnings is one OF
the most dangerous of today's problems, anC
is an important cOntributory factor in price
imitation and the deterioration of the dollar
An authority recently cited the case Of
bricklayers in his city who, in the late TWEEN
ties, would lay from 1900 to 1000 bricks PEI
day. Now output is considered good if MAJ
in the same city lays 500, and most contract
ors' estimate 800 when preparing bids! A
the same time, the bricklayers wage in tha
city has risen to $24 day. However, if pro
ductiOn is taken into account, the bricklay
erS wage, compared with the twentieS work
out to something like $12O per day.
The building trades may be an extrem
example of coSt-booSting. But almost ever,
major industry has reported that man-hou
output has gone down even as wages hav
risen time and time again. And that is on
reason why prices for commodities have gon
up as fast and, in many cases, faster tina
wages.
An economist for a major labor union re
Gently said this: "The whole history of Amer
ica's industrial growth has demonstrated tina
we were able to obtain higher standard q
living than any other nation by progressive
ly raising wages in relation to prices
was made possible by constant improvement
in our ability to produce more goods and sci
vices in less time through better machines
better management and improved effcienc
of the workers." 1t is to be hoped that An
erican labor will listen to its own experts