Montana labor news., 1949-10-06

To Help Industry In
New England Gains
Ih, light hy forward l,ohine 81,
i'm, d View ENGLAND t. Tree thar
area from economic handieap>
erected hs long year, 81 banker
and power trust political control J.,
gaming headwn
Republican Gmcrnor Il Vermont.
Democratic toNcrnnr Dc>cr ~
Massachusetts. Dcniocrati, Cover
nor l'oWle> al Connecticut and Re
publican Governor Payne OF Mainc
agree that the iir>, step 10 rehahil
i,aie New England i q public
power program
Tie following statement made b.,
Orkille ; Poland. cconomi, ADVISER
10 'oN bcvcr. IL the | caeuc Re
porter summarize, the ncw ,pirit
that Is At work to provide more
joi, and revive industry in New
England
1t the QuoddA hearing before
tn, International Iolnt Commission
III Passport. Maine-to determine the
pratiicalitA OF harne>sing ocean
iidr> Al la>Samaquoddy Bay for
pub'tf po~wer-ihrce important cn
gineerine statements stood ont I'm
cuulradic,ed
J 0unddy. Will be the most de
pcudahlc source oi e~lectri,
power IN the world Neither.
ice nor droigh, mo- Hood will
interrupt it
Quodds Power. now proposed.
Will develop ) billion kilowanf
hours per year. or enough T.,
change the New England power
situation from one oi famine
t. one Of plenty,
8 uuoddy power will he cheap
power No estimate 81 cost was
over ) mills per kilowatt a.
against a cost Tor coal alone.
N steam-gencrated power, Of
Q mills per kilowat,.
Vital Importance
These facts are Of vital impor
lance To New England because the
New England economy is in a
period Of transition. The DAYS OF
unchallenged industrial supremacy
of New England are gone. The
changes which are taking place now
are deeper and more meaningful
than the relatively superficial one
from the horsc-and- buggy % the
automobile.
The similarity between the Hril
i>h economy and the New England
economy is striking. England i,
a country without raw materials.
has been sustained hv lis
world commerce III goods fabri-
and processed in England
NcN England ha, 10 raw materials
New England cannot iced itself.
Ncw England does moi, produce the
otloli, the wool or the leather Ia
lolhc itself Ncw England cannot
house ,scli Our leading raw
materials are cranbcrricS and ii,h
Yankee Know-how"
Yet New England has pra>pcrcd
lcCausc OF its ~unriyalcd gcniu, ipr
things done. We have had
Yankee know how, mechanical skill
md financial >tatesmanship And
sc have been. and are. nearest t.
.Nc greatest market IN the world
50 long as the South VA, the
4 and oi Cotton" and Ncw Eng
and was the Home 81 the Cot
ion mills % long as the West
reduced the raw materials and We
lrocesSed them and sold the i'm
goods back 10 the West. an
well i'll New England
More than anything else wc need
We have no coal We have
io oil. We have no gas. But We
10 have rivers and we do have
iidcs.
Power costs in New England to-
la are the highest in the United
Las, year. the electric
. ser used in New England cost
sl1h million more than the same
y ycr would have cost in the TNA
MS is a yearly drain oi the lie
lapd OF our industry which the
most robust cannot cndurc-and i'll
IS aid pay ior Quoddy
his expense 10 the New England
lomy would be doubled il We
g.cd as much electricity a, the {
average. but present rate, are
%cNorbitant that instead u 20Wl
watts per year per capita we
use only 1907 kilowatt,-or just,
Nfaut the same As England. 80 ire
IHrntly cited as a backward
lintry. i'll It's use Of clcctricitk
he richest iron deposits IN the
IS rid will soon be opened in dh
10 take the place 81 the ncarl,
lausted Mesabi range New Eng
and IS nearest the market iar steel.
IL ducts New England offers e>rrA
z lli'y ior the satellite indu,trir,
shich cluster abou, steel mill,
Est New England cannot toda,
ilrnish cheap power.
he Quoddy project oiier, tia,
NNWcr-power to make New Eng
lafd ready Tor steel-power Ia bring
industry To New England
ana power 70 keep the indu,trie,
which have made New England