Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Dup POHt Company
Executive Addresses
Local ROtGrians
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inventiOn and development that to-
day enable a single tractor to plow
10 acres Of land in a single day
as much as an 18th century settler
could handle in months OF hard,
crushing toll.
The social changes brought about
by the automobile, Mr.. Brayman
observed, have been enormous, par
ticularly in enabling people to live
among green trees away from the
factory where they work, and in
promoting a broader national view
point.
Invention and development, Mr..
Brayman said, were responsible for
the emancipation Of women from
eighteenth century servitude" by
freeing them from their most time
consuming and fatiguing efforts.
IF it had not been for the inven-
tiOn Of the cotton gin, the spinning
jenny and other textile develop
ments, women would have had little
time or concern for equal rights,
he said. "The real authors of
emancipated WOmanhOOd were not
Amelia BloOmer, Lucy Stone and
Susan B. Anthony, but inventors
like Eli Whitney, James HaFgreaves
and Richard Arkwright.
Modern machinery gave the Am
erican workman well-deserved leis-
ure far more effectively than the
cry for the eight-hour day. for with
out the means, the cry would have
been empty and unheeded," said
Mr. Brayman.
Our standard of living, he point
ed out. is after all no mysterious
blessing from on high.
If a family spends 300 hours of
its incOme-prOducing time for a re-
frigeratOr that lasts six years, it
has spent so hours a year to good
advantage. But, If their next re-
frigeratOr costs 200 hours of labor
and lasts 10 years, then the six free
years of operation contribute to
funds for other purposes"
Mr.. Brayman said that he did not
want to be misunderstood and that
he conceded surely that all is not
perfect under this system of ours.
Not all business is as fully aware
of its responsibilities as we should
hope. he said. There are still, of
course, injustices and Illustrations
that require attention. There are
unquestiOnably areas of activity
which need change and improve
ment, and there always will be.
But let's be sure that we un-
derstand what is required for best
results that we progress not
through hazy and hasty expedi-
ents, but through the application
of our natural resOurcefulness
through bringing our technical ca
pacities to more of our people,
through lowering our costs and
improving the performance of our
industry.
This is the true formula for
progress. Let's make sure that we
keep it firmly fixed in our minds.
1t is at once our record of the past
and our best hope for the future"
The response to Mr.. BTayman's S
address was made by Past Presi-
dent George T. Macklin, who with
a few we'll chosen words expressed
the appreciation of the club mem
bers for the splendid talk.
President Cal Ball presided over
the meeting and explained there
would not be a meeting of the
club on Monday next, May "a, but
the club would attend the four
teenth annual Chamber of Com
merce dinner next Friday evening,
May %, at 1900 o'clock. He fur
ther explained that due to the Dec
Grafton Day holiday the club would
not meet on Monday, May 81, but
on Tuesday evening, June 1. The
chamber dinner, Mr.. Ball stated,
would be held in the Community
Building.