Show Did You Ever Stop to Think Edson R. R Waite Okla Okia M M. M S. S Sloan President of the Brooklyn Edison Company says las S. S THAT modern electrical service isone Isone is isone one of the greatest agents of dem demo the world has ever eer seen THAT the mechanic is able to use it in his home for far the same lame purposes and at the same rame price as the million aire sire THAT the small factory can get the same flame service from the electric company as the giant industrial Industria establishment S. S THAT the American workman has the highest standard of living in the world because electrical power machinery machinery ma chinery o so o increases his doll daily In actual setae purchasing power his wages are twice those of the Brit British h workman two and a halftimes half halt halftimes times those of the Polish an and Swedish workers nearly three times those of the French and Norwegian workmen workmen work work- men more than three times those of the Belgian Begian and Spanish workmen and four times those of the Austrian German and Italian workmen S. S THAT the electric companies which furnish this service are regulated by public officials as to standards of service and rates and they must always al always 81 ways keep their rates low enough to encourage the widest possible use of service if they are to grow and prosper 5 The electrical industry does not hold itself up to be a philanthropist or a n l social reformer yet it has bas done and is doing a tremendously important important import import- ant job fob in promoting the well being of the American ican business and the American people Miss Hiss Fern Cox Cox who vho is teach teaching n the ninth grade at Newcastle this winter was a guest of Mr Mr and Mrs Jedediah Cox during the Thanksgiving ing week end |