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Show A good watch., can now be Acrt r "V7l 1 I purchased for one or two t raCtOry VhlStle IS dollars, and theru is no ne- 1 Declared a Nuisance ceS3ity for ftory wYds to awaken several thousand By Jama W. McDowell. Cleveland. Ohio . ' , . , 1 I persons m a city in order i i i 1 that a few persons employed in that factory may be at work at a certain time. The factory whistle has not place in modern industrial economy. In tlue days of small manufacturing, inadequate transportation facilities facili-ties and expensive watches, when the -workmen all lived in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of the factory, perhaps the factory whistle served a useful purpose, but that time lias parsed. In these days of quick transportation comparatively few operatif live close enough to the factory to pay any attention to the whistle, no matter how long or shrill is the blowing. The modern factory operative depends upon the accurate time of the watch that lie can purchase for $1 or $2. I can discern the purpose of (he bell on the farm, but for the life of rne I never could understand why so much importance was attached to the factory whistle even in the old days before the era of the electric trolley car and tiie dollar watch. The farmer working out in the field, a long distance from the farm house, places real dependence on the dinner bell, but that was never the case with the factory whistle. Unquestionably, factory whistles blowing must now be placed in the category of unnecessary noises. I predict the day will, come when the factory whiBtle will not be heard except to blow the old year out and the new year in or on the stage. |