Show Two Electric 1 I I Devices Seen I I Saturation At By S. S BURTON HEATH NEW YORK YORK The The electrical Industry in industry industry in- in believes that it has achieved the saturation point on two out of the more than a dozen common radios appliances appliances radios and flatirons There are slightly more than 25 millions of electrified homes in the United States which have an even 25 million irons and only less Jess ess radios To the extent that this represents satiety it leaves only a replacement market for these particular it items ms Through the country as as' asa a whole two out of every three wired homes have electric refrigeration three out of five have electric vacuum cleaners one out of two has an electric washing machine clock and toaster and one out of three has an electric percolator In some areas it will be news that more families one families one out of 10 have lQ-have have electric electric electric elec elec- ranges than possess oil burners two two out of 25 Only one out of 20 has an electric ironer or roaster but one out of five has a heater These figures have several im im- Im- Im First of course that there Is a vast field for expansion as family incomes permit Even Evenin in the supposedly saturated field many households have two or three radios and a couple of irons while others with electricity have nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing except lights to use on it Secondly Secondly Sec Sec- the prevalence of such devices devices devices de de- de- de vices offers yet another evidence of the high subsistence level of the United States at the tag end of history's worst depression No less important is the fact that these appliances use current at hours when lights are not turned on They help to carry the utilities' utilities huge overhead on a hour 24 basis and thereby make electricity cheaper year by year in spite of increased labor material fuel and tax burdens Nothing more than electricity resembles the widows widow's curse the curse the more we use the more we can have |