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Show Saved, ' When lalor-saving machinery wa first introduced, most people oppoeed it, on the ground that It would throw many out of jobs. Many an old-time sewing machine salesman still carries car-ries buckshot in his legs, fired there by "practical" gents who objected to the devilish device that took work from seamstresses. Today we realize that labor-saving devices merely shiflt workers into new industries and raise the standard of living. Tou see this illustrated In (,he American telephone tele-phone system that does the work of 6,000,000 messenger boys. |