Show electricity AND INCREASED MAN POWER we all like to tell the story of how our nation leads the world in the number of conveniences and luxuries which every family can enjoy in the united states says the manufacturer but how many of us know why we are so fortunate frank L dame president of the north american company recently made a statement which gives the answer he said both a sermon and an economic lesson are furnished by the electric drill electricity driving a compressed airs air machine has rescued a former digger from the humble ranks of unskilled labor armed with an electrically d riven driven pneumatic drill he rates as a skilled workman his pay is high his equipment is expensive yet his services make for maximum efficiency because he and his little machine accomplish more in a day than a whole gang of manual laborers he can literally move mountains more than names are written down as customers in the books of american light and power companies seven billions of dollars are invested in physical properties to provide electric energy for these customers As a result of this huge investment to supply the human need for horsepower large numbers of workers like this rock driller have become prosperous these workers in turn are passing prosperity to others in a continuous process and so electricity electric electricity it y is bringing blessings to people in every line of endeavor in in home making in commerce in industry in transportation in the arts and sciences the last census showed that horsepower per worker is is ax six times as large as it was fifty years ago mr owen D young graphically described the situation when he said that every american worker is in the position to command thirty three slaves looking backward we see that america has gained prosperity largely through the influence of the electrical industry looking forward we see that the electrical industry has unlimited room for future growth and that as the uses of horsepower increase so will each individual share in the benefits that go with na national ti onal progress and widespread prosperity |