| Show No Mystery I There is 15 no mystery in ui the Ameri Ameri- American American can high standard of living or in m our wage scales They are both due to the fact that private ini- ini initiative ini initiative an on the United States has ap- ap applied ap applied plied phed more mechanical most power of it to electrical electrical to industrial opera opera- operations operations than has been applied anywhere anY here else in the the world orld Today one American worker pro pro- produces produces pro duces three times as much as the worker corker and it is said that our output as lIS twice the combined out out- output output out output put of or Great Britain Germany Italy I md and Belgium Add to this the vastly superIor circumstances of the AmerIcan Amer Amer- American ican mean worker is us compared with hIs foreIgn counterpart Those who are at present leading the political attack on the electric m- m industry in industry whether hether they know it or not are prosperity and a funda funda- mental American doctrine it is 15 ai- ai al almost I most indisputable that had the tle gov- gov government government gov government r controlled electric power pro production production and distribution 25 years ears ago the thc phenomenal industrial progress of thIs century would never have occur occur- occurred occurred occurred red Witness Europe No argument can dim the fact that most of the great civilizing movements have been the result not of politics bat of the hopes dreams and ambItIons ambitions ambi- ambi ions of private individuals |
