Show MANS MIGHTY LEVEE 1 f Taking all lie manufactures of tho United States In 1830 barring eomti omissions In reporting horse power it la found that the total hors power uaa In round numbers 6000000 equivalent to the labor of 36000000 men Ahllo men whlo only 4170S84 persons wero employed the supplemental labor having a ratio equivalent to 8 to 1 Horse power used in manufactures equivalent to 2COOOOC0 men Fcprosents a population of 1SOOOO 000 In other words if the products oC the manufacturing establishments alone of the United States In 1S90 had been secured by the oldhand methods without the aid of power machinery It would have required n population oC 180000000 with none left for agriculture agricul-ture trade transportation mining forestry for-estry the professions or any other occupations oc-cupations Hon Carroll D Wright In Hand and Machine Labor Gunlona Magazine for March 7 |