Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 8 | Rorty Praises Mechanization

P AlSES nON WASHINGTON N Dec Dee 7 AP AP- AP The American Mining l congress was told toda today by bv Colonel lonel M M. C. C forty Korty vice pr president of or the International Telephone and ana Telegraph corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion that increased ased mechanization of or industry would shift workers from flom tr traditional occupations to the production pro pro- of or new goods of the luxury class instead of decreasing employment employ employ- ment Terming mechanization as that clement dement civilization In which stands fast last when all H other elements are disrupted and dispersed Re lie said it had had been been directly responsible for thi that increase in real wages which In in spit of occasional halts and irregularities ir irregularities ir- ir I regularities regularities- has doubled and trebled the Income Income- of ot the ordinary worker during a n ely comparatively short span i of Tears years Probably the most serious charge against mechanization he lie continued was that the tha mechanic with his round all-round training was being replaced by mere m machine tenders and alid workmen skilled in ina a a single op op- op ration Colonel forty answered by uy saying that as mechanization of or industry increased there was a growing browing demand for highly hy trained workers in new in-new new fields of or repair and maintenance work