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Show Desert DustBy Dust DustI I By JohnstonI JohnstonIt JohnstonI Johnston I I IIt agreesI | It seems that most every e\ety e ety eery \ one agrees agreesthat agreesthat that It if the 12 12000000 000 000 unemploy unemployed unemploed ) ed could couldI couldgo couldgo couldgo I go to work tunes times would "ould ould w " ould be back toI tonormal tonormal to I inormal normal In a few fe\v fe v \ months To put the these thesepeople the < < e epeople epeople people back to " work "ork ork wort , Is going to be u a uI ureal aIreal tii I Ireal real problem Back In 1860 It required requiredI required.2570 required2570 . 2570 man hours to produce one metric metricton metricton I + ton of cooper In 1930 the same amount amountw metricI I I w " as produced In 142 man hours amountI In I I1889 1889 It required 9 man hours to pro- pro proI proI produce produce pro-duce pro duce - I ) ) duce one metric ton of lion 110n ore In 1930I 1930the 1930the 1930 I [ I thevame the "ame ame vame " amount was \ w \ as produced In 12 I t ImlDl.teB tminutes lminutes mlDl.teB mlDlteB minutes . In 1850 151 man hours were wereJ'ulred werer werenculred J\'ulred J 'ulred ulred \ . r , cuired ! ' to produce one ton of pig iron ironttc ironthe ironU-c ironU c tt-c tt c the ttcme thegame - - "ime ime game " \me me ' \ amount was produced in 1930 1930In 1930in 1930in In 3G 36 minutes In 1889 144 man hours hourswer hourswere hourswere wer were required to produce one ton of ofsteel ofsteel ofsteel steel in 1930 the same amount was wasploduced wasproduced waspioduccd ploduced produced In 1n 14 hours In 1904 it re- re requred requtred re required - - quired qured qutred ! 1291 man hours to produce one oneautomobile oneautomobile oneautomobile automobile in 1930 1030 an automoblle automobile automoblleI automobllecould automobilecould automobilecould , could be produced In 92 man hoursI hoursIn hours I I | In 1030 1930 the tobacco Industry wao way "a a " " usingi using'r using 'r r ' \ ' machine that produced 560 cigar dgn- dgn cigar- dgneUes cigarettes cigarettes - - ettes eUes a minute by 1932 they wereIS were \IS- IS us- us ISIng using \ us using - - ing a machine that produced 2600 clg cig cigi clg'I cigI 'I I ' ette ettet " = a minute The electrical in indu.try inductry Industry du.try dutry ductry . Is now using a machine that thatcan thatcan thatcan can produce roduce 442 light hght bulbs a minuteI minuteThis minuteThis minute iThis I This machine displaces 10 10000 000 "orkersMost w " workers "orkers orkers orkers orkersMost 'Most Most ' Most all Industries ha\e ha e hate \ advanced in inI inJrqductlon ini.rgduction InInduction , \Jrqductlon Jrqductlon i.rgduction irgduction \ . about the same as the ones onesmentioned onesmentioned onesmentioned I mentioned abo\ abo aboe abo < \ ; e a So the world worlds worldsmachiner worldsmachinery s smachinel machinel machiner ' ) } only has to run a few hours hoursper hoursper hoursper per week to produce more goods tl-an tl an than tlanthe thanthe thanthe - the " world "orld orld can useThe use I IThe I IThe The emergency appropriation of of$135000000 of135000000 $135000 135000 $135 135 $ 000 000 to aid unemployment unemplo'IDent unemploIDent ) ' in inthe Inthe Inthe the way of government go\ernment go ernment \ building bu1ldmg pro- pro pro - - jects projects so far Isa Is a farce Five rhe live months have monthshave elapsed and not a building bullding under underconstruction underconstruction I construction or a single man put to tov tovork v ork We w " were ere told during the re- re recent recent re recent - - cent . . . . . campaign .p p llIU < ; that LU " ' lne : the Beconstriietlon Reconstruction . I I I I | Finince Fln\nce Fln nce Finance ' \ Corporation would save c the theI thenation thenation the'nation thenation I ' nation It may do it but the chancesare chances I I 81'e 81e are ' It will w1l1 have to be reconstructed reconstructedand reconstructedand reconstructedand and It if the working worldng class reconstructedI derive any anybenefits benefits from It It may have to be re- re re - - I financed refinanced financedMr , ( Mr Archibald Roosevelt heads the National theNational Economy League He theI Is I jointly Isjointly Interested , with vUh J P Morgan in insteamship insteamship Insteamship steamship lines that ha have ha\e ha e \ ; a govern govern- government - government governIment ment mallIn mailin contracts to carry ocean govern-I govern I mall mail In 1930 this steamship company se- se secured secured se secured - cured fromBaltimore a 0 . contract to carry cany mall mail from Baltimore to Hamburg Famburg a distance cUstance of 4 of4077 077 miles mUes The contract $0I-er $0I 0I er $6rer price Is $6 6 $ rer - mile for 52 trips a ) } ear which whichamounts whichamounts whichamounts amounts Recentlyone to $1,272014 1272014 $1.272014 1.272014 $ , . , a 3ear year i ear Recently one of this ' company's companys ' vessels vesseIs went from wentfrom New York by way of P13'IDouth P13IDouth Plymouth ' ofletters Plymouthto P13'IDouthto to London It carried two t\\O t O \ pounds of letters suchservice The statutory price for such suchservice suchservice service fs Is 80 cents a pound This Thiscompany Thiscompany Thiscompany company $202141for 214for received $6 6 $ per r mile mUe $202141 202141 $20 20 $ 214 212Then $20212Then for the trip or a gift of about $20212 20212 $20 20 $ 212 Then people wonder " why "hy hy the postal department postaldepartment anyone Is In the red But any- any any - one will agree that Archibald Roose Roose- Rome- Rome Rooseelt Romeclt Roosevelt - \ ; velt \elt elt clt should shculd be a & great &Teat Teat man at 1I.t 1It . the head headof headof headof of an economy leagueI leagueScmtor leagueSenator league leagueSenator I tfe qre sho"stfe showsqre showsthe theIntoxicating Senator Scmtor best Judgment Dill D1lI from In Washington determining sho"s shos shows th the " ( ' intoxicating quaUtles qualities of 3.2 32 . . per r cent centIlx Ilx beer > centbeer Isto er He lIe Me says the way to find out is isi i to drink It He lIe will propose to the I senate thesenate theI JilUclary jtWclary jt iiclary committee that a quantity aquantity of such , beer be made and tested andtested by a Jury of tasters Now every ProhIbitionist everyprohibitionist In the senate will wlll try to to.get toget . , get toget on t that hat h a t Jury for tor two rea- rea - [ SOns rea-sons rea sons reaSOns Intoxicating First to pro\ pro prove proe prose \ e that it Is Intoxi intoxi- intoxicating Intoxicating - - cating second to get their hides full ot of fullof fullot old fashioned fashtoned beer officl officially offlciJl1y officlilly illy and pleasantly andpleasantly lit legally legallyA A wealthy "ealthy ealthy " old banker married mamed a . very ' Pn.tty Pntty prttty . very'piztty verypiztty veryPn.tty verys jaglow girl c1rl of ot 17 On his h1s return aU all aglow arinw aUaglow allarinw with wit * honnlnne ' " ' . - . - , fin - - . . - . - . - - I his sister In law , ' Stunning With Withthose Withthose Withthose _ those blue e eics ecs ) } es and that golden hair hairwhat hairwhat hairwhat what 11onderful a 11 \ wonderful \\onderful onderful widow wldo\v wldo v \ she Is go1ng going go1ngto goingto goingto to make makeA A traveling salesman stopped the theother theother theother other evening the first one we md had md"een hadteen had'een hadeen "een een teen ' " for some time We asked him himhow himhow himbow how business was He said that th'1t th1t ' nll ail nllthe ailthe allthe the oraers orkers he had h1d ! taken In the pastten pastten pastten ten days . were v.ere vere from his ,1feComport wifeComport " , wife ,1fe 1fe wifeComport Comport th thiself thself ) } self to the customs of ofthose ofthose ofthose those whom thou meetest on thY thyjourney thyjourney journey and thou shalt meet mcet with withlittle withlittle little annoyance y , |