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Show Life Is Longer and andBetter andBetter Better , Thanks to toWork toWork Work Workof of Scientists ScientistsDr Dr . C . , C . Furnas Tells Tellsof Tellsof of Big ImprovementsONGER Improvements Improvementsr blOlogicallyL biologicallybetter TaNGER ONGER hfe life , blOlogically biologically L better r hfe life iue and , an easi eaSI- eaSIer easier easier - er ll life e . . That is science's sciences ' gIft gIftto giftto giftto to mankind mankmd . Dr . C C . . Furnas FurnasYale , Yale professor ofchemIcal of chemIcal chemIcalengmeermg chemicalengineering chemicalengineering engmeermg engineering and author of a astImulatmg astimulating astimulating stImulatmg stimulating book , "The The " Ne Next NextHundred NextHundred t tHundred Hundred Years , " summar summar- summarIzed summarized summarized - izedin ized m in a recent address what whatSCIence whatscience whatscience SCIence and technology are aredomg aredoing aredoing domg doing to us . . The record IS ISencouragmg isencouraging isencouraging encouragmg encouraging . The e\pectancy e pectancy e\.pectancy e.pectancy .pectancy expectancy \ ' . of l life e at bIrth bIrthhas birthhas birthhas has risen from less than forty 5 J y ears earsin earsin earsin in 1880 to almost si sixty " < ty years at atpresent atpresent atpresent present The c\pectancy c pectancy e\.pectancy e.pectancy e .pectancy expectancy \ ' . for an all anages allages allages ages up to sixty sl\.ty sl.ty sl .ty ty ' \ . has increased Incrcased Of Ofeach Ofeach Ofeach each one thousand people born thIS thISJ thisy thisSeir J y e1.r e1r e . ir , , almost 30 per pcr cent more wIll wIllsurvIve willsurvive willsurvive survIve to age fifty than v\ill v ill TTil1 \ \ 111 sui-vive sui vive SUl- SUl sui- sui SUlvlve suivive - - vlve vive in a similar group born m in 1900Science 1900Science 1900 1900Science Science is giving glvmg us a bIOlogIcally bIOlogIcallybetter biologicallybetter biologicallybetter better life l1ie as \ well TTell \ ell as a longer one oneDr , Dr I rurnas urnas contends Most epidem epIdem- epidemics - - ics have been becn eliminated el1mmated Tubercu Tubercu- Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - losis is on the run E E\en E en Even \ , en cancer canceris canceris IS beginning begmnmg to think thmk about sl1ppmg slipping sl1ppmgColds slippingColds slippingColds Colds , , influenza , infantile paralysIs paralysIsand paralysisand paralysisand and the various varJOUS dl diseases disenscs en < ; es of seml1ty senility seml1tyare senilityare senilityare are still stIl1 to bo be touched but they WIn will WInbe willbe willbe be , , and perhaps surpnsincly surprIsmgly surprisingly soon People Leal Lcaining Learning nmg About Diet Diet.Dietary DietDietary . DlCtary Dietary deficiency deficlCncy diseases are on ontheir ontheir ontheir i their way out and111 and \ will \\111 111 Trill soon be a arnrlty ararity ararity rnrlty rarity Dr Furnas feels that the thea\crage thea crage theaverage a\ a aerage average \ erage diet dlct is still stIl1 very poor but butIt butit butit It is improving Improvmg The public publ1c is learn learn- learnIng learning . - ing , , he said , that the over pUrIfied pUrIfiedfoods purifiedfoods purifiedfoods foods such as granula granulated ted sugar and andwhIte andwhite andwhite whIte flour arc are poor substitutes for forfood forfood forfood food and that there is a great virtuein vIrtue virtuein In the protective foods vegetables vegetablesfruits , , frUlts fruits and milk They are respond respond- respond109 responding . - ing 109 to the e exhortations J1ortatIons > of SCIence SCIenceand scienceand scienceand and the tile health of the next net " ' ( genera genera- generatIon generation . - tion will show itThe it itThe The material side of 01 : l life e Is im irn irnproving im- im improving improving - proving Dr Furnas observes that thatthe thatthe thatthe the cave cnve man c expended pended almost 100 100per 100per 100per per cent of his efforts in gettmg getting gettmghJS gettinghis gettinghis hJS his meals By B > ) the time of a cer- cer certam certain cer certain - - tain tam tea party in Boston that figurehad figure figurehad figurehad had dropped ( for Americans ) to 56 56per 56per 56per per cent That is , in 1775 56 per percent percent percent cent of the average American income in- in income in income - - come went for food By 1931 thathad that thathad thathad had dropped to 38 per cent In other otherwords otherwords otherwords words the struggle to fill the stom stom- stomach stom- stom stomach stomach - - ach has steadily become less se- se se'ere seere se-\ere se ere - - 'ere ere \ ' ere , . which leaves a larger part of ofthe ofthe ofthe the average dollar to be spent for forother forother forother other thingsBig things thmgs thingsBig Big Increase for Cor "Sundries Sundries "SundrIcs SundrIcs " . , " The item of "sundries sundries " " which includes In- In Ineludes in includes - cludes eludes education travel , , books , all allrecreatIon allrecreation allrecreation recreatIon , rose from eight per cent centof centof centof of the average American income In in1775 1775 to 24 2-1 2 1 21 - per cent of the income In in1931 1931 This is a three fold foldincrease mcrease increase mcreaseand increaseand increaseand and is tremendously significant sIgmficant We Wenow Wenow Wenow now spend three times as much on onthe onthe onthe the extra - curncular currIcular actIvItIes actIvItIeshIch activitieswhich , \hIch hIch Trhich \ , are the most pleasant plensant part partof partof partof of l life e , , as did the revolutionists revolutIomsts We Weare Weare Weare are now spending spendmg five billion bIlhon dollars dollarsper dollarsper dollarsper per year on education and 10 bll- bll bil- bil bllhon billion bil billion - - lion hon for recreation One would al- al almost almost al almost - most thmke think thmk ' we ce \e e \ eere \ were \\ere ere \ leading leadmg a profit profit- profitable profitable profitable - able and pleasant life Despite thIs thIshIgher thishigher thishigher hIgher standard of living hVlng we are areworkmg areworking areworking workmg working lessBetween lessBetween less lessBetween Between 1900 and 1930 the aver aver- avernge average - . age nge real wage , in terms of standardcommodities standard standardcommodItIes standardcommodities commodItIes such as food , rose 48 48per 48per 48per per cent wh while e the average workmg working workmgweek workingweek workingweek week dropped almost 15 per cent cent.The centThe . The long time trend since smce the de- de depreSSIOn depression de depression - pression is not yet quantItatIvely quantItatIvelydIscernIble quantitativelydiscernible quantitativelydiscernible dIscernIble but it will undoubtedly undoubtedlybe be upward for wages and down down- downw'lrd downwird downward - ward w'lrd wlrd wird ' tor for hours"ThIS hours"This hours hours"This "This This " is all to the good , . " says Dr Dr.Furnas DrFurnas . Furnas ' Note that I am not say say- saymg saying saying - ing mg that life l e tor for the average man manIS manis manis IS good as yet , . I am only saymg saying saymgthat sayingthat sayingthat that it is better than it was . , , much muchbetter muchbetter muchbetter better . " |