Show BLOOD IN THE BEARINGS hindmo thieves would not steal the th oil in ann american machinery the prejudice against blood that 1 it apart a part of the religion ot of the has been made to serve a useful pur pose when the american engineers were building an electric power sta eta tion alon in the mysore territory in south ern ludis india they found that something was wrong with the lubrication of the tha machinery the oil disappeared they discovered that a hindmo must by life his religion take a pe periodical bath in oil to him oil Is oil the workmen workman had bad drained the bearings tor for bathing pur poses how to stop the thieving was waa 0 8 puzzling problem until someone solved it the hindmo does not eat meal arid and lin ha will not touch anything th at has hag blood in it two or three animals were killed therefore and blood was dripped into the bearings there was no more stealing of 0 oil however many other things were stolen |