Show P POWER VER AND NATIONAL WEALTH solid basis of The Our prosperity rests upon a power power- steady upward trend in wages and living s standards has been t r the direct result o of the increased productivity of each worker 1 At the present time every American worker has on the f Jr average four and one half horsepower ver at at- athis his comman cornman In t Great Britian the worker has but one And the national i wealth h of each nation is in almost direct ratio to this j ij The United Unite States t tes has led the way in power development l Y te have pa th the highest highe 1 l t per ner investment in in machinery y of any n nation in iii the world orId Instead of depending on the strength I of his back the modern American worker guides a machine cap capable ble of of doing a n tremendous volume of work at low cost It is an important fact that at the present time American Industrial hid power is purchased largely from electric utilities Fa ones ories ar are rapidly closing down own private plants in favor of the unrivaled efficiency service and economy of great central cl electric generating stations and interconnected systems systems- Electric e tr c power grows groins steadily cheaper and more depend depend- able he New ew t uses appear daily The contented American Am Am- workers of today represent a new economic and social ideal r I |