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Show mobiles which cost thousands of dollars; " and t3'pewritei)s, tele- I phones and radios which cost j hundreds without the full aid of technology, are now made for a fraction of their former cost and thus are available to millions whereas before they were only available to a very few. It is on the question of employ- ; ment that most of the attacks on the machine are directed. Its enemies glibly cite instances of where the machine has enabled enab-led one man to produce as much as I two, ten, fifty or more men could produce by hand. We maintain, however, that This increased production pro-duction by the use of machinery is the strongest point in favor of the machine age. Those who believe increased production of machinery means fewer jobs, overlook the important impor-tant fadt that there is no limit to the amount of work to be done in the world, and that when a machine produces something, men have to produce just that much less. This oversight is the same as that made by the share-the-wealth cults. These do not seem to understand that there is no ceiling for the amounlt of wealth and that it is constantly increasing increas-ing these do not realize that if one man achieves wealth, it does not necessarily mean that other men have been made poorer thereby. The problem is not to share the present wealth but ti produce more for everybody. The machine creates Jobs to a far greater event than St deslroyes them. The national Industrial Conference Con-ference Board. A most reliable authority, has complied a list of 18 manufacturing industries which have been created since 1879. These industries employ bout one-seventh of all factory workers work-ers and the jobs created as a result re-sult of these new products, probably prob-ably give employment to one-fourth one-fourth of the gainful workers today. to-day. Now, we can hear someone ask: but what about industries in which employment has decreased?". de-creased?". All right, between 1920 and 1930, ninteen principle occupations occu-pations showed a loss of 800,000 persons. During that same period. 19 of the growing occupations gained more than two and one-quarter one-quarter million jobs of three jobs gained for each one lost in the declining occupants. Machines Versus Jobs By GEORGE FECK Previously we discussed the influence in-fluence of the machine on civilization. civil-ization. The automobile is an example ex-ample that the development of interchangable parts as an important impor-tant factor in making practical the general use of machines.. Just imagine im-agine what automibile driving would be like today if tires, spark plugs, fan bells and Other parts were not standardized and had to be made especially to fit in-divilual in-divilual cars. Think how impossible impos-sible mass production of automobiles auto-mobiles would be if parts were not interchangble so that one group of men can make axles, another an-other wheels, another bodies, etc. The principle of interchangable parts made possible the development develop-ment of our modern industrial system. . 'America's march to the head of tlie parade of nations is due largely to the fact that we have achieved mass production and consumption con-sumption to greater degrees than any other nation. Consider what machine methods of production have done to things which have become essential to our present mode of living. For example, auto- |