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Show Synonym For Progress A multitude oi induotiira huve contributed their share to the greatness of the United States. Of them all, it is probable that the electric has made lac most important import-ant single contribution. Electricity, by giving the worker power equivalent to hundreds o tunes his own strength, has been the direct cause of high wages and consequent high standards of living. liv-ing. It has done away with much of Hie hard physical labor that, a generation ago, was necessary to manufacturing operation. It has shortened working hours and given industry new standards of speed, efficiency and economy. It has done an equally great work in revolutionizing home life. Electric El-ectric lights and stoves, flatirons, electric refrigerators, radios, vacuum vac-uum cleaners and a thousand and one appliances have raised American Ameri-can homes to new high levels of comfort and convenience. Both housewife and wane earner O've a tremendous debt of gratitude to electricity. el-ectricity. Now electricity is being extended to American farms where it is likewise like-wise a revolutionising influence. Electricity has caused the trend toward ucentralization of industry. During coming years scores of small towns throughout the nation will grow and become important industrial indus-trial centers as the result it . exlensison of low-priced electric service into congested areas. Electrieit is a modern synonym for progress and prosperity. |