Show machinery that makes manual labor less and less necessary Is our big problem now it is also the hope of the real civilization which will come eventually I 1 maschiri machinery try will be a problem for a little while then a great blessing and meanwhile you admire the mechanical marvels that will some day set men free from physical slavery the wall street journal describes a new shovel built by the marion ohio steam shovel company how many thousands of mm mea working painfully with pick and shovel will this giant shovel replace operated by electricity it lifts up pounds of earth at every bite and the operator with his shovel at the end of a long arm can drop the earth eaith feet from the shovel and on top of a sven seven story building it if desired this giant shovel will be used to trip strip the earth seventy feet deep from the top of a rich coal field laying bare the coal which will also alio be ba scooped up steam shovels dong away with painful mining underground copper the metal Is an empire in itself the electrical industry rests on copper which does not disappear in rust like iron you may dig up copper pipes in good condition that were put underground in the island of crete before Dea dalus flew to safety from tile the labyrinth copper like anything else sells too cheap and the emperors of copper will meet in new york soon to see what can be done about making prices better the mysterious word katanga originating in africa Is most powerful in the copper empire Britis hers were wise when they gathered in those great south african properties les that now give them the greatest gold diamond and copper mines |