The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1933, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 1933 HA&L -o" That TECHNOCRACY Question || EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth of a ice of dix daily articles giving a new in- sight into Techpocracy whose prediction of possible cconomic collapse started a far-flung controvercy. The articles also preccnt other statisties per- taining to displacement of men by machines, energy consump- tion, debts and eother peoints invelved. By J. R. BRACKETT (Copyright, 1932, By The Asso- ciated Press.) Jan. phrase, , that NEW YORK, anoth nd of the nocracy has p; mind with new emphasis, is in the reduc is ‘Technoc day’s troubles, greater ones in bles in the form employmant. At Columbia Un! the group of engineers their studies Techn: X work under direction of Scott, -are several doezen showing principally two one of production, the man-hours. The, preduction line on this chart goes upward, the man-hour has gone downward. For instance, Technocracy says it took 1,300 man nours, or one man 162% hour days, to fab bile in 1904, wt requires only 90 hours Bour days. Employment Decre: In 1920, Scott says, required 210,000 workmen to ricate all the automobiles produc- ed. If the methods of 1904 had been usad to produce the number automobiles, dustry would have needad 2940,- 000 men instead of the 210.000. These * figures ae given to show and perhaps even the future of gro Howard ch lines — other of BARNEY GOOGIL. THE-NEW GEE- IT'S A SHAME HE DON'T KNOW HOwW 2T WRITE-. T'D | MILLION WRESTLING LIKE TO GET His / FANS THROUGHOUT AUTO GRAPH -- R fab- s the astonishing advance in mech-' anism, and Scoit says similar sta. AND S PARK PIUG EHAMP = THe TOLEDO TORNADO- IDOL OF FIFTY e e HAS‘ THE 0.5.—Machines and Man-Hours 9 1300 HOURS TO FABR'CATE AN AUTOMOBILE. TODAY IT TAKI ©0 HOURS TO A BETTER NMOD! Machines have reduced thc number of hours men must werk to produce a unit of goods, and, cocording to Technceracy, have re- ducod them mere than preduction has gained. While the ccuntry was growing and before the machine reached its present efficiency mere and more hours werc needed tc preduce cacugh goods, but with efficiency, hours went down—and, cays Technocracy, so did employment because fewer hours o work mean iewer men. that the auto- i cfineries producing 633 ba 3 ¢ employment to!crude petroleum per thousand man |, 100(10 men whercas the total | hours, as compared to 141,829 bu-‘ re was in the millions whm‘xkls for a group of 3 refire: red that huge num-} Technocracy says 87 men required to man the | have produced all the bricks tions, rubber factor- | United States used in 1929 if the ies and so on. industry had operated with the| that composite figure best methods. Hay s such state-| le industry cannot be monts imply the possibility of ac-| 1 due to the variation tually attaining such a mark, de-| to plant in tpite the fact this obviously would require a revolution in the brick | industry. The New Jersey Brick Manufacturers Association has ta-| ken exceptions to Technocracy's Prcductivity Varies The figures of L. P. Alford and J. E. Hannum, who have done jexpected from Juneau, {1 road | these (plans made (Exporting Company, was a guest By BILLE DE BDCK 21932, King Fearures Syndicate, Inc., Great Brita | possibilities . of trade connections lover a direct route between Alas- ka and China. | clsen’s, undertaking as one of great posgible benefit to the Terrilory. | A nne attendance was present at DOUGLAS NEWS INSTALLATWN e e 2 ON TUMURRUW, Liquor Legalized (Continued from Page One.) jcourt cases per 100,000 population | increased moderately from 1000 to . |1930" it says, Douglas Fraternal Organi- s rise more rapidiy atter zations Are to Hold [than before. Joint Session 1820 “A large part, however, of the increase in the last decade is ex- }plamsd by traffic cases, which in- creased .approximately the same rate as automobile registrations. “Arrests and prosecutlons for major crimes increased oven rapidly than the rates for crimes. . . . Prosecutions in federal courts were fairly constant from 1900 to 1917, after which an enor- mous increase occurred, but this was due prmcxpally to the large The annual installation of offi- cers of Gastinean Lodge No. 124 F. & A. M. and Nugget Chapter No. 2, O. E. S, will be held joint- ly tomorrow evening by the two organizations in the Odd Fellows' Hall. The affair is for members of the lodges, their families, and invited guests. A large crowd is The cere- monies will be followed by a ban- quet. SRS, 5N BASKETBALL GAMES TONIGHT Basketball game between the Douglas High School and DeMolay players of Juneau and two grade teams for the curtain raiser, are scheduled for this evening, start- ing at 7:30 o'clock. DRV I DOUGLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS MEETING LARGE SIZE. DRESSES n The necessity for harbor and imorovements for - Doug continues to be the main issues before the Chamber of Commerce. |At the regular meeting last night matters were reported on the Committees and further to secure some favor- thereoni, in the very New Crepes by Sizes up to 50 in i Y, sizes For Short Stoits JUNEAU able action near future. Theodore the Alaska ‘Tolefsen, President of Oriental Go-operative of the Chamber, gave most in- teresting talk in which He told of the great future for Alaska in con- nection with the successful devel- rights reserved. "~ ;:he police, The Chamber endorsed Mr. Tol- | “Pelitics “with a tendency | e —————— | | ed |and to the substitution of flexible number of liquor cases. ... “The record of crifhes known to which is potentially the best index of the number of serious crimes, shows a slightly lower rate in 1931 than in 1930, “These figures do not indicate that ecrime has swept over the country like a tidal wave.” Balks Law Enforcement” Though there is no expectation of a great increase in crime in the immediate future, neither is there an encouraging prospect “for greater efficiency on the part of the police, the courts and the other agencies for dealing with crim- inals.” “A principal limitation on the increased efficiency of these inctitutions is ‘politics,” says the report. “A second limita- tlon is the wunwillingness of the public to pay taxes suf- ficient to make efficiency pos- Sible. And a third limitation is the localistic restrictions ¢n the agencies of justice by the American framework of government.” As the criminal laws, the num- ber of them will contive to in- | regulations, which seems to be an | administrative regulations for rig- | id criminal laws.” — < DAN CALLAHAN OFF TO SITKA wn it s PIONEERS' HOME d“ t - consider start { v oga ok siasing- Former Leglslatm and GUY SCOTT ARRESTED| Pioneer of Fairbanks AND RETURNED HERE Leaves on Estebeth Charged witk oblaining money under false pretenses, Guy F. Scott| Dan Callahan, well known old was brought lere yesterday from|timer of Fairbanks and memb:r of Skagway by Deputy United States| the Territorial Legislature from the Marshal Frank Nefsy to be taken pourth Division in 1923, arrived to Chichagof to have a preliminary| from the Interior a few days ago examination bhefore the United| and left on the motorship Estebeth States Commissioner there. last night to enter the Pioncers’ He is alleged to have °n A | Home at Sitka. number of orders for suits of cloth-| Mr. Callahan came to Alaska in ing, accepting deposits on them,|the early '90's going into the Circle and never delivered the goods. country where he lived until min- .- ing activities opened up in Fair- RELIEF CAPT. ANDERSON banks.! He was a member of the SOUTHBOUND ON ALASKA| city Council of Pairbanks for many A. A. Anderson, who has "N“‘years and engaged in the transfer relieving Capt. Ryming on the|puginess in that eity and mined steamer Starr, Is a southbound | throughout the surrounding coun- passenger on the steamer Alas- try Use Alaska Lumber JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS PHONE 358 rate, perhaps because of “a| growing public sentiment aginst offshcot of the prohibition issue It says the increase in criminal laws hetween 1900 and 1930 was | THE HOTLL OF ALASKAN HOTELS THE GASTINEAU Juf Services to You Begin and End at the the report asserts, but wilh'a tendency toward a decreas: Gang Plapk of Every Passenger-Carrying Boat A 1933 RESOLUTION G much research into man-hours, show wide divergences of praduces tivity in four industries. For in- stance, for blast turnaces the range of rates of production was found to be from 145 tons per tistics are true of most industri W. W. Hay engineer and con- sultant with the Mayflower Con- solidated company, says such a calculation includes only small part of the men who actually were required to produce the whole au- thousand man-hours for a group tomobile, since it omits parts and of nine plants to 1913 tons per accessory makers and others who thousand man-hours for a group had a share in making the fin- of seven plants. ished machine. | In the petroleum industry a wide Hay says the implications of range was found, a group of nine YOUR CHILD figlires on bricks. opment and growth of his com- Many observers agree with Tech- |pany's operations. Mr. Tolefsen nocracy as to the increased effic- \hgs spent the greater part of the iency of labor as used by the ma- past three years in = Shanghal, chine, but, Hay says, they hkewise‘chma and traveling back and object to the selection of a few |forth to and from that great met- examples of technological gains as|ropolis. and he has fhuch first- representative of all industry. {hand information relative to profit L T GORDON’S JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE Still Goes On With NEW Specials ADDED FOR SATURDAY SUEDINE RAINCOATS In brown, blue, ‘green and ‘tan. SPECIAL $5.95 S e Short Sport Models in Suedme All Colors. SPECIAL $§3.50 DRESSES = DRESSES DRESSES Every Dress reduced onece mote for SaturGay Selling $2.95 $3.95 $5.95 TO CLEAN UP ON ALL TUB DRESSES — BETTY BAXLEY AND OTHER MAKES—$§1.95 40 $2.25 Values—SPECIAL $1.45 YOUR PIGGLY WIGGLY store of Juneau offers you service based on practical merchandising ideas. 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