Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1930, Page 86

call for leadership in the ranks of industry and those masses unaffected by unemployment. The approach to the problem must be without fear and with complete understanding and im- mediate decisive action. The problem must be seen without distortion. Its scope and power should be neither exaggerated nor minimized. We should view it in the light of history and be guided by the scientific analysis of its trends. unhsppiness ' great masses of competent and thrifty men and ‘women. Since the industrial revolution there has been I gg?i | s % itl iiii!n ‘ il Hi it EEEE sHi : g orces mobilized b; private enterprises to alleviate ter of unemployment is cer- ) 11 g g i for substantial part of the $800,000,000 of Govern- “gment projects already authorized. Work on THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, NOVEMBER 9, m “Men for sale” at a dollar a week and “kee, as “Mr. Zero,” noted helper of States today are employed. Wages dur- ing the depression have not been ma- depression that the seasonal spending on the part of peo- ¥ demanded more goods. This in turn brought work for new and larger numbers of men and Tantalum Greatest Metal to Defy Corrosion. Tmuwu & metal which, while rarer than gold, would have a wide use in indus- method of extracting to pifies '“sg it sie§EE§§§ i fuy §s§§§§lp ¥ Ex 5B its production on a commercial United States. As tantalum became av: g A prices, and as high prices for platinum encot aged the employment of tantalum as a substi- the metal was put to many new uses. Ferrotantalum was made and sold before the World War and patents have been taken out for 8 number of special alloys for industrial pur- poses, but probably the largest use for the metal today is in vacuum tubes. The rapid increase in production reflects the increasing use to which tantalum is being put. Commercial tantalum has a purity of at least g unpolished surface. Its tensile strength is two and one-half times that of hard platinum and it can easily be made as hard as iridioplatinum. When tantalum is used cold it appears that platinum alone has properties that rival it. Tantalum can be worked cold, drawn, ham- mered, machined, polished, rolled and punched. The pure metal is rather easily The forms in which the metal may States that is manufacturing the metal. Dairying Has Big Year ‘HE dairy farms ef this country were kept decidedly busy last year producing the milk which went into various manufactured milk products. For instance, the butter cutput for the year was 1,597,027,000 pounds, while even greater was the output of evaporated milk, which reached the huge figure of 1,804,- 930,000 pounds. Cheese was turned out to the extent of 463,933,000 pounds, while sweetened condensed milk totaled 401,717,000 and pows dered skim milk 207,579,000 pounds, Ice cream was produced and presumably consumed in the huge quantity of 254,618,000 gallous, County Gains Mazy Farms. Il" it hadn’t been. for San Bernnrdino County, California would have been just another State, in so far as farm statistics are concerned, but through the agricultured activities of this county the State becanie ora of that very rare group of States which repewted an increase of farms in 1980 as compared with 1925. San Bernardino has been. turning agricultural minded for a decade or raore and has shown an increase of farms frum 4,028 in 1920 to 5,697 in 1925, and 7,135 in 1930. A The increase from 1925 to 1930 allowed the State to claim &gain of 46 farms, bringivg the to*al to 136,455. 98 gk plans or production to give jobs at a time they are most needed and Mst their requirements with - the local service division. And there should be a close co-operation between the Federal Government in its employment of men and bureaus. ment has collected extensive statistical data, for immediate and accurate accumulation of figures is not very complete, This should be made so. By having its finges on the pulse of the labor market, the Governm ment could quickly ascertain industrial trends, Approaching depressions might be anticipated and measures taken to abort the full swing of the downward trend. One means of doing this wouid be a far sighted planning of Governmental construction so that work could be begun immcdiately when employment decreased, and thus take up the slack. This would maintain an even purchasing power on the part of the workers and do much to prevent industry from laying off further workers. Industry also should look ahead. Competent forecasting of displac:ments of labor that are likely to occur where great technical been taken by a machine. strain others from entering Mechanical changes could be introduced gradue ally so as to distribute the strain. Such changes during periods of prosperity would not affect employment as injuriously as if done during years of depression. A general knowledge and concern on the part of employers both large and small over the unemployment phonomens telligent and decisive threatened. " By the Nation as a who.c ., .gping op the harness of common purpose and. endeaypr jn which we pulled together thrcugh the dayp of the war, we can again accamplish our come mon aim. Immediate employmsnt of men for jobs great or small that need to be 'dome, spending normally and thriftily without fess, and each individual déing his share, will € formidable barriers against further de and open the way %o another era of prosperity.