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70 will 4a 4. HOME I ,knoleicdge is Il.ol..l, the Ccn..us B,- Ileau lighti well 1t eons, idered a tr- Its activities have won for it the putilation of being the greates t stalisti !ai bureau in tihe wIr.I. legirinnlig withi lt fir st census ].... 790. taken ill accrd- ,ee wi, h ,he ho nslbi halt a.. enun. erat.. e iioial reqiuibreent f the IitplI.hsttfl..i be odelidl vex'y 10 yeal to dternllln conessniial repr teslint itioi, cnslls aietivi is hav- e,,pand..edI fIon. little m than I i.Opulati)n count t o i comrprebrnsive survey of the li oai and ,conomic resources of the nation. The facts and re'nls which the census figures r fiect IrI of instimable value, for if d ..nor racy is to detsrmine where it is going, it must rst know where it is. LABOR INFORMATION From labor's point of view, the deiennial census which bgins on April i1, 1940), ,ill be the mist inl por. nt ever unIdertnken. In addition to the infoirma'll i raiis. collected, this census. will include questions with respect to employmierit, U Cnemploymentit oeeupIaiuo, incolmle. age distribution of arkern himsilg, /ortgagies~ income, ivring rtandsdls, the siltus of workel'q ,new who have ri(ve, yet had oppolrtunity to work. tlhe i,,lber of those engaged in private, permSiaent and Lnergncy ( l....poray) public work, he .. i.nbe r not wo kirig because oif illnes,. vacations. strikes. lock-outs, lly difs and other pertinent itnforllation. 'The questions will he directed to the status of ih waolker as of the wek fiorr Malih e24 to 10. 1940. A few of the high lights of particular 4ignigclanre to American labor as reecoted by prior ce.nsus reports will illsrnte the importance if these figures. and practical valu, THE U. S. AND TH E WORLD In order that thi details ray bhi wiighrd against a broad backgrou... let Vee (4 MARCH 24? ki Uncle Sam will sendl a census taker at that time. Questions important to labor to be asked. Profound changes recorded. usi list .xaine. what the figures eveal aIs o thi relation of the Ini ted States to the rest of Ile world inl area, population andi resoulces. The area of the Ufiled Stales constitutes approximately 6' per cent of the lanId surfice of the earth. Ill pomuhtltlo, it shares in the samne prpor. tion, containing ahbout (il, per cent of the worild's population. Is share in th, wold..s wealth, however, is far in excess of its proportion ill area and populaion. The IUnited States Treasury has 60 per cent of ithr. world's mnnetarv gold. Thie United States has b8 per cent of the worMd', automobiles; 80 per enit if its tlepllones. It produtirs 62 per retL of the world's oil; 3 per cent of the pigiron and steel; 35 per cent of the copper. lead Irel zinc; 30 per Ient of the coal; over 50 per cent of the cotton.. The United Stats worhld, ¢onsunmes , 5 pe.r cent of tll tin; 56 pI el iat of its rbbi-; 72 Ipr cent of its silk;Id4 11cr cent of its colfee. Its industrial, railroad ail highway syntems. are by fat world. the best ill the Such is the relative position of tile United States in the community of nationi, These figures at least suggest that. whatever snimilariles exist between the reennmtic ills of the United Stotem and those of other countries, because of our vast Ieroiel.e: and producing and con sumsing capacities, our problemns are d warfd by comparison and substntially differntr by nature THE IIPRODUCING FOREIC What of the c.i,.piI.io..h of the Americai peoleph which iroeduces and coIuntn.es sn ulruh Inhre in Il .r'polItwin than the rest Arohitect's drawin, g of new censuS huilding, Wiashingtol, D C.. center of rmzing activity urilcng March whiol the 1940 Ceisli il 1eillt taker.* , -- The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operalors of mankind ? By way of a brief summury, here is whal. the censuS figures show as of 1930. Out of a tolal population of Ipproximaielyv 123 million, b bot 49 million wri liit . I, as wvorking firo walges or the eq u ivalenli tit these, ahbo. t 21 per eent wire ien ased in agriculture. in this con netion it is iDltrestilbg to note that the 1790 c..nsu reflected 95 per cent of the popuhiIon ias ng el irrali, tlcrhe being at that time only six eities in the Enited States wi itha population of 8,U000 or over, Almost 29 per cent of the 1930 labor foare was ell'agedl in manufactu'hing and mIe chanical pursuits. Tihe lemoaining hal of the labor (ore coniasted chiefly of transpotltlitin[, conmuiieatill,. cerical, pro fessiial and domestic Woikters. A PATTERIN WIHROUT DESIGCN If comparative exii.nlanatons of thl, above cl~assiications, are nl ido between differert yeas. the proflnd chianges in the character of our civilization become impressively apparent. Shifts from the country to the city; chagres from ulde pendrll producer to wage-worker: changs fronm ownership to tenancy: changes .ion, multitudes of sinal prdmlutucth, sitfs to a few gigantic ones For .example, the 1937 census of 1ma,1 - factIir s shows , that ther were 106,794 plants doing a busiiness of $5J)00 or more per yar, emp..loying 8,56.69,231 worker.. But of this total nulnlber of plants. onethird of them did less than $20.001 annually ind lheir cm bined production was only i per cent of the total. The one-fifth of the factories doing more than $250,000 worth of business per year produced over 80 per cent in value of all good, anid employed .lmost seven nrillion out of a total of 8,569,231 workers. A glance at the figures of retai tradlh reifect a similar concenutrion. in 1935 there were 1,653,961 rct{il stores with almost, four million employees. But I per cent of these stores did 25 per cent of the business. The combined business of one half of the stores amounted to only 8.; per eeI iof the totall retail trade. It might be expected, perhaps, that the condition of agriculture would reflect a healthier state of d.emocratic economy. Cens:Il figures show that in 1915 there were 6,812,350 farms. <strong>Of</strong> these, almost three l illitn were opera1ted by ttnnant. not owlnrs, An additionai 48,000 were operated by manager" . At the samin time falin itgage borrowings ex cerded seven and one-half billion dollars CONSTlRtCTION MATERIALS OF I'IROGIESS The intelligent conduct of public and private affairs depends upon relating objectives to realities. A program appro - printe Ior a nation charactilzed by widesprel landholdings, small industiali plants anl individualized rather than institultonalized trade and eommerce might ,he aijet to devise, but it is not likely to Ie the proper program for ii nation whre the ow nershi p of prodtel ve wealth is vastly conc e trated in the hanlls n ai few, and wihl re growing pro- Cnontinued on page 96)
FEBRUARY, 1940 AS part of an intensive campaign to acquaint the general public with the advantages of proper wiring and to ireresrea the use of clectricily, espccially in the home, Los Ang s Local Union N in cooperation 1,. B 8:, of with the lectrical )evelopment Leagu of South em Cal]Loin in, selected manufattul'ers, anti the utii ies, partieulariy i Mu- Ihe niciilal p traul of I aid ,ower liight, h] , intituted ian educatlonl se.i.. ile that i, ala.udy bearing ruilt in mkhilg ihe puhb lie "'AldqutteWiin". eonscioas, iiand iii assuring Ia glremlt itl.ereas. ,i the ,il of tlclriely in the years to colle. The piro'grii stillild o/ut wilh serlps i ( ! edlhci ttJi lni;l, .I..(' lirigt f.i ... ,llie.r s oif elocLi i ilpn No,. It 8, with BuIeau of Poeivr Ilill LighI Ielonn hl otheIs givhing first meetinig, aitd ,lcireS I).i.l.sn.LI lljhr,. The it whiwh the slhiect of fiti.oresnIlt lightingl was tahln III,, ws held in Oclohe,', aI l was. so well r.Leived that the pOglalll ills been coriilerabbiy y brioaden,,d. The couls now plhnnd wil .('(Isist oIf one f1,Letiv ;i monith Ihil:ough July. One phase of t e roopera tive effort which is gaining illih publie atlention is the "ndrequac xvilng 1kaLire. wiIh oneIebets of ihe 1,ocl ind th eir' ellloyers constantly litIaching the gospel I "''mkh e your ibitial instalalhion adequate I folu- Wtli Ihr*c1l.' .Vhil,' the owIn.L COlnscats, the thip biureau sots a lrge ill- ,itnlatd igjn in fil'l.lt of each Inw res.idliace which has been wired to ..et the speeifihations reitted for al eirtificite which tile bureau i pust, providing the job conmes lp to erlnin requillements. The eerti fite is endorsed by F. ii A. Manys Owles hav USe ,I i ha rL-fu.'.llI folluld thtt by iaking Ihey are able to secure anl llJeqtlni Wiring job for the SI....e coslt as an inteijor job without the eertifieaion. Cash clun ofiii $55 are allowedLI tl he ptI'ch}iIe of approved iijoi allppiliarh((s, pravidinig thl wiring is inst~alludl accotrlill/ tO dehliutie ((ti'ceqnhuemlls, Althougil the [lerenttltge of ngew homes being wi.l far electri: ranges alal water heaters has Steadily ineased in the last few y'str, this p poglrn has caused the giraplh o take a decidedly sleepEl' upward angle. Every tellth new borne lier is nl, heing wired Ilo an electric ranglle. GREAT LEAP IN RANGES Iil 1lilt there were 4,742 electhic ranges in IJs Angeles ilty proper, aid 854 el.cr ie wlae h.lteRs. In1 1939 tie figure1 was we11 .oer ]8,000 rangos and 6,700 water hetelrs. Int the past yiar, at.l hlas 75 per c[lt of thLs, installtiorls were ,made by t1niol electrieians, and Is n airge pal[ of the work is lone by the Van (otl CI.mpany, which is now oheri{ling unldl a signejd agreemnent. with Local nlii.. No, 11-8,: the figmie should LIe at leasIl 95 per c'llt for I 1940. The buliru chlarges the follhwing dI,irestic , ts: The hilisl 35 kilowlt. hours aIt 4A4 eis, the ne t it5 kihowatt hours at '.2 cents, thie ,ext I00 kilowlRl hours It, l.1 CeltS, alld hreafter at 1.25 cnts. The watl, ' heater is on a spcial 7-nIill raII. MUNICIPAL /)wel4, te UNION aa CONTRACTOR Ily BRI(CE' WORL,EY, L. U. No. B-83 Cooperative effort benefits consumers in Los Angeles. "Wire for future needs" An hi l *(, ti og it ... I. ) hI, te iII hiis oIll ILadlion is .bit i the w Wye...tu.lwood 1.102-unit lw rentl housing i eject, there ale 11102 elecric water heitenI, ]4102 eLectrih balh room.. ba t I .... 'I 1.102 (cetl~iceft'eig'rators. The units are all wiled for electric ranges, /ill hunh'eds have been iistlilled. hIe I eetrical work on the projec,,t was d one by Lhe Newbery Electric Co., ulaticng uihIr a .. signed tinnt .... with Ipcal UIloion No, 1 8:. A represttlyi e of the bureii au clls II the owli' ver'y ilme aii permit is issLuied by the riy. lie ,,jllts 1 out the idvnltages oif adiluatte wirnlg, in addilion to oi'firg iall possible assistance in the K'ontIinilod ra l;,O 112) WYVERNWO0 1 GOES &V71kIN A BIG WAY w~, ,,,~o"d Fm . I er ,y ekLI t tril CII, }.I)-/ ,l L I , F I ( ilII I OM II ] i, 11)i I I I RI A IIILi H ATO I.. INIll'[r ; .IH, I1!1I RpANf;~ t - iltr A M, '10 '/ I ELECTRICITY >~a6.... In more ways than one TYPE OF prUbLICITY USED IN THZ CAMPAIGN ,,I I II 11- I I ,. 1-ILI ,IL I1
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