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H PAGE TWO THE LOGAN REPUBLICAN TUESDAY JAWUAHV 14 H,8
LABOR SITUATION
, IN UNITED STATES
H A little whllo ago wo told ot tho
H paucity of help In such producing
H lines as coke, Iron and steel, textiles
1 and, of course, on tbo (arm also. Dut
H now comes another Industry, lumber
1 cutting and mill working, with a
H similar plant The lumber trade pa-
H pers Intimate that scarcity of labor
may cause a reduction In tbo cut of
H lumber, and tbo mills nro also of-
H fectcd. This branch of trade has
been experiencing a Bharp revival In
H demand, and In somo Instances night
H work Is deemed essential to keep
H abreast of requirements. But labor
H is scarco all over tbo country, stocks
H , aro light and with slight prospects
H of outputs Increasing enough to
H ' cover demands prices will likely
H strengthen. Reduced Immigration to
this country can bo held responsible
H for much of tho shortages of which
H complaints nro made, and heavy loss-
es from emigration nlso enter ns fac-
B tors. But tho Immigration would pro-
bably bo largo enough provided tho
respective units were properly ills-
trlbutcd. Thus, 838,172 Immigrant
H nllcns camo Into tho country during
H tho twelvo months 239,275 were des-
H tlned for Now York, 109,479 for Ponn-
H sylvnnla and 67,118 for Illnols.
1 Put U must bo allowed that smart
H advaneo in trado following a compar-
H atlvely lean period makes tho short
supply ot labor seem conspicuous.
H Other countries arc drnwlng on our
H supplies, and during tho quiet spell
H wo experienced, following October,
B 1907, many aliens departed for their
H native places in order to evndo tho
H high prices provalcnt hero. Whntov-
H cr tbo causo thero Is a shortago of
H Industrial as well as domestic help,
H which fact has led ono of the metro-
H poittlan papers to suggest that no-
groes might profitably be employed
H on a larger scalo as domestic ser-
H vants. While speaking of tho negro,
It Is worth nothing that a study of
H tho recent consus by Dr. T. J.
H Jones ot tho Bureau of Education, In-
H dlcatcs that 40 per cent of all tho
'l agricultural workers in tbo South aro
h negroes, numbering approximately
two and one-tbird mil. Ion men. Of
H these 890,000 nro farmers, 218,000 ot
H whom own their own farms. They
H own nnd cultivnto 15,702,579. acres,
which they have acquired in less than
SO years. Negro farms havo Increased
20 per cent in ten years,- according
to tho census, whllo tho negro popu
lation has added to Itself 10 per
cent. Whlto' men's farms havo In
creased but 18 per cent, whllo tho
white population grow 24 per cent.
Bradstrcct's.
A MECHANICAL PROPHET
Adding machines that swallow
sums In Bcven or eight figures and
turns out the results whllo tho op
erator Is taking his hands off tbo
levers aro familiar sights nowadays.
They seemed complex enough when
they were new, but thoy are simplic
ity itself when compared with tho
latest mechanical prophet tho govern
ment has procured for Its uso at
Washington.
This wonder takes account ot 39
different factors that may affect tho
tldo at any point, and, having been
told what they are, will predict the
height of tho tldo at that point for
any hour of tho day In tho year, or
last or next year, or 10 years from
now.
Just what aro tho 39 factors that
may Influence tho tide It is not for
tho layman to attempt to elucidate.
Even tho 19 which tho suporseded
predictor know about aro mostly hid
den In the realm ot mystery. But
that there nro 39 tho Interested offi
cials aro certain, and It may bo add
ed that their machlno understands
and appreciates thorn.
Somo of these elements, of course,
aro easy to name, such as tho rela
tive positions ot sun and moon, tho
sun's dlstanco from tho earth and
consequent power ot attraction the
naturo of tho coast whether tho tldo
rises directly In an open sea or must
flow up an Inlet, tho depth of tho
Inlet, the brendth, tho volumo of wa
ter that must pass through it, tho
prevailing weather for that time ot
tho year.
For each ot these conditions and
for everything else In tho 39 there
Is a pointer on tho dial ot tho mach
lno. This dial connects with an ec
centric on tho shaft of the wheel on
tho bacK ot tho computer. Shifting
tho pointer, shifts tho eccentric and
alters the relation of that one with
tho other elements so represented.
Over tho various wheels runs nn end
less chain, gearing them all together.
Tho machlno Is operated by clock
I work, and there Is a printing appara
tus attached, so that tho operator has I
only to set and start tho machine
and It will go ahead turning out pre
dictions about the tide.
Tho proper arrangements of the
points nnd wheels was, ot course,
tho results of enormous and tedious
labor; but, once the figuring was
completed, tho work of tho comput
ers was unlshcd. Even tho simple lit
tle affair ot 19 variations formerly In
use did away with the need for many
clerks, and thus eliminated many
standing chances of error from tidal
predictions. Sunday Magazine.
3ET8 CONTRACT
ON $509,900 BID
San Francisco, Jan. 13. W. W.
Anderson company wcro awarded
contract to build the Machinery Ex
hibit Palaco by tbo committee on
buildings nnd grounds of the 191G
exposition. Their bid wns $509,900
Tho floor area of tho building Is ov
er eight acres, nearly six times as
largo ns tho old Mcchnnlcs Pavilion
of San Francisco, formerly located at
Larkln, Hayes, nnd drovo streets,
which will be remembered ns being
a very largo building. There will
bo over a mllo and a half of ornamen
tal cornlcos on this building. Tho
machinery Hall will bo notablo by
reason ot the fact that it Is tho
greatest example of framo construc
tion and engineering over attempted
on tho Pacific coast.
BIDS WANTED
Bids tor tho removal of' all gar
bago from the districts within tbo
fire limits ot Logan City for the year
1913 will bo received at City Recor
der's office room 18 court house up
to 8 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, February
4, 1913. Tho right Is reserved to re
ject any or all bids.
HENHY Q. HAYBALL,
Commissioner of Public Safety
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