MACHINES AND LABOUR
Sir. —With reference to the letters of Mr. Peter and the . contention of labour leaders that "machines displace labour and cause unemployment," may J quote Mr. Henry Ford to show that these evils are due not to the use of machines but to their abuse. The following figures show that machines, rightly used, increase employment, increase output, increase wages and purchasing power and at the same time reduce working hours as well as the sellin" price of the car. The figures quoted are for the years 1910, 1913, 1916 and 1920 respecti vol v. Number of cars made: 34.528, 248.307, 785,432, 1.230.000. Hourlv minimum wage, dollars: .2542, .2630, .5364, .8598. Price per car in dollars: 780, 550, 360, 355. The steam engine, sewing machine, typewriter and telegraph, etc., all displaced labour when originally introduced, but they subsequently created far more employment in quite new avenues than they originally abolished. Thomas A. F. Stone.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22192, 20 August 1935, Page 13
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