Fort Gibson Independent (Newspaper) - December 2, 1937, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma Oldest Town In Oklahoma - Home of the Old Stockade - On Highway 62 - Quaint but Interesting - ' No Other Place On Earth Like 10,000 READERS MONTH Fort Gibson Independent HERB SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS UNA WED BY GRAFTERS OR CORRUPT BY MUSKOGEE COUNTY'S GREATEST WEEKLY VOLUME XIII PORT MUSKOGEE DECEMBER 2, 1937 NO. 29 Machines VS. Employment When you watch the course o f operations o f most any modern industry it is easy to come to the conclusion that machines cause As you watch a machine do the work of a dozen or more and do it quickly and you conclude that the problem of unemployment will continue to vex our But just a are machines the cause of all our There are two sides to this and one cannot discuss it intelligently without considering all It is true that modern machines have speeded up but An automobile which now costs built according to the old time machine hand labor would cost a t least explains one industrialist who knows what he is talking Who then could b u y an automobile a t such a Only a only the very And as a result there would be few cars and few men in their If built b y hand labor a typewriter would cost about Who then could afford t o use a Not many of us and as a result not many men would b e employed manufacturing You can continue thp include almost all of the things of modern There would be no electric very few furnace heated homes as well as very meger home furnishings if it were not for modern machinery in manufacturing these The rapid development of of the machine may create social and economic but they have brought more benefit than harm to citizens of the world and one i s considering only one side of the issue when arguing against the machine in There Are More People Reading The Independent Today Than Ever Before In It's History 19 That Is How Many Shopping Days Until Christmas And you can save Money every One of Them By Trading Here Save Enough To Buy That Extra Xmas Present WHEN It's LOOK Twice Once for Quality Once for Price A complete line of shoes for the entire Yard Pants and Overalls Allison's Cash Store Fort Okla. In Business Mr. Homer Anderson and Mr. Tim well known produce dealers for many years in Mus. have opened up a produce specializing in eating and seed They are located at the Frisco depot at Elgin and Fourth Streets in These gentlemen have been in business as partners only a shoit time but due to their many friends throughout Eastern with whom they have done a rapid growth in their present business is And they ask their many friends to make it a habit of buying and eating and Reedy potatoes for they are good Western Mrs. Falkner To Entertain Faulkner will entertain at her home east of Ft. Gibson with a benefit weiner roast and steak fry from 12 noon until 2 and after that hour bingo and cards will be the The public is invited to come and enjoy a good It is for the benefit of the Mothers Club of St. Joseph College No admission only a small charge for what you cafeteria Missionary To Speak Here Mrs. Marie Leonard a Missionary irom South will speak at the Baptist church Sunday A. M. 11:00 o'clock Dec 5th. Everyone at the RITZ and Tuesday Starring Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Wednesday and Thursday On The Starring June Travis Friday and Saturday Blue and Starring James Robert Lionel and Tom Free Show Pass Each week we will take two names from our subscription list and place some where in the col. of the Independent and those whos names appear be given a free pass either to the Ritz or Broadway when they call at this These passes ar e given away through the courtesy of the management o f the Ritz and Broadway Christmas Seals are here again I They protect your home from Tuberculosis t Renew Your Subscription Chicken and Steak Dinners Try Mrs. delicious Chicken or Steak at the Sun Rise Tourist at tables in Very Unique dinning room or Booth and counter service Beer - Cold drinks and sandwiches Sun Rite Tourist Camp The Home of Good Things to Eat Benge Services Funeral services for Robert L. age 69, were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev. 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