Tomorrow's labor crisis and the call to future workers
A rallying jeremiad warns that automation will replace many trades and urges high skilled, creative labor to adapt. It argues workers must rethink daily bread and seize opportunity, citing machines, steam and electricity as efficiency models, and presses through with a exhortation to endure hardship, build stamina, and fight back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartwright
Nasmyth
Howe
Nobel
Edison
Atlantic
Look at the map and be an optimist
An optimistic 1918 essay highlights vast potential for development across the Americas and beyond. It envisions population growth, expansion of highways, rivers, and coasts, and emphasizes industrious improvement driven by nature and human endeavor, urging readers to trust future progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Mexico
Midas
United States
Canada
San Marino
Russia
China
India
Fancy
Business Front in War Effort Stresses Commerce Power
A 1918 wartime polemic argues that modern conflict hinges on business efficiency and industrial coordination. It credits commerce leaders with directing supply, financing, and production to sustain battle needs and warns against wasteful decrees and tax overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Penny Bank
Republic
United States Chamber of Commerce
Department of American Trade
Lest We Forget salute to German refugees in liberty fight
An article honors German refugees and British-born colonists who sided with American ideals. It proclaims Old Glory shines brighter as Fatherland foes failed to dampen courage and calls for continued patriotism and equal devotion to the Republic’s principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sis
America
Prussia
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Herbert Kofman
pWeeldy Pade
Herbert Kaufman
Herbert
Kaufman
Great Britain
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