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MANUAL labor is being seriously tbreatened by the ever-increasing competition of 

 labor-saving machinery. There is probably no single trade which machinery has 

 not invaded, with the result that work previously accomplished by hand has been 

 dispensed with to a greater or lesser extent, depending largely on how skilled that labor 

 was. Elsewhere in this issue there appears an article entitled "Reducing the Human 

 Element in Modern Printing," in which the work of the linotype and monotype machines 

 is described. Here we have a striking instance of the capabilities of modern machinery. 

 No one will deny that the task of typesetting or composing is one requiring skilled labor. 

 Years past, hand compositors or typesetters were paid fair wages for their work, and 

 many of them employed, because of the necessarily time-consuming nature of their task. Yet 

 today in place of these bright, industrious men will be found intricate machines directed 

 by men or even women operatives. One linotype machine with its operator can easily 

 replace five men, hence four men have been eliminated from typesetting work by the 

 introduction of machinery. And it must not be forgotten that printing is but one of many 

 trades in which similar conditions already exist. Truly, the days of the man who works 

 with his hands only are numbered. At no distant date he must give way to gears, cogs 

 and levers made of steel, brass and other inanimate substances, assembled together in 

 marvelous machines through man's ingenuity. Brains only cannot be replaced by machinery. 



TIME was when the wireless operator was considered a nuisance. In the old days he 

 caused more than one commercial and Government operator to employ profane 

 language in voicing his opinion of some one particular amateur, and all of them in 

 general, especially when endeavoring to read a long distance message with a nearby amateur 

 indulging in a friendly conversation with another amateur, or, worse still, holding down his 

 key in order to adjust the spark gap. Conditions are entirely different today. The 

 nmnteurs, thanks largely to the Government regulations now enforced, have developed into 

 serious experimenters, with their hobby and the interests of others at heart. On more than 

 one recent occasion the amateurs have come to the rescue of Government and commercial 

 wireless operators when both the latter required assistance. A most typical instance of 

 this fraternal co-operation was witnessed a few weeks ago during the visit of the Atlantic 

 Squadron to New York City. The Radio Club of America installed a model radio station 

 in the Hotel Ansonia, the headquarters of Admiral Fletcher and his officers, enabling the 

 visiting Admiral and his staff to communicate with the vessels of the fleet. But the in- 

 stallation of the apparatus did not complete the commendable undertaking. Club members 

 operated the instruments during the entire period of the naval visit and handled no- little 

 amount of wireless traffic for the naval officers. The station proved a great convenience 

 to Admiral Eletcher and his officers, and this deed on the part of the Radio Club of America 

 will no doubt serve to bind still closer the tie of friendship between the amateurs and the 

 Government and commercial operators. 



WITH a view to properly preparing the United States for any military eventualities, 

 there has been formed the National Security League with headquarters at 31 Pine 

 St., New York City. While the United States of America is undeniably the leading 

 exponent of peace and arbitration, still, according to the spokesmen of the League, so long 

 as other powers of the world decide that international questions had best be settled by 

 recourse to arms it is obviously imperative that we Americans should be prepared not 

 only to defend our coasts against hostile invasion but also to enforce our authority abroad 

 should occasion demand it. It is the purpose of the League to take such steps as will 

 eventually result in placing the United States in a better state of preparedness and with 

 fair assurance always to be able to defend our institutions and principles. Americans 

 desirous of joining in this patriotic work are asked to communicate with the headquarters 

 of the League. 



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