PROSPECTS OF FACTORY LIFE ! BK1NG ABOLISHED.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2259, 21 October 1889, Page 2

PROSPECTS OF FACTORY LIFE ! BKING ABOLISHED.

& — - — • 0 A German (Dr. Albrecht)has reoently , been making investigations, and hie refj searches show that the manufacture and lB employment of small maohines of various t aorta for borne nea is immenaely on the B increase. Up tH now, the difficulty has Q been the obtaining of obeap and efficient , motive force. Without this the small ~ home workshop could not hope to comp pete with the mill. Of reoent years, how-' 1( ever, this has been, m a great measure, got over by the nae of waters motors, ho f Q air engines, gas motors, and small steim » engines, all of whioh are, of course, t petfeotly suitable for the work required. c Or. Albr oht calculates that the least exj pensive of theße motors — le., thoee ran .. by gaa and seam — of from one to a four horse power — can successfully com a pete with the large faotory engines. Tn ™ regard to their use, the report of a , Gorman inspaotor of F»otoriea says :— j ' There is a oonatant Increase In the nutny bar of email shops whlah are seeking, by the iotrodnotlon of each motors, to approt * prime, ns. maoh as possible, the advan--3 toges of the large estabUshments,' Dr Übreoht, however, 1b by no means con--1 tent to show that the home lodcilriei s will hold thele oiru, He looks forward . to solenoo produolag a motor for houaer to housd use whloh will give the Icdlvl--3 dual worker a deoldad advantage, and 3 will, by practically putting an end to (he , factory system, restore the old Indlvl- . daallstlo Industries. Bleotrlolty, as our 7 readers may im»Rloe, is to solve the 1 pitoblem, and redeem the toilers ftom t the bondage of the faqiory. If onoe , oentral stations are established, and wires laid to each man's house, 3 there will, thinks Er Albreoht, be no , difficulty m the use of email c ectric motors , which, he believes, will prove the oheapeßt I aud best of all. The prospect is certainly 1 a fascinating one. By night, the electric I currents running down every Btreet will x light the houses, and m the ("ajtime, the t fo.roe neoesßary for all kinds of manufac--1 turs will ba supplied t~> those who need tit No more will it be neoeamy to shut t man a:d women up all d »y and every day, b m huge barracks filled wi h the hidaous j roar of engiaeß of 300 or 400 horse power, . or to Bummon them from their h.mesby . the hoo'.er and the steam wblatle. The . artisan will be able to have a home life as i well as the artist, and, thanks to eleoi tr>olty, will once again be a free man*