Was Industrialization Worth Facing The Consequences?

I do not believe that the benefits of new technologies were worth the cost. I believe that the Industrial Revolution impacted people, business, and society negatively.

Industrialization factories had impacted the environment and society by emitting heavy air pollution. According to the article “ Polluting the Environment “  air pollution became so heavy people needed streetlights to see during the day. Adding on to the consequences Industrialization caused, Industrialization also impacted the water which then became polluted causing typhoid fever and other diseases. Another reason why Industrialization has been impacting people, business, and society negatively is the spreading of child labor. The time of Industrialization had largely increased the open opportunities of jobs even leading to child labor because of the need of more workers to help create new technologies. Arguments from Lewis Wickes claimed that children who start working at a young age would end up with no future and end up as worthless garbage. Children were paid low income after hours of brutal work. Child labor was already a main issue in the nation but because of the time of Industrial Revolution the problem might as well be ignored for all the exciting outcomes to appear during the time. One last reason why Industrialization was not worth the cost was because of the many accidental deaths of innocent people. When industrial activity was starting to grow at it’s height 526 men had already lost their lives by work-accidents in Allegheny County.  During 3 months, hospitals of the county had received over 509 men injured in such accidents. Risking human lives was not worth the benefits that were created.

This is why I believe the benefits of new technologies was not worth the cost because of the negative impacts it had on people, business, and society.

Ruining America One Invention At A Time

The benefits of industrialization were not worth the overall cost of damage to America. One of the damages to society was horrible pollution from factories. According to the article, “Polluting the Environment,” “ By the early 1900s, air pollution became so heavy in industrial cities that people needed streetlights to see during the day.” This badly affected the people living near factories because they could get injured or possibly die because of the polluted air.
Pollution was a huge issue that was also shown in a Detroit Publishing Company photograph of smokestacks. Smokestacks are basically funnels that come out of factories and ships to let out smoke, which leads to pollution. In the primary source photo, it is showing smokestacks in factories and the air being affected. Therefore, pollution has terrible effects on the environment and society.
Along with pollution, another big issue was child labor. This was where children were treated as low pay slaves. The poster “Making Human Junk,” created by Lewis Wickes Hines, shows the process of child labor. The poster says that by the end of the process, the children have no future and low wages. It says that they have no future, because of two reasons in my opinion. Reason one is that if they are not payed a good amount, then they cannot pay for certain things that will help the become successful. The other reason that the children in child labor would have no future, is that they are not used to another job, and so since child labor is bad, if they had another job, they would not know what a “good job” is. Pollution and child labor are just two of the negative aspects of industrialization. For all of these reasons, the benefits of industrialization were not worth the cost.

The Industrialization Has Put People In The Dust

The benefits of new technologies from industrialization were not worth the costs because it was harmful to people, the society and the environment. The photograph called Factory Smokestacks by the Detroit Publishing Company shows the smoke that factories are emitting. The smoke is polluting our air. According to ”Polluting the Environment,” “By the early 1900s, air pollution became so heavy in industrial cities that people needed streetlights to see during the day.” The air is so polluted that even during the day, it is dark outside. In order to see you had to use street lights. Likewise, the Making Human Junk poster by Lewis Wickes Hine draws attention to child labor. The picture proves child labor should not be allowed because they will end up with lower wages and no future. Also known as “junk”. The children get very dirty in these factories and don’t even make that much money. Want to know what they do get? Sick. They get sick from being in these factories. Related to this, the Accident Report by Crystal Eastman written in 1916 tells us that so many men are getting killed in industrial accidents. The report states, “During three months, April, May, and June, of the same year, the hospitals of the count received over 509 men injured in such accidents…” This quote shows us that many people have died in factory accidents. That was just in 3 months. Imagine how many people would die at that same rate throughout the whole entire year.  This report really lets us know what is going on inside the cement walls of factories. Accidents and people dieing were not worth the cost.

Was the Industrial Revolution worth the cost? Yes, It was

The Industrial Revolution was an important part of history. You many think it was a terrible time because of all of the bad things, but without this revolution, you wouldn't be able to read this text because computer would never exist. Everything that turns on would not be available if the industrial revolution never happened. Back Then, most people were amazed by all this new technology. In the interview with Harry Reece, It says that people were amazed by the new technology. Also with our picture of the typewriter ad, It tells us about hout the new inventions are helping, and making things faster. And finally, the Picture of the kids shows the new technology that would benefit the children. (The reason they look unhappy is because they have been sitting there for 10 minutes, they did not have instant cameras back then) The industrial revolution was a big benefactor

Industrial Revolution: Killer or Keeper?

IN the article “human Junk” by Lewis Wickes Hines shows that children are “good material” at first, but then they are put though “the process”, which is working in a factory. Then they come out of the factory “junk, ” with no future and low wages.
This shows and reveals the effects of the industrial revolution on children. This lead to human accidents.

In tan accident report by Crystal Eastman, He talk about how there “is no bright side to this situation.” He states that “allegheny County [in the Philadelphia area] lost “500 workmen every year, of whom nearly half were american born,  70 per cent are workmen of skill and training, and 60 percent have not reached the prime in their working life.” This also shows that industrialization is a killer. The environment is affected as well.

In the article “polluting the environment,” it states that “air pollution became so heavy that people needed streetlights to see during the day.” THi shows that the pollution and industrial revolution has a negative impact. This also shows that pollution was so bad the the sun was blocked. These sources combined shows how the industrial revolution was not only negative, but it ruined the earth.

Is Killing Our World And The People In It Worth It For Industrialization?

Industrialization isn’t worth the cost that it puts on the world. In a picture by the Library of Congress titled Factory Smoke Stacks (1890-1901), it shows factories polluting the environment with their smoke. This affects the environment and the society because it pollutes a lot, and there is such heavy pollution it isn’t good for anyone. If there is so much pollution, people won’t want to go out, and maybe stores might get shut down because they aren’t getting business. Also, all the pollution could make people sick, and it could be really dangerous. This shows how much industrialization costs us, and how much it affects the world around us. Likewise, the poster titled “Making Human Junk” by Lewis Wick Hine, (1913-1914) impacts children in awful ways. These children are good material at first, but then they are used for child labor. The labor they are put through changes them, and they end up with no future and considered as “junk”. They are paid such low wages, that the cost that industrialization is putting on them isn’t worth all the new technology. In addition, an accident report by Paul Underwood Kellogg (1916) tells us about all the statistics about people being killed in factories working. So many people are being affected by industrialization, and it isn’t right. People are practically sacrificing their lives for new technology. Industrialization is killing men, 60% who haven’t even reached the prime of their working life. That means that they are really young, and because of industrialization, people that young are dying. Industrialization has too many effects on the ecosystem, society, and people, so I think it was not worth the cost.

Was it Worth the Struggle?

The industrial revolution resulted in some amazing inventions but many people had to pay a huge price. To keep the factories running they needed kids to do some of the typical tasks. A poster composed by Hine Lewis Wickes (1912-1914) shows how kids were affected. At first, it shows a bunch of kids smiling who appear to be clean. It also shows what happens to the kids after working at the factories for a long time. Most factories used different types of machines and some of the kids had jobs monitoring the machines. These events result in sad, tired, kids who were dirty. These kids worked very hard even though their work resulted in low wages. Sometimes they had no choice because they needed to support their families. The Industrial Revolution affected the world too in many ways. According to the article "Polluting the Environment," by Discovery Education, the text says “For example, coal mining produces chemicals such as iron sulfates that enter streams and kill plants and animals living in the area.“ This means that the essential resources needed to run the factories caused lots of problems. These problems resulted in pollution, deaths of plants and animals, and more. That’s just the pollution before the factories use the resources. The photograph “Factory Smokestacks” taken by Detroit Publishing Company shows that the factories produced lots of air pollution. It shows about 6 factories producing air pollution near locals which most likely affects them too.  I know this affected lots of thin because the article "Polluting the Environment," on the Discovery Education website, “This process threatened other untouched natural areas, such as pure water springs, waterfalls, and swamps.“ In my opinion I’d rather have less technology if it would result in more happy kids and less pollution. In the end the Industrial Revolution is not worth the cost in my opinion and I think we could've found other ways to produce technology.