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Was industrialization worth the cost?

The ending total results of Industrialization were not worth the costs. Industrialization even though it ended with a somewhat good result had so many bad effects while in the making.

First of all Industrialization polluted the environment. In a photo by the Detroit Publishing Company it shows how the growth of factories made huge stacks of smoke polluting the air, because of this pollution in the air cities needed streetlights to see in the day and many people got very sick. Another effect of this pollution is that it infected streams and plants and animals near these streams died.

      In an informational poster by Lewis Wickes Hine it shows how humans became “junk” through child labor. Children were forced to work with low wages during this time. Also because children were working all of the time to make money their education was taken away from them. Without much money and no education this labor basically strippes these kids from a good future.

      Finally, an accident report by Crystal Eastman shows how many deaths there were due to work in the industrialization period. When industrialization was at it’s height year there were 526 deaths and in three months of that period there were over 500 injuries. If you lived during this time how would YOU feel if you or a family member died due to work? These deaths would have devastated families, and money, or any sort of payment and result can not repay the families who have lost someone.

 Despite the good results of the end result, all of these problems made Industrialization not worth it's costs.

Was it Worth the Cost?

Industrialization was a time when many factories were being built and when new technologies were being made. But were the new technologies worth the price? No, I think that the new technologies were not worth the price. First, kids were working hard and not getting paid well instead of being in school or having fun. A poster by Lewis Wickes Hines (1913 - 1914), shows and informs people about kids working in factories and how it turns them into human junk. It shows the process of kids working in the factories. Factories bribed kids into working for them by getting them started with high wages and then they turn the kids into human junk. Instead kids should be playing or learning. New technologies hurt many kids by putting them into low wages and the technology was definitely not worth the cost. Second, factories produced lots of smoke and that hurt the environment. When the factory population was growing during the time of industrialization, it started to really hurt the environment. The picture of Factory Smokestacks by the Detroit Publishing Company shows how much smoke it lets off into the environment. The smoke goes into rivers, swamps and wetlands. The thick smoke also hurt people's lungs and bodies, it also made people sick. New technology was definitely not worth the cost of smokestacks and ill people. Lastly, many accidents took place in factories. In many of the factories during industrialization, many accidents took place. From an accident report from Eastman Crystal (1916), it talks about how “526 men were killed by work-accidents in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.” Industrialization had many problems and had killed many people. New technologies were not worth the cost of many deaths of people in the work industry. New technology was definitely not worth the cost.

Industrialization... a Loss For Everyone

The small benefits that industrialization posed were not worth the terrible and inexcusable costs for many reasons. A poster made by Lewis Wickes Hine (1913-1914) shows the negative effects that industrialization had on children all across America. Industrialization revoked child labor and this informational poster shares the negative impacts of child labor. Child labor forced children into many harmful jobs that resulted in many injuries and sometimes death. The poster explains how employers would lure children to work with them by proposing high wages to them. Their wages quickly dropped and their lack of education made people believe that they were “junk” because they had no future along with no education. Nothing is worth a child’s life, future, or education so small benefits of industrialization were not worth the costs of child labor. Industrialization affected the environment as well. In a picture published by the Detroit Publishing Company, smokestacks tower above buildings as they pollute the air in New York from 1890 to 1901. The thick smoke that penetrated the air made citizens and wildlife sick as well as ruined the beautiful look of the city. In other instances, industrialization caused air pollution that was so heavy, that some cities needed to turn street lights on during the day so people could see. Not only did industrialization pollute the air, but it polluted the lungs of people and animals. The smoke caused diseases that raided people's bodies. No living thing should die because of air pollution and industrialization caused terrible air pollution. In this instance, small benefits of industrialization were not worth the costs of air pollution. In addition, industrialization killed and injured many people because of work related accidents. An accident report written in 1916 explains the amount of deaths in one year that all resulted from industrialization. In just one year, 526 men were killed from accidents which were caused by industrialization. Also, Allegheny County lost more than 500 hundred work men a year and most of those workers were young, skillful, and strong. These deaths could have been avoided if industrialization had been stopped. When workmen died, their families were sometimes left with nothing because no one was working or bringing in money for food, shelter, or any other essential items. The deaths of these workmen didn’t only affect them and their families, but all of society as well. Other families became worried about their loved ones who could also fall victim to industrialization. Society should never be ruined or distorted by anyone or anything, so the benefits of industrialization were not worth the costs in this situation. Overall, the small and over rated benefits of the industrialization were not worth lives being taken, illnesses being spread, the environment being destroyed, and air being polluted. Industrialization may have its benefits but none of them were even close to being worth the costs.

The price was not right

I do not believe that the benefits of new technologies from industrialization were worth the costs. In a report about industrial accidents in 1916 it says in 3 months there were over 500 deaths in philadelphia that were Industrial related accidents. This shows that it was very dangerous to work in factories even as an adult. Since there were more factories popping up because of the inventions in the industrial revolution that meant more deaths and industrial related accidents. Likewise in a poster “Making Human Junk” it shows the affect Child labor in the industrial revolution had on children. It says that they were good at first and had good wages but soon it started to drop they got lower wages and wouldn’t have a different future they would just be stuck there because they wouldn’t know how to do anything else because they had to work for their entire childhood just to be able to get food on the table. Another reason for why the benefits were not worth the cost were in a  photograph taken by the Detroit publishing company, shows three factories giving off a lot of smoke. This causes a lot of problems first off it was pollution that was being given off by the factories which went into the air polluting it. This pollution also caused other problems. Since there was so much pollution that in big cities they needed streetlights to see during the day. Pollution was one of the biggest problems in the Industrial revolution, because it is still a problem today. Pollution is what is causing global warming and it all started because of the industrial. If we didn’t have the industrial revolution and reduced the pollution being given off then global warming would not be a problem today. In conclusion those are the reasons for why I think that the Industrial revolution benefits were not worth the cost.

Was it worth the cost?

In my opinion I say that i  do not believe that the benefits of new technologies from industrialization were worth the costs.
Around 1913 and 1914 the factories it started getting harder and harder for the kids and many of them where getting sick and dirty

At the factories when people were working in them gas and smoke was around the city because of the factories

It talks about for industrial accidents and it is bad.

Because factories did bad things to the cities and made kids.
The acciedent report was a bad thing it was on July 1st 1900s to July 30rd 1907 526 men died from working accidents in factories

It Wasn't Worth it!

I strongly believe that the benefits of new technologies from industrialization were worth not the costs. Child labor, pollution, and injuries/deaths have all been outcomes of industrialization, and this proves why I feel that the benefits were not worth the costs. According to Making Human Junk, it shows how they are making the kids work instead of having an education and a normal life. It shows how industrialization is bad, and children are suffering and unhappy. Although these new technologies might be useful to have, children are suffering and working constantly which is unfair to them. To add on, in the excerpt the Accident Report, it explains how hundreds of men were injured and killed by work accidents throughout 1906-1907. Industrial accidents were happening constantly and it was not worth badly injuring/killing people only because of new inventions. Lastly, the photograph of factory Smokestacks in New York shows factories producing pollution. The pollution shown in the image is spreading and damaging the air, causing harm to not only people, but trees, plants, and animals too. I feel that industrialization was not worth the price because it is harming the earth, which is more important than new inventions. Overall, I feel that there were many things that were not worth the costs of new technologies.