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.