Industrialization = Not Worth the Cost!

Industrialization was not worth the cost at all. First, the poster by Lewis Wickes Hines titled “Making Human Junk,” shows how children’s lives are affected by working in factories. They get very sick and it affects them a lot healthwise and mentally. It affects the mentally by showing them that kids need to work hard jobs to support their family which shouldn’t happen. This should never happen to them. Next, In the picture taken and published by Detroit Publishing Company shows pollution coming out of factories. There is lots of smoke coming out and going into the air. This pollutes the air and makes it dirty. According to Discovery Education 3.2 explore 10 “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 was really bad and the pollution also killed plants and animals. Lastly, In the accident report written by Crystal Eastman it states “That is, from July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907 - 526 men were killed by work accidents in the Allegheny County.” This was a lot of people in only one year. Also this was only in one county, imagine how many other people died in other places. This was a real problem that should not have happened. In the article it went on to say that 500 more men were killed in the next years, meaning that no one did anything about it anyway. In conclusion industrialization was not worth the cost.