Was it Worth the Cost?

The benefits of new technologies from the industrialization was not worth the cost. As the number of factories increased, cities became overcrowded. Factories continued to produce pollution, which caused the air to be filled with smoke and soot. Cities often had poor sanitation, which caused a lot of people to get sick from typhoid and more. In a photo by Lewis Wickes Hines (1913-1914), it showed some kids covered with smoke and soot. Children in the photograph were covered in soot, and were often working long hours in factories. It also said that children would have no future and low wages. The children should be getting an education, or just having fun while playing outside; not working long hours in dirty, unsafe factories. As a result, many children didn’t get an education. In fact,  more accidents were happening in factories. In the accident report, (1906-1907) 526 men were killed by work-accidents and another 509 men were injured. People were often injured when they were working, causing factories to be unsafe. Meanwhile, factories were polluting the air. In the photo published by Detroit Publishing Company (1890-1901), you can see that smoke is rising out of the factories. This killed many animals, along with plants. It also caused some cities to be unsafe with the heavy air pollution. Overall, the new technologies from the industrialization was not worth the cost.