anaheim-gazette 1955-10-20

The better you the better th THE CHANGE: America's booming birth rate! Every day we add 11,000 new babies, enough in a month to populate a city the size of Richmond, Va. THE OPPORTUNITY: Babies are good customers—for baby foods and safety pins right now, eventually for all products that make our factories hum. THE CHANGE: By rapidly mechanizing our farms, we have increased agricultural output 52% per man-hour since 1940. THE OPPORTUNITY: Increased farm production makes the American farmer a better customer for all kinds of merchandise. THE CHANGE: More leisure. Forty million Americans get paid vacations, and they're not spending their free time in the old rocking chair. THE OPPORTUNITY: More and more dollars for the hotel and transportation business, and for the sports, hobby and entertainment fields. er you know America er the future looks! Great changes are taking place in America today. And each one brings with it an equally great opportunity for all of us—b farmers, factory workers, office workers and housewives. Her of the changes that, directly or indirectly, will make your we add 11,000 new babies, Va. baby foods and safety pins lies hum. THE CHANGE: Even though employment in some areas has fallen off, we still have twenty million more jobs than we had in 1939. And the long-range trend is up. THE OPPORTUNITY: A flow of purchasing power that keeps our economic machine running smoothly and steadily. THE CHANGE: More and more of our young people attend high school and college; 2,377,000 are in college right now. THE OPPORTUNITY: An intelligent, informed public is a great assurance of future prosperity and stability for any nation. THE CHANGE: Our growing knowledge of atomic energy and how to harness it for constructive peacetime uses. THE OPPORTUNITY: This opens up fabulous new fields. Sooner or later, atomic energy will run our farms, factories and mines. EDITORIAL - Page A-4 America, ks! today. And each one of these changes nity for all of us — businessmen and and housewives. Here are just a few tly, will make your future brighter. THE CHANGE: Nine times as many Americans now enjoy a $5,000-plus income as in 1941. Savings are at an all-time high. THE OPPORTUNITY: Saved money is for spending — for homes and automobiles and washing machines and whatever else enterprising businessmen have to sell. THE CHANGE: Our industrial genius increases America’s factory output every year. Today, 98% of our work is done by machinery. THE OPPORTUNITY: Increased productivity creates higher living standards and leads to more general prosperity. THE CHANGE: Membership in religious congregations has increased at twice the rate of our population gains. THE OPPORTUNITY: Our spiritual gains will help us to lead richer, fuller lives, and to make the best use of our material gains. FREE! Send for this booklet, "THE FUTURE of AMERICA." Never before has America had such tremendous potentials. Read the story of the huge developments now taking place. Every American should know these facts. For FREE, 24-page illustrated booklet, drop a postcard to: The Advertising Council, "Future of America," 25 W. 45th St., New York, N.Y.