[Footnote 5: Since the above lines were written I hear that a Committee
of Inquiry has been appointed by the Government to report on the
subject.]




CHAPTER XII

WAGES[6]

_How shall we better distribute the product of industry,
and allay the unrest of which we hear so much? There's
only one way--by improving our methods of production. To
effect this the earnest and active co-operation between
those engaged in industry must be employed._

_... No longer must a man be supported by his union when
he refuses to mind two lathes because the custom of the
factory confines him to one. No longer must an employer
assign as a reason for cutting prices that the man's
wages are too high.... Each side must endeavour better to
understand the outlook of the other._--SIR HUGH BELL.


The second grievance mentioned in the _Quarterly_ article already
referred to is: "The wages are too low." To remedy this grievance,
increased productivity, along with greater economy in working, is the
first essential in order to obtain the funds out of which higher wages