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 THE SCIE.XTIFIC MONTHLY

��Bteaml'Oat and the railway, the autonio- goveriinient nii<l the estalilishment of

bile and the aeroplane, America has experiment stRtions in each state,

done more than its share. But as the An aristrocratic social svateni has in

machinery of civilization becomes more the past been more favorable than a

compLicated, we enn no longer depend demooraey to the production of men of

on isolated invention, but must under- exceptional performance in science. A

take investigations requiring long pre- selected class, possessing inherited abil-

liniinary training anil complex adjust- ity and inherited wealth, can supply a

ments. To a certaiu extent the need is few men far surpassing in ability the

met by the industrial laboratories average man and ran give them oppor-

whii^h by aid of the patent office now tunity and appreciation. But we may

conduct elaborate investigations. But hope that as soon as the value of re-

the ideal solution of the problem is to search in pure and applied science, and,

pay men for the value of their services it may l>e added, of production in let-

or to em]iloy men to do the work for ters and the fine arts, are wiilely under.

which they are most com|)etent, and stood, a democracy may have a wider

this can best be aecomplisheil if the field from which to select men of spe-

people, aa a whole, mill make the in- cial ability and will provide adequate

vestment and reap the profits. In no o|)portunity and rewards,

better way can this be done than by the It would be interesting if we had a

support of the scientific bureaus of the comparative study of the productiiity

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