The engineer cannot but be conscious of his relation to labour \questicns. The concentration "and Organization of large numbers of men in field oF factory and the obvious practical results of—suclr ce-operation have indirectly caused much social disturtiance. Labour does not fully realize that the remarkable consequences of mass production are mainly due to technical ideas and organization and tends to demand disproportionate share of the surplus created by that organization and skill, on the very plausible round that labour alone has produced the results. This is political question which cannot very well be discussed here, but the engineer cannot afford to neglect it.
The remarks here made are not very new or particularly helpful, but I believe that it should be of benefit to engineers in general now to consider the whole value of their work in relation to society in China, Without technical advice, " nation will revert to a group of peasants, handerafiamen and petty traders, and, without wishing to unduly boost the rile of the engineer, it will perhaps make him more conscious of his responsibilities If he fs reminded that the whole structure of modern civilization rests almost entirely on his shoulders,
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