It is recognized nowadays that the natural aptitudes of some are later than those of others in developing, and therefore, while the choice of profession may be made as early as twenty-four, it remains open for six years longer." A question which had a dozen times before been on my lips now found utterance, a question which touched upon what, in my time, had been regarded the most vital difficulty in the way of any final settlement of the industrial problem.

"It is an extraordinary thing," I said, "that you should not yet have said a word about the method of adjusting wages.

Since the nation is the sole employer, the government must fix the rate of wages and determine just how much everybody shall earn, from the doctors to the diggers.

All I can say is, that this plan would never have worked with us, and I don't see how it can now unless human nature has changed.

In my day, nobody was satisfied with his wages or salary.