The horse dealers, horseshoers and carriage builders must feel the introduction of the motor vehicle.

Laborers have felt the innovation of the steam shovel, etc.

I could go on almost indefinitely, but these changed conditions are the outcome of science or commercialism, and are inevitable. Now, what is the remedy? I had intended to say nothing on this subject, as it would make quite an interesting paper or be food for animated discussion, but a short consideration of this text is so intimately associated with the subject under discussion that it seems particularly well timed. We are on the eve of still another “crisis”—a “crisis” that partly answers the question, “What is the remedy?” and a close investigation will discover that a pronounced reaction is setting in against many of the products of the laboratory physi. . . Read More