CHAPTER XL 



THE WORKSHOP PLUS THE I-AND. 



There is no doubt that whilst in the industrial 

 centres of England the introduction of 

 machinery has had the effect of displacing 

 many hands, it has given employment to many 

 more. That is because industrial England has 

 been the workshop of the world. On the 

 other hand, I think we may safely say that 

 the introduction of agricultural machinery has 

 had the effect on farm lands of eventually 

 reducing the number of hands employed. 

 Even the making of the new agricultural 

 machinery has not employed many extra 

 English hands in the towns, for a great deal of 

 it is made in America, where they seem to 

 have the art of making the machines light, 

 and at the same time durable. 



When I was visiting Ireland I met an 



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