The Man in Control 51 



Marvels which have been accomplished in the 

 last few years in industry are sufficient evidence 

 fie progress which can be made as our under- 

 standing grows. That is because we control where 

 we understand and we are controlled by the things 

 we don't understand. When we began to under- 

 stand thoroughly what steam was and under what 

 conditions it cxertt r. we began to put 



work and to provide ourselves with comforts 

 and conveniences by reason of its work. The 

 progress which has been made so far has not been 

 because we have had a few great inventors or a 

 i.scovcrcrs or a few great master work- 

 men, hut because we have had more and more 

 men using their intelligence, studying what has 

 been done before, and adding their bits of im- 



.mcnt to the useful service. 

 The foreman who keeps down the idleness of 

 the machine, who arranges his work so that it 

 proceeds without confusion, who keeps the men 

 occupied and comfortable in their state of mind 

 and who puts all his knowledge to work is per- 

 forming a human service of the utmost importance 

 and one upon which the future life of the nation 

 depends to a considerable degree. 



