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;>mcnt of machinery enabled ui to invest the 

 surplus of past labor in the means for future 

 production it into the buildings, ma- 



uipmcnt necessary ion. 



In the days before s machiner 



was impossible to make much more than was 

 itely required for use. The tools fl 



ii \\e made tilings were small and clumsy and 

 it required a great deal of time and patience and 

 labor to convert the material into the useful 



iuct. 



Just as soon as we began to get larger machin- 

 ery and more of it, we were able to make things 

 faster so that more people could use them. Only 

 a part of our time was employed in making things 

 Me use. Part of it was employed in 

 making things for future use, and that part of it 

 wm our wealth. Without this surplus of i 

 accumulated in the form of machinery and build- 

 ings ]uipmerr 1 not continue 

 present civilization with all its conveniences and 

 ould not support a population as large as the 

 millions who arc now living more or less com- 



hly in this count ry. 



You all know ot" the old custom which \<UIM^ 



\\omcn have observed for many centuries the 



>m of using their spare time to make a large 



ehold stuff, which they could pu 



against the day when they would n id have 



r own home accumu- 



i was wealth, bcca .is the use of a cer- 



amount of time in making and storing up 



goods which would be of value later on. In other 



