TOBACCO LEAVES 



bus. They almost speak for themselves. 

 These are not children of the soil working 

 for a pittance, these are young gentle- 

 men who have left the old world to win a 

 fortune in the new. 



Times have changed. As the Baron At- 

 tinghausen said in " William Tell," " New 

 things invade resistlessly, while old ones 

 pass away." Industrial methods have 

 changed, and already the great process of 

 industrial consolidation has begun to af- 

 fect the work and the workers. The dem- 

 ocratic feeling is changing into trades- 

 unionism, the good fellowship is becoming 

 business indifference; the good-natured 

 esprit de corps is there still, but it has lost 

 much of its hopefulness and joy. 



It is pleasant to notice that the reader 

 is retained in nearly all the factories, 

 whether independent or consolidated. 

 Morning and afternoon he makes his daily 

 professional call. Morning and afternoon 



