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tration of many isolated fields of labour, for the saving of 

 the cost of transportation and by the co-operation of 

 similar industries not for the purpose of raising prices but 

 for the purpose of reducing working expenses. Mr. Lloyd 

 George in an interview (Sydney Morning Herald, Jan. 26th, 

 1916), said :— 



"A new industrial Britain is being developed under the great 

 pressure of war. We are increasing and improving our industrial 

 resources almost incredibly. We have introduced scores of millions 

 worth of automatic machinery which will have an enormous effect 

 on the industries when the war is over. In addition we are add- 

 ing to our already great army of industrial workers. We shall 

 need all to repair the ravages of the war. The country therefore, 

 instead of being impoverished, will be richer. Everything consti- 

 tuting real wealth will be better organised, equipped and trained 

 and there will be a better disciplined nation." 



Our existence depends upon Science. 



Our legislators have already seen the writing on the wall; 

 they know that a change in our methods of thought is 

 inevitable, that a scientific spirit must be developed in the 

 nation in order to meet and cope with the new conditions. 

 Science and industry must both be mobilised, and they must 

 work harmoniously together. The value of science is 

 unfortunately not appreciated to the extent that it ought 

 to be. The war, however, is bringing home to the masses 

 how much the nation is dependent upon scientific research 

 for its existence. This is a scientific war in which all the 

 available resources of science are being utilised to enable 

 us to win, that we may confer upon the world the advan- 

 tages of civilisation untrammelled by military despotism. 

 All the engines of destruction used in the war are the 

 creation of scientific thought, the result of patient research 

 and experiment in our scientific laboratories, and the power 

 behind all this is the scientist quietly plodding in his obscure 



