﻿NOTE 



Each of the following studies was originally prepared as a 

 Master's thesis in the Department of Economics and Social 

 Science. Although five years have intervened since Mr. Lock- 

 hart's research w^as made, it is believed that the results obtained 

 fairly represent the conditions now prevailing in the stone in- 

 dustry. In connection with the investigation of which Mr. 

 Adams' paper treats, special acknowledgment is due the Charity 

 Organization Society of Indianapolis, and particularly its Gen- 

 eral Secretary, Mr. C. S. Grout. 



U. G. Weatherly, 



