484 VOLKSTOENAME EN VOEDSELTOENAME. 
sterkte in den regel niet door den minderen man betracht wordt, 
zoodat „the lower classes tend to replace the upper classes” en 
besluit: 
„We hear much of a living wage, that is, labor contends that 
wages must be sufficiently higher to enable many men to buy 
more food and of better quality for their families than they have 
to day. If this desire on the part of labor is realised and an ap- 
preciable number of persons begin to consume more calories, or 
food units each day, it means probably not only more food con- 
sumption of the average person, but also larger families. This is 
mentioned as an example of one more minor phase of the whole 
problem. | 
What is the answer ? Nobody knows. Doubtless the forces of 
nature, or whatever it is that regulates the forces of nature, will 
work it out on a scale beyond the power of mere mankind greatly 
to aid or deter... Evolution appears to be eternal. 
L. 
