The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-17

scheme Of producing our food. raj.
ment and shelter and We now have
'become specialists, producing very
narrow range OF things and depend
ing on trading with Others to obtain
the things we ourselves do not pro-
ducc
The grea. extension OF the use of
machinery as an aid in producing
and transportation has made possible
this more efficient way of using hui
man energies a day work. aided ny
machinery, in some instances, pro-
duces a value "a hundred or a thou
sand times IRE value produced by q
days work OF a man fifty years ago.
This change involves high degree
of administrative ability that all
states have been slow to reaiize. So
highly developed have Cur peop be.
come In details OF the systems o.
work OF today tHat the method OF
government has received insufficient
study.
Along with the development OF
the intricaC.es Of machinery and the
great compexity of all forms OF bust.
ness producing. transportation and
oychanging-the human race has had
ona-sidcd development We lave
achieved great things In the iield Of
science and by the cid OF these dis
cov5rics we ave built mp wonderful
systems IN which millions of workers
have their energies coo dinated.
Viii these steps have been taken in
rational manner and have changed
,he .'ahit OF work Of millions vi
people, the fact remains that our hab-
It's Of government persist beyond the
period for which they We're establish.
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Psychologists and BIOLOGISTS agree
tlat we are largely creatures OF habit
and that our reason has only a SEE.
onf'ry influence, on account OF this
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inc .nos 3a important pyct ,f Fr~. pc
TO anarchy in MS various forms, There
is a desire for Independent action and
an Unborn objection to centralized
planning that is necessary in this day
OF modern iutr.cacy
In the world Of industry. commerce
finance and general business there
has been forced q high degree OF co.
ordination, otherwise we would still
have been making cur own wagons;
there would be no automobiles no
watches and very few of the many
lineS that now contribute 70 the cs.
aentials of our daily life.
IT would be futile to suggest an i'm.
portont change in om scheme .or
management OF the state If we did
not have I'm ouc possession this one
great economic fact. that the method
Ct highly developed private corpora.
lions applied to our state work would
save us 40 the present time two and
enc .1alf million dollars annually ana
would establish conditions by when
the workers IN office and every Other
branch OF the work would have the
pleasure and satisfaction of working
in efficient units, and would be able
TO 80 from one such working force
and Join another with an ability 10
hold their own in competition with
others.
This last point is not the least OF
the important questions The state
workers must face. 1t is no recon.
mondation Tor a man In applying for
q position I'm private corporation 10
say that he has held governmental
office; on the other hand a man hold.
my his own In q private corporation
OF high standing has a record that IS
very valuable and a set OF habits
that makes II easy for him to play an
Important par In some smilar organ
ization
"Still another reason for changing
the spirit of our state organizations
Is the indirect effect on oe private