of and faithful to the abilities and honor of the other, and each acting his part in his own sphere of usefulness, that the immense success of American manufacturing is due. The factories of to─day are the logical results of a natural growth and development of the various branches of business for which they were originally built and organized. As the buildings increased in numbers and dimensions, the methods of construction, the equipment, and the systems by which they were managed, developed methods of greater economy and efficiency. =Tools of the Early Mechanic.= The early mechanic had few tools and appliances wherewith to perform his work; and these were crude and primitive, consisting principally of a limited number of hand─tools brought from the Old Country, and occasionally a hand─lathe of modern dimensions and operated by foot─power. But with their few tools and meager facilities, and animated by the condition that "necessity is the mother of invention," these old─time mechanics proceeded with practical common sense and ingenuity to design and construct better tools and machines──which have continually developed, until we have the splendid array of manufacturing machinery seen on every hand to─day. As machinery developed, larger and larger amounts of money had to be expended; and the banker had to be called upon to provide it. Thus the capitalist became the partner of the manufacturer, the one furnishing the mechanical ability and inventive genius for the actual designing and building of machinery and manufactured goods, while the other contributed the money to carry on the work, and the business ability necessary to market the product. =Relations of Capital and Labor.= In brief, this is the condition to─day. But, says the carping critic, "there are often hundreds of struggling and hard─working employees where there is one rich manufacturer." This may be partly true, although it is a fact beyond dispute that the American mechanic is the best paid workman in the world. It is true that there are hundreds of workmen to one capitalist. Why? The Creator has so ordained that there shall be many of moderate ability, and but few possessing the unusual ability and talent to lead them. So it has ever been since the days of Moses, and so it probably will ever continue to be. Doestick's regiment composed entirely of colonels was a manifest absurdity, and so intended as an illustration of a well─known and natural condition that should be realized by every reasonable and thoughtful man who considers these questions.