FOREWORD 
By the Rt. Hon. J. R. Clynes, M.P. 
OnLy in the case of a few chapters of this book do 
[ find myself in complete agreement with the 
Author. I, however, readily write this preface 
because many of the chapters contain quite sound 
conclusions and very stimulating ideas which should 
be read by all who take a serious interest in our 
industrial and economic questions. 
A statement from Mr. Rose would nowhere be 
regarded as an agreed or official pronouncement, 
but his great experience and his combative person- 
ality not only entitle him to be heard, but require 
that he should make a serious contribution to our 
stock of knowledge on subjects which, for most 
countries of the world, have become the greatest 
questions of the day. 
The Author of this book has long been known 
as a persistent and penetrating critic of any spirit 
of selfishness and waste in which much of our 
public work has been carried out, and he has not 
hesitated to speak his mind without regard as to 
whether the people at fault were his avowed 
opponents or his intimate friends. 
If our relations in social and industrial life could 
be adjusted in the spirit of the speech of Mr. 
Baldwin, quoted in these pages, there would be 
little for anyone to say; but even Mr. Baldwin is 
driven frequently to yield to the partisan forces 
which, in so many countries, determine the policy 
of organisations and Governments. 
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