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homes, wholesome food, healthful outings and recreation,
 and good drama and literature” ?
Is there any menace in the fact that the increased output
 per worker has made possible shorter hours of
work, more leisure, the possibility of longer education,
a more diversified life, a decline in the drudgery of
household work, and the inauguration of the five-dayweek
 movement?
Can production be so forecast that it will be possible
to adjust output to demand and thus prevent serious
maladjustments and losses?
Will it be possible to secure foreign markets for the
surplus production of our farms, mills, and factories ?
Has the demand for manufactured commodities been
overstimulated by advertising, constant changes in
styles, and instalment methods of selling?
Will artistic values be forgotten, and craftsmanship
disappear, in the constant striving toward increased
standardization of commodities?
Will sufficient leisure and income be secured by industrial
 workers to offset the drudgery and monotony of
mechanized industries ?
What is to be done about excess employees developed
by the production of more commodities and services
with constantly declining labor forces? Can new
industries be developed to absorb those displaced in
the older industries?
What has been and what can be done about the excess
of agricultural workers who are being displaced by
the more extended use of farm machinery? These
surplus workers formerly sought employment in
manufacturing and mining communities, but if the
expansion in these industrial centers can now be
accomplished with even fewer wage-earners. will not

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