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Show manpower for production there wst widely accepted economic doctrine called the Malthutian theory. This waa to the effect that there could be no great improvement in the material welfare of the mam of mankind because be-cause there could not be produced enough to keep wages much above the subsistence level. The production engineer has finally and completely disposed of the Malthutian theory. The scientific study by the engineer of the problem of consuming what we now produce so easily is fortunately under way. It la high time. The mass ot mankind need no longer suffer want and privauon. To hope that technocracy will fall 1 futil. If th technocrat cannot solve the problem, tome one else wilL The scientific mind Is at last on the Job and what tha production engineer haa done for production, ether engineer engi-neer will do for consumption. (Copyright, McClur Newspaper Syndicate. ) TECHNOCRACY By Waddlll Caleblagt The attacks upon tne technocrats srs st two main points: First, every effort Is msde to eonrentrste stten-liun stten-liun upon the vague and unsupported uggeations as to whst should be done about tha facta presented. It la here that tha technocrats are weak. This is neceaaarlly true. Facta must be made clear before remedies can be devised. Even before they were quite ready to present facts tha technocrats found themselves in the center ot the stage. avery effort will be made to stampede stam-pede them Into talking without adequate ade-quate study and preparation. So far aa theee efforts are successful, the movement ot technocracy will be discredited. dis-credited. Whatever I as id about reme dies will be used la an endeavor to firove that the presentation of basic acts la falsa and not to be relied upon. The other polnta ot attack will be to try to postpone tha entire matter until the feels can be verified. Statement State-ment after statement will be made that there la exaggeration, that the data la not presented In a acientific manner. While It It to ba hoped that the technocrata will maka themselves , strong by understanding and careful proof, they should Dot aaauma too great a burden of proof. Tha facta la all eaaenUala speak tor themselves. They ax matter ot common knowledge, knowl-edge, However successful theae sttackt are they cannot be expected to retard seriously the development of technocracy. tech-nocracy. From tha time that the scientific sci-entific mind waa directed to production, produc-tion, haa been inevitable that la due course it would be directed to con-umptlon. con-umptlon. After what the world has undergone In the last three years. It Is folly to try to delay the acientific reexaminaUoa of an economic eoeiely where consumption Is railed upon automatically au-tomatically to follow production. , .When the world depended upon |