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Show H BRAIN WORK H VS. HAND WORK H It used to bo assumed that brain H work was worth n great deal inoro ) than hand work. Good brain work- era have been scarco In the past, nnd H commanded high pay. In tho early ntngcs of history, physical strength and manual skill' havo usually beon H abundant and not well Paid. Today mnuual skill is command- V I Ing moro monoy than it did, while brain workorB llud It dlfllcult to re- H -M euro corresponding ndvnnces. Ono W II fundamental error has been in as- ' Miming that no brains nro required for good baud work. Tho skilled fiiiH workman knows better. It takes much mental ability to run n ma- H chlno nnd hnndle Inert matter clltel cntly, and get tho largest production ' nnd tho most useful product. Mental capacity in executive nnd fl nrgnnlzliig directions Is scarco and fl commands higher pay than over. Tho man who can direct n forco of H work pcoplo so an to produco tho H largest niul best results, gets moro H money than over before Hut more common mental gifts H nro not very well paid. School fl teachers, mlnlstors, uowspnpcr work- H f crs, necouutnuts, hnvo not secured H an many salary ndvnnces ns railroad H ' men, plumbers, carpenters, or brick layers. Wages of $f and ?G or more H n day nro being earned In many fac- H torlea nffected by tho war munition H hiiolncsR. While this ia cNcopttoinl, tlic skilled machinist earns moro to- H : ) day thnu tho nvcrngo teacher. Fnc (nry nnd railroad and building work ' nro Inborlous physical tasks, nnd tako something out of n mnn that has to be H Modern civilization seems to train H too many brain workers who fall H phort of tho higher gifts. Thoro nro H too many doctors nnd lawyers niul H bnokkecpers who should bo farmers, H plumbers, locomotlvo engineers and H makers. |