STAVE OF MAN

 

58. THE NEW ENGINES WERE VERY EXPENSIVE AND ONLY PEOPLE

 

OF WEALTH COULD AFFORD THEM. THE OLD CARPENTER OR

 

SHOEMAKER WHO HAD BEEN HIS OWN MASTER IN HIS LITTLE

 

WORKSHOP WAS OBLIGED TO HIRE HIMSELF OUT TO THE OWNERS

 

OF THE BIG MECHANICAL TOOLS, AND WHITE HE MADE

 

MORE MONEY THAN BEFORE, HE LOST HIS FORMER INDEPENDENCE

 

AND HE DID NOT LIKE THAT

 

59. THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF MACHINERY DID NOT BRING

 

ABOUT THE ERA OF HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY WHICH HAD

 

BEEN PREDICTED BY THE GENERATION WHICH SAW THE STAGE

 

COACH REPLACED BY THE RAILROAD. SEVERAL REMEDIES

 

WERE SUGGESTED, BUT NONE OF THESE QUITE SOLVED THE