forgotten. A "Design for a 'Recognition' Scene" shows us an
office where an enthusiastic railway director is throwing himself into the arms of an astonished official of the Amalga- mated Society :—
‘" RAILWAY DIRECTOR (to representative of A.S.R.S.) Have you the interests of the public at heart ? ' REPRESENTATIVE OF A.S.R.S.: 'No, I'm only looking after my own friends.'
RAILWAY DIRECTOR : Same here. Then you're my long-lost brother !'" On this the two men fall on each other's necks. We make no complaint that this should be the ruling passion in both cases, for in both cases it is natural and inevitable. The fact, too, shows the essential partnership between Capital and Labour. Expressed in economic terms, what we are watching is a dispute between partners—i.e., the shareholders and the work- men—as to the proportions in which profits (when any) shall be divided. In the end that question is decided by the laws of supply and demand.
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