To say this, however, is to state only half of
the pro- blem. The fruitfulness and the very feasibility of the new Revolution directed by Capital depends upon the co-operation of the wage-earners. If they withhold co-operation, being blind to that excellent truism that the best is the enemy of the good, they may succeed in de- laying progress. They may say that they will not help in any schemes except nationalization of the mines and nationalization of the electricity supply. We hope for a better mood, for the wage-earners stand to gain more than anybody else by scientific methods ; but the inten- sity of our conviction that this great Revolution must come and that it could be brought about successfully by Mr. Baldwin's Government gives the measure of ow anxiety at this critical time.