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THE publication of this book seems to me most timely.It is true that the industries to which it is more par-ticularly addressed are almost exclusively engagedin munitions production, but even those industries have totake thought for the needs of peace and many forward-looking manufacturers must already have given muchconsideration to peace-time products and methods. I thinkit must be generally recognised that the coming of peacewill confront us with radically new conditions.

The world is swiftly and surely moving into a new Era,the avowed object of which will be to use all its resources,both mental and material, in a deliberate and concertedeffort to increase and maintain the standard of living of theordinary man. Everyone is concerned with the idea ofplanning internationally, nationally, regionally and indus-trially. But the idea must go much further than that if theworld’s new ideal is to be attained. It must get right downto the design of the ordinary products of human con-sumption.

Hitherto this has been largely a matter of tradition, or, ofrather careless adaptation to meet supposed popular tasteor the exigencies of competition. What we need for the newworld is a policy of scientific adaptation to need.