Excerpt from The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. 4: Devoted to the Publication of the Results of Research by Members of the University of Kansas; July, 1895, to April, 1896 The solution of the labor problem has had more formal attempts by actual experiment than any other form of the modern social problem. As a part of the social problem it seeks to adjust eco nomic relations between employer and employee. It involves some thing more than the proper and just apportionment of the net pro ducts of industry. It' seeks to insure contentment, happiness and progress. If the distribution of a certain amount of goods in pro portion to service rendered in production was the only object sought, the question would be readily solved. But when it involves the idea of happiness and contentment, the harmony of social rela tions must be considered, and then it is that the problem becomes more difficult, for law has failed to force out of man a spirit of dis content. There must be a readjustment of conditions which time alone can perfect. If the idea of progress is insisted upon, then the individual and the community must move forward with power increase in knowledge, in skill and intellectual growth which in volves also a progressive happiness to accompany this, in short it means a constant harmonious progressive activity, which is indeed difficult to obtain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.