Theunpropertiedclassesemployedinbusinessdonottaketosocialisticvagarieswithsuchalacrityasshouldinspireaconfidenthopeintheadvocatesofsocialismoraseriousapprehensioninthosewhostandforlawandorder。Tbispecuniarilydisfranchisedbusinesspopulation，initsrevulsionagainstunassimilatedfacts，turnsrathertosomeexcursionintopragmaticromance，suchasSocialSettlements，Prohibition，CleanPolitics，SingleTax，ArtsandCrafts，NeighborhoodGuilds，InstitutionalChurch，ChristianScience，NewThought，orsomesuchculturalthimblerig。Theworkofthecaptainofindustryincurtailingtherangeofindividualdiscretioninbusinessandinreducingthelesserundertakerstotherankofclerksandsubalternsneednotbelookeduponasunavoidablyfurtheringthespreadofthesocialisticbias，exceptinsofarasthechangeresultsinthrowingthemenaffectedbyitoutofthepecuniaryorbusinessoccupationsandsubjectingthemtothedisciplineofthemechanicalindustry。Atthemost，apparently，thechangefromanindependenttoadependentbusinesslifeservestoweakenthemen’sinterestinthequestionofproperty；itdoesnotappearthatitthrowsthemintoanattitudeofsubstantialdistrustoriconoclasm。Theirinterestinthisparticularinstitutionslackensthroughthelossofthatemulativemotiveonwhichpecuniaryendeavorproceeds，buttheirfaithinitsintrinsicfitnessisnottherebyshaken，noraretheythrownintothetanksofthechronicdissentients。Thetraininggivenbytheirlifecontinuesprevailinglytorunonconventionalgrounds；thatistosay，ongroundsoflegalrelation，solvency，andthelike。
Accountantsandofficeemployeesarenearlyascouservativeasclergymenandlawyers，andtheirbeingsoisapparentlyduetothefactthattheirexperiencerunsonmuchthesamegroundofconventionalfinality。
Connectedwiththisapparentselectiveactionwhichthemodemspecializationofoccupationsexerts，thereisafurther，andatfirstsightmoresingular，pointofdisparitybetweenthesocialistsandtheconservatives；andthisdifferencehasalsoacuriouscorrelationwiththedistributionofthemachineindustry。Inadegree，-slightanduncertain，perhaps，butsearcelytobemistaken，-thesocialistsandtheconservativesareapparentlyofdifferentracialantecedents。Ithasbeenseenabovethatthepropagandaismostvitalandwidespreadintheindustrialtowns，ascontrastedwiththeagriculturalcountry。
ButiftheresearchesofsuchstudentsasAmmon，Ripley，Lapouge，Closson，andothersthatmightbenamed，aretakenattheirfacevalue，itappearsthatthetownsdifferperceptiblyfromtheopencountryinpointofrace；andthatthemigrationfromthecountryintotheindustrialtownshasaselectiveeffectofsuchakindthatalargerproportionofoneracialstockthanofanotherresortstothetowns。Thetowns，inthosecountrieswheredataareavailable，showalargeradmixtureofthedolicho-blondstockthantheopencountry。Thisseemstoarguethatthedolicho-blondstock，ortheracialmixtureofthetownsinwhichthereisarelativelylargeadmixtureofthedolicho-blond，isperceptiblymoreefficientinthemachineindustries，morereadilyinclinedtothinkinmaterialisticterms，moregiventoradicalinnovation，lessboundbyconventionandprescription。Thisgeneralizationisstrengthenedbythefactthatthemoredolicho-blondregionsarealso，onthewhole，moresocialisticthanthoseinwhichthiselementislessinevidence。Atthesametimetheyareindustriallyinadvanceofthelatterinthematterofmachineindustry；andtheyarealsoProtestantirreligious
ratherthanCatholic。