ent to some extent in other countries the special field of
the industrial work is the United States. The growth in this country
during the recent years has been great. In 1896 there were no regular
industrial homes; in 1904 there were 49 industrial institutions, and in
control of these 49 institutions, there were 70 Army officers and 820
regular employees. The accommodation was about 1,100. During one month
there were 225 cases that were considered unsatisfactory. There were 239
horses and wagons in daily use. About 1,000 tons of paper were baled and
sold per month. Contrast this with the year 1907. In this year there
were 84 officers engaged in these institutions and over 1,200 regular
employees. There was accommodation for 1,651 men. The unsatisfactory
cases for the year amounted to 1,389. There were 460 horses and wagons
in daily use. An average of 2,500 tons of paper was sold each month.
16,875 men were placed in outside positions during the year. No large
city in the United States is without this industrial work, and it is to
be expected that, within a few years, there will be no city in the
country with a population of 100,000 that does not have an industrial
home, and that many cities with a smaller population will have one also.
Already there are several cities with a population of less than 50,000
that have promising industrial plants. In London, the growth has not
been so rapid, and the industrial institutions are run at a loss to the
Army, but there are about eight industrial plants in that city, and
others are to be found in other large cities of England.

We come now to the question of the value of the Salvation Army
industrial work to society. From the preceding brief outline of the
methods, material, labor, management and extent of the industrial work,
it will be seen that it is a movement, unrestricted in scope, with an
unlimited field of development as an economic enterprise. In certain
fields where the Army is active, its work is considered of little or no
value; but as a result of our investigation into this particular field,
the conclusion is reached that, with the exception of the industrial
colonies, it is a practical, social work, of value to society.

We make an exception of the industrial colonies because we do not
consider that the two experiments already tried by the Army justify
their own continuance or the starting of other similar colonies. The
reference here is to Fort Herrick in Ohio, and