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grinding or boring operations. It was there that I ran into the man who made the glass tanks. We got rid of his dust in the same way. The little machine that he used was just a hand grinding and polishing machine. Attached to that was a little rubber tube with a suction cap that sucked it all out. It was very, very interesting to see what could be done.

There was no criminal intent in the opposition to damage anybody's lungs or in any of the other diseases. It was ignorance and indifference. “What difference does it make? He has to earn his living, doesn't he? Why all this fuss?” There was a great deal of indifference. There was the old idea, “I'm not my brother's keeper. He doesn't have to work here if he doesn't want to.” That was a pretty common attitude. Of course, we found some very high-minded people in whom it was pure ignorance.

The same company that made Bon Ami, of which Richard Childs' father was the president, made benzol. Richard Childs was a friend of mine and they were the most high-minded and honorable people in the world. It was a shock to them that benzol, under certain circumstances, might be poison. That was the last thing they had in mind when they began making it. They found it to be a fine solvent, cheap, easy to use. It was a terrible agony. To prohibit its use would put them right out of business. I think one of