Smith’s ideas did not attract opposition from those in power. Why do you think the official response to Smith’s thinking was not negative? in other words, why do you think the people in power did not mind his ideas?

the answer is

b) new machinery hope i

answer: in 1900, there were no "workplace safety laws"!

explanation: at the beginning of this century, workers in the united states faced remarkably high health and safety risks on the job.

a century ago in 1900 about three hundred out of every one hundred thousand miners were killed on the job each year.

[industria] developments occurred within a legal and regulatory climate that diminished employer’s interest in safety. as a result, americans developed production methods that were both highly productive and often very dangerous.