Golden Age, November 8, 1922

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Nov. 8, 1922, VoL IV, No. 82

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CONTENTS o/ the GOLDEN AGE

' LABOR AND ECO.NOM1CS The Prophet Jonah and the Jonah Profit - ..........—...67

SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL .

Pedagogical Psychology —70 Helps to Quiet Radicalism 93 Cnrioeity - Ti More end More Pleasant 93

Tbongbts on Gratitude —79 ‘^Wirh^rlng* Plant

Worth |3 per Copy “—...92 He that Soweth Seed

MANUFACTURING AND MINING The Golden Rule in the Cement Marble BusineM

POLITICAL—DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN Wil) Whole Nations Feel after God? .____.

Make God a Majority Stockholder in the Nation -

Socialism Pro and Con _______________________ _____ - —....

HOME AND HEALTH Concerning Intestinal Baths___ -

Suggestions the Care of Children —.......... —. —78

1AVEL AND MISCELLANY •

Some Odd penings ............—«_—... ■■—93

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY

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The Prophet Jonah and The Jonah Profit ■ (A Parable; by A. H- Kent) *

* AT ANT centuries ago the word of the Lord

. came to the prophet Jonah, saying “Arise,

1 . go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against I it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from । the presence of the Lord.” He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fare thereof; and from the time he entered the ship, in the modern sense of the phrase, he 1 ' was “a Jonah” to the ship’s passengers and* ' crew. They were to be inconvenienced and to suffer hardship and loss because of his disobedience to the Lord's command.

Some centuries before this occurrence the word of the Lord, through His servant Moses, . had come to Israel, saying, “Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother [countryman], usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury. Unto a stranger thou mayst lend upon usury.” (Deuteronomy 23:19,20) This was only one of the many commands given to Israel for their instruction and protection, but it was the one command above all others that dictated their internal business relations. It laid the foundation for a system-of economics entirely free from the earning power of money and property. The Lord did not inform Israel as to what they should expect from Him in direct or retributive judgments in. case they disregarded this par, ticular law; but He promised them a blessing if they would observe it. He said: "That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thou settest thine hand to.”

The Lord has never outlined a business poli-cj? cy for the gentile governments, but they have ' eaten of the “crumbs that fall from the rich • man’s table.” Many of the righteous principles from the Mosaic law have found their way into gentile rule. However, this teaching concern- ing usury and increase has never been properly assimilated by the nations generally. Consequently their labor, "all the things thou settest thine hand to,” has not had the Lord's blessing, as otherwise it might have had.

On the other hand the governments have legalized usury and profit and have made laws to facilitate their collection; and under this protection men have taken from the earnings of labor to build up large private fortunes. The power of their fortunes to oppress has grown with their size, until at different times in the world’s history a tempest of righteous indignation from an oppressed and hunger-bitten people has beat upon the ship until it has either instituted reforms or gone down..

Interest, and profit above labor cost, have, proven to be “a Jonah” alike to all forms of social government until in the end of "the present evil world” we find this “profit Jonah” has entered the "ship of state,” become a very part of the governments, has “paid the fare thereof” [in taxes] and intends to go to “Tarshish [back into the avenues of trade] from the presence of the Lord [lose its identity as unrighteous gain].” “But the Lord sent out a great wind [His retributive judgment; the World War] into the sea [the restless masses of mankind, tossed about* with every wind of doctrine,” preached into war in the interest of big profits], and there was a mighty tempest in the sea”—“the sea and waves roaring [people roaring about the high cost of living, interests, commissions, rents, profits, and graft]”— “so that the ship was like to be broken [and some governments were]. Then the mariners [those that direct and control the governments] were afraid and cried every man unto his god [source of power] and cast forth the wares that were in the ship [surplus war supplies were sent out at reduced prices, and revenues and reserves were cast forth in food donations, doles, and labor concessions].” But “profit Jonah” [the great heads of accumulated interest and profit] was gone down into the sides of the ship [into such government institutions as the reserve banks]; and he lay [dormant] and was fast asleep [had hardly been suspected as “a Jonah” for years]. So the shipmaster [“the invisible government”] came to him [finally], and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper! Arise [mount up], call upon thy God [the stablizing influence of big busiriess reserves], if so be that God [that God] will think upon us, that we perish not. And they said every one to his fellow, Come and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots and the lot fell upon Jonah.” It has already been decided by many that this "profit Jonah” is to be blamed for our financial condition, business stagnation, and social unrest; others should question the thing.

"Then they said unto him [to Jonah], Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us: What is thine occupation! [he has none, but to furnish means to the idle] and whence earnest thou! [from the earnings of the laborer] what is thy country [“the present evil world” just ending]! and of what people art thou! And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven [who through His Son Jesus is now taking charge of earth’s affairs. The situation is this: The same Lord that said, "Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury,” is now Lord not only of the Hebrews but of the'whole world; consequently there are no strangers, none to collect usury and profit from) which hath made the sea [The same Lord that permitted usury from a stranger also created all this restless mass of mankind which is so fitly illustrated by the waves of the sea. whom I, ‘‘profit Jonah” am starving] and the dry land [a stable form of government as given t<> Israt-1!. Then were the men exceedingly afraid and said unto him, [O'dear Income] Why hast thou done this [had this effect. Money acquired that is not earned in production or in service for others. violates God's law of justice and must in time bring His judgment]! For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. [Few people we think that now approve -usury and profit would expect such practices to obtain in the kingdom of heaven.) Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us [when the cause of an evil is found there is only one logical thing to do and that is to remove it]! for the sea

[people] grew more and more tempestuous.

"And he [profit Jonah] said unto them, Taks me up and cast me forth into the sea [back to the people]; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you [a little reflection on the subject will leave no doubt in the minds of any]. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land [back to normalcy]; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. Wherefore they cried unto the Lord and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, Let us not perish for this man’s life [they will then realize that if the profit Jonah lives they may perish], and lay not upon us innocent blood [that of innocents that always suffer with the guilty in the nations’ judgments] ; for thou, 0 Lord, hast done as it pleased thee. [There is nothing more true: the whole of life’s drama is a school of experience. The Great Teacher foreseeing the course the gentiles would take in regard to usury and profit and knowing the Jews would spend much of their time among them, apparently not wishing His chosen people to be disadvantaged, permitted them to loan upon usury to the gentiles as gentiles have always done among themselves. This arrangement has worked well for the poorer class of Jews. Those of the Jews that have been more successful in collecting usury and profit from the gentiles, have loaned it without charge to their countrymen, so that under the most adverse conditions few Jews have become public dependents. When it is learned that for those that will ultimately have everlasting life upon this earth their school of experience has been one continual lesson in governing self, and in self-government collectively, the wisdom of the Great Teacher in permitting gentile rule will shine forth more resplendent and all can then say: “For thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.”] So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging [Here the prophet Jonah ceased longer to be “a .Jonah” to his fellowmen. When the “profit Jonah” is thrown overboard there will be nothing left for the people to rage about, and the things it has hitherto come in contact with, will no longer be “Jonahed” by it]. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah [The greatest fish we know of around here that is in course of preparation to swallow up this profit

Jonah is a great people organized under the right of majority rule, but acthally hoodwinked into being ruled by possibly lesa than five percent of the people* and in the interest of twentypercent or less. If they are not yet hungry enough to do justice to a large fat “profit Jonah” they no doubt will be fully “prepared” by the time the income class get shaky enough to throw him over. Three days later] . . . And the Lord spake to the fish and it vomited out 'Jonah upon the dry land.” '

Money and property from their heavy earnings have always paid most of the taxes; but when labor in production and social service becomes, the sole earning power and when the Lord later speaks to the people no doubt they will be willing to cough up enough to supply all needs of a stable government.

To overthrow this “profit Jonah” means to institute a government free from it, as was the Lord’s government for Israel. Interest is a hire given for the use of money or credit and is a vicious, needless practice gendered in the interests of the few that have credit to loan. Why should our government when issuing currency give preference to government bonds for security, a security the people must pay interest upon! Why should their security be received only from organized banks whose business it is to furnish credit for hire! A government should be run in the interest of the whole people. The people’s interests demand that the government should so stabilize the price of real estate that it would be safe security for the full amount of its established valuation. Then a system should be arranged by which the owner or purchaser could temporarily make its value liquid by issuing stock to be deposited with the government as security for currency. This would simplify the whole transaction of converting property value into cash, and would eliminate the speculative and mortgage evils.

Other profits can be made only by taking advantage of the flir'uating and unjust prices of labor and product. To correct this evil, establish the price of labor as a base from which to figure the labor cost of production from the ground up to the delivered product; use this labor cost as a base for product prices, graduating the prices with the standard qualities or grades of each class of products beginning with the low grade at labor cost and pricing the bet-j ter grades as much higher as their grade would

indicate, the unearned increment or difference between labor cost and the selling-price of the better grades to be used for the general good. This would leave no place for profit, and each worker would receive pay in proportion to the labor expended. .

Interest and profit are the incentive for all graft. They are the corrupting influences in governments. Big profiteers hire corrupt politicians to help them increase their profit; the corrupt clergy preach war or anything else to favor the profiteers; governments build big war machines in their interest, and use them for the same purpose. .

Usury and increase are the “key” to Satan’s whole industrial,, political and ecclesiastical mess. Under his supervision they have been used by the “dragon, thatpld serpent [the deceitful civil powers] which is (of ] the devil and Satan”—powers in hisworidto bolster up and strengthen his kingdom by holding to view the hope of a profit for all which in reality cannot be made. ' .

The Lord no doubt has permitted the practice of interest and profit to teach the world that government cannot long exist unless founded on sound righteous principles. The greatly increased practice of interest and profit in the end of the age has opened the way to the “bottomless pit,” political death and burial of the present order; and Satan's world is headed that way and going at-full speed. With the overthrow of his profit Jonah, Satan’s political power for evil and that of his dupes will be bound for a thousand years and cast into the “bottomless pit [death and disruption of his earthly kingdom] and shut up [hands and mouth] and sealed [as a false economist] that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years should be fulfilled.” The Lord is now present. His teachings are out of harmony with the Jonah profit idea, and it is trying to flee from His presence. But of course the Lord’s purpose cannot be thwarted. He is now judging the nations and His judgments are against all unrighteousness in government. The wind of His doctrine, justice and righteousness, is blowing upon the restless waves of humanity; and they are beating upon the ship of state. The tempest will not cease until the Lord's purpose is accomplished. That purpose is the overthrow of the evil powers of heaven and earth and the establishment of His kingdom.

Pedagogical Psychology

EVERY pedagogue or teacher must of necessity be a student of psychology; and every other individual, whatever his calling or profession, mutt Study to sortie extent the scientific truths concerning the child mind if he would be a <well-informed and sympathetic member of earth’s habitants. Hence, pedagogical psychology should be, and is, a subject of general interest

From infancy the parent notes the development of the child mind and seeks to regulate its growth and its tendencies—not always intelligently, however. Other parties, interested and disinterested — such as uncles, aunts, grandparents, and the family preacher or priest—may offer various suggestions on “the training up of the child in the way he should go.” But some of these hints may be positively injurious instead of helpful.

The American child, however, receives the major -part of his training and instruction from his teacher; for the teacher is the person who has him in charge through the most impressionable of the formative period of his growth and development.

Men ip authority, believing that “he who would instruct must himself first be instructed/* have required that would-be schoolteachers study one or more courses on the science of the child mind. Since children are nearest and dearest to the heart of almost every one, it is of special interest to obtain an insight into the drift of such instruction. In the scope of this (article I will not attempt more than this.

In taking up the study of the child mind it is thought necessary first to discuss the source when we came. Not all educators, by any means, accept the Darwinian theory of man’s origin. There is a large number of learned anthropologists who refuse to believe that there is a connecting link between man and the brute creation. Miss Mary T. Whitly, Ph. D., says that “doubt is being expressed as to whether any fundamental differences exist between the original nature of primitive man and that of the man of the twentieth century.” She says, further, that “the marked similarity of races suggests this conclusion.” Boras doubts as to the gain of modern man in intellect and morality over primitive man.

Normal school psychology teaches that man is what he is primarily because he is a member of a certain family, sex and race. Hence, it

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would show the wastefulness and folly of attempting or pretending to create capacities and interests which are assured or denied to an individual before he is born. Thus while no two minds are exactly equal in capacity, yet the mind of each child can be greatly influenced and directed by environment

The child mind passes through various stages of development until maturity, and responds differently to outside influence during each period. Through each of these periods his instincts may be classified as social and nonsocial, and these change with age. In this bried) article, however, it will not be possible to delineate upon each of these tendencies.

It is sufficient to say that parent or instructor should endeavor wherever possible properly to direct rather than to inhibit the child’s instincts and activities. For example, pugnacity is a strongly developed trait in some children and can best be controlled by giving it some outlet in a harmless direction. Punching-bag exercises will in most cases make black eyes a thing of the past

There are some instincts, however, which we must inhibit, in as far as that is possible. The sexual instinct is the most important one of these, and should not be overlooked or ignored. Undue activity of this instinct may be prevented by encouraging much outdoor exercises and activities, by not allowing children to sleep together, by not allowing them to stay in bed long after awaking, by not allowing horseback or bicycle riding where any sex excitement results,'etc. Proper instruction from the proper source, beginning during the undifferentiated stage, may prevent the formation of habits which would later develop into perversions. -

With the child, memory is a question of not only how much he can remember but also of how long he can retain in mind what he does remember; and in this line the value of repetition and concentration has been demonstrated. The child’s imagination is much more fertile than that of the adult, and the child’s report of an incident cannot be relied upon as truthful. This is not because the child desires to falsify but because in his imagination he enlarges on incidents in his mind until the untrue becomes to him an established truth.

From the foregoing we see that the study ofi psychology has been the means of impressing upon the minds of thinking people many valu-

able truths. One fact now generally conceded is that the child miad cannot develop to its best when supported by a frail and diseased body. In almost all communities, large or small, there are subnormal children. The condition of many of th'se may be improved , in various ways. Cretins can be improved if given, while very young, doses of extract of the thyroid gland. For. aments more than one authority recommends asexualization. From the eugenics standpoint this would be advisable; for such persons have less control of their instincts than normal people, are prolific, and almost sure to produce offspring with their own deficiency. However, none of these suggestions are of permanent value.

Psychology itself treats at length concerning the various sense divisions of the brain and concerning the various nerve centers, etc.; but the discussion of these technicalities would be of little profit to the general reader. The greatest psychologist of the Christian era was Christ Himself, and we may study His teachings concerning the science of the mind with great profit. To Him the minds of men were more as the minds of children are to us. He often referred to His followers as children. He established a school with Himself as chief instructor. -

All who come into this school are at first referred to as babes. They may later develop into children; but not until the mark of perfect love is reached do they become full grown.

Every pedagogue would do well to enroll himself in this school. There are no charges for tuition. All pupils enrolled therein receive instruction in the noblest science from the Best Instructor. ~

Upon graduation each pupil will receive his diploma and degree^ This will be authority entitling him to membership in the faculty of Christ’s college. This college is to be the highest center of learning for a thousand years, during the new dispensation now at hand. Very soon the Ph. D. degrees and other human degreeswill become worthless. Man was originally created free and equal, mentally, morally, and physically. He will ultimately return to this much-to-be-desired condition, and no one will then have a superior mind entitling him to a degree.

Henee the only worth-while degree is the degree of Divinity which the members of Christ’s faculty will have. This degree will not be conferred until the aspirant has fully qualified for it and has undergone the prescribed course of training. When it is bestowed it will indicate that the one upon whom it is conferred understands pedagogical psychology and every other phase of psychology. If the pedagogical psychologist would be a pedagogue forever, let him not neglect to secure membership and enrollment in the school of Christ during the opportune tune; for when the class of the gospel age are graduated the doors of this institution will be closed permanently.

Curiosity

OXE of the peculiar features of the English language is the fact that very many of its words have a diversity of meaning. The .word under discussion is only one of the many examples. .

■ As it is made use of in'the majority of cases, curiosity is that disposition which has an inordinate desire to pry into a secret, or information possessed by someone else. A secondary meant ing is: Something that is scarce or possessed . of extraordinary characteristics; while the ter-• - tiary significance is: That which exhibits artful • or elaborate work of construction. For instance, a young lady might be curious, but that does not mean that young ladies are scarce; although it might apply somewhat in the sense of the third meaning. A picture may be curi-

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ous; that is to say, there might be a few of its kind, or it might exhibit some artful work or elaborate design; but surely we would not say that it desires to find out something about somebody else. Then again, we can safely say that some garments are “curiously” made; or in other words, they show forth the painstaking care and tedious work of their maker.

Apparently, curiosity is a natural trait of character in the majority of people. Hence a person that is not curious is a curious curiosity. Your little Johnny has some curiosity; for only a few hours after he had received his drum on Christmas morning, he gave it a solar-plexus blow with his foot—just to see what made the noise on the inside. Little Mary, too, amputated her dolly's head, only to find out that the

interior was composed of sawdust. But curiosity was satisfied. ' , •

Like most other things, curiosity has it proper and improper uses. Discovery of some interesting or valuable thing is often the result of the exercise of curiosity, although some curious persons have never survived their discoveries—the man with the lighted match in the powder mill, the fellow trying to find a gas leak with the aid of a lighted candle. The little boy who placed a spike on the railroad track recently “just to see what it would do when the train came along," found out; but there are several people prematurely under the sod as a result of his success.

The human body is a curiositythat is, it is curiously made. It is an artful and elaborate piece of work. King David, of old, recognized this fact when he said: “Mine organism was not hid from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."

There are several other curiosities in the world today: the honest politician; the gun that was not loaded when it was discharged; the fellow who has a twenty dollar bill ready before you “hit” him for a loan; the woman that does not like the bargain table; the husband who tells his wife that he will not be home until late because he is going to the club to play poker; and the man who always has a better plan.than you have. •

Curiosity like that of Eve’s may lead to wisdom; but think of the unwisdom of choosing such a pathway to get it! Better to be led slowly and surely by God’s unerring wisdom than to be quickly exalted by Satan’s foolishness.’ • _ -

The Golden Rule in the Cement Marble Business

THE principles enunciated in my article, “Solving the Railroad Problem by the Golden Rule,” are applicable to any business,-be it one already established or one in process of formation.

The following will show the application of these principles to your subscriber's projected cement and marble business. Assuming that we have organized the company and sold 10,000 shares of stock at $100 each and have in bank $1,000,000, we now proceed to the erection of the necessary buildings, installation of the machinery, etc., until the money is exhausted. Thus the money-stockholders find themselves with a thoroughly modern manufacturing plant, but with no money for working capital with which to purchase raw materials and finance the manufacture and sale of product. Another quarter million dollars is necessary; therefore an additional stock issue is sold when we find the money capital represented as follows:

Plant and equipment ...................$1,000,000

Cash in bank ......................... 250,000

Total ...............$1,250,000

We are now ready to start assembling our operating organization; that is, the brains or directing force. We must have the necessary officers — Departmental Executives, Superin-

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tendents, and Foremen. Let us say that all told we introduce ten persons of this type whose ability to earn in any line of business would aggregate $57,000 a year, which is equivalent to a return of say five, percent on $1,140,000.

We will assume that it requires 100 persons to perform the necessary manufacturing labor; that is, the brawn, such as mechanics to keep the machinery in good working order, skilled workers to do the actual manufacturing, and laborers to handle the raw materials and load the finished product. Then, too, there are the office help, the traveling salesmen, etc., all of whose efforts and labors are directed by those in the brains class. Let us assume that these 100 people are capable of earning an average compensation of $1,500 per annum; that some earn as high as $3,000; others as low as $1,000. The average of $1,500 is equivalent to a return of five percent on $30,000; and the 100 would aggregate $3.000,000. Hence our capitalization would appear like this:

Plant, Equipment and

Cash.................$1,250,000

10 Officers, Executives,

Superintendents, etc... 1,140,000 10Q. Operatives, Meehan-

ics, Laborers, etc....... 3.000.000

(Money Capital)

(Brains Capital)

(Brawn Capital

$5,390,000 (Total Capital)

Now let us presume thet> the* gross annual * sales amounted. and that the cost

of raw materials, Wserves for depreciation and taxes, upkeep and repairs, other incidental expenses, etc., amounted to $3,122,700, leaving a ' net operating revenue of $377,300 exclusive of compensation to either money, brains or brawn. Before proceeding to divide the $377,300 among the three classes, let us deduct ten percent for a sinking fund to meet unforeseen losses future amounting to $37,730, leaving $339,570, subject. to dividends allowing 6.3 percent to each class. Hence the result would be as follows :

To Money Capital 6.3% on $1.250,000......$ 78,750

To Brains Capital 6.3% on 1,140,000.... ..' 71,820

To Brawn Capital 6.3% on 3,000,000...... 189,000

$5,390,000 $339,570

It will be observed that each class has received exactly the same rate of return on their respective investments.

Now let us assume there were five persons who held the $1,250,000 of money capital and that none of these gave any of their time, thought or energy to the business—nothing but money. Each one of the five would receive 2,500 shares, assuming their stock-holdings to be equal.

As each stockholder would get 6.3 percent on his money invested and as this is a fair rate of return, considering that the brains and brawn stockholders have already contributed to possible future losses, thus reducing the hazard in the business, they would (or should at least) be satisfied.

Next let us analyze the return to the ten Brains Stockholders, the distribution would look like this:

CAPITALIZED AT RECEIVES

President.................$240,000........$15,120

General Manager .......... 200.000........ 12,600

Secy-Tre as................ 160.000,....... 10,080

Purchasing Agent.......... 100,000

Traffic Manager........... 120.000

Sales Manager ............ 120.000...

Superintendent............ 80.000

3 Foremen................ 120,000

$1,140,000 $71,820

It will be noted that each one gets exactly the same rate of return on his capitalized value. If by judicious management the “Net Operating Revenue”.can be increased it is quite apparent that “the rate of return.” would be correspondingly increased and thus the: individual’s return would be greater. This tends to promote team work to produce efficient management No drones could survive long under such conditions.1 They would soon eliminate themselves. None but “honest-to-goodness” real cooperative executives could survive.

' The same process of distribution would prevail among the brawn, workers or rather the subordinates. AH cannot be'officers. A successful business demands privates; but as long as said privates are compensated justly there is engendered that spi^Wr$M& in working for the common good. To illustrate the distribution among this clasi£wi®but tabulating the entire 100 employes let uS:lo^ W’tlbe common laborers, if you please? Suppdiin^ there are twenty such whose aggr^att'C^ftlffized brawn is $400,000 ($1000 average earnir^s power is equal to five percent on $20,000) tfmt class receiving 6.3 percent would be entitled to $25,200, hence each of the twenty individuals would receive $1,260.

As * the majority of the members of the Brawn Class cannot finance their living expenses until the end of the year1 to'receive their distribution, it should be arranged that each should have a “Drawing Account” equal to say seventy-five percent of his prospective “Dividend.” Thus the $1,000 a year laborer whose “capitalized value” is $20,000 entitling him to $1,260 at the end of the year would, in the meantime, have received $900 in monthly advances at the rate of $75 a month, which would meet his current needs; apd then at the end of the year he would receive the difference or $360 in a lump sum which would encourage savings; and perhaps he would care to become a “money stockholder” also, thus increasing his individual income.

. Now regarding the “Sinking Fund” referred to above, the purpose of which is to stabilize returns to the several classes of investors. Economists inform us that trade moves in cycles; that these cycles cover periods ramring from fifteen to twenty-five years, during which business moves at an increasing pace until the peak is reached, when recessions occur until finally, as during the past three years, the bottom is reached. Experience has . shown that these periods of business depression last from

three to five years, during which many businesses earn materially less and some earn nothing, in fact sustain severe losses. In creating a “reserve" or “sinking fund,” invested outside the hazards of the business, during the prosperous years the three classes of investors are providing for the proverbial “rainy day.”

In the instant case they have laid by $37,730, which together with similar annual deposits together with the interest thereon would, in ten or fifteen years, create a fund sufficiently large to enable money, brains, and brawn to receive their customary 6.3 percent annual compensation. If, for instance, the net revenue in a given year amounted to only 4.3 percent on the total investment of money, brains, and brawn, the sinking fund could be tapped for the necessary 0.7 percent to permit distribution on the basis of the stock issue, viz., five percent; or if deemed expedient an amount equal to two percent could be withdrawn, which

would permit distribution on the normal 6.3 percent basis. In short the sinking fund is simply applying the principle “save while prosperous to eat when poor.” It also provides a means whereby each class of investors may ? contribute equally to prospective future losses, thus rendering it unnecessary for money capi-tai to claim the lion’s share on the'ground that it assumes all the business risk. Under this plan money, brains, and brawn share alike in that risk. It is understood that each of the three classes would be represented in a Board .

of Directors consisting of nine members, three '

elected from each class.’

The writer has prepared many details of the " working of this plan of organization which space will hot permit of exploiting; but he will be only too glad to cooperate with anyone who has a real interest in establishing such a plan in any business already organized or in a proposed organization. .

Will Whole Nations . Feel after God ? By Joseph, Greig

Judge Rutherford’s monster meetings in continental Europe revealed the fact that the old world is in its death agony, and that the people are crying out for a satisfying remedy for the multiplied ills accruing from the war. It was found to be a matter of common information that a man’s life-savings had shrunk in value to a point where they would “cash in” for only a few American dollars overnight.

With uncertainty filling the air and with the hope of industrial peace being shattered in this broad land also, the prospect of the Golden Age is becoming more and more weighty in its import, as also the message of the hour: “Millions now living will never die.”

In line with our subject is the following unusual editorial from the Toledo Blade".

Make God a Majority Stockholder

in the Nation

“This nation is a joint-stock company incorporated under the Declaration of Independence, and sustained and supported by the double-riveted strength of the Constitution. Its capital stock amounts to more than one hundred millions souls.

“Give God fifty-one percent of this stock; and the United States will pay dividends in material prosperity, in happiness and contentment, in loyalty, in justice, honesty, common sense and square dealing.

“Give God fifty-one percent of the nation’s souls to work with; and He will bring order out of the unrest that is stirring the passions of men into blazing enmity. He will outvote Lewis' union, the operators’ organization, and there will be no more Herrin massacres; He will outvote the railroad presidents, general managers, and Jewell’s union; He will outvote Sam Gompers and the Federation of Labor; He will outvote the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, the luncheon clubs, open-shop advocates and closed-shop adherents.

“God doesn’t step on the toes of anybody who is seeking justice. Given half a chance, through the minds and the souls of men, He soon would settle the human problems that are upsetting things. There would be readjustments without malice, reconstruction without passionate bitterness. The result would please the Carpenter who gave up his job to teach the world peace and love and loyalty in lessons that have lived nearly two thousand years.

“Are these suggestions impracticable? If so, then Theodore Roosevelt was a visionary. He made Tear God and Take Your Own Part’ the title of a book In it he wrote:

“ ‘Fear God, In the true sense of the word, means love God, respect God, honor God; and all of this can only be done by loving our neighbor, treating him justly and mercifully, and in all ways endeavoring to protect him from injustice and cruelty; thus obeying as far as human frailty will permit, the great and Immutable law of righteousness. . . . We do not fear God if we show mean envy and hatred of those who are better off than we are; and still less do wv fear God If *• show a base arrogance towards and selfish lack of appreciation ter those-who are leas well off.'

"Thia is tin philosophy of a big man, big enough to accept the SP^ of God in aimpie faith and apply it to practical affairs.

“If we have any faith in ua we cannot help believing that the right aide of any question is the one God ia an. *1 don’t know that God is on our side,’ Lincoln is recorded as having said during the upheaval of war, ‘but we want to be sure that we are on God’s sid^’

"When men atop to think with unprejudiced minds and to pray with open hearts to be let in on the right side^, God wiU have more than a mere majority of the nation’s capital stock. And in these problems that afflict us God’s side will take into consideration the rights of capital and the rights of labor; the human side will be put in an honest balance against the property side; the father who is compelled to work eight hours for the price of a pair of shoes for his two-year-old child will have as fair consideration as the largest stockholder to the institution for which he toils.

“When the spirit of God dominates the business world, contracts will be fulfilled even when fulfillment hurts; there will be no canceled orders that were accepted in good faith. If this new day comes there will be no - profiteering or lying about the ‘overhead.* If God’s spirit governs, the business man’s word will be as good as a million-dollar bond.

“Is it fanatical to talk about introducing the spirit of God into the everyday affairs of men? If so, then George Washington was a fanatic when he wrote this to one of his messages:

“ ‘No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an Independent nation seems to have been distlngulshd by some token of providential agency.'

“This nation has been fortunate in having president. J. leaders who recognized the benign influence of the spirit of God.

“It ia important that our industrial leaders and employers have the faith that Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt had. Theirs is a great responsibility. They owe something to the men who toil as well as to the men who harvest the dividends.

“The people of this nation need a spirit of tolerance, more humanity, and a requickened sense of justice and honesty.

“Here is a bit of prayer by David, the great pastoral poet, that would put the suppliant to tune with the sweetness of life and forearm him against much of the bitterness:

.“ ‘Create to me a dean heart, 0 God; and renew a right spirit within me.’ ”

The. above is bat a straw in the wind pointing to the near future, when man will become so sick of his own ways that he will, Nebuchadnezzar-like, return from his grass diet to the 'more substantial things of reason. ■

The Zionistic cry, while being interpreted by some as pro-Jerusalem, will in due time reveal “the Stone which the builders rejected,” Christ Jesus, as in charge of earth’s affairs. Then the nations will begin to sense the significance of a “sure foundation,” with no liability of the “bottom ever dropping out” again. This solid . buttress of the new order, backed by th^ Almighty power, and demonstrated by interventional touches in connection ,with regathered Israel, will draw all order-lovers to the Rock Government which knows no breakage.

At this writing even Lloyd George of England seems about ready to weleo$ne some outside help from the impending dissolution. But such immediate conversion is not. in line with the exactness of the divine prophecy. Evidently several spasms of revolution are on the way, then an exercise of tyranny never before experienced in this or any other land—the rulings of the “Image” for the maintenance of a $one order. Then comes the “big earthquake” referred to by the Lord’s own lips. (Matthew 24) Beyond that will arise the sunshine of an everlasting peace and the unconquerable Christ.

No more will slander taint the Holy Name, and a malific spiritual adversary lamp-black the God of love with odium. Instead will flourish the great day of the Lord; and the future will savor of every spice of good-will, as the ages go forth laden with the increasing revelation of the eternal Jehovah!

Every question arising is fast leading the nations to the place of “Safety First” (Jerusalem) and there the queries of the ages will find their only rational answer.

Wise is he who is using his ‘long green” while the using is good, and is not a partner with those who exalt big business to the injury of the masses. For the days of the oppressor shall end. And the meek shall not go into the tomb, but live on through into the new era; for "millions now living will never die!”

“Jesus is come! Oh, let it be known, Jehovah’s Anointed now takes the throne; He takes the helm and the power to command, To guide affairs on the sea and the land.

“Jesus is come! let all the world hear.

‘Who’s on the Lord’s side’ let him draw near.

Come with your armor, your loins girt about;

Come with your trumpets, and join in the shout.”

Socialism Pro and Con By John Buckley

SOME claim that Christ was a Socialist, and many clergymen advocate Socialism. Far ther Dempsey of New York, preached it from his pulpit a few years ago, until silenced by his lordship, the bishop.' Today, the Church of1 Borne denounces Socialism as wrong and immoral. No good Catholic can be a Socialist

What is a Socialist? There seems to be a great difference of opinion. The definition in the dictionary is vague and unsatisfactory. I believe in a cooperative effort to change conditions. To some, the present chaotic conditions in the world ■ (in which dog eats dog), are satisfactory: yet is anyone foolish enough to believe that the condition can continue forever? -

I have talked with many Socialists, and have found nothing immoral or vicious in their arguments. Most of them seem to be idealists, interested in improving conditions for their fellow men. •

Lessening of Efficiency Noted

One of the arguments advanced against Socialism is that by removing the competitive struggle it would destroy all inducement to effort The general fear seems to be that, being sure of support, men would “lie down on the job,” produce less and, like a man with a political job, do only what he must.

As a matter of fact, we may look for no great change while the present political and industrial conditions continue. The people of the country have really less to do with the management of affairs than they imagine. In Massachusetts, an effort for the initiative and referendum has been on foot for years, but the constitution prevented. Finally by vote of the people, the constitution was changed. A commission was formed to revise the document to meet the present needs. The commission spent a year or more in the work, and submitted the work to the legislature for action, which indefinitely postponed action in the matter. That was two or three years ago.

It is very generally admitted that there is a lessening of efficiency, and a falling off of effort in political jobs, and there is proof of it in abundance. If your pull is sufficiently strong, you can defy opposition: Many Labor organizations oppose Socialism, and most of them oppose piece-work. Some of them place a limit on the amount of work that a man may do in a day. We

know that the opposition is based upon the fact that employers use the method to reduce the workers to slavery; and that by pitting one worker against another, they are able to cut prices and to increase their own profits. ' .

Governments must not interfere- with the ~ rights of the few, to exploit the many. The -fz. race has been built, and our welfare created by '; physical effort, and nothing but decay and death can result in a lessening of effort on the part of '

the workers. Death of the nation comes through ■■

an increasing poverty; and death of the indi- _ vidual, through a lessening vitality.

Eoils Resulting from Idleness ■ .

‘1 Satan finds mischief for idle hands, * ’ and too much leisure is not good for us. Many of our . young men will tell you that the strenuous work ' exacted from them in the training camps, during the war, made men of them, rather than the young citizens that they were. -

Too many are crying for less labor, less production, and more money. A way should be found by which the person who is able and willing to make an additional effort should be able to use his excess vitality for his own advancement. It should be made possible for the Government, for every dollar’s worth of value created by an individual effort, to finance and help that individual to make a further effort, just as many parents, create a desire in children to save, by themselves contributing to the fund.

Too much attention is given to speculation, business, and a desire for profit without labor. ' People want to become “million-heirs” without self-denial or effort, and it is only possible to do . so through the suffering of others. Many of the great fortunes of the country were built by questionable methods, yet the holders command a very general respect.

If a small boy or a crook has money in his possession that he cannot account for, he is suspected of having stolen it, and will be arrested. Yet the possessors of many millions are never questioned. Why not make the rule work both ways ? '

If there is any question in your mind as to what too much money and idleness are leading, study the smart set in your city. Bead the papers, with their divorce court scandals, and ask your- > self whether there is not a reason for the follies, and whether there is not a reasonable way out.

Concerning Intestinal Baths

I HAVE article 6n health and the

meantof’^^pTtservation, by Mrs. Mary J.

'-Ass of July 19, and >r >hav# foimd’Wmu^n to commend. Her re* jm|irk8;Pii the value of fresh air in conserving thehejdtbare important. Vast numbers of . people are poisoned, devitalized and diseased by the impqre.air which they breathe; and oxygen deficienfiyis undeniably die cause of many human ills. ....'

Most of Mrs. Holmes’ dietary suggestions are also good* The chemistry of foods ought to be £ morp closely studied, and intelligent discus, sion of this subject is to be welcomed. It was J,, believe, Dr. Abernethy, physician to Queen Anne, who stated that “by diet alone all the intentions of medicine may be satisfied.” Also Dr. John Huxley, a noted English physician, is quoted as having said: “The dietetic part of medicine is not as much studied as it should be; for while less pompous it is the most natural method of curing disease.”

Mrs. Holmes deserves thanks for penning such an interesting article. But I differ from her respecting intestinal washing. Water irrigation of the bowels is unquestionably of the greatest benefit in cases of real or threatened illness. Even though constipation is but slightly in evidence a deep flushing should be employed in such cases, using slightly cool or tepid water rather than hot, as hot water is debilitating. While there may be no impaction of waste material in the lower colon there may be highly poisonous substances in the ascending or transverse sections of the colon, farther back; and these by reabsorption of their toxins into the adjacent blood vessels may produce or greatly aggravate an illness. Hence the desirability of the flushing is obvious.

But Mrs., Holmes, in my opinion, greatly overdoes the matter. She would have these bowel washings employed daily by everybody. To my mind this is absurd. The bowels should be made and can be made to operate naturally, in most individuals, by proper eating, drinking and exercise. That is the only way to secure normal bowel action. Daily bowel washing is unnatural and works harm. Under this constant water irrigation the colon loses its tonicity ; and if the irrigation is kept up as a habit, the peristaltic action of the bowel subsides and may cease altogether, so that normal bowel ac-

By Dr. B. H. Colgrove

tion will rarely if ever occur. This is’ serious.

Valuable as is water irrigation of the colon in emergency cases and in stubborn chronic cases, its continued daily practice tends to glandular debility and a weak flabby condition of the colon, amounting, it may be, to actual paralysis from disuse. '

A wise selection of food, with persistency in its use, will overcome most cases of sluggishness of both liver and bowels. The powerful cleansing and sanitary effects of certain foods upon the intestinal tract are of common observation among all students of dietetics. Spinach and greens of all sorts are powerful intestinal cleansers. So also are apples and many other kinds of fruits. Bread made from all or nearly all of the wheat kernel, and cereal and vegetable foods which contain considerable cellulose or fibrous matter furnish a roughage which-scours the intestinal tract and stimulates natural movement, assuring ample purification without debilitating the colonic tract Of course, considerable water should be drunk, and astringent drinks like tea and coffee should be avoided by chronically constipated people. There is little use of trying to cure constipation if sufferers ignore the corrective principles of food, drink, and exercise.

The effects of intestinal poisoning resulting from improper bowel elimination are many times terrible. As Mrs. Holmes says, probably ninety-five percent of the diseases of mankind may be traced in the last analysis to this one evil. Rheumatism and paralysis, grave nervous disturbances, mental dullness, loss of memory, inability to sleep, melancholia and many kinds of eruptive diseases are often directly due to it. It is a matter that ought to be taught in every'primary school and in every high school. Algebra and the dead languages should be thrown out of these schools and the study of foods introduced in their stead, so that the devastating effects of intestinal poisoning and the means of avoiding them may be understood by every school pupil. Such a course would work a revolution-in human conditions and the . benefits would be incalcuable.

It is a burning disgrace to the medical profession that so many purgative drugs are employed for this condition and that so much ignorance exists among people relative to the true cause, prevention and cure of most human ills.

Suggestions for the Care of Children

IN THE issue of March 15th is a very good article by Mrs. Andrew J. Holmes on the care of children. But I think, however, that in some cases she goes rather to an extreme; and I wish to give a different view on some* items wherein I think a little experience will enable parents to choose a wiser course — will give them the ability to choose the right thing at the right time. I venture this because I have for many years of experience and observation been a drugless healer.

I do not condemn medicines or drugs, but I do condemn their misuse. Though drugs have never cured a disease, yet they have acted as stimulants to revive the system to action and thus have accomplished good results.

If we compare the human body to an automobile, we get some valuable suggestions. Medicine to the human body not infrequently acts as a lubricant does to auto-machinery— makes it nm smoother and easier, if not too much out of order. Various forms of drugs act as stimulants; they start respiration and action of the body, which thereafter may recover temporarily.

If an automobile goes “dead,” as we say, while there is still gasoline in the tank and the carburetor works all right, we usually find, that the spark plugs are too dirty and the cylinders carbonized. We use drugs, chemicals, to clean out the living human engine or the lifeless mechanical engine, to get a better spark of life.

If we prevent accidents to the human machine, look after the mechanism and see that the joints are in proper condition, we have done much to keep it in good condition. If it gets out of condition it needs the aid of one who understands it, just as a “dead” automobile needs the services of a mechanic.

Dieting can never cure or prevent disease, nor can fresh air do it; but these agencies aid in keeping one from getting sick faster than would otherwise be the case. Remove the cause of the disease, and you will not have to diet If we are well we seldom overeat of any kind of food, whether meat, bread, fruit or vegetables.

Whole grain bread is best, but white bread is better than none. Hard-working laborers need meat and other foods that digest slowly, so that their stomachs do not get empty too Boon. People who work less with their bodies

By 0. L. Lofquist, D.C.

should eat meat sparingly or none at all; but to try to make vegetarians of everybody would be wrong.

Milk is a good food; but if one drinks too much of it at one time it gives distress; for it curdles in the stomach. The drinking of too much raw milk, cold, when hungry, is liable to cause bowel troubles, as some of the milk may slip into the intestines before properly acted upon by the juices of the- stomach.

Potatoes are perhaps the best vegetable we have, and can take the place of all other vegetables, if necessary, without any bad effects on a healthy system. But I would not advise a hard-working man to eat potatoes alone for a meal; for they digest so easily that if he should eat enought to last him between meals he would be in misery for the first three or four hours of that time. I have known families that made a practice of eating potatoes with only salt and milk gravy for supper; but they made a light meal, as that is all that is required.

Food does not digest when one sleeps; it only sours and ferments. This explains why people that eat a hearty supper seldom feel good in the morning, eat but little breakfast, and are hungry before dinner time. Breakfast and dinner should be the heartiest meals. Too many sweets or too much pastry at one meal should be avoided.

I have been drinking coffee three times, a day, as long as I can remember, when I could get it I drink it with a little cream in the coffee, to kill the poison, and a little sugar, to suit the taste. Coffee is a harmless stimulant; the cream and sugar are food. Nervous or sick people should not drink coffee without milk or cream.

Children should be given their proper food when they are hungry, care being taken not to overfeed. Study nature among the animals, and you will learn a great deal. Young and old should take care to masticate the food well, and not drink at the meal but afterward.

Any sensible person knows that one should dress according to the climate and that a child needs warmer clothing and coverings than a grown person; yet many preach lighter clothing and open windows for the children in cold weather as well as in warm. Imagine a little child lying or sitting on a floor over which a cold draft is sweeping, or sitting near an open door or window until the little body is blue

with cold t It is by such means that many infants are killed. They are too weak to withstand the cold, and thus contract incurable diseases.

Air is life, and fresh air is more life; but a draft i6 dangerous, and a cold draft is deadly for children. Most people are careful to have the windows closed during the daytime, when they have the fires going; but when retiring they let the fires go low and open the windows, often letting in damp foggy air, which is more unhealthful to inhale when we are asleep than when we are up and moving around.

Children breathe such air, cold and damp, until their noses clog; then they sleep with their mouths open and catch cold until they cannot breathe at all lying down. Thus they contract adenoids, catarrh, bronchitis, diphtheria or consumption. Have fresh air in the house at night; but do not let drafts in, and do not let the temperature go down in the rooms where the children sleep. A muslin screen in the window will sift the air and avoid draft

Yours for the welfare of humanity and the inauguration of the Golden Aga.

Thoughts on Gratitude By Henry AncketiU {South Africa) .

PEOPLE often complain of the lack of gratitude shown by those whom they assist in their hour of difficulty or trial. This complaint arises, however, from a want of due appreciation of their own relationship to the transaction or from a confusion of thought as to the moral sequence of the act itself. That the sense of gratitude exists, none will deny. The question arises, then, To whom is it due? Primarily it is due to the Creator, the Supreme Father of all; and if this were fully recognized on both sides, the transaction would give only the liveliest sense of satisfaction to both the giver and the receiver. But the pride and self-sufficiency of man here interferes; and for the most part the donor oftentimes desires to conserve to himself the sole credit of his benevolence and expects, even if he does not demand a more or less continuous expression of gratitude from the person upon whom he has conferred the benefit. The latter, thus relieved of his difficulty, probably does feel grateful at the time; but inasmuch as his first feeling of thanks should have been loyally rendered to the Creator and not to the creature, this sense gradually wanes, leaving an uncomfortable feeling of his having placed himself under an obligation to his fellow man, which carries with it,also a sense of degradation. - This a£titu& af mind wars against the amiability ofhui first mental attitude, and in the end is liable toproduce in the mind a kind of resentment or antagonism.

If both parties recognize the moral relation or true sequence of the act, wholesome feelings would never be disturbed. The donor would glory in the honor of being permitted to relieve his brother’s distress,whilst the-recipient would feel a glow of real gratitude to the Supreme Father, and a sense of real love towards his brother who had-been suffered to come to his relief; and thus the whole transaction would be consecrated. . .

This argument is strengthened by examining the transaction from the economic standpoint. Men do not want charity, but justice. But where charity does take the place of justice, there is clearly a rendering of service on the one hand for which nothing is given in return. This breach of the economic law can be adjusted only in harmony with the above principles.

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Death has no sting, if we would recognize Jha. limitations placed on mortal eyes.

Thou hast decreed that none but eyes of faith Shall see beyond the grave; there is no wraith

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