Golden Age, November 3, 1926
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A® Homs and Abroad ...... Slain in the Industrial Battle . . .
Horrible Conditions Among Dye Work,.rs
Distress of British Miners ....
Women Miners in Japan .....
Social and Educational
North Carolina Chain Gang Courtesies . . . , , The Police of Concord, Mass. .......
Child Slaves in Hungary.........
Kadio Programs ............
Finance—Commerce—Transportation
Increase in Negro Banks ............
The Improvement of Newark Bay ........
Tds GLOBY AND COBBUPTION OE THE Ail EBIOAN DOLLAB . .
Political—Domestic and Foreign Air Stations in Mid Atlantic ......... Free Speech on the Toboggan ......... A Petition to Violate the Constitution......
The Mexican Situation ............
Affairs In France..............
“The Hungarian Tyranny” ..........
Events in Canada ..............
Cabving up Abyssinia ............
Science and Invention
New York to Have a Planetarium ....
World’s Largest Generator .......
Power of the Millikan Kays .......
Belicion and Philosophy
A Seance in the Great Pyramid......
St. Peter at the Gate (Poem) ....... TBUTFi SfEEAPING IN LITHUANIA .......
Some Thoughts Respecting the Gjuww: . . . Is Hall in Heaven ob Hell? ........ Studies in “Tie IIabp oe God” .......
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At Home and Abroad
'Horrible Conditions Among Dye Workers
Traffic Conditions in South Jersey
TELE Workers’ Health Bureau has done a commendable public service in calling attention to the horrible conditions among dye workers at Passaic. Of seventy-seven dye workers examined not one was free from physical defects. One-third were found with heart disease, high blood pressure or both. Three had tuberculosis. Seven more have serious respiratory disturbances. Over one-third were unable to digest their food. Over one-third had constant headaches. Over four-fifths had severe irritation of eyes, nose and throat. These 'workers average fifty-nine hours a week. They get $15 to $20 a week. Rest rooms, wash rooms, places to keep street clothes, and decent toilets are things unheard of. Workers are expected to go home in winter with dripping garments, stepping out of steaming hot rooms into the bitter cold.
Something to Think About
MAN who was one time president of the ■ ■ United States, and who knew how to use
ths English language far better than do most people, gave us something to think about when he said, “I would rather be defeated in a cause thaw, triumph in a cause that shall finally be defeatsa."
tiSJjQO Slain in Bailie
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or ninety working days and an iroaieu.!.ablc amount of sut-- s * - ”, r, ' s any deaths
or accidents in six states whore there are no compensation laws. The maximum 'compensation in the great industrial state of Pennsylvania gives the injured worker $12 per week.
SINCE the opening of the Delaware Biver Bridge, so much Philadelphia. automobile traffic has flowed into South Jersey that the Jersey state police have found it necessary to escort the truck loads of fresh fruits and vegetables from that territory through the most congested areas, to enable them to get to Philadelphia and New York in time for early market the next day.
Air Stations in Mid Atlantic
"D BITISH newspapers are giving space to the scheme put forward by Mr. Howard Armstrong of Philadelphia, Pa., for a regular transAtlantic air service w’ith eight "islands” moored at intervals between America and England. Each island would be provided with a hotel and would have an area of 100 acres. The landing floor would be seventy-five feet above the surface of water and out of reach of the highest waves. It is estimated that the scheme could b® put into operation for about $400,000,000.
Increase in Negro Banks
•___ e L ~ r . I calls attention to the
fact that twenty-seven years ago. when Bocker T. Washington organized the National Negro Business League there 'were two Negro banks. Now there are mors than seventy, with a - - J - _ - -
resources of $20,(100,000, and doing an annual r ~ ~ ' 1 Cu-
riousfy enough, southern waits banaere have the reputation of being friwidly disposed toward Negroes who wish io purchaso property, while the reverse is said to be true of northern white bankers. It is this latter attitude of prejudice on. the part of northern bankers which has forced the Negroes to establish their own banking institutions. •
Dog- Burled in Silk-Lined Coffin '
TN SAN FBANCISCO a widow worth $20,-®- 000,000, who achieved fame by marrying her chauffeur, has now achieved more fame by her devotion to a French poodle dog. The dog took sick, and a veterinarian and a nurse were in constant attendance upon it day and night. It was taken to the mountains, all to no purposed Finally it died; and the wife of the chauffeur, and her friends, took turns in sitting up with the corpse until finally it was laid to rest in a silk-lined casket, its head meanwhile reposing on an embroidered pillow. An elegant marble mausoleum will mark the dog’s last resting place. Do we need Christ’s kingdom? Do we?
A Plan That Promises Much
A PLAN that promises much has for its ob-■Am jeet the exchange of correspondence between schoolboys and schoolgirls all over Europe and boys and girls here in the United States. The plan has already been tried in a limited way with boys and girls of Holland, and the results seem admirable. It promotes friendship and understanding. It is surprising what excellent English is used by the little Dutch boys and girls in their correspondence.
Baggage Men Hit by Styles
would have supposed that the baggage ’ ® men would be hit by a change in styles? Yet such is the case. Old timers in the business say that, as a result of scanty - attire worn by both men and women, the modern vacationist carries his or her own baggage to such an extent that only about one-third the pieces of baggage are handled by the transfer companies as was previously the case.
The Men Are on Strike
npHOSE long-suffering members of the rm~ J= man family, the men, are on-strike against the abominable clothes they have been wearing in summer time. The revolt, which started in Vienna, has spread to Berlin: and from those who have been roasted alive every summer a mighty chorus of protest is going up that they be allowed the same privileges of .light, airy, comfortable shirtwaists for summer tvear as are granted to other human beings. Whether the women will permit this, or whether they will compel the men to continue to dress and look
like beetles Bummer as mains to be
and to be about as oonfortable fe a polar bear in a rolling mill, re-i
Writes an Operetta on a Sickbed
If Jaxs Wiiwiams of New York has dis-XO. tingulshed herself by writing an operetta while a helpless prisoner in bed. At one time she made her living as a music teacher. ’ Then cam® ’ sickness and helplessness. But she still works, and one of her operettas has been broadcast re- i cently all over the metropolitan area. Her pupils helped her to arrange the scores.
Philadelphia Judge Wants a Mussolini
ipiIE New York Times quotes a Philadelphia J- judge as saying in open court that he advocates a dictator here, a Mussolini; and that he is serious about it. Dispatches seem to show that the judges in Italy have to do about as Mussolini says or they lose their jobs. Suppose the wrong dictator got in? Then what?
Free Speech on the Toboggan
TlpHE Supreme Court of Indiana has ruled that a person may not tell even the truth regarding a court decision about himself or his paper, if the truth reflects in any way on the court or the decision. This decision was backed up by sending a 59-year-old editor to the state penal farm for ninety days and fining him $500 for contempt of court.
North Carolina Chain Gang Courtesies
THE little courtesies which go to make up life in North Carolina chain gangs were disclosed when N. C. Cranford, chain gang bass, beat to death two Negroes who claimed sickness under the terrific heat and inability to work. No doubt Mr. Cranford is a strong believer in the doctrine of eternal torture and is trying to get his hand in now, so that he will be a valuable man in the service of his god when he gets to his heaven.
Cook County’s New Guests
COOK County jail is now harboring- thirtyeight women for periods up to sixty days, for violating injunctions in a strike. The men who arrested these women in Chicago after first filling the air with language described as profane, abusive and obscene, were thirty uniformed police, thirty-six plain-clothes detectives, and twenty-five private detectives. Not one of these gentlemen was arrested for violation of the law against the use of such language.
Half a Million tn Prison Every Year
VERY year in the United States there are a half million men put into prison and as many released. This is at the rate of 1,800 every day in the year, and means that every year about one man in forty-five goes behind the prison bars, there or thereafter ruined for life.
The Police of Concord, Mass.
THEY must have a nice police force in Concord, Massachusetts. At the recent anarchistic outbreak there, when college graduates, most of them young ladies, were repeatedly rotten-egged and called vile names because they had come to Concord to study the Origins of the World War, and kindred peace topics, the police of the city looked on and raised not so much as a warning hand. The good sense of the peace students finally shamed their attackers into decency; and the demonstration against them, staged in the name of patriotism, really became a boomerang.
'A Petition to Violate the Constitution
IN AN address before the United States Senate last April Senator Borah, referring to the attempt to make New York wet, said:
I wish to refer again, for the consideration of the Senate, to the great referendum which the people are going to hold in the State of New York, They are going to petition the Congress of the United States by the voice of the people of New York to do what? To violate the Constitution of ths United States. They propose to petition us to leave the enforcement of tha Constitution to the States—a shameless proposition.
Sees the Need of Better Governments
XTenby Thoektok, President of the Canadian
National Railways, is reported as having recently told a body of Canadian capitalists: “We have not yet hit upon a form of government which will preserve freedom for the masses and likewise create efficiency and honesty in the administration of public affairs. The present system replaced worn-out feudalism. No doubt the day will come when some other scheme will be substituted for the system which exists today and which involves serious injustices and inequalities.” Mr. Thornton sees the need foot Christ’s kingdom.
Wireless Promotes Vegetable Growth
ARDENERS in the vicinity of broadcasting stations report that their vegetable® grow profusely under the influence of radio waves, some even claiming that the difference in growth is as much as thirty percent. It is also claimed that the radio waves have a like beneficial effect upon human beings brought into close or frequent contact with these waves.
Centipede Grass for Southern Pastures
HE United States Department of Agriculture announces the importation from China of a new form of grass, styled centipede grass, which is peculiarly adapted to the rejuvenation of southern pasture lands. In its early growth the plant adheres closely to the ground; but after the runners have well interlaced, the blades rise above the ground three or four inches and afford excellent pasturage for grazing animals.
Decrease in Crop Area
JN THE area of harvested crops during the last five years there has been the very considerable decrease of 19,000,000 acres, or about five percent of the total area under crop cultivation. This is partly due to the decreased number of horses and mules that no longer need be fed. But America could produce many times all the food necessary to sustain all the people now living here. In due time, with the incoming of Messiah’s kingdom, man will no doubt learn that he can live and on joy. perfect health on a fraction of the food he now wastes.
Nezs Method of Splitting Wood
■A NATIVE of the state of Washington has invented a gun, made of steel, eighteen inches long, which is hollow at ©ne end for four inches. The gun is loaded, driven into the end of a log, and when fired, will split the largest log into six ©r seven pieces. It is claimed that with, this gun it is possible to split three times as much wood per man as by older methods.
Dfecoserfeg Regarding Homing Pigeons
TT HAS been, discovered that high power radio stations give great trouble to homing pigeons, and also that the semi-circular canals in the pigeon’s ear form electro-magnetic circuits* These discoveries are said to show that pigeons can, in effect, hear the magnetic currents in the earth, and that at each change of direction the pigeon feels the electrical response in its brain.
"H.ug& Dark Spot Near Orlon
A DUTCH astronomer, Dr. Panneltoek, has discovered to tile right of the belt of Orion a huge dark spot, estimated to be as far across as 150,000,000 times the distance from our earth to our sun, and by far the largest object observed in the universe. It is supposed to be either a cloud of dust or one of gas. It occupies one-third of a line drawn from the Pole Star to the sky line.
The Improvement of Newark Bay
DURING the World War the city of Newark, N. J., purchased for $100 an acre a large quantity of marshy land on the edge of Newark Bay and began the improvement of it. Today that plot of twelve thousand acres is worth $30,000,000. Now a determined effort is at last on foot to improve the Jersey Meadows, - the great area of waste land which is such a source of wonderment to all persons arriving in New York from the west. 20,000 acres marsh land lie here within thirty minutes the heart of New York
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New York t& Have a Planetarium-
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A New York contains a fixed representation of a portion of the starry heavens and is quite impressive; but a new device called the planetarium has become popular in Germany, which puts ours far into the shade. By means of projected lights on the interior of a dome, all the motions of the heavenly bodies are reproduced, magnified and speeded up. a thousandfold. The .results are so realistic that visitors lose all sense of proportion and imagine themselves transported to a different world. The Museum of Natural History will goon install one of these planetariums in New York. Eleven of them are ftlzeadx in use in Germany.
World’s Largest Generator
rpiIE world’s largest generator has just been “®- lowered into place in the plant of the New York Edison Company at Fourteenth Street and East River, New York The machine, which, weighs about one thousand tons and .will develop 80,000 horsepower, is expected to save 800,000 tons of coal a year. Eight other generators of equal size will complete the plant. Each one of these machines, it is calculated, will furnish enough power to light 300,000 six-room homes.
The Power of the New Rays
TN AN announcement by-the Smithsonian In-®- stitution concerning the new rays discovered by Professor Robert Andrews Millikan, the statement is made that while X-rays are stopped by a thin sheet of lead, yet the Millikan rays will go through a layer of lead six feet thick. It seems that all space is alive with these new rays. They do not originate on the earth, but come in to us with the velocity of light from the great universe beyond the atmosphere. It is our thought that these new rays are parts of the display of power accompanying the second advent of the Lord and will be used by Him to accomplish purposes which we do not now comprehend.
Vitaphone Stirs New York
npHE Vitaphone, the new invention which synchronizes sound with motion pictures, has taken New York by storm* The New York Times, commenting on this, says:
The natural reproduction of voices, the tonal qua!" ities of musical instruments and the timing of the sound to the movement of the lips of singers and the actions of musicians was' almost uncanny. The future of this hew contrivance is boundless, for inhabitants of small and remote places will have the opportunity of seeing and listening to grand opera as it is given in New York; and through the picturing- of vocalists and small groups of musicians, or instrumental choirs of orchestras, the vitaphone will give its patrons an excellent idea of a singer’s acting and an intelligent- conception of the efforts of musicians and their instruments.
Another Accoutrement of Civilization
THOSE who are proud of their alleged Baboon or Orang-Outang ancestry (and therei are many such in these days) are jubilant oveu the invention of an inflammable bullet which enables machine gunners not only to trace the route of their projectiles toward the other fellow^ head or heart, but also to set him on fire with a bullet which will burn long after it reaches its destination. The baboon worshipers point out that no baboon ever invented such a useful method as this for disposing of his fellow baboons. Humanity is certainly evoluting wonderfully. Look at the things it does and can do which no lion nor tiger nor wolf nor jackal nor any other wild beast nor venomous reptile ever did to its own kind.
Where the Rainfall Comes From
A FEW years ago we rvould have said that rains are caused by evaporation from the surface of the ocean, and the moisture being blown in the form of clouds across the land. This, is true, but not nearly so true as we had supposed. It becomes increasingly apparent that much of the rainfall is collected from the forests, which are nature’s reservoirs. A forest-denuded land, or a land without vegetation, has nothing to cause the collection of clouds. Invade a desert with growing plants and shortly it ceases to be a desert. All the deserts of the world are due to disappear because of invasions of this type. Baphael Zon, of the United States Forestry Servi.ce, claims that seven-ninths of the rainfall on dry land is derived from evaporation from the land itself.
Yellow Fever Subject is Rewarded
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Flfiw hSti.ee to the lewh
"p L.A.TINUM is so ductile that a cubic inch of •1- . the metal will make bO.OUO miles of flue platinum wire, or enough to go around the earth twice at the equator, Platinum sells for $117 an .ounce. The principal source has been the Ural mountains, but those deposits are becoming exhausted, and Colombia and the Transvaal are now considered the likeliest sources for future supply. •
Fifteen Days for Slapping the Preacher
A KENTUCKY Baptist preacher not finding anything in the Bible upon which to preach volunteered the remark that no virtuous woman would bob her hair. Thereupon one of the bobbed hair variety arose from her pew, slapped his face, and is just out after serving fifteen days for it.
Krishnamurti is a Spiritualist
Mr. Krishnamurti, Mrs. Annie Besant’s “Messiah”, about whom the papers have much to say, is a spiritualist. He admits being under spirit control and in spirit communication frequently or constantly with one whom he designates the Great Teacher, meaning thereby Christ Himself. But this Hindu’s “great teacher”, in the minds of Bible students, cannot possibly be other than one of the fallen angels rvho infest the atmosphere of our earth, ever on the alert to deceive whom and when they can.
A Seance in the Great Pyramid
ADVANCED . Bible students believe that the Great Pyramid at Ghizeh is the witness to the Lord in the land of Egypt, mentioned by the prophet. (Isa. 19:19) They will be shocked to know that, a band of spiritualists under the guidance of Bev. J. W<. Potter of fet. Luke's Church, Forest Hill, England, will attempt to hold a seance in the King’s Chamber of that structure some time this coming December. Three mediums and. a. hundred or more spiritualists will be in the party.
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V happened, in the dark ages m a way to suggest that iiotliiiig or the kind could happen nom Don’t fool yourself. The hand and toe lossers are still with us, and the people who want to have their hands and toes kissed are as human today as they ever were. When the mayor of a great city, or the governor of a great state, ©r a high executive of the national government can kowtow to the representative of a foreign monarchy, almost anything can happen to the people, and happen suddenly, too. The inquisition may be just around the corner; but there is another corner too. and around that other corner is Christ’s kingdom, coming in great power and glory to lift up the poor and needy and to deal out absolute justice to all classes of people without fear or favor.
Zn the President’s Home County
TN THE President’s home county of Windsor, J- Vermont, statistics show a forty percent decrease in attendance at the churches of the coum ty since 1890, and this despite the fact that the county lias acquired 5,000 automobiles in the meantime. The meaning of this is that no sensible man can or does believe the old fables of an all-loving Creator torturing most of His creatures throughout eternity; and that the churches of Windsor County have persisted in teaching the inherent immortality of every human being, despite the plain teaching of the Bible that the soul that sinneth it shall die. The country churches and all other churches must either go back to the teaching; of the Bible or perish, and the Scriptures show that the latter is what will happen. Purgatory and eternal torture are lying doctrines, doctrines of devils and not Bible doctrines in any sense of the word.
Victoria’s Large Drydock
T VICTORIA, B. C., the largest drydock in the British Empire has just been completed. The dock is. 1100 feet long, and will hold at one time two large ocean liners. It was carved from the solid rock. There.is but one dock in the world that is larger; namely, the Commonwealth dock at Boston.
General Obregon’s Statement fCgsmsRjm Obregon, former President of Max-Ml ic0} in a statement to the press said: .
It is evident that the high dignitaries cf the Catholic Church provoked this conflict when, through the month of its most exalted representative, Senor Mora y del Bio, the first declarations were made public, with an evident rebellious spirit against the fundamental laws in force. The conflict, will disappear automatically when ths directors of the Catholic Church in Mexico will subordinate their vanity, at present wounded, and declare that they are ready to obey the laws and the authorities who are there to see they are complied with, and when, they advise this line of conduct to all believers.
President Calles’ Statement
EFEBRING to the manifesto of the so-called National League for the Defense of Religious Liberties, in which the Knights of
Columbus in Mexico have undertaken the overthrow of the Mexican government by the inauguration of a boycott affecting all phases of life, President Calles said:
I well understand that for peoples such as that of the United States it is difficult to comprehend the fact that there are scoundrels who seek to cover their political purposes under the mantle of religion. The project of the group of Catholic agitators to which I refer will have no effect on the social and economic life of our country and will constitute a definite manifestation of their lack of strength.
As to the religious laws, President Calles said: “We have had neither necessity nor desire to make new laws in this matter. We have limited ourselves to requiring the fulfilment of those laws already existing.” It may be added that President Calles and his wife are both Catholics.
What Mexican Labor Thinks of Situation
PEAKING of the influence of the Catholic church upon education in Mexico, Mr. Roberto Haberman, Representative of the Mexican Federation of Labor in the 'United States in. an article in the Brooklyn Eagle, said:
After 300 years of absolute control of the educational life of Mexico, the world was called upon to view a people nearly ninety percent illiterate, and one of the crimes charged against the Obregon and Calles administrations is that they have insisted upon taking control of the primary education of Mexico away from the Church, and giving it to the state. In six years time, through ths efforts of these two administrations, illiteracy has been reduced to sixty-two percent.
Baptisms in Mexico City
TN THE Nation tor Amgast 18th Carleton A Beals thus describes baptisms as he saw them administered at the Zocalo, Mexico’s.and America’s largest cathedral, on July 29th, the day before the papal “strike” began: '
Hour after hour the baptismal process continued. First came a soldier, objective and fierce, then a Red Cross aide, an acolyte with a candle, a priest in whit® and gold robes—-swipe of his thumb from holy water to the forehead of each squalling infant, a swab of cotton by another acolyte—finally, the collectors, bringing up the rear, reaching out hands f©r the fifty-eent&v© piem. Hour after hour, watting tow gave place to waiting row, and still from the bsdt of th© cathedral cams- the press of babies, ever more babies. One woman.. has but twenty centavos. The coin is snatched by the collector with a snarl, “Baptism’s no good.” On to the 'next and the next: more snarls for those who do not have their change ready. Here a peso is offered, the fifty centavos change is tossed back into the throng. The barefoot loser sprawls on his hands and knees, hugging his child in one arm, sticking his hand under the feet of the trampling multitude.
'Another Leprosy Remedy Discovered
FOB several years Chaulmoogra oil has been used advantageously in the relief of leprosy.
Another remedy, still more beneficial, has been discovered in Brazil, where it grows in great quantities. The plant is distilled or crushed, ' and the oil used as in the ease of Chaulmoogra.
The oil is considerably cheaper to produce and is more effective.
Europe Seething with Hatreds
Oswald Garrison Villard, writing from London, in The Nation, says:
Europe is seething with hatreds, and jealousy. It is impossible to bo here and believe that the situation ia not just as bad as it was two and a half years ago. Many think it is worse, if only because of the rise of Mussolini.
Preparations for the Final Conflict
PREPARATIONS for the final conflict proceed apace. A dispatch from London says:
While Great Britain’s airmen practise the most skilled massed formation flying the world ever has seen, France experiments with a pilotless air ram, directed by radio, to charge an enemy’s close airplane formations. England last year demonstrated that she had developed one-man speed tanks capable of moving at thirty-five miles an hour and also had perfected farm tractors designed for rapid conversion into tanks. And England also recently launched a mystery submarine known as ths “X-l”, the largest in the world, with & displaeement of 8600 tons and capable of voyaging 10,000 miles without refueling. The X-l is> equipped with 12-inch guns.
The Results of Ireland’s Census
THE results of the Irish census show that while the North of Ireland has gained slightly, yet in the Free State there has been a drop of 166,886, which brings the total popula-
. ti@n ©f the Free State & les® than B,000#000 song. The game phenomenon of ttesertien tbt
country for city life £$ as apparent in Ireland. ea it is here. Dublin’g population has grown ihf? 21,000.
A Remarkable Leather Belt
A LEATHER belt has jmt been scrapped fa Glasgow after running at the rate of forty miles an hour, fifteen, hours per day, for a periol of fifty years. It is calculated that in that thn® this belt has run 9,000,000 miles. To make the belt the hides of sixty oxen were required. Th® belt was forty-two inches wide, made in three thicknesses, cemented together.
Britain Revels in Gooseberries
ID BITAIN has been having'a wonderful time AJ ^rfth gooseberries this past season. The berries have been of phenomenal size, specimens running in weight to almost two ounces. Americans in the British Isles have been revelling is the ■ same feast and carrying the berries with them to the ships. Gooseberries in the United States do not grow so large.
Baldwin Snubs the Archbishop
"D remier Baldwin has snubbed the Arch-bishop of Canterbury, supposedly the most important personage in England except the king. The Archbishop took a hand in the strike situation, and made a proposition satisfactory to the miners; but the government refused to place his proposition on the wireless or even publish it in the British Gazette.
Distress of British Miners
WHEN Mr. Baldwin, Britain’s Premier’, cabled to the United States early in August that there is no foundation for any statement as to starvation among the mining population, he evidently minimized the facts. The London Daily News had its correspondents make investigations in mining districts throughout the British Isles, with the result that terrible conditions were uncovered. One of the investigators in his report said:
I saw this morning such obvious proofs of starvation among women that I came away distressed beyond words. We inquired into 123 cases, mostly mothers with babies in arms. A goodly proportion were expectant mothers. Several had not had food for thirty-«!x hours.
One woman, with two children, one only eight Months old, received five shillings a week as allowance to care for her family. She fainted when she went to ask for help. She had nothing to eat for three days but was still nursing her baby at her breast; and her allowance was to have been reduced the following week.
No War Debts Being Collected
HE Dearborn Independent tells us that Mr.
Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, has declared both by letter and orally that the United States government is not collecting any war debts at all, except from Great Britain; that the war debts of France, Italy and the others have been cancelled ; and that the United States is collecting only the loans made since the armistice.
Pullmans of the Skies
ULLMANS of the sides have been built for night travel by airplane between Berlin and
Mo scov/. During the daytime the ten beds can be converted into seats. The planes are heated, have large windows for sightseeing, two pilots and double engines, so that forced landings will not be necessary. '
Who Owns Silesia Now?
FTEB the World War there was much heated discussion over the splitting of
Silesia, part of it being taken away from Germany and given to Poland, The split involved the shifting of many thousands of persons from one line to the other, with much incidental suffering. Now the Silesian properties on both sides of the line have been purchased, by American. interests and will, ho operated by American management.
German Gvmiioa Timm
» ytLils i.tex'imiiis are umiiig g, grem aucmse ox A their aviation program. Up tc date Trerc has not been an accident this year, ana. aviation is sow considered as safe in Germany as railway travel. Plans have been made to open a summer air service between Berlin and Peking, via Siberia, operation to begin next summer. During the winter ten lines, including the lines from Berlin to Moscow and. Berlin to London, will be kept open.
French Pride in Their City of Paris
RENCH pride in the city of Paris is so great that when a well-financed building firm, with American connections, besought the privilege of erecting for the French government a magnificent skyscraper to be used for government purposes, the government turned the proposition down, despite the attractiveness from a financial standpoint, because it was unwilling to mar the landscape by having any skyscrapers.
France and Belgium Near Bankruptcy
HE continued fall of French and Belgian f rancs indicates little hope of their recovery
at the tune this item is written. French francs are at 199yd to the British pound, while Belgian francs are 202. In other words, the franc, which a few years ago was worth twenty cents, is now worth considerably less than three cents. The Belgians are denying themselves all luxuries; and even the king and queen are eating the governments grey bread in the hope to prevent the impending financial calamity. .
No Doubt of French Suffering
HERB is no doubt that many American tourists nave played the fool in their extravagances and ostentations in France. There is no doubt also that the French are suffering. Suicides among the elderly have greatly increased, a phenomenon that was observable in. Germany while the mark was on the down grade. What the French need is the Lord’s kingdom.
“The Hungarian Tyranny”
TTjaDER this heading the’Manchester Guard-iaii reviews the recent trial of Socialists and Communists in Hungary, at which more than forty persons were sentenced to prison
These fearful penalties can hardly fail to make a terrible and proioundiy disturbing impression on. itun-garian labor, which has followed ths trial with unusual interest. One fact has emerged with, unusual clearness—not one of the accused committed a criminal offence or did anything that would have been, considered illegal in. England. France or Germany. All the cross-examinations, all the evidence, only proved beyond all doubt that the one aim of the prisoners was to organize legal and constitutional Communist and Left Wing labor parties such as are allowed in. all civilized countries.
Child Slaves in Hungary
TRE London Daily Express reports that the sale and purchase of children in Hungary has become such a fixed enterprise that a regular scale of prices has been established, and the children are being offered in the markets as so much livestock. The maximum price is $15 for a boy or girl of 13 to 15 years of age. The buyers are farmers who are looking for cheap, unprotected labor.
Denmark’s Improved Health
DURING the World War Denmark placed its people on a diet of bread made from whole rye flour to which twelve percent wheat bran was added, cabbage soup, a little meat, milk and fruit, no tea, coffee, spirits nor beer. The result was that during the war Denmark’s death rate fell two percent, while the death rates of Norway, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden and Spain rose from twenty-four percent increase for Norway to forty-six percent for Spain. This improvement continued through the flu epidemic, in the sense that Denmark lost but three-fourths of those expected to die.
Spain’s Cork Crop
ONE of the natural riches of Spain is the oak tree which furnishes all mankind with. cork.
The first two strippings of the outer bark of this tree are inferior because of roughness, inequalities and woodiness, but all subsequent strippings are compressible, elastic, durable, light, soft, impervious to air and water, and nonconductors of heat. The trees are benefited by the removal of these outer layers of cork, and live three times as long if the layer is removed as would otherwise be the case. This shows plainly that the Lord intended this tree to be, as it is, a blessing for the human family.
Soviet Willing te Pay
1TN A dispatch from Moscow the New York Times reports that the Soviet government on more than one occasion has expressed its willingness to enter into negotiations for funding the old Russian debts, provided that its creditors agree to take 'Into consideration Russia’s losses and sacrifices in the great war, which were greater than those of any allied powers and which enormously reduced the national wealth.
Plain Talk at a Convention
AT A Y. M. C. A. convention at Helsingfors, Finland, a young delegate from India, a professor of philosophy, took the breath away from the delegates by saying, “It is impossible to be a Christian under the present world, order. Your churches and Y. M. C. ATs are subsidized by corrupt rich men who violate the principles of the Christian faith; and you have not the nerve to preach against them, as to do so would cost you your meal ticket.”
Effectiveness of Chinese Boycott
K CHINESE official at the League of Nations made the statement: “If you can find a single man in China in whose breast there does hot beat anti-British feeling, he is not a Chinese. I can officially inform the committee that ths time when China will tolerate foreign interference in her internal affairs is nearing its end.” The same gentleman declared that in carrying out the boycott 600,000 of the 800,000 Chinese residents of Hongkong had deserted the city within the past year. .
Care of the Insane in China
NO DOUBT there are institutions in Western countries where the insane do not receive the kindest treatment; but in China, according to reports, nothing is done for them. If they steal food or anything else they get the death penalty. In one district it is said that the treatment of the insane consists in putting' them on the ground, with a heavy stone across the chest. If this treatment brings sanity all right, but if not the insane one is allowed to starve to death beneath the stone.
Women Miners in Japan
THE hours of labor of women miners in Japan have just been reduced to twelve per day.
A writer who visited the mines at Kyushu writes:
It was quite a shock to me in a narrow tunnel with four or five inches of water on the bottom, and squeea-ing roof with cracking timbers overhead, to be suddenly forced against the side, while an all but naked woman came splashing through the water, bending her knees and back to keep her head from striking the low roof, carrying an oil safety lamp with one hand and With the other steadying a pole across her bare shoulder, at each end of which hung a heavy basket of coal that she was carrying from the face to the cars.
Is this an Undertaking or an "Overtaking”?
THE following bit of information appeared in the Catholic Registers
Arrangements are being made by the Quebec Provincial Government for a huge and unusual undertaking yhich may require about ten years’ technical ana skilled work. Quebec is to be the first Province in the Dominion, if present plans fully mature, io be in pos-session of a complete aerial map of its entire territory—■ lands, forests, waterways and seaboard lines. Partial understanding has been reached between Provincial authorities and at least one aviation company for the taking of photographs of the whole Province from the • air. The first air 'expedition is expected to start, next week and will “cover" the entire Gaspe Peninsula. Later on, other fliers will start to soar over other portions of Quebec. As practically every yard of the entire territory of the Province has to ba gone over by the aviators, and as no work can be done when the weather is too hazy or foggy or when the land is covered with a pall of smoke from forest fires, the work will take a long time to carry out.
Brotherly Love
UNDER the above heading the following letter appears in the Truro, N. S., Daily News on the occasion of the death, of the parish priest at Bridge water:
To the Officers and Members of St. Joseph’s Church, Dear Friends:
The Members of the Minieterial Association of Bridgewater tenderly condole with you in your natural sorrow .for the loss of your beloved shepherd, Rev. N. 0. Mao-’ Earthy, and commend you for consolation to Him who orders all things for the best. The sudden death of our fellow laborer in the Master’s vineyard has given us a ■distinct shock, but with the Christian’s vision of a life beyond the gate of mystery we can go courageously on with our tasks.
By moans of this letter we join with you in paying tribute to Father MacCarthy’s memory.
Very sincerely yours,
(Sd.) Geo. P. Ekdy, Secretary Ministerial Association of Bridgewater.
'Climatic Changes
PliOPOS of the article in the June 16th ig-a sue of The Golden Age on "God’s Hand in Earth’s Wcathari’, it may be interesting to note that owing to the exceptionally mild winter and early spring in British Columbia a worrying problem was created for the fruit growers, As the fruit usually ripens during the school holidays, the berry-growers have been engaging school children to a large extent in gathering their fruit crops. This year, however, the picking season opened at least two weeks before the schools closed.
On the other hand, owing to late spring and continued cool weather, the berry season was at least two weeks later in Ontario than in previous years.
Shingles
HP HE standing cedar timber of British Colum-bia is twenty-two percent of the entire stand of all timber. Last year the shingle mills of the Province cut 2,900,000,000 shingles. The value of this output was in excess of $10,000,000. Approximately ninety percent of the output was exported to the United States.
How Did It Get in?
TN BELLEVILLE, Ontario, recently an ordin-J- ary hen’s egg, packed last fall, yielded startlingly unusual contents when Mrs. George Madden broke it today. Embedded in the albumen lay a tiny snake about four indies long, curled up and apparently dead. The body of the freak was about the size of a fish-worm. The yoke of the egg seemed in perfect condition; and the ' egg, except for its revolting contents, was otherwise quite normal. The specimen has been preserved in alcohol and forwarded to the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph,
A Very Rare Case
AT NAPANEE, Ontario, a pure white rose, flawless as to shape and perfume, bloomed on the limb of a large crab-apple tree in the garden of William Clayton, South Napanee last June. Hundreds of people visited the place to prove their skepticism, and hundreds went away convinced that sometimes nature does go on a spree. Mr. R. Boyd Thomson, Professor of Botany at the University of Toronto, when asked for his opinion, stated: “It is quite possible that a rose could be grown on a crab-apple tree, but I have never heard of its being done. The rose and the crab-apple 'belong to the same family, and it is possible to graft one to the other."
W. A. Skilleter of Dunlop’s, Limited (florists), said that “in all probability the rose would continue to grow on the tree and blooms w
increase from year to year. There is nothing mysterious or miraculous about it. The rose simply grows as an ordinary bush, taking its nourishment from the limb of the tree rather than froni the ground.”
'• Some Money-Making Schemes
T^HE Sentinel of Toronto has been calling at-tion to R. C. activities in Canada and in early summer published the following:
The Boman Catholic “shrine system” has now invaded Ontario. This latest money-making scheme Ie to have its headquarters at Fort Ste. Marie, near Midland, the scene of the murder by Indians of the early Jesuit missionaries, John de Brebeuf and his companions.
In order to stimulate interest and encourage pilgrimages to the place, it will be officially opened and blessed on next Saturday by Cardinal O’Connell, of Boston; and the pilgrims, of course, will be expected to spend a little money in honor of the martyrs. Brebeuf and his companions, though beatified, cannot attain sainthood until two miraculous “cures” have been effected by the shrine, and the clergy are scouring the country for evidence of these cures. A Nova Scotia woman and a Mrs. R. D. O’Gorman, of Toronto, lay claim to cures effected by prayers to the Jesuit martyrs. No doubt these cures will be “discovered” by the bishops who desire to make the shrine a paying concern.
The Sentinel is also responsible for the information that “twenty-two Roman Catholic priests in Montreal drew $36,890.84 from the Colonization Department of Canada in salaries and expenses for the year ending March 31, 1925. These priests are classified as sub-agents. With fifty permanent employes of the Department in Montreal, what need is there for the priests? . . . What these twenty-two priests do to earn the money is not stated in the government report, but presumably they are the repatriation force, paid to bring back to Canada the French Canadians who have emigrated to the New England States. That is a work of futility, as the French press frequently points out; but it provides a nice living for a group of Roman churchmen at the public expense.”
Shrines
PEAKING of “shrines”, the Saskatoon Star gives space to show in detail how “over 5,000 join iu a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Theresa de Lisieux at Wakaw”. It says in part:
Men and women of many languages and from many lands at the week-end paid tribute at the Shrine of SM Theresa de Lisieux at Wakaw to the memory of th@ canonized Cannelite nun.. More than 5,000 people, going motoring from as' far as Edmonton and from points on the Manitoba boundary, attended the pilgrimage to the shrine, which was inaugurated Saturday evening, the pilgrimage lasting through the greater part of Sunday. The procession which followed pontifical High Mass, held outdo ors, was a mile-long.
Juvenile Crime tn Canada
TVTb‘ Justiob Dysabt, of the King-’s Bench, X¥-*u Manitoba, recently gave the most ex-■ haustive analysis of juvenile crime tendency in Canada that has yet been put forward. He declared that the percentage of youthful criminals has been increasing very rapidly during the last few years, and after a review of the conditions and causes placed the major part of the blame squarely upon the home. One set of figures which Judge Dysart presented has been closely studied by many police chiefs and others interested in social work since. He calculated the male population of Canada at 3,456,000 on the basis of the census of 1921, and talcing the latest criminal statistics available worked out this proportion of criminals and ages:
Juveniles 10 to 16 years of age, 1 in 87
Among youths 16 to 20 years old, 1 in 75 Among men 20 to 40 years of age, 1 in 106 Among men 40 to 100 years old, 1 in 245.
This would seem to bear out what the Apostle Paul foretold in writing to Timothy (2 Tim. 3: 1-3): “This know also that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, . . . lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.”
May not much of the blame be laid at the door of the glorification of crime in the cheap movies and the comic (?) page in the Sunday papers?
Educational .
THE Vancouver Daily Province, commenting on the anomaly of 400 applications for seven vacancies under the Vancouver School Board, says:
Our educational system pays too much attention to the white collar jobs. It makes their approach too easy, and discriminates too much in their favor. Ai a »• ault, through our high schools and our university wo are providing an excess of white collar workers j and when work for them is not forthcoming, they drift away and are lost to us. This is serious, but it is not the only evil we are producing. As the Educational Survey report hinted, there is undoubtedly a tendency to inculcate In our young people a belief or a feeling that the work ©f a fisherman, the farmer, the logger, the miner, the trapper or the skilled mechanic, is not quite so honorable as that of the professional man, the business man ©r the clerk. And in a country like ours, which is largely wilderness and requires developing, that is decidedly a dangerous idea to be emphasizing. The professions have had the field to themselves long enough. The technical side of education should be getting a chance.
Ku Klux Klan
T. MARY’S R. C. Church in Barrie, Ont., was partially damaged recently by a dynamite explosion, and one William Skelly was arrested as being the perpetrator. He is alleged to have stated that it was done at the instigation, of the K. K. K., who recently staged a demonstration in Barrie. This has been denied by the . officers of the organization in a written declaration. Th® subsequent arrest of two factory hands as being implicated with Skelly has moved the Attorney General to intimate that, if the facts warrant it, his Department might conduct an investigation into the general activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Ontario.
St, Peter at the Gate (Anonymous)
St. Peter stood guard at the golden gate With a solemn mien and an air sedate, When up to the top of the golden stair A man and & woman ascended there.
They applied for entrance as they stood Before St. Peter, so great and good, In hopes the City of Peace to win, And asked St. Peter to -let them in.
The woman was tall, and lank, and thin, With a scraggy beardiet upon her chin; The man was short, and thick, and stout, His stomach was built so it rounded out. His face was pleasant, and all the while He wore a kindly and genial smile.
The choirs in the distance the echoes woke, And the man kept still while the woman spoke i
“0 thou who guard’st the gate,” said she, “We two come hither, beseeching thee To let us enter the heavenly land.
And play our harps with the angel band.
Of me,-St. Peter, there is no doubt;
There’s nothing from heaven to bar me out.
I’ve been to church three times a week And almost always rise and speak.
I’ve told the sinners about the day When they’d repent their evil way; I’ve told my neighbors. I've told them all About father Adam and the primal fall; I’ve shown them, what they’d have to do If they’d pass in with the chosen few; I’ve marked their path of duty clear, Laid out the plan for their whole career;
I’ve talked and talked both loud and long.
For my lungs are good and my voice is strong J So, good St. Peter, you’ll clearly see The gate of heaven is open to me. '
"But here’s my husband; I must say, He has; walked the narrow way.
He smcl.es and swears, grave faults he’s got And I don’t know if he’ll pass or not.
He never would pray in earnest long, Nor go to church nor join in song;
So I had to leave him in sorrow there While I, with the chosen, united in prayer. He ate what the pantry chanced to afford, While I, in my purity, prayed to the Lord; If crumbs and cucumbers were all he got It’s a chance if he merited them or not.
“But oh, St. Peter, I love him so, To the pleasures of heaven please let him go * I’ve done enough—a saint I’ve been.
Won’t that atone ? Please let him in I
By my grim gospel 1 know ’ids so That the unrepentant must roast below;
Bid; isn’t there some way you can see, ’That he may enter ’who’s dear to me ?
It’s a narrow gospel by which 1 pray. But the chosen hope to find some way Of coaxing, bribing or fooling you So that their relatives may amble through.
“And say, St. Peter/it seems to me This gate isn’t kept as it ought to be.
You ought to stand by that opening there And never sit down in that easy chair.
And say, St. Peter, my sight is dimmed, But I don’t like your whiskers trimmed; They’re cut too short and outward sprawl. They’d look much better not cut at all.
Well, we must be going our crowns to win.
So open, St. Peter, and we’ll pass on in 1”
St. Peter sat still and stroked his staff;
Then in spite of his dignity he had to laugh. Finally he arose in his stature tall,
And pressed a button upon the wall, And said to the imp ivho answered the bell, “Please take this lady around to hell!”
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The man stood still as a piece of stone, Stood sadly, gloomily, there alone.
His whole life long this thought he’d got, That she was good and he was not.
As he saw his wife shoved down below
He was sure he too would have to go;
For if she must abide in the regions dim There wasn’t a ghost of a show7 for him. Then slowly he turned, by habit bent, To follow wherever the woman went.
But Peter,' standing on duty there, Observed that the husband’s dome was bare. He called the gentleman back, and said, “Friend, tell me, how long have you been wed?’? “It’s thirty years,” he said with a sigh.
And then he curiously queried, “Why?” St. Peter was silent. With head bent down He raised his hand and scratched his crown; Then, seemingly a different thought to take, Slowly, and half to himself, he spake: “Thirty long years with that woman there?
No -wonder you haven’t a vestige of hair! Swearing is wicked; smoking’s no good; And you did both—well, I should think you would! 'Thirty full years with that dame’s tongue sharp— Ho.! Gabriel! Please give this man a harp, A jeweled harp with a golden string.
Good sir, pass in where the angels sing I And, Gabriel, assign him a seat alone, One with a cushion, up near the throne 1 Call up some angels to play their best Let him enjoy the music and rest;
See that on finest ambrosia he feeds, He’s already had all the hell that he needs.”
Radio Programs .
[Station WBBR, Staten Island, New York City.—416.4 meters.]
Friday, Evening, November 5
7: 30 Watchtower Concert Trio.
7: 50 Fred Twaroschk, tenor.
8: 00 Bible Lecture, “God’s Kingdom the Joy of the Whois Earth”—John E. Dawson.
§: 30 Fred Twaroschk, tenor.
8 : 45 Watchtower Concert Trio.
8: 55 Bible Lecture, “Bible Truth versus Man-Mada Creeds”—W. N. Woodworth.
Bunday Morning, November 7
10: 00 Watchtower- Concert Orchestra.
10:20 Fred Franz, tenor.
10: 30 Bible Lecture—Judge Rutherford.
11: 00 Fred Franz, tenor.
11:15 Sunday School Lesson, “The Fall of Jericho"— W. N. Woodworth.
11: 40 Watchtower Concert Orchestra.
Sunday Afternoon, November 7 2: 00 Watchtower String Quartette.
2:15 Choral Singers.
2:80 Bible Lecture, “What is the Hope of the Non-Christtan?”—II. II. Riemer.
8:00 Fred Franz, tenor.
8 : 15 Watchtower String Quartette.
§ : 25 Choral Singers.
8 : 45 Bible instruction—John 3. Dawson,
4: 05 Choral Sing-era. •
4:15 Watchtower String Quartette.
Sunday Evening, November 7 7:00 Watch; ower Violin Choir,
7: 20 Stanley Gohllnghorst, baritone.
7: 30 Bible Questions and Answers—Judge Rutherford.
8: 00 Stanley Gohllnghorst, baritone,
8: 15 Watchtower Violin Choir.
8: 25 Bible Lecture, “The Ransom”—S. M. Van Sipma.
Tuesday Evening, November 9
7: 30 Professor Charles Rohner, violinist.
7: 45 Irene Kleinpeter, soprano.
8: 00 Health Lecture, “The Human Radio Wave Reflector* —Dr. Mae Johnson Work.
8: 30 Irene Kleinpeter, soprano.
8:45 Professor Charles Rohner, violinist.
8: 55 “Listening in”—on Professor Thomas Standwell ani Harry Goodwin,
Thursday Evening, November 11
7: 30 F. S. Barnes, organist. .
7 : 45 Williams Vocal Trio.
8:00 Bible Lecture, “Spiritism and Black Magic Exposea* —R. S. Seklemian.
8: 45 Williams Vocal Trio. '
2:00 F. S. Barnes, organist.
8: 15 Common Sense in Health and Hygiene,
Friday Evening, November 12
7:80 Joseph Bonaceorso, violinist.
7: 45 Camille Schmidt, soprano.
8: 00 Bible Lecture, “Signs of the New Day”— P. H. Harding.
8: BO Camille Schmidt, soprano. /
11 49 Joseph Bonaceorso, violinist.
6 s 00 Bible Lecture, “The Standard for the People
—.John E. Dawson,
The Glory and Corruption of the American Dollar By Theodore Cocheu [Copyrighted 1926 by Theodore Cocheu]
WHEN man discovered himself on this planet he was endowed with a mind to plan, a body to perform, energy to move mind and body, and an abundance of everything necessary for his comfort and pleasure; conditioned, however, upon his cooperation with nature and his own fellows. His mental and physical qualities can be utilized only by his own effort; and there is nothing on this earth of any value whatever without the exercise of effort.
Even the fruits of vine or tree remain on their stems until man stretches forth his hand to pluck them. By plowing and planting he reaps a necessary harvest, and the law of nature decrees that upon the wisdom and vigor of man’s efforts depend the abundance or lack of his supplies. The supplies needed by man may all be grouped under four heads, viz., food, clothing, shelter and recreation—which latter distinguishes civilization from savagery.
When effort is exerted for another it becomes 'service, and no human obligation can be created except by the receipt of service; nor can human service ever be redeemed or satisfied without return of human service or product of service.
A and B owned neighboring farms, each employing five hands. At harvest time the hands from A went to the assistance of B, and B returned a like service to A. This was “Exchange of Human Service", pure and simple, both obligations being exactly measured and fully redeemed. The products of these farms differed, but each was the product of service; and by exchange of the surplus of one for the surplus of the other both were benefited by greater variety. The value of each product thus exchanged was approximately determined by the amount of service represented in it; and these exchanges became known as a Barter System, wherein each article exchanged represented service. This was the first evolution of human service.
This crude Barter System wag improved by the introduction of one material—gold—the product of a mins. Gold represented great serrifi© value while having comparatively little bulk, hence it was easy to transfer; and by official decree it was made a standard to represent general service value. This was the second evolution of human service. Gold as a representative ©f human service made such improvement in the Barter System that exchanges were stimulated and increased in number and value, finally developing into what is called “trade and commerce”. One day's operation of this system., recorded in gold dollars, would now require more gold than the world has produced since the beginning of history. This condition therefore evolved an entirely new exchange system called credit, which is a written acknowledgement of service received and a promise to redeem by the return of a like amount of service value. In this day true wealth is sound credit in excess of liabilities, and is measured in dollars regardless of the material which may express them. The Credit System is the third and last evolution of human sendee.
Each exchange system has served its day and become obsolete, except the Credit System; and it would now be working smoothly and perfectly if not interrupted by a constant injection of the old gold Barter System by money-changers, on the pretense that "gold is the basis of all values”. The fact is that credit has displaced gold as a standard of value. But if gold were released from its dungeon prisons it would lead diamonds for use in the arts and for adornment.
In the beginning of our nation’s history it was necessary for the orderly conduct of business to have "units of measure” by which the quantity of goods and the value of service might be computed. It was therefore enacted that the term YARD shall express the unit measure of Length, the term HOUR the unit measure “of Time, the term POUND the unit measure of Weight, and the term DOLLAR the unit measure of Value. But Professor Charles A. Conant, an accepted authority in matters of finance, on'page 148 of the first volume of his work on. the "Principles of Money”, says:
Value is an intellectual conception rather than a tangible property of matter. It is not possible to point to an object and say that it contains value in a definite amount, as may ba said of that which possesses length., breadth, and weight.
In other words, because value is an intellectual conception, Conant denies 'that an article possesses value in a definite.amount as may be said of length, breadth and weight However, in this definition Prof. Conant flatly contradicts himself, entirely ignoring ths fact that length, Kotbmmsb 3, 1926 breadth and weight are also intellectual conceptions.
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