The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-26
From, Other Pens
CONVERTING THE WORLD.

CONVERTING THE WORLD.
TO ''convert the world" 10 an ambition
frequently expressed. To promotion Of it
much appealing oratory 10 being expended.
and millions Of dollars are being gathered
Sometimes the thought occurs that q
wider difference morally ought to divide
from the rest 20 that the reason for
bridging the chasm might De more appar-
ent. In every city Of the land there is
h0 Is 4. nston s%e and
world. yet in parts OF 1t children are
worked In the mills. and elsewhere reek-
ing sweatshops destroy all the beauty OF
iy. ana specaistors trow srossiy rich on
the products. yet people atarveI Mines
create millionaire coal barons. the profits
ital. in the form Of stock these barons
have issued themselves. while tho miner
has to fight for q living wage. and many
a hearth il cold for lack Of the money
Wherewtth to purchase ono poor hOd Of
fuel. The Christian nations Of the world
maintain great armies to prevent their
possessions from being overrun by the
army Of some other Christian nation. Oc-
casfonally one makes a foray on the un-
Christianixed. returning with spoils. Eng
land forced the opium trade upon reluct-
tons ~ they exist gives rise to inquiry as
to what are the new conditions after the
Chriotia mixing has been perfected. Not
long ago fervent worker stated that
ten-India could be converted in a year."
reasonable knowledge of the Islamitic
character makes reasonable the belief
that India could not be converted" in a
century. That missionaries have accom-
pltshed distinct good Is not to be denied.
Vast sums have been poured out to enable
however. but that the donors could well
afford to give. Nobody would discourage
their work. Only It seems that the field
nearer home Is ripe and neglected. and
that t>v&v1 04usev kh~ as.ko- R>~
nighted up to the standard Of civilization
the standard of civilization ought to be
elevated 20 a. to be acceptable to thase
born and bred within the sphere OF its
influence.-Los Angeles Tribune.
THE sKIM-MILK AGE
The n6a cattle scarcity sea asects rect
of beef. 1t threatens the supply and use
of milk. In Boston. where there was an
appreciable milk scarcity during the year
1918, the question has been raised by the
state milk inspector whether it will not
become necessary to sell skim-milk in
the market. as an, ordinary source Of
supply. a. well rs milk containing the
milk, which IL the bulk of the product.
and the most valuable part of 1t as the
to calves and hogs or even thrown away.
1t IL not regarded as possessing much
value after the cream has been separated
from T. such an organization ryan Of the
NIT Of the furnishing of SKINNED milk to
consumers, by the daily means through
which they receive their full milk. would
add q great deal to the food supply Of
the cities. Little by little we are reaching
the conditions Of Europe so far as the
utilization Of food products Is concerned
Europe throws nothing away. We have
been in the habit of throwing about half
Of everything away. Europe burns its
sawdust and its coal dust In briquettes:
we burn ours in waste heaps. Europe
no last NJ 4 akin milk.
may have to. Here in America we seem
to have skimmed of the cream Of things
We have arrived at the skim milk epoch.
New York Evening Mail.