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VALUE OF D. s. FARM
CROPS 7 IL BILLIONS
All Records Beaten. Although
Yields Generally Were
Much Smaller.
FINAL ESTIMATES OF 1916
Wheat Put at 63O. 1876. 900
Bushels. $4,000 900 Above
Previous statement.
FINAL OF 1916

WASHINGTON. Dec. Is vi records
for value of the country rortant
farm crops were exceeded his year.
despite their smaller size. The value
vas placed at S7.s%i.sos.o o to-day by
the Department OF Agriculture in its
final estimates ~ tho year. That Is
$3.50, 600. 900 more than the same crups
wrc worth last year. Higher prices,
due partly to reduced production and
partly 20 the demands fnr American
food from the warning nations. were
responsible for the vast increase in
value.
Four crops each were worth more
! than a billion dollars. Corn. with q
, total value OF s?.?o5.7S3.ooo. showed
| the greatest Increase. being worth s573.-
1891 600 more than last years output
, Cotton. the second most valuable, with
a total of sl.o7e.5es.ooo increased st75.-
$4,000 over last year.
Wheat. The third. was worth Sl,o:5,-
! $4,000. or ss3.is?. 600 over the year
he fore. when the production was almost
400, 600, 900 bushels more.
Hay was fourth with a value of ST.
c0s.s 94. 900. an increase OF s5,250.ooo.
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Liverpool Cotton Figures.

lhvpRronI. Doc, ism,w..sly .cc',o,
s N.n sS'o o '"rss,r oSk. 10Y c"''SI a,n.rt
;Gi. ooo. Forwarded. $1,000: American
Loco, Exports, 500, Total sales, 81,
kinds. 400 Oo0; American, $50, 900. Sa,e,
on speculation. 800. to exporters. 1900.
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Cniu~hus. mia

Sealed proposAis for the sale to the sink.
Ing fund Of six 90 General MortGage ~ &c
bonds OF the Union Depot Co. will be re-
ceived ut the once of the treasurer. Colum-
bus. o., until 2 y. NJ. Dec. 20, 1915. and, AS
provided In the mortgage, bonds offered at
centum and accrued interest, viii be ac.
cepted and paid for on Dec. 80. 1915.
c. G. CORNER. Treasurer.
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SUGAR STOCKS.
PARIS MARKET.

PARIS, Dec. Is. Trading auiet on the
Bourse to-day, Three per cent, rentes, 81
francs 10 centimer for cash, Exchange on
Iondon, ~ francs sis csntimes, Five
psr cent. loan. ss francs 10 confines
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Increase In Oats sOs.s7a.OOO.
Compared with last years value. otheI
crops showed the following increases:

crops showed the following increases:
Oats. s.s.sI5Ooo; POTATOES, .si,o7i.oo
tobacco. S:,I:i,ooo, barley. &tl.3s: 900
hsxseed. Vs.sio.ooo, rice, siO.a7t,ooo sweet
potatoes, Sl3.lsi. 900 sugar beets, 81
.ts.Oo beans. siT. 99:.O 900: kanirs. s..
1900. onions. si.soi 900, apples. s:7..
$50. 900. oranges. ss,5tS.ooo. and Wild hay.
81, 0S3. 900.
Final estimates Of production showed a
decrease OF so. 600, 900 bushels In corn from
tho November siimat and %, 600. 600 bush
els Increase in wheat.
4 revision of the 1915 estimates ~ crop
production was announced by the depart.
mrnt, showing the corn crop TO have been
o sgt.Ts2.O00 bushels last year. a reduction
81 59,1t..00o bushels from previous esti-
mates, and wheat for 1915 Was placed at
i,02h, sol 600 bushels. an Increase Of 49,
eas. 600 bushels over estimates made last
December. The revised figures showed
changes In other crops,
Productions OF minor cropa. compared with
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

CALIFORNIA PACKING co. Declared pre-
ferred dividend ~ 81 u share covering IN,
period from October N IN January I. 1917 pay
ai,le January I 20 stock OF record DccemiTr IS
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tUnlisted. tSelis rents . share. ssCrossed
odd lot. Rec dividend. REX rishts. SEx
dividend and rights.
In making net changes sales Of less than
100 ahares arc disre garded. except Standard
Oil issues. when . ten share limit 10 used.
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Departments Last Estimate.


Final estimates Of this years production
ar" as follows, with compa risois with the
average Yield OF the Ave years, isiO.lait
three ciphers omitted1:
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Average price Of silyer In New York In n
cember, 1915. was S7c. an ounce: December
1914, tessc.; December. 1913. 81. 76c. Decsmbss
isl:. S3.37c. December. 1911. N.S0c.
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minor crops. compared witt

4 decrease this year Of 60, 900. 900 bushels
IN the corn crop from the estimate made /.
November and an increase OF az, 900, 600
bushels in the wheat crop were shown to-
day In the departments final estimates OF
the country's important farm crops.
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n AND EXCHANGE.

TeutonIc exchanges gained In strength
early yesterday. German marks reaching
i@H and Austrian kronen ~. Rates on
both countries weakened later. marks
closing at 73h and kronen nj l2N.
Sterling f~uctuated between 1850 and
4751o. closing at the latter. Francs
were firm at 5.s3i, and lire weakened
to SIS. Rubles weakened and closed at
3o',. Pesetas strengthened to 20.s0 and
swiss francs were weaker. Rates on all
scandinavian countries strengthened.
The Argentine gold rate recovered to
100.
IN %, Gni..d |: ssss.. e or %sssi 4 !, r.: r.; =, =; . 9rSssaa
this soansry Il les. ihan pa. Su. when
"sssans" THE country II less than par. For
M. n:.s ssp! 8" "s.n q IN T i.Sor Of ' sSs < .s sss
against this country.
BRITISH.
PG N.sssS)
Dsa High. Low. closs. dose.
Gables -, tis% ts% tSS%% tSI:
TINE BILLS ON LONDON.
Bans:r.} commsraai;
RANGES OF DEMAND RATES.
December I to date. ............... <75Nat7st
i:nr;s, 20 da'e.''."...""...... :iS*g:u
Srst naif
yys : n.''''"".""'.", s1SSs~
seG ssss WV
FRENCH.
Par biss francs)
Dec. Is. High. Low. Close. close.
Cable: .., Ss;.. 80. sSs ISL
RANGES OF DEMAND RATES.
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RATES ON OTHER COUNTRIES.
Yesterday. Prev

Appfoximktt pafIttts OF kbove kfs. HoI'
land, b.isH lire. drachma and francs rsspec.
lively: Denmark, 5i.w cents; Austria. 2oM
cents: Denmark. Sweden and Norway. 3<S
cents: Brazil. 32N cents; Argentina. paper.
<:<5 cents: Argentina. gold. I05Sj pesos. In.
dia, 3:.A cents: Japan. 40 ~ cents.
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DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST.
ONO. Of tn. United t.m. improvement

O4tce Of the untted esns improvement Co.
y. W. Corner Broad and Arch streets.
Philadelphia. Dec. IL. 1915.
Tho Directors have thie day declared a
quarterly dividend of two per cent. $500
per share, payable Jan. Is. 1917. to stock
holders Of record at tho close Of business
Dec. 80. 1915. checks will he mailed.
a. W. MORRIS. Treasurer.
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RANK CLEARINGS-New York. exchanges,
S,I4 I73, 80; balances. 81, Os.. III: Philadelphia,
exchanges, S.. 1853. 1879; balances, 1866, 07s:
Boston, exchanges, tj. i3l. 7jl; balances, 1909.
os2: Baltimore. exchanges. ISL .0l6: balances,
sl..I3,' ~.
SUB-TREASURY-The Sub. Treasury was
debtor TO the Clearing House $40. 1853. 763.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK-Debit bal.
ance 10 the Clearing House. Sl,si9. il9,
BANKS-Gained from the Sub.Treasury
yesterday Si.siS,ooo; gained since Friday, Sis,-
766. 900.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE Boston, par:
Chicago. 30. discount; 81, Louis, 100. dis
count bid. &c. discount asked: San Francisco,
lOc. premium: Montreal. par; Cincinnati. par.
SILVER PRICES.
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Manhattan satisfied Juds

Nhnhhtthn NatiSHeu JuuKunents.
lFirst. debtor: second. creditor: date nlrd
Maurice Lesser 4 Co, Inc Broad.
head worsted Mills: Dec. =, 1916. .. Sl.ssjla
Powell Improvement Co. Inc I'm.
perial Chandelier Co, Inc Nov,
II, 1916 ..,...".,.y"...."n...... 1887 20
Myers. J, Henry j, Cohen; Oct. ., 1915 lOS3 80
Thomas j Buckley Engineering Co,
Inc Star Fireproof Door and Sash
Co: May ~. 1915 .......... -, 7sT 81
wringarten 4 jerks, lnc-H. Falk
1T al Dec. &. 1915. ,,........,, "a, g.,
Garrison, Cornelius Waterbury Co;
1905 cancelled .,"., @s17
Engel, simon and Alfred SIS. Mann.
Dec. : 1915 cancelled ............ lgxo 10
Trirs,, Hans, and Carl J Schramme-
W, VI. Wellington 81 al Jan
II, lall tcanrclledI ........... soi IN
Same Pedro Tremari & Co Feb. 10.
lpl3 ,canUellrdi ....,....... IN ,,Isy
Samc-r, = Tire Go Feb. 10, 1911 ~
1919 cancelled ,...... =. ..... .n4A
, Same Pedro 1rcmari 4 Co Feb 10. "
l,is cancelled 49,, an,S:s %
Hat Co, Inc: March II. 1915 re
NPrrr"' ..'t''''.. '.'',..,...,,,- SSy pJ
Northern Union Gas Co j Y Tous. ~
saint Dec. ., 1915 ...,....... a,ss
Torp"y Jamcs-E II Ferguson: Jun,
| 4 lalt. ....,. ,..,.-,,, ....... 81, -,
Guticrmsn, Abram ,c terson Rank. w"
Nov ls' 1913 AL &C
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LOST-Southern Pacific Company Stock
Certificate No. A3557I for 25 shares In tho
nam" Henrietta NJ. ,isxe Notice II hereby
given to show su~e why q duplicate should
not he issued. HENRIETTA ". GAGE. sos
South %th 81. Niles. Mich,
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BUSINESS RECORD.


EOREHT V. HOFFMAN, . West Forty -ffth
-tr"et. voluntary. Liabilities, ssh. no
HNMiLroS " SALMON & co. INC. ium-
'ies and assets not given. Henry G. Tur-
yer appointed receiver bond $4,000.
JOSEPH MARCUS, New ~Icnelle: volun-
AIRY. Liabilities. t.l,iOs no assets Prin-
,ipa. claims: Huhbell. Hall a Randall
30. $3.50 Hotchkiss Brothers 60
1890. Nathan Mayer. BLISS.
SlDoR CHAsANOFF and HENRY l. GAR
FCSKEl. Individuals and as Copsrtners
trading AS Chasanon & usrfunkel. manu-
featuring furriers, ) West Thir'y-Arst
street Involuntary. Liabilities, $4,000
EDWARD n Long and FRANCIS W. HA-
GEN, Individually and a. copartners doing
business as Ions a Hagen, s7l East lstth
street. voluntary. Liabilities. sib,6s9, no
assets Principal claims Albert Blech-
$1,000, Aetna Insurance Company, S5i3
Schedules In bankruptcy.
REALTY CORPORATloN, engaged "a buy
ing, selling and dealing In real estate, 30
Vanderbilt av. Liabilities. S2s.si7, as
~ charles 4. Acton. $1,000; Marion 7.
smith. $3.50, Germsnia Life Insurance
Company. ia. 0oO-.lifs>cur~+-@atR~t. 4.
X Malkin 4 Co. 'iSs. Benjamin & Hast
SAIL HoRowlTz. sAMUEI. HoROwIrz.
CHARLES HpRoWlTz and HARRY
HOROWlT2. Individually and as copart-
usrs. trading is linroVtiz Brothers. @S0i
Eighth avenue, Liabilities. G,j1s. assets
Receivers In bankruptcy.
EDWARD T. ANGER. ,ate and restaurant.
lmmergluck appointed receiver, bond $3.50
N-. nll-
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VALLEY LAND 4 WATER ca

on December 18th. 1915. VIM. weaver
H-aton. Trustee OF the Spokane Valley
Land a water Company Consolidated Mort
gage Bonds, will call Ave 81 900 bonds for
redemption on January LIST. 1917. at lOj
and Interest. at the office OF Day 4 Heaton.
80 Broadway. New York.
Nov. 4. 1915. u. c. CORBIN. President
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FOR DELIVERY WITHIN 80 DAYS.
The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-22
A STRUGGLING MISSIONARY.

Christmas did not bring much good
cheer to the missionaries this year.
The people dependent on the priest
can give practically nothing, and to
repeat what has now become a hack
neyed phrase, ''other resources are
diminished by the war
Rev. A. Gently, P. F. NJ, feels the diff
f1culties of the situation in special
manner. Ten years ago he arrived at
Shekshing, near Canton, China. With
out knowing word of Chinese, he
started on his apostolic labors with a
nucleus of thirty Christians. Many
thorns made difficult his path. Every
year the pest appeared, spreading
death and misery among the poverty
stricken natives.
Floods were also frequent; but the
Christians increased in number, though
somewhat slowly, until now his flock
numbers eight hundred. One hundred
and fifty of these live near the mission
and come morning and evening to the
chapel, which holds only eighty. Be
sides being too small, the little struc-
ture is falling to pieces. Father Gently,
therefore, is another of the many
priests who long to see their Chris
tians properly housed. Perhaps some
charitable persons will donate some
thing to start a building fund.
The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-22
oBLATEs TRY TO OFFSET PROS
ELYTlzlNG SCHOOLS.

The Oblates of Mary Immaculate, as
well as other noble missionary priests
are doing real yeoman work in Texas
The field is one that is well repre-
sented by the proselytizing agents OF
different Protestant sects, and these
priests are laboring against great op.
position. The Mexicans, under the
spiritual care of these Fathers, have
long been neglected, and now the Pro.
testants are coming forward by fur
nishing funds with which they main.
tain schools for our Mexican Catholics
There is only one result of this, and
it is that Mexicans exposed to the in.
fluence of these schools lose the rem
nant of Catholicity that neglect has
left in their souls, and become, not
necessarily Protestants, but non-Cath'
olics and often anti-Catholics.
To counteract this influence and
meet in part the need for Catholic
education, the Oblate Fathers have
taken upon themselves to erect
schools. The schools would hardly
pass for decent stables up north, and
perhaps some people reading this have
garages that would out-class the
"swellest" Mexican school in all the
Oblate mission fields.
The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-22

Every move causes the flesh Of the
unfortunate victim to be pierced by q
hundred points, and he soon cries
aloud for mercy.
The robbers then produce paper,
which the victim signs. II orders that
q ransom be secured, so that he may
regain his liberty. II often happens
that house and livestock are sacrificed
TO satisfy the demands OF the outlaws.
To bring the gospel 10 this redoubt-
able band is not an easy task for a
missionary, but Father Aroud learned
to his surprise that in the village were
four old men baptized In 1876 by Faith.
or Rizzl. Although they had never
seen q priest since their baptism, they
had kept the Faith and remembered
their prayers.
Father Aroud sought out these aban-
doned sheep and they received him
with Joy. Now" they cried, we can
have our aims forgiven!" They there
fore confessed their sins with much
feryef, and upon receiving absolution
laughed and Wept in the excess of
their content. Il left them,' says the
missionary, filled with wonder at the
goodness of God, Who for almost forty
years had preserved in the hearts of
these poor men, surrounded by brig
ands, the seeds of faith and persever-
ance."
The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-22
CIVILIZATIONS DEBT TO THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Catholics are becoming accustomed
to see, I'D anti-Catholic fables dissi-
pated by non.Catholic writer's and
speakers, History is slowly becoming
less partisan, although bigotry man
ages to snap and snarl through lesser
mediums, and educated men are as
suming more candid attitude in their
treatment of historical events. AS an
example of the newer viewpoint may
be instanced some words on the time
worn theme of "papal aggression,
which appears in a recently published
volume on "The Sociological Value OF
Christianity" by Prof. George Chat
terton Hill, an instructor in the Uni
versitN of Geneva. The author is not
a Catholic, but he has come to appre-
ciate the enormous debt which West
ern civilization owes to the Catholic
Church.. and he sets forth his con-
viction in these words:
''It is a service for which humanity
should be everlastingly grateful to the
Catholic Church for having performed
the separation of the moral from the
political power, and the consequent
maintenance of the supreme dignity
and independence of the moral power
For without such separation western
civilization would never have been able
to develop. Assuredly it was no in
different matter that the spiritual or
the temporal power should succeed in
the long struggle, of which the con
flicts between Hildebrand and the
Emperor Henry ", between Alexan.
der III and the Emperor Frederic l.
between Archbishop A'Becket and
Henry II of England, between limo
cent XI and Louis XIV of France, be-
tween Plus VII and Napoleon-of which
the exile in Avignon, and the sack OF
Rome by the troops of Emperor
The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-22
SOME REASONS WHY AMERICANS
SHOULD HELP THE MIS-
SIoNS IN INDIA.

Rev. T. Gavan Duffy, P. F. NJ, at
present a professor at the American
Foreign Mission Seminary, but for
merly a missionary in India, COM
ments on the school question in the
district of South Arcot, where the
American Protestant Missions possess
four hundred schools and the Cath.
olics very much less than hundred.
The reason for the affluence of the
Protestants is American gold.
If Catholics in this country feel any
reluctance about giving to Indian mis-
sions they would do we'll to read this
communication from Father Duffy: e
"A man is more welcome when he
has something to give than when he
has something to ask. When our mis-
sionaries came over to the United
States to beg for funds, they are some
times more coldly received than in
the heathen lands from which they
hail; the response to their plea is often
nil; they are asked, Why should AM
erica be requested to support schools
in British colony?'
''The basic reason is that we belong
to a church which glories in the title
of universal and which processes to
work for the uplift of all men
which, of course, it cannot do unless
its members provide the means. An
other is that Protestant America
makes no bones about, helping the
schools in India; it has in fact in
vaded India, and will inevitably swamp
our Catholic missions altogether if
Catholic America refuses to step in
and do it's share.
Zone word more, as an Irishman
this time. There is among the Irish
in this country much sympathy ex.
pressed for the Indians under British
rule. This feeling may or may not be
well-informed; it is certainly barren.
A dollar to help the men whose ef-
forts, in India itself, are directed to
preparing the Indians for self-govern-
ment in the only two practicable ways,
by education and by the gradual break
ing down of the barriers of caste,
would do very much more good to the
Indians than an hours diatribe against
a government which, rightly or wrong
ly, has come to stay
The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-22

Charles v we're but episodes. For had
the secular power succeeded in its
persevering efforts to make of the
papal see mere fief, then would
western civilization have fallen a
speedy prey to disintegration and dis
ruption. In the long centuries that
Till she goes in before and intercedes;
So men, repenting of their evil deeds,
And yet not venturing rashly to draw
separated the downfall of the Roman
Empire, in 476, from the dawn of
the Renaissance, at the close of the
fourteenth century during all this
long period the Church constituted the
only basis whereon the fabric of the
new civilization, that arose from the
dust of the old one, could be reared;
during these hundreds of years the
Church alone stood between this grow
hing civilization and a return to com
plete barbarism. Those who talk so
Eglibly about ''papal aggression" and
"obscurantism" may be exceedingly
deep in many things; assuredly they
are not deep in history. Any one who
is able to form even remote concep-
ton of the tremendous labor required
in order to build up new civilization
on the ruins of the old one of the
stupendous efforts necessary to impose
order and discipline on wild and
barbarous agglomeration of peoples
will understand that, even at the sum-
NIT of her power in the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries the Church had
but barely sufficient force for the car
rying out of so herculean task. When
we contemplate the anarchy prevail
ing in Europe in the fifth century;
when we take into adequate consid-
Grafton the wild, uncouth and undis-
ciplined nature of the populations of
Europe; when we see the economic,
moral, and intellectual conditions prev
alent all over the western world after
the abdication of the last Roman en-
peror; when we essay to penetrate the
depths of economic, moral and intel
lectual misery to which such condi-
tions had reduced western society
then must we marvel at the extraordi-
nary power, at the incredible perse-
verance, thanks to which the Catholic
Church caused new civilization, a
new culture, to arise out of the chaos
thanks to which the Catholic Church
was able to cause the darkness to
vanish, after many centuries, and to
give place to the pure light of Chris
tianity."
The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-22
BISHOP POWER HEADS CANADIAN
EXTENSION SOCIETY.

The Rt. Rev. M. F. Power, Bishop
of st. George, has been appointed act
ing president of the Catholic Church
Extension Society of Canada. Since
the resignation of the Rt. Rev. Mon
Psignor Burke, who gave up the work
to act as chaplain in the British army,
the society has been without a head.
Il have consented to assume tenn
porary direction of the society's saf-
fairs said the Bishop. ''The Home
Mission needs of Canada and New
foundland are very urgent at present.
Earnest appeals from bishops and in
stitutions in sparsely settled parts
have come recently to the Extension
NSocfety No large contributions are
expected during the war, and the only
way open is to extend the member
ship of the society by forming branch
es everywhere so that the burden may
be light on each and that financial re-
quirements may not be hampered.
With his customary ardor, the bishop
threw himself into the work, spending
over a week deyising ways and means
for increasing receipts for the poer
Canadian and Newfoundland missions,
as well as in preparing literature
The fee of membership in the Cana
dian Extension Society is only 10 cents
month for adults and 5 cents month
for children under Is. As each diocese
has its own poor missions the inten-
ton is to refund to each bishop 25
per cent of the amount collected by
the society in his diocese. The bal.
ance will be distributed by the board
of directors to meet the Home Mission
needs in Canada and Newfoundland.
This broad basis of popular support
will, it has been thought by many,
prove a life-giying vein for the organ
ization. The little given by the many
is what is needed to supply the needs
of the poor missions, both in Canada
and in the United States.
The president of the American So
ciety is also firm supporter OF this
policy. 1t was this belief that prompt.
ed his campaign to Gull in mission.
ary Quarters which, though but a
few months old, has proven real sue
cess.
Twenty-Five cents" said an Official
Of Extension Society, sis very small
amount of money when you have to
tbuild churches with It and support
The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-22

missionaries or put up schools, or pay
for them. Twenty-Five cents won't go
very far even with the poorest sort
of school: hut two thousand quarters
is enough to build a chapel: and ten
thousand quarters is enough to build
a school; and one hundred quarters
will pay a teacher for month. The
possibilities of the Missionary Quarter
are rather large. Two hundred Of
them, for example, will buy an altar
for some poor mission. Twenty.eight
of them will buy set OF yestmenta,
and so on down the line of missionary
needs 1t is better for the cause TO
secure larger gifts, hut the thing that
works for the giyer is the Pinch Of Il,
the Generosity of it, the Sacrifice OF It,
the Love of God that is behind IT,"
The Canadian society Is to be con-
graduated upon having Bishop Power
as its head, and our hope Is that he
will continue to guide the destiniea
of Canadian extension.
The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-22
5Hkz.k7 k7aoz{f ffzzAzll2-4l2s,z
kySmIS91AM MISSION EIELD5:A
MISSION FIELD5:A

~ 2 '-I y 3 /
ican Catholics to their duty toward
the heather. Through the written,
printed and spoken word, they first
of all secured prayers and promises
of spiritual help from priests, re-
ligious communities, societies, schools,
institutions and individuals in various
parts of the United States, Canada
and Europe. They sought the CO
operation of missioners in many Sec
tions of the world, and made special
efforts to attract the attention of stu
dents in seminaries and colleges.
At the end of the year the circula-
ton of The Field Afar, which had
been made the organ of the new so
ciety, had reached almost ten thou
sand subscribers, and was bringing
gratifying returns, both spiritual and
material