Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-09

contendeu tnat the eXhlDltS snail De
changed frequently and kept up to dste
furnishing the best opportunity for com
parative study and constant incentive
for progress both in individuals and ma
tions.
Not all persons, Of course, can visit
the world administrative center, any
more than all can attend world . fair.
1t is proposed however, that as a part
of its general educational work, the
world center will serve as a distribut-
ing agency for travelling exhibits of
art, industry and eduaction.
The travelling exhibits Of agricultur-
al colleges, of the forestry and fish
cries service, of the leading American
railroads, all of whihc are designed to
improve conditions in the extractive
industries of the United States, have
met with general enthusiasm among the
public and have done much to improve
conditions in the industries thus repre-
sented. But the perfection Of the world
enterprise is g. world problem, and
should be undertaken On an internation-
al basis, under the auspices of such a
permanent international organization
as the world administrative center.
| There can be no doubt that the dis;
semination of knowledge thus acquired
would lead to the quick adoption OF all
improvements worth while, to the stan
dardibation Of products and processes
of production and through these to the
Standardization of prices which, in their
final analysis, are dependent upon costs
of production. Through the process OF
elimination, which would follow such
condition, the inefficient, those hav-
ing high costs of production, those slow
to learn, would drop by the wsyslde;
turning their attention and their ener'
gies to the production Of things fol
which they were better adapted leaving
the most efficient to produce for the
world's markets those things which
they can prepare at the lowest cost.
4 The service Of the world ADMINISTERS
tive city need not be confined to ex
hibits. Information could and should
be collected and made accessible to all
interested. This would mean the in
vestment of capital in the most pro
ductive enterprises, an opportunity fol
labor to find employment and invest 1T
savings to the greatest possible advan
tage.
A world center of administration
would equitably regulate, expand and
and extend the interests of the working
men Of all nations, regulating the ques
tion of emigration and the standard o.
wages in just way.
; Rural credit is one of the grest ag
ricultural problems confronting th'
world. Each country has attempted t
work cut its own problem in its owl
way. If rapid and permanent progres
is to be made the experience of all ms
tions must be recorded; good part
adopted and weak and dangerous part
rejected. This can best be done b,
means of 6 central agency like th'
world administrative center for tn,
League of Nations.
What is needed is some central agen
cy where the experience of all the ns
tions of the world can be brought to
lgcther, compared and tested with Z
view to the introduction of the adapta
BILE features in other countries.
A practical country like the United
States has well nigh paid its debt L
Europe with the labor saving devices
which its citizens have invented. Eu
rope has sent to the United States 25,
100000 emigrants in the last rs years
but there were in 1907 enough Ameri
can harvesters in the fields of Europe
to do the work of 100000 men.
World expositions give the good arti
ls,t NE dna and make the hest anf