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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
rue Exchange
THE false belief that matter is
substance underlies the error of
\ hnardinp Those who accent this

"HE false belief that matter is
substance underlies the error of
\ boarding Those who accept this
false concept are afraid to spend the
money they have for fear they will
not get more. During times when
there has not been much money in
active circulation, people have In
some instances resorted to bartering.
The farmer who had potatoes, IL he
needed sugar, took his potatoes to
grocer, who gave him sugar in ex-
change; and thus one individual sup
piled another's need and in turn
found his own need supplied.
Christian Science reveals that God,
divine Love, is the only substance.
Our part, then, in true exchange is
the expression of love in helpful serv-
ice. When we render helpful service
to another we are certain to receive
good in exchange. IL we meet some
one who seems discouraged, we may
try to cheer him, and in a measure
succeed. Perhaps all he may say Is,
Thanks for cheering me up" 1t may
have seemed that we did not get any
thing in exchange for the service
rendered, but the feeling that one
has helped another is a wonderful
reward. Each act of loving service
expresses the law Of divine Love.
which is operating always to bless.
We should not do something for 9TH
ers simply with the expectation of
getting a material reward or with
the hope that the law of Love will
operate in our behalf. for that would
show that we were not animated by
divine Love, and therefore were not
conforming to the law of Love. We
should understand that, when we are
disinterested and, animated by di-
vine Love in doing helpful things,
we are obeying the law of Love which
ever operates to bless.
The Master said: "Give, and it
shall be given unto you; good meas
ure, pressed down, and shaken to-
gether, and running over, shall men
give into your bosom. For with the
same measure that We mete withal 1t
shall be measured to you again.
Keeping this admonition before us
we shall be careful how we think and
act. Thinking loving thoughts and
doing loving acts bring them back to
us "pressed down, and running
over"
The highest reward one can receive
is described by Mary Baker Eddy. the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
LIKE A FOREST FIRE

DR.. r.. H. Riley, Director Of the
State Department of Health, pointed
out recently that nearly half of the
sickness from communicable" or
contagious" diseases, chat is re-
ported to the State Department of
Health each year, occurs among
very young children and among
school children under fifteen. There
were $4,000 cases of sickness from
communicable" or Catching" di-
seases reported to the Department in
1888. There are between fifty and
sixty diseases on the list; eight of
the diseases to which children are
particularly susceptible - measles,
scarlet fever, .whooping cough,
chicken pox, humps, diphtheria,
German measles, and the diarrheal
ailments of very young children
were responsible for over $1,000 of
the cases of sickness reported, or
forty per cent of the total. Child
rem were largely represented in the
totals from other diseases, also,
notably in influenza and in the
pneumonias.
zone of the great stumbling
blocks,n DR.. Riley said, in The way
of the control of the diseases that
spread from person to person is
what the health officer calls the
missed case-the case that isn't re-
ported This often happens in con-
nection with mild attacks in which
the real nature of the disease is not
understood. The illness is not Sc
we're, the doctor is not called, and
no precautions are taken to prevent
the disease from spreading to others.
Every case of a catching disease
is a possible source of danger to
others, and an outbreak can spread
just as readily from mild case as
from severe one. Because of the
close association of children in
schools and in their play, the catch
ing diseases spread among them, as
forest fire spreads across the tim
berland.
"Children's diseases could very
truthfully be labeled the damaging
diseases. Very often they leave af-
ter-effects in the way of damaged
hearts or kidneys, or they are the
cause of other handicaps. On that
account, such diseases are not to be
| treated lightly. Whenever a child
is droopy or below par, the safest
thing for any mother to do, IS to put
the child to bed, keep the other
children away from him, send for
the doctor and to follow lis adj
vice. In that way she will protect
her own child and the rest of the
household. She will safeguard her
neighbours child as we'll"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS CAN
NOT BE USED FOR CHILD CARE

Federal relief funds cannot be
used for child care, Harry Green
stein, State Relief Administrator,
has written Miss Nellie j. Beardsell,
Director of the Children's Aid So
ciety of Cecil County.
Certainly the normal social well
fare needs of Cecil County deserve
every possible support, otherwise
there will be real suffering and dis
tress," he said, in reference to the
approaching campaign for funds in
behalf of the Children's Aid Society.
The drive will be launched Monday
evening and continued through
March Q.
"Mr. Greenstein's letter, which
was received Mondoy, was in re-
Spouse to letter from Miss Beard
sell, in which she stated that a num-
Der of dependent and neglected
children in Cecil County were in
need of care, which the agency has
no funds to provide.
He wrote: Answering your let
ter of February /, Federal funds
cannot be used for the beard of
children or the care of children eth
er in institutions or foster homes.
I do not know of any more import
ant responsibility which can be met
than the care of children.
'It is extremely important that
neither private generosity nor local
responsibility should be permitted to
lag simply because of federal relief
funds being available. There are
certain very definite restrictions for
which these funds can be used, as it
is intended to be primarily an emer-
gency program for unemployment
relief only. Certainly the normal
social welfare needs of Cecil County
deserve every possible support,
otherwise there will be real suffer
ing and distress. Signed, Harry
areenstein, State Relief Administra-
ior."
Every citizen will be asked to give
for the work with neglected, orphan
ed, crippled, and delinquent child
rem during the campaign period.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
CAMPAIGN FOR CHILD WELL
FARE WORK

The Childrens Aid Society is put
ting on a campaign in Cecil county
for needy children. Appeals for
funds for welfare work IN our
county have been frequent, but
there is no cause more wortny, nor
is there any organization more in
need of funds to relieve dire distress
than the Children's Aid Society in
our county
There are in charge of the Soci-
ETY. more children to be provided Tor
than funds in hand can possibly DO,
no matter how economically dis
persed, and the only hope for these
dependent little folks is most gem
erous donations on the part OF those
in better circumstances.
These little folks, helpless thru
no fault of theirs, must be provided
for, and the appeal that is being
sent out by the sponsors Of the cam
paign, who find themselves confront
ed with problem of most serious
aspect, is an urgent one.
Unlike older persons, these de-
pendent little children can give no
assistance in the way of performing
any remunerative occupation, and
their very existence is dependent
upon your prompt and liberal re-
sponse to the appeal being made by
the Society which is sholderlng
the responsibility of their care, and
which is absolutely without the
funds to carry on.
Won't you come to the aid OF the
Society in order that these needy
little folks may have means OF sub
sistance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
OBSERVE THRU TRAFFIC. SIGNS

Lack. of observance of Thru
Traffic Stop" signs is the direct
cause of many accidents, according
% the Keystone Automobile Club of
Maryland, which urges motorists,
Tor their own sake and the protec-
ion of other highway users, to give
jtrict obedience to this important
safety regulation.
sit is surprising and at the same
lime alarming to note the number Of
motorists who disregard stop signs, :"
said Albert E. Buckley, Manager of
The Club. "They do not seem to
realize that these signs are placed
at highway intersections for their
protection, and that general obser-
vance of the rule would result in
total elimination of collisions which
annually take large toll IN life and
personal injury"
Mr.. Buckley says he believes the
law would be more effective if the
exception to the stop rule permitted
in Section 209-M7 were eliminated.
This provides that where two inter-
secting highways are designated as
Through Traffic" highways, the We
hicle on the right has the right of
way.
This section" he continued, de
feats to some extent the purpose of
the law, because it destroys the uni
formity of meaning of the stop signs.
In other words, the signs should
have the same meaning Stop and
yield the right of way to all We
hicles on the thru highw ay-at
every epoint where they are posted.
"Other states avoid the right of
way conflict by designating as the
thru highway the road the greater
volume of traffic. Maryland is one
Of very few which classify intersect-
ing highways as equally important
and designate both as thru trific
arteries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09

Discoverer and Founder of Christian
Science, when she states that "the
spiritual recompense of the perse-
cuted is assured in the elevation of
existence above mortal discord and
in the gift of divine Love" (Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures, p. go. This reward comes in
exchange for the constant desire and
effort to be of true service to others.
II we earnestly entertain this desire,
we have taken the first step toward
gaining the reward. True desire Is
prayer, and true prayer never returns
void. The earnest and steadfast de-
sire that we may be of service to
others steadily increases our oppor-
tunities in this respect. Many have
been helped in their effort by start
ing the day with\ the prayer con-
tanned in one of Mrs. Eddy's poems
Poems. p. 80:
.'My prayer, some daily good to do
To Thine. for Thee;
An Offering pure of Love, whereto
God leadeth me-"
Christian Science points out that
the real governor is divine Love, for
divine Love is the only Mind, the
divine Principle of true being. II we
accept this fact and try to realize
the ever-presence and omniactivity
of divine Love, the one real Mind or
Principle, we shall think lovingly Of
all and shall be inspired to do and
say helpful things. This Science
teaches that the real man is the re-
Election of divine Love. Accepting
this real man as our true selfhood
and holding to this truth, we shall
express tenderness, gentleness, for
giveness, tolerance, unselfishness;
and great will be the reward which
obedience to the law of Love will
confer upon us.
When we accept the fact that d.
vine Love is substance, we have no
thought of boarding. for we see that
unless we manifest this substance
reflect divine Love-we do not have
real substance This is the source
,spon which we can and must con-
stantly draw for the benefit of all
with whom we come into contact.
The rejecting of divine Love is the
true medium of exchange, and 1t
must be kept constantly active. The
more we express of the divine nature
the more we have of real substance.
In the measure that we realize and
reflect divine Love we have the sense
of Joy and completeness which this
realization brings. - The Christian
Science Monitor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
USEFUL WORK FOR TIE UN-
EMPLOYED

One Of the requirements OF the
Civil Works Administration, is that
its funds shall be used Tor payrolls
only. No part of them may be CIV
en- to buying materials and supplies.
The result is that in many commun-
tiles with c. w. A. allotments, 1t is
becoming increasingly difficult to
find productive employment for the
workers, particularly as the major
ity of cities and towns are without
money with which to purchase ma
terials that would make possible
building and construction activities.
With this in mind, the National
Board of Fire Underwriters has ad-
dressed letter to mayors OF
large number Of American cities,
recommending that relief work OIL
this kind be partly devoted to the
removal of fire hazards and the i'm
provemerlt Of water distribution sys-
tens projects which require much
labor and little material.
This is certainly an excellent sug-
gestion. No work can be more ben
eficial to the public at large than
that which safeguards life, health
and property-none comes more
genuinely under the heading of a
community duty. In preventing
fire and improving facilities for
quenching blazes once they break
out, C. w. A. funds can be used to
the utmost advantage. As safety
measure it is particularly advan-
tageous if city finances permit, to
replace old and small water mains
and hydrants with new ones, and in
stall additional hydrants in high
value districts.
The National Boards suggestion
should receive careful consideration
1t would protect the nation against
IRE, while providing useful work
for the unemployed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09

What about your income tax?
Have you paid it yet? The filing
period began January 1 and ends
March IS, 1884.
The tax is four per cent on the
first $4,000 in excess of the personal
exemption and credits. Eight per
cent normal tax on the balance Of
the next income. Surtax on net in
come in excess Of $4,000.
single persons who had net in
come Of $1,000 or more, or gross
income OF $4,000 or more, and mar
ried couples who had net income Of
&2,60O or more. or gross income OF
$4,000 or more must Me returns
with Collector OF Internal Revenue
for the district IN which the person
lives Or has his principal place Of
business.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
PRESIDENT SIGNS GOLD BILL

The President has signed the gold
bill, revolutionizing the American
monetary system.
The Administrations gold deval-
uation bill which is halted as the
most important domestic legislation
in decades, gives the United States
Treasury title to all the monetary
gold in the country, establishes the
dollar value between SO and so per
cent Of its former rating, and places
fund Of 1000 million dollars at the
Presidents disposal to defend the
Nations foreign exchange.
The bill automatically transferred
ownership Of gold held BY the FEEDER
al Reserve banks to the National
Treasury in exchange for gold GER
tiAcatea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
CIVIL WORKS EMPLOYMENT

Employment figures of the Civil
Works Administration of Maryland
reached new peak during the week
ending January ~, according to an
announcement by Harry Grcenstein,
State Administrator.
The payroll for the week was dis
tributed among 4S,381 persons, an
increase of 4,851 over the previous
week. Included in the total persons
engaged on eva, C.W.S. and Fed
eral projects, as well as persons en-
gagged in the operation of trucks
throughout the State.
Civil Works employees totalling
1882 were laid $37O.:11.S2;
Civil Works Service employed q
total of 1,S43 who were patio $685.
4O3.04; Federal projects employed
11,127 persons, who receive | $780,
5S5.01. On trucks 1929 persons
were employed. The total operat-
ing costs of trucks for the week was
$31, 16O.O7.
While the total payroll for the
week was below that Of the previous
one, due to the reduction IN working
hours by orders coming from Wash
ington, the increase in the number
of men employed kept the figure
well above the half million dollar
mark.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09

BY supervising campaign to de-
stroy rats in Georgia, Alabama, and
Texas, the Bureau of Biological Sur
vey, United States Department Of
Agriculture, is cooperating With the
Public Health Service in a program
of typhus-fever control in these
States. Rats act as hosts for the
fieas that transmit typhus fever to
human beings.
Under an allotment by the Civil
Works Administration, the antirat
campaign will give work to 10000
men for 21a months. Working in
small crews, the men will distribute
red squill bats and later will set
traps as a follow-up measure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09

have been lower and marke's more
chaotic. They have acted In the
capacity OF educators among their
members, the general public, and
government officials. They have
been untiring in their work, and
answering in their efforts to better
the farmers lot and render service
to consumers,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
Just What Does y
II All Mean to Me-

That the QUESTION that naturally your mind when
you think of talk your neighbors about the rather be-
vdering activities Of the federal in Washington
Tagentary reports congressional action sdnnis
ation policies often confusing but you will read William
Bruckaris inerpretative WASHINGTON DIGEST which is
published each week this paper you will know about
all the the capital checkerboard to you
Through long Washington correspondent, Mr.
Bruckart particularly well qualified for this particular job
He illuminating Interpretation of what Congress
is doine expected do, and what happening is
expected happen in other departments Of the government
MEAD the Rruckart letter every week
- for intelligent nnders.c ndng of what
is going at the national capital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09

During 1894, and In the years to
follow, the influence OF the farm CO.
operative win grow steadily strong
or. Unbiased authorities agree to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09

that. The farm cooperatis es have
been extraordinarily successful in
the face Of extraordinary depression.
Without cooperatives prices would
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09

An interminable talker may dis
like to do nothing but listen when
the radio is speaking.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09

Americans do not brag as much
as they did SO years ago. They
have to ind too much fault Cor that.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09

Your moral support il about all
the politicians will ask---if vou will
go to the ballot box.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-09
HAY0 TUX d
in Wintertime, too

So many savings are effected
through quantity buying and
elimination of spoilage that
they can easily equalthesmall
monthly payment on an
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-02
Persuasion" Into Peasantry

In his radio conversation on Oct 80 the Assistant
Sey OIL 1rs & ta the program his
administration to cura production by asking the farmer
to produce less had practically failed.
The farmers soon learned that that program not
benettng them the prices of things they had to buy
increased faster than the price of their products great
number of farmers also understood how dlo9c yes now
criminal program that demanded the destruction OF
food while millions of people starving Farmers refused
to cooperate to any large extent
In his radio address Tugve then gave to understand
that the administration would seek to achieve crop redu
ton in other He explained that marginal ana SUD
MARGINAL farmers would be persuaded to leave their farms
and settle small pieces of land where they keep on SUD
sistence farming
The persuasion that has used to make the farmer
leave his farm has been put in practice by the sher1 OIL
the various counties. And In Iowa, pennsylvania ana osI
states this persuasion supported by the military WIN
tear gas and machine guns
Today the President himself announces Cne NE" OH-
employment Program" from the White House.
In this program Roosevelt does not speak OF marginal
perhaps because he has learned in the meantime
that the vast majority of the farmers cannot make living
on their farms and there must he consu|r?o ma
FARMERS R,,s IL folks about needy persons in rural
~n which of course is inst another manner for the
object TugweI had in mind last October
The of the program is to force the Amer
lean farmer down the level OF european peaSaIy anu
thereby keep him from 'squak1ng.
Being peasant means of that you can nave
cash crop any SIZE that can't produce Tor tne M
things family needs a little plot OF ground
Half year back the highest Officials Of the Depart
ent of Agriculture announced that 20OOOOO farmers VIII
hHo to he taken out of production for the market
Roosevelts "new unemployment program" means ex-
actly that.
One face of the program deals with the industrial u
enloved and similar provisions made for them Thel
security must be identified with agriculture
We will take up this part of the in one OF the
next issues of the Producers News.
And so far as the farmers are concerned have
ton that it viii not be very easy for the administration
persuade the farmers to become peasants The govern
ent viii have to use much stronger means than has
so far throw the farmers off their land And even To-
those means the farmers getting prepared
More and more farmers being convinced that the
crisis the farms cannot be solved independently from tn
crisis in industry More and beginning to see tina
the farmers can live only the workers getting bac
the of what they produce And to achieve that
a change in the crazy system we have
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-02
The Powder keg Will
Explode Some Day!

That the u S. Government is afraid of workers and
farmers revolution in this country clearly admitted by
the Secretary of the Interior in his speech before the League
of Women Voters in Chicago Feb. 25
Ickes stated that the situation is such that the Repub
cans with their continued criticism of the Roosevelt pro-
run the risk of blowing themselves up along with all the rest
of u.s." this statesman said.
While other men of the Roosevelt cabinet cannot do
enough emphasizing again and again that the Program of
the President is above all criticism and that he people of
this country have tremendous confidence in their pres
dent and his and that therefore nothing touch
this glorious program the Secretary of the Interior
states the truth.
In his address Ickes speaks also about social revolu
ton" 'dy conviction is" he said, that it than
political election which occurred in the United States Nov
1882. 1t a social revolution"
The Nazes in Germany making the claim for
their own country When Hitler into power March
1882 the social revolution started they say.
We have no doubt that Ickes is referring to similar
form of government in Germany. Roosevelt has given
ample proof that his administration is developing rapidly in
the same direction, an open fascist dictatorship.
Every worker and farmer viii realize that Ickes is only
trying fool the people when he speaks of achieved
cal revolution and when he asks that I'VE follow confidently
ond resolutely upon the path"
AS long all things produced and distributed for
the profits of small class long there IL million
people and their families living in extreme poverty who
not allowed to work by the class that rules long
this small class is living in unheard of luxury squandernp
the wealth created by farmers and workers. long as there
is exploitation
No social revolution has taken place.
But q SOCIAL REVOLUTION will take place and will
all those parasites that living on our sweat
today when and workers and farmers will realize
that only change OF this rotten system will help them ont
of the present misery when they organize fight for it.