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Soeial ~rediters and WarBy w. A. WILLOX

SOCIAL Crediters know that the root cause of war flourishes only in an impossiblefinancial system that piles up debt, drives man to fight man for jobs to provide

incomes, and finally forces .nation to fight nation for the same sordid end. Knowingthat thus war is caused, Social Crediters will ~ver strive to remove it.

II war comes, the activities of Social that they have supreme power in associa-Creditors may be made more difficult, but tion. The most effective way is by prac-they will never cease until the final aim is tical demonstration: by deeds, rather thanachieved: individual (and therefore collec- by words; by action rather than by talklive) freedom in security 101' all. alone.

imple, commonsense explanations of Some words, some simple explanations,the facts of reality will fall on more recep- are necessary as a first step to unitedtive ears when the miseries of war arc action; but the achievement of an aim,experienced, and the longing to end them the winning of an objective, is the effec-leads people to wish to do something five stimulus to further action, Thus.about Jr. always act.iJl~ on the natural principle of

ocial Creditors know that when {leople first things first, the small leading to theassociate in the confident faith of a simple, great, Social Crediters can continue thereasonable and good aim, that aim can be practice of their faith in war and peace.achieved. Such united association for a It is for the individual Social Crcdiccrsingle objective is irresistible, to seize his opportunity; and to judge for

It is not an easy task without the aid himself, in the light of what guidanceof the .press. to persuade people generally there may be. how, when- and where he

T e Debt Octopusi\lr. Peter E. Brassey, lIon. Treasurer,ational Union o[ Ratepayers' Associa-

tions, 6 Queen Anne's Gate, S.W.I, baswritten the following letter, published inThe Times of' September '27:

Recent correspondence in YOllr paperhas drawn attention to the most alarmingfacts which legislarors and administratorshave tried to IgnOl-e or deny in the lastfive years.

ur national debt is as large as it wain 1919, when we were told that we couldpayoff the War debt in 35 years orso. We have paid something like£5.000,000,000 in interest without improv-ing our position.

~ The last War left us with annual debt•charges roughly equivalent to the product

of income-tax at 55. in the pound. Itappears now that this monstrous burdenis to last for ever, and there are possibilities0[' another war. Further, since 1919, thenet debt of local authorities has risen from[500,000,000 to nearly [1,500.000,000" andthe debt charges on the rate fund services,at a time of low interest rates, are nowequivalent to nearly half the rates raised.

The rates raised have reached the unpre-cedented height of [176,000,000 a year,which is more than double the amountpaid in any year during the War. At thesame .timc income-tax is on the full warbasis, though we are not yet in the posi-tion of having to pay for war.

Who is in control and who is respon-sible? The answer to the first questionis apparently no one. The answer to thesecond question may be put in two ways,for they mean the same thing. Everyone

is responsible and no one is responsible.We are, in fact, a multitude with manyrepresentatives and no effective leaders.

Now for the practical point. Are thosepeople who have complained to you, andthe many others who have agreed withtheir complaints, going to rely on anysection of the vast spending. machine toturn against its whole nature and function,and make economies? H so, they havelearned nothing from a generation'experience.

There is one thing that Parliament can-not do. That is to change the sense ofvalues of the people for the better. Butif this cannot be done, the system will goon till it bursts.

• • •When the people exercise their supreme

authority over Governments for theresults they want, both local and national-which they can do constitutionally bytheir votes-then the greatest "section ofthe vast spencliog machine" will be madeto cease draining away the people'sincomes. Mr. Brassey clearly shows whichsection is the greatest. It is that whichpays interest aod loan charges on "debt,"and also tries, quite fruitlessly, to repa.y"debt," to those who create money out ofnothing!

"Banks ... create the means of pay-ment [money] out of nothing" (Encyclo-pedia. Britannica). Banks alone have thitupendous privilege and power. Why,

then, treat money. created costlessly, asdebt, and accept "charges" which costnothing?

Room for economy here I

may take his part in leading the worldto peace and plenty, security and freedomfor one and all.

This I?aper will strive to give guidance,to provide simple explanations of realfacts, so that our readers may be able topass on any issue to those who are seekinghelp to disentangle the true from thefalse. We want to help in the establish-ment of truth ill all things; for thus, aodthus only, can lies be defeated. Lies perishin tile warm sun of truth.

'If our readers want what guidance wecan give, they must help in whateverways they are able. The ordinary pressis at the moment closed to them: it itherefore vitall y important to maintainwhat channels of publicity are alreadyopen_ Financial suppOrt is essential; sup-port in increasing the circulation 1

essential.

The Next War KillingPeople A1rea(ly

J. J. Macfronald, a fitter with theLondon Passenger Transport Board, whoin the .last war had frightful experiencesin Q-boats, took his life last week. At theinquest it was said that he had committedsuicide because he feared another' EUl'G-pean war.

Well, it's certainly coming, and poorMacl'iouald is not the only man who, hastaken his own life rather than face' thehorror of another war.

Get busy putting over Social Creditindividually and en masse before it is toolate. Never mind if your work doesn'tshow immediate results; it will bring forthtrength at the greatest crisis of all.

.God's Own Cityew York City in 1929 had a public

debt of $1,824,000,000, which was far morethan the American National Debt in 1914.Expenditure on public works Iell' like astone from $174,000,000 in 1929 to$63,000,000 in 1933. But still '"the city'sdebt kept rising. In 1933 - -it was$2,208,000,000, and still it is going -up andup. Capacity to raise .more money bytaxation and rates is at its limit. Soon

ew Yorkers will be realising that theycan't borrow themselves out of debt.

Now, Where Did THISCome From?

The accounts of the Bank of Franceshow that the amount borrowed by theFrench Covernmenr as a special advancein the third week of September was about[ I7,000,000.

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~OMMENTARYFeed the People

THE drift from land to town is strikinglyillustrated by the decrease of 20,700

in the number of labourers employed,including women workers and casual _farmemployees the total decline is 42,200.

The real tragedy of the situation, how-ever, lies in the fact that the townspeoplecannot afford to buy aU that the countryis producing, in spite of the drift fromthe land.

if every citizen received the NationalDividend over and above wages, farmingwould need no subsidies from the tax-payer's pocket, and the farmers' marketswould be guaranteed.

"Milking" the Consumer"The . Government's long-term milk

policy has still to be submitted to Parlia-ment. It is understood that reorganisationof distribution for the benefit of both pro-ducer and consumer is the methodchosen."-Daily Telegraph.

If this is in fact the method chosen itwill be Social Credit. If it is not themethod chosen then it is bound to benefitone section only at the expense of another,which will mean a loss to everyone in theend. The farmers will gain nothing by"milking" the public.

A Servant to his MastersM.r. R J. Allerton, estates surveyor atorwich, says that the city is trying to

solve the problem of larger families, whoaloe frequently the poorest, being unableto furnish the bedrooms contained in newdwellings. -

The Council is preparing a scheme forthe supply of furniture on hire-purchaseterms to those tenants who are too poorto take advantage .of the terms offered byprivate traders.

"Arising out of this: question of theinability of tenants to provide their ownfurniture," said Mr. Allerton, "it is veryurprising to find the way in which some

people spend their already small incomes."It has very frequently been found that

tenants who have fallen into arrears withtheir rent have always found money toinvest in the weekly football pools or bet-ting on horse-racing."

With the National Dividend a familycould buy its own furniture without get-ling into debt or baying any nosey-parkercouncil telling it how ro.spend its money.

The Gia,nt Put-lem-Out-of-Work

London's vast new reservoir at Staines,Middlesex, which will hold 4,400,000,000gallons and will cost [T ,2S0.000, is begin-ning to take shape. .'

Mr. F. W. Ireland, the residentengineer, describing the two new high-speed excavating machines which werebrought from America for work on thescheme said:

"They plough the soil on to a movingbelt. From the moving belt the soil dropsinto wagons pulled by caterpillar tractors.There are two two-ton wagons to a unitand they are filled in 90 seconds. They inturn take the soil away and dump it onthe bank. By this system everything ison the move the whole time."

o work-making here I Yet the countryis richer in terms of a huge new reservoir.But if you don't watch out you will bepoorer in terms of money. Sign the formon the back page and fight for yoiir SocialCredit.

Peace with PovertyE. G. Annis) late Medical Officer of

Health, Greenwich, in a letter to the DailyTelegraph, says:-

"The Government has announcedseveral plans for air raid precautions andfor emergency food supplies, In none ofthese have I seen any mention of cod liveroil supplies. It is to be hoped that thismatter is not being overlooked.

"Those whose business it was to help thetarving people after the last war did so

with the help of milk and cod' liver oil.It may not be generally known that manyof the Germans and Austrians now living.owe their existence to-day to these twohomely 'commodities."

Milk and cod liver oil are out of thereach of many families, even in "thepiping times of peace." We just mentionthis fact in case it has been overlookedby our rulers in Threadneedle Street.

IThe Richer We Get the Poorer

We Become"During the year 1936-7 we bought just

on [408,000,000 worth of goods from alloverseas British countres-Domlnions,Colonies and mandated territories. Thevbought only [245,000,000 worth from us;an adverse balance of [163,000,000 in ayear does not hold out the rosiest pros-peers of a higher standard of li\ing forthe workers of this country."-From aletter to the Daily Telegraph by Mr. J. W.Banfield, M.P.

If any of our readers still believe in thepresent financial system, this should makethem wake up. Great Britain has receivedfrom the Empire 163 million pounds'worth of goods more than she has sentout. Yet the only result ill a lower stan-dard of living here. Everything is topsy-turvy under "sound finance."

The Main Hope for Civilisation"The main hope of improved returns to

the farmer lies in further increases in theconsumption of liquid milk throughoutthe counrry."-Daily Press. And the mainhope of this lies in more money in thehousewife's pocket without any increasein the cost of living-in other words,Social Credit.

Flight of the TonOne day between Mr. Chamberlain's

\ isits to Hitler on the Con tinent, fifteentons of gold were flown by aeroplane fromCroydon to Basle in Switzerland.

A Distressed AreaReal poverty lies behind the natural

beau ties of the Highlands and the pleasantways of the people.

Of the population of Stornaway 65.4per cent. are unemployed. The percen-tage for the whole of Ross and Cromarryis 56+ The population is leaving tbeland. All the Highland counties showedsharp decline at the '931 census. TheServices appeal to many who cannotget work at home, but in 1936 two out ofevery three Scots who offered themselvesfor enlistment were rejected by the Armyas physically unfit. Industries are languish-ing, and no wonder when it costs more tosend a ton of produce from Thurso to'London than from Australia to London,and when the purchasing power of thepeople is so acu teo

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'}lage 4 SOCIAL CREDIT

Short Story By Marjorie Mitchell

DAY TRIP• • •

ALTHOUGH it was mid-Septemberthe noon temperature had reached

79 in the shade, 50 Mrs. Jones, who wasa little stouter than she should be, put offgoing to sec Mrs. Thomas until the coolof the evening. She knew eight o'clockwas an awkward time for her friend, "whatwith those three young limbs of hers beingdragged off to bed, and her husbandcoming down for his supper before hestarted for the night shift, and the oldfather wanting his chest rubbcd-oh, shehad a lot- on her plate, indeed she had I"Mrs. Jones really. didn't know how shemanaged to go on from one year toanother-that she didn'tl

"It isn't living, it's just existing-that'swhat it is l" she remarked to her husbandfrequently. "I dontt know how she carrieson.'

"It's the Chapel," Mrs. Jones' grown-updaughter stated somewhat cryptically.

"The Chapell" Mrs. Jones exploded."Why, she's never had as much as a pennypiece from that place. And look whatshe's done for it-all her little bits of timeand odd coppers. A damn shame, I callit I"

"Well, it's somewhere for her to go. Shemeets people. If it weren't for the Chapelshe'd never escape at all. It's an interestfor her, like your Guild, mother."

"I suppose so," Mrs. Jones admittedreluctantly. "Well, I'm glad she's havingthis outing to-morrow. It'll be a littlechange for her without the kids. She's gotthe Chapel to thank for that in one way."

"Where are they going?""To Rhyl, on that day excursion-six

bob, including tea-Dot bad, is it? She'sbeen putting aside them funny threepennypieces. She wanted to take the bab withher, but I put my foot down. 'Look 'ere,Mrs. Thomas: I said, 'if you take thatblarting little Georgie with you I'll not lifta finger to help you. You can get some-one else to look after your house that day.'She didn't take it too well, what I saidabout her Georgie, but I wasn't going tobeat about the bush. 'What's the good,Mrs. Thomas: I says, 'of you having aday off on your own if you've got thatbrat moithenng you to death every blessedminute? You leave the kids to me. I'llsee as they get their clinners, and if there'sany nonsense they'll know my name'sMyra Jones.'''

• • •It was a little after eight .when Mrs.

Jones went round to Mrs. Thomas' "back."Sbe had to go that way because the frontdoor was always bolted. In one way, atleast, Mrs. Thomas was lucky, because herhouse was the end one and she had theback to herself-more or less. Children'sballs came over rather too frequentl'y andher nice bit of mint and parsley held an

irresistible attraction to neighbours whohadn't time to grow their own. The littlegarden looked quite pretty, Mrs. Jonesth,:,ught. It was wonaerfu! what a prideMrs. I'homas' old father took in it. Why,those asters were as big as plates I Andwhat a show of Michaelmas daisies I Therewere two or three neat-looking chickens atthe bottom making contented little cluck-ings as they settled on their perches forthe night. She could see their red combsthrougn the wire.

"Heilo l Come right in, Mrs. Joncs. I'vebeen expecting you all day. You mustexcuse the muddle in the kitchen, butyou know what it is with children."

There was no doubt about it, Mrs.Thomas had a lovely face, though shedid look so dreadfully tired under theeyes. Mrs. Jones couldn't make it out atall. After all that poor woman had gonethrough, here she was, forty at least, anda complexion as fresh as a daisy. "Rainwater straight from the tub and none ofthem muCky creams and powders: sheresolved to tell her daughter.

She stepped into a largish place whichcould best be described as a "room of allworks." Three generations were carryingon their various activities in different partsof the room and frequently quarrellingwith each other about the ventilation, andthe state'of the fire. To Mrs. Jones, whosehusband was not a miner, the placeseemed terribly over-heated. She herselfhadn't begun tires yet.

"Can you stop a minute while I gCt thekids off?" Mrs. Thomas said, but did notwait for an answer. "Harry:' she turneda little menacingly to her husband, "seeto your suppcr yourself this once, .willyou? You know I've got to get straightfor to-morrow."

"Here I Let me do that, Mr. Thomas,while you finish dressing," Mrs Jonesoffered to Harry, who was standing by theoven.

"Right you are, Missus, I'll go and geta bit of a rub down in the kitchen->"

"Crack an egg on to a bit of gratedcheese, then, will you, Mrs. Jones, and addsome salt? These chaps cat a lot of salt-it's the pit, you know. Billy, if you spillany more of that water I shall call yourdad. Now then, Gladys, you needn't thinkyou're going to sneak off to bed like that.She WILL go to bed in her vest, Mrs.Jones, and I say it's not healthy--"

"Granny always did," Gladys pouted as'she- slipped off her nightdress again.

"Now then, none 0' that, Miss," threat-ened her grandfather from his cornerseat, "No back-chat."

"Hark! Listen I Ssh-" Mrs. Thomascommanded frantically, "is that the bab?"

"Let him cry if it is. He's big enoughnow to go.to sleep without bothering you,"

Mrs. Jones remarked unsympathetically,as she grated a piece of old cheese.

But Mrs. Thomas had disappearedupstairs, leaving Billy and Gladys tomake whoopee with the water in the tinbath-tub.

The old man sighed. "It will do ourGwennie good to get out a bit to-morrow,Mrs. Jones. It's all work here."

"I don't know how she sticks it. Nowyou two nippers, get off to bed on yourown. You're too big now to expect yourmam to go up with you. OII you go I"

Billy and Gladys gave Mrs. Jones auspicious look and then decided to obey.

"That's right, Missus," Harry said as hecame in from the kitchen, rubbing hisface. "You tell 'em off." •

'She's had to spoil the kids a bit," theold man apologised, "had to do anythingto shut til em up when they were babiesand Harry was on nights ... "

It was long after nine before Mrs.Thomas was able to have a quiet chatwith Mrs. Jones in the front room.

"Really, I don't know whether it's worthall the bother," Mrs. Thomas said heavily,as she sat back on the sofa.

"You don't need to bother at all. Leaveeverything to me."

"The truth is, Mrs. jones, I don't feelI ought to be spending that six shillings-just now. It'll be ten by the time it'sfinished. I can't spend nothing. Some ofthe women are ta'king as much as seven-and-six--"

"But Lord love us, Mrs. Thomas. youhaven't had a day off since I don't knowwhen."

Mrs. Thomas laughed. "It's nine yearssince I had a week's holiday. I haven'thad a night away since then. Do youknow, Mrs. Joncs, I haven't had even six-pence to spend to go to the pictures?"

She lowered her voice and glancedfurtively at the door. "Is that Harry goingout? I don't want him to know: He thinkI've saved up my threepenny bits for this,but I've had to spend them on youngGladys. She's gone on to the Senior Schoolnow. Turned eleven, you see. Well, she'sgot to have an overall and cap for cookingand pumps for gym. and all manner ofthings--"

"They ou~ht to provide them, I say,"Mrs. Jones interposed. "Call that freeeducation."

"My dad wouldn't hear of IDe not goingon this ~ip. Made himself regular badwhen he thought I wasn't going. So hegave me his three weeks' club-money. Idon't like taking it. Mrs. Jones. You see,he gives me his old age pension for hiskeep and saves his two shillings a weekclub-money. He likes to think he's gota pound or two between himself and the

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workhouse, as he says. He keeps sixpenceback for his pear-drops and bit of snuff."

"But, Mrs. Thomas, don't think I'mbeing a bit of a Nosey Parker, will you?"Mrs. Jones said eagerly (it was indeed rarefor Mrs. Thomas to be so communicativeabout her personal affairs), "your Harrybrings you in regular money, don't he?And the two old folk have their pensions.What I mean is-I can't make out-well,it's no business of mine, Mrs. Thomas ... "

"Well, I'll tell you. I'm sick and tiredof folks wondering why I never go any.'where," Mrs. Thomas replied, her usuallyquiet eyes looking dangerous. "WhenHarry has taken out his pocket moneythe most I ever get is ['2 6s. When he'on short time it's less. My dad gives me[he pension, so you'd think I couldmanage easily, wouldn't you? Whenmum was alive she gave me nine shillingsfor her keep, but she never left her bedfor the last year. It's all very well forfolk to say Jou're on the panel. Doctorcomes rOUD and says, 'Get her barley,Mrs. Thomas, get her lemons, beef tea,vaseline, rubber sheers'<-oh, you know.And bed-clothes wear out pretty quickwhen they've been slept in day as wellas night. Then there's the light on halfthe night in the bedroom, Don't youthink I begrudged it her, but it comesto a lot. My dad's getting on now, too.Well, believe it or not, even when I get£'2 16s. a week I don't have as much arhree-ha'pence over for a stamp, let alonesixpence for tbe swimming pool, and I doso love the water. Look here, I'll get mybook and then you can see for yourself."

She reached over to the table andopened a drawer from which she took apenny notebook.

Mrs. Jones opened it and was astoundedat the neatness of the other woman'saccounts. As she scanned the items ofMrs. Thomas' weekly expenditure-rent.baker, butcher, grocer, greengrocer, gas,milk, death benefits, boot and clothingdubs, children's milk and biscuits, andother school items, she realised longbefore she had got to the end of thelist that it was indeed difficult to maketwo ends meet for three grown-ups andthree children on a maximum of ['2 16s.per week.

"Well, I think Harry ought to give yousome of his pocket money now and again,"

Mrs. Thomas laughed tolerantly."Harry says if he didn't have his cigarettesand drink he'd never be able to stand thestrain of goin~ to work at all, and thenwhere'd we be?"

Mrs. jones made no articulate com-ment on this, but as she rose to go shesaid, "Well, I hope your ship will comehome some day, Mrs. Thomas, and bringyou in a fortune. You deserve it."

"A fortune! I don't want that. Whv,an extra TEN SHILLINGS A WEEKWOULD BE ALL THE DIFFERENCEBETWEEN REA VEN AND HELL TOME."

Mrs. Jones stared at her quiveringmouth. Never before had she seen her

friend so worked up. The thought of thelittle treat to-morrow must be having aqueer effecr, Perhaps showing her whatshe was missing. .

"It's those few extra shillings which Ican never find . . ."

"Now, look here, Mrs. Thomas, you gooff to bed now and don't you daryworryabout the kids or anything else to-morrow,". Mrs. Jones said with briskkindliness. "I must be going. Myoidman will think I'm lost. Good-night, mydear .. Sleep tighr. I'll be round at ninein the morning."

• • •But when she went round to the back

next day she was astonished to-find Mrs.Thomas in her overall instead of dressedfor the trip.

"I was bad in the night, Mrs. Jones-sick and all that," she said, looking curi-ously guilty. "The train would start itall over again, so I've been over to the IChapel to tell them I can't come. It'slucky-Mrs. Brown wanted 1110 go withthem at the last minute, so she's got myticket. I'm ever so disappointed."

But she didn't look disappointed. Shelooked relieved. Glancing at the dresser,Mrs. Jones noticed two half-crowns and ah.illin .

s g. ~

Prayer and Action"How true is the old fable of the

waggoner who, when .his waggon stuckin the mud, knelt down and prayed toJove to get it Out! He might have prayedtill the crack of doom and the wag~onstill be there. God's world is not the kindof world in which the mere repetition ofwoi:ds will get waggons out of ruts, povertyout of slums or bring economic securitywith peace to all men. He who wouldpray with effect must do something tohelp achieve the object for which he ispraying ...

"Whether war comes on us as a resultof this dreadful mess in Europe or whetherit is bought off by throwing another sliceof the world's surface to the dictators. letus realise that there is a way out of thislunacy wherein the peoples of one nationare taught that their enemies are thepeoples of other nations, whereas, in fact,they have a common enemy-a systemwhich allows a comparatively small groupof people to. control the earth, with itsnatural resources, so that they may revel'on the proceeds of labour whilst those whowork, or would work, fare scantily or gowithout."-From an article by R. R. Stokes,M.P., September, 1938.

IN THE BABYLONCALLED LONDON

AVERY rich city, perhaps the richestcity in the world. . . . Mrs. Laura

Roberts, who is more than 80, lives in it.The view from her window.is bric¥ andmortar. She lives in Middle Street, ClothFair,-E.C.I, and she draws lOS. a week OldAge Pension. When she has paid herrent she has a few shillings left for food.

Rheumatism is beginning to cripple herlimbs and she cannot get about as she usedto and her bare little room is cheerlesswithout a spot of coal in the grate. SoMrs. Roberts is very glad when she getsa coupon with "Please deliver (one sackonly) s6lb. of House Coal" sent to her.She thinks that life is worth living.

• • •Before the talkies came along, A. E.

Drover, who lives at Allabaster Buildings.Finsbury, 'E.C.'2, used to be employed as apianist. He also tuned pianos. He livesin a single room, too, and from his totalincome of lOS. pension, he pays 75. zd. forrent and has '2S. IOd. to supply all hisearthly needs. Mr. Drover is 79. His faceis lined with poverty, illness, despair. Eventile pink ticket with "Please supply (One)21b. loaf of the Best Bread" does notchange his expression. Life means littleto Mr. Drover.

• • ••Nor docs it mean much to Charles

Fownes, of Bethnal Green. He servedthrough the war, fell OUt of work at 60 andhas never been able to get another job.

The Unemployment Assistance Boardgives him [l a week. He has an invalidWife' and he pays I'2S. a week ren t. "Nohope of any change for the better is everlikely to take place," says Mr. Fownes, ashe takes a green coupon with "Pleasesupply One Pint (Only) Bottle of Milk."

• • •.These are people on the records of the

London Philanthropic Society, which hasbeen helping the poor of tile City ofLondon for nearly one hundred years. Itmakes contracts with coal merchants,bakers and milk -cornpanies, and supplies[1,500 worth of coupons a year. The Kingis patron and the Lord Mayor of London avice-patron.

• • •Sitting in the Guildhall, that memorial

to the majesty of trade, Mr. Horner says:"There are hundreds of people who haveto spend 7s. or 8s. on their rooms and theyget only the Old Age Pension. They havetheir pride; they won'n go into an institu-tion. So they live on a pittance and wetry to help them with coal, milk and bread.

"I feel the cold in the winter," says Mr.Horner. "If I were sld and poor I think Iwould rather have a fire in the grate thanbread on the table. And that is what wefind with the old people. They live onnothlng-a slice of bread, a bit of.margarine, a cup of tea. But they canput up with it as long as there is a brightcoal in the fire."-Evening Standard.

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They Too Are VictimsBy M. Jacklin

IF in the days to come the economicwarfare to which, as Social Crcditers,

we have been seeking to put an end,eventuates in. armed warfare, let uremember they, too, are victims, thesemen whom we shall be told are ourenemies. Should this great tragedy come,again on the world, once more, as in thelast war, e\'ery source of information willbe polluted, every vicious rumour that willserve to blacken the character of ourfellows on the other side will be exploited,and every evil report will have its measureof official exaggeration. In these circum-stances let us, as Social Cred.iters whoknow the cause of war, ever bear in mindthat these men. these enemeis, are fellow-victims of the evil that we have fought indays gone by and still figh].

The temptation to think evil of theseother victims will be powerful indeed.They, like us, will kill and maim, butwhereas we shall see the results of theirhandiwork, our own will be hidden fromus. They, like us, will be told the; fightfor justice, for the preservation 0 theircountry, their homes, their women andchildren, but, unlike us, they will notknow the evil trap in which they havebeen taken. It IS because, as SocialCrediters, we know, that our responsibilityis so tremendous.

Only by keeping our minds clear of hate,can we bope, sbould we survive (and someof us will) to work' for a real and lastingpeace, when the time for reconstructioncomes. Then, if the Social Creclit Crusadeis to become a world force, we must bewithout hatred in our hearts. for hatreddestroys association, and Social Credit ithe belief that, in association, people canget what they want.

Much of the material basis of SocialCredit, the real wealth of the world. willbe destroyed if war comes. But there isa spiritual side to that credit which cannotbe lost or taken from us unless we volun-

tarily give it up. Let us shut our ears toall the lies that will be let loose, let umeet their thunder by holding fast to thetru th we know.

In Jl world mad with hate and fear, letus stand united in courage and good-faith,confident that out of whatever wrack maycome, good will ultimately prevail andthat the day of economic security infreedom for each and all will yet dawn illconditions of peace and joy.

M. JACKUN.

Why Demonstrate?How odd it seems mat so many people

will go to the incon venience of demon-strating in Whitehall about a subject ofwhich they know nothing except what thenewspapers have told them!

They have to rely on that very doubtfulource of information because they are

not able to ascertain the facts for them-selves-they are too far away.

Nevertheless there are facts close athand, readily to be obser,:ed by people inEngland, that would be much betterworth demonstrating about; but the peoplemerely shrug their shoulders if theyhappen to notice them: the facts ofpoverty, injustice, imprisonment of variouskinds-loss of frcedom-and the unhappi-ness that comes to so many, unnecessarily.

These things, so easy to discover at firsthand," would he worth demonstratingabout. They are wrongs that could beput right without difficulty: but they willnot be touched until some sort of pressureis brought to bear on those who arcresponsible.

A better way than demonstrating, ofcourse, would be the constitutional wayopen to the people of this country: theParliamentary vote exercised unitedly toremove the cause of the trouble.

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pREPARE co quit yourselves like men,for the hour ol your ordeal is at

hand. So said Lord Roberts in 1914 toa great gathering of volunteers in Man-chester some months before the bcginningof the war which was to end war.

And now we are back at the samepoint in the cycle. By the Lime you readthis, England may be at war. If bysome chance war has not come, it needsno emphasis that it has been put off onlyfor a time. The momentum of eventsautomatically created by economics ofscarcity in the midst of actual plenty, andthe promulgation of work for work's sake.has probably now become toO great for uto escape a world confia~ration.

But as mat great Social Creditor, L. D.Byrne, said last year, although we cannotprevent it, the harder we work and thelonger time we have the greatcr wiU be thecontrol we will hare over its magnitudewhen it does come.

If we are at war, it is surely the dutyof every Social Crediter to do all in hispower to ensure the preservation of themaximum number of Social Crcditers,for if peace does come to aEurope whichis not entirely depopulated, the immediateintroduction of sound forms of economicand political democracy will be vital.There is no bravery in stopping on in acity or area which is being, or is likely tobe, bombed. gassed, and shelled. It is notbravery to go elsewhere to kill. It shouldnot be. and is not. even necessary to dothese things; it: is-simply criminal foolish-ness. We need the preservation of all thatis best and finest in our race.

But if we are not at war when thiscomes into your hands, thank God for thefurther chance He has given you. Get outinto the market place, fill your town hallsand your village institutes, go among thecrowds, and rouse up your fellows to themischief which is afoot behind all thesedictators and Cabinet-rulers. Root out theevil which is forcing the whole world towar when all its citizens are clamouringfor peace.

se any and every means at your com-mand to make known the truth-the Ih,;ngTruth that can free us-and to bring your'friends and fellow citizens out into actionagainst the evil powers behind. As neverbefore. the minds of Britain's 45,000,000people are receptive to the truth, for theyhave been brought to the very brink-ifthey are not actually over it. Make thernee that their servants should-and can

be made to-obey _them? and instantly.

The State v, The IndividualThe new official cheque of the State ofew York bears the slogan: "The State

that has everything." This has been~eeted by cries of emphatic assent by theoverburdened taxpayers. It's about timethe taxpayer had something.

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Social Credit ResolvedBy G. F. Powell

A CATALYST is that which by its pre-,sence accelerates the speed of a

reaction and yet itself remains unchangedat the end of the action. For example,whale oil is turned into the hard, whitefat, which is largely used in soap, by themere presence of nickel. The latter doesnot apparently combine in any way withwhale oil, and nobody knows why it hasany effect on it at all. Yet success in theprocess depends upon its introduction.Chemists are familiar with many suchmanifestations.

And Social Credit is just such a catalyst,except that it is an abstract catalyst. Forby its mere presence it accelerates thespeed of reactions whilst itself remainingunchanged at the end of such actions.

Take as an illustration the case 'Of asavage who, with his mate and progeny.inhabit a cave. If the man leaves the cavehe risks the loss of it, and his family, toany chance marauder. The food avail-able is consequently limited to the animalswhich he can kill whilst they are passingthe mouth of the cave;which he dare notleave. Also, his mate's domestic dutiesare subject to constant interruptionthrough alarms and attacks. Both the

savage and his mate may have realised fororne time that all these disabilities would

vanish if only a large stone near by couldbe rolled in front of the cave's mouth tonarrow its entrance so that the womencould easily defend it against enemies.

Each, individually and alone, may havepreviously struggled to move the stone,but it has proved too heavy. Suddenly,"out of thin air," a catalyst is supplied tothem-it is that form of abstract catalystknown as Social Credit. It takes the formof a realisation that by acting in associa-tion, simultaneously, the savage and hismate can get what they want. viz., the(One moved to where it will close the

mouth of their cave. Their reaction totheir previously unsolved problem iaccelerated by this abstract catalyst, andtheir united strength moves the stone. Thedefence of the cave is thereby renderedeasy. '

The savage can now hunt far afieldand get more food, whilst his mate workssafely. weaving and cooking, with lessinterruption. The family wealth andsecurity is thereby multiplied many timesby that catalyst, Social Credit, which hascombined with nothing concerned with

the action described but has acceleratedit whilst itself remaining quite uncbanged.

This form of catalyst has been furnishedto the human race for countless genera-tions. It would appear that when a suffi-cient number have been proffered to, andutilised by humanity, the resultant pro-duct is a masterpiece of some sort oranother, each manifesting that quality ofIcgant sufficiency. easily discernible as

common to all of them, and which someare now acclaiming as the hallmark of"The Canon" (the law governing allrelated things). For, although a master-piece may appear to be solely the productof definite persons, it seems certain thatbut for countless profferings and utilisa-tions of U1C sort of catalysts abovedescribed, which influence the reactions ofhumanity Dyer a long succession of genera-tions, no such masterpiece would ever beforthcoming.

"The Canon" is perhaps the "onlybegetter" of these masterpieces, and SocialCredit is the catalyst by which it inducesall of us to react in the direction of anage of freedom for vocation towards which"The Canon" is apparently leading, orchannelling. us. .

AN ENGINEER ONWORLD ECONOMICS

ISome little time ago, Dr. D. Schindler,

chairman - of the widely-known Swisselectrical engineering firm of Oerlikon,said in the course of a speech to hiscompany's shareholders:

"Governments endeavour to keel? upprices or increase them by means of highertariffs, import prohibitions, exchangmonopolies, and subsidies. When allother means fail or prove impracticable,they even have recourse to currencydepreciation. The economic conditionthat this policy has created are charac-terised by the fact that the consumingcountries of Europe with the largest popu-lation have had to introduce meatless andIatless days, while the agriculturalcountries have a _SUI-plus of foodstuff,which they have to dump at cut pricesor actually" destroy.

"Dumping applies at the present daynot only to the export of goods. In manycountries she foreigner travels on the rail-ways at rates 30 or 50 or even 60 per cent.'lower than tile inhabitant of the country.Shipping conveys him and his goods atrates involving a loss. The petrol for hiscar is supplied to him free of tax, and ifonly one could be a foreigner everywhereit would be a joy to live.

"Owing to the fact that countries withtheir protective policy wish to keep out atany price the foreigner when he is a seller,they have' to gt"ant him special privileges

when he is a buyer. Even this strangeparadox is not sufficien t. to open the eyeof people throughout the world. Thepower of habit is greater than the powerof common sense."

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DOW NICE!'A deficit of £3,184,000 in the Australian

Federal Budget will be met this year byincreased taxation. A 15 per cent. increasein company 'and individual income taxwill bring in [1,400,000. and a beggarl yincrease of II per cent. in the land taxwill give [135,000.

In his preLiminary Budget speech,Public Servant Casey, Federal Treasurer,remarked on the comparatively strongeconomic and financial position of-

ustralia I• • •

German .revenue from taxation inAugust amounted to 1,305 million Reichs-marks. against 1,080 million in August,1937. It is estimated that Jews owning anaggregate of 104 million marks fled fromGermany during the month of August.

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Woman Puts PublieServants intheir Plaee

Mrs. C. Parkins, of Trowbridge, Wilt-shire, last week staged a 'two-hour sit-downtrike in a hole workmen had dug outside

her home.An official called on her early in the

morning to ask if she and her husbandobjected to a telegraph pole being put upoutside their home. Mr. and Mrs. Parkinssaid "Yes."

While they were having breakfast theysaw workmen cligging up the pavement.

A; SOOI1 as her husband had gone to1V0rk,Mrs. Parkins took a garden spadeand shovelled back the earth as fast athe workmen could dig it out.

When the workmen went off to fetchthe postmaster, Mrs. Parkins J' umped intothe hole and began a sit- own strike.Sympathetic neighbours brought her teaand refreshments.

Mrs. Parkins insisted that nothingfurther should be done until her objec-tions had been referred to the statutoryauthority. and she has got her way.

Quite right, too. If 10 per cent. of thepeople in this coun try had the pLuck anddetermination of Mrs. Parkins there wouldbe no fear of war, no fear of rise in ratesor rise in taxes, telephones could be laidunderground and anything we liked tounite in demanding would be forthcom-ing, providing it was- physically' possible.

If you know of another 'ole, go andjump in it.

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FA~E THE 'TRUTH!By Dorothy Beamish

CONVERSATION at the hairdresser's turned on the alleged discovery by anAmerican of a new method of cutting hair so that it assumes a permanent

wave. I confessed that to me it seemed :in impossibility to achieve this result br~tting alone. With some heat the hairdresser assured me that it was an impossi-bility, adding angrily, "and if it could be done, it would ruin the hairdressingtrade."

• • •

Shortly afterwards I visited a friendwho told me she had just been to have thenew "hair-cur wave." On relating myconversation with the hairdresser, she toldme that she had had a similar experienceand that the man to whom she usuallywent was "quite. white and shaking" when

BE:I'WEEN 1924 and 1935, the output ~e subject was mentioned. andper worker in mines and 'factories vigorously denied its possibility.

increased by 25 per cent.; in engineering "All the hairdressers are saying it isby 52 per cent.; and in many other i~possible against their better judgment,"industries by 27 per cent. and upwards. s~ld my friend. "It is prO'lJed to be po~-

Even in agriculture the last few years Sible but most of them worrt believe it."show an increase of production per man She seemed inclined to condemn theof 27 per cent. - hairdressers as unreasonable persons and

What do these figures mean? inc~rrigible doubting Thomases, and wasIs the standard of living-of personal obviously very pleased with the slight but

security-increasing as the rate output of na~~-looking w~ve her own lockswealth per man is? exhibited, and which she triumphantly

It is not. assured me would last a life-time.We are being cheated-defrauded of 1?e subject of' war was next on the

well-being, abundance of all those things tapIS, and s.he expressed the opinion thatrequired to make life free and secure for the economic system and war had nothingall in here on our doorstep. to do with each other and "if we had

Increasing output per man (with the Social Credit to-morrow it wouldn't pre-help of machines) means more wealth and vent-war."less work is NOW available.

If we demand wark, we are cheatin~ ()UT-

selves) if we listen to planners who implythat more and more jobs must be found,we are conspiring against facts, trying tocheat the facts.

It is clistribution of the output to con-sumers that is required, and further, tQatdistribution must increase as output perman increases and as labour decreases.

To demand WORK in face of the factsof the performance of labour-savingsmachinery is insane and dangerous.

To demand the "wages of the machine"(National Dividends) so that consumersmay choose and consume the increasingoutput of the machines, is sane, practicaland safe, because it fits the facts; becauseit fits the facts of production in relationto its proper objective-i.e., consumption-correctly.

To demand WORK (meaning employ-ment) is to demand a form of slavery,whatever and however its degree may varywith the conditions of different "jobs."

For a human labourer to insist onattempting to compete with a machine ashis only dignified claim on the means oflife is to throwaway his birthright, andto condemn himself to destitution plusdegradation.

Every man and woman who wants to livesecure from continual threat of debt. freefrom financial, industrial and politicaldictatorship; and who is willing that allothers shall enjoy freely the same li.bc;nic;s,too, i~a Social Crediter lit heart,

If a number of persons are making aliving-only just making a living withdifficulty-and somebody invents some-thing that is going to make it next toimpossible for them to make a living :1Oylonger. they cannot possibly feel goodwilltowards that person, no matter hownaturally benevolent they may be.

Consider what happens to the man whofails in business. It is extremely difficultand in many cases practically impossiblefor anyone who has spent many years ofhis life in one occupation, suddenly fOchange over to another and be successfulin it. And he will find that all otheroccupations are crowded too. His entryinto anyone of them will only makethings harder for those already in them.

If he puts his money into anotherventure, he will in all probability graduallylose it. If he lives on his capital for atime, wondering how best to invest it insome gainful occupation, it will. rapidlydwindle. He cannot help worrymg andthis affects his health and his wife's heaithtoo. In a short time they both probablyneed medical attention and a good holi-day, but cannot have either because thatwould only intensify the cause of theirill-health, i.e., worry as to how they aregoing to live.

They find their friends are not quiteso pleased to see them as they used to be.Having their own worries. the latter feelthe constant urge to ~e~ for cheerfulness

and a happy atmosphere outside business.Deep down they feel that "somethingought to be done for the Smiths"-butwhat? They are perhaps apprehensivethat the Smiths are going to ask for a loanwhich, .under the circumstances, will inthe end be a gift, which they cannotafford.

And so it goes on to some sort of end;a gradual deterioration of health andmorale and a more or less rapid descentin the social scale, perhaps right downto the dole queue-unless they choose aquicker death.

• • •Now let us suppose that, instead of hair-

dressers, it is a number of people who gettheir living by manufacturing goods forexport, Presently the Germans, Japaneseor others, either by discovering someimproved process which cheapens manu-facture, by their lower living standard orfor some other reason, are able to sell thesame goods cheaper. Gradually Or per-haps very swiftly our friends find that

. they are selling less and less; their busi-ness is going downhill; they are menacedwith having' to go out of businessaltogether. And it is not through thecompetition of their own compatriots-whom, after all, they cannot fight withguns and bayonets-but through the"unfair" competitions of foreigners. Fearand hatred are bred.

If this state of affairs is widespread, itwill mean unrest. friction and seethingdiscontent against the existing Govern-ment which is expected to "do something."There may be riots and disorder, andthere will certainly be constant pressureagainst the Government.

The Government cannot. of course, pre-vent foreigners from havin!? ideas, fromliving frugally. or from making for them-selves goods which they were wont toimport,

The only thing it can do if the pressurebecomes intolerable and it is menaced byan ever-growing regiment of frustratedand angry people, is to divert the risingtide of fury and let it expend itself infighting the "foreigners" and-perhaps-recapturing some of the lost "markets:'

It has been truly said that business asit is' at present conducted is war, and thatbombs, tanks and machine guns arc onlyt~e logi.cal outcome an~ inevitable exten-sion of It.

Economic righteousness alone willensure peace-sand there i~NQ substitutefor it.

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A Statement of Vital ImportanceAddressed to each Social Crediter in every Section of the Movement by

The Social ~red.it Secretariat~ LimitedIN WHICH A POLICY OF UNITY FOR RESULTS IS DECLARED

Read! ~hoose! Act!NOW

THE withdrawal tif Major Douglas fromthe Social Credit Secretariat Limited

has brought about a situation in which aclear statement from the Company idesirable in the interests of fair dealing,both for its Directors and for all those whohave supported it in the past.

It is not the intention of the Board toreply to the baseless innuendoes attackingits members out of the dark as being partyto world plots, Of to explain actionsinitiated and carried out by Others, beyondannouncing the important fact that thewithdrawal of Major Douglas and thefunctional directors appointed by him hasnot relieved the Company of its legalresponsibilities and financial obligations toits creditors.

As reported last week in SOCIALCREDIT, the Conference held at theCora Hotel, London, on September 17and IS, appointed Mr. A. L. Gibson asan envoy to Major Douglas to placebefore him certain faets regarding theposition of the Social Credit SecretariatLimited.

Mr. A. L. Gibson saw Major Douglasand afterwards assured certain membersof the Council of the Social CreditSecretariat Limited that he had repre-sented fully and accurately the facts ofthe situation in which the Company hadbeen placed. He stated that the upshotof his mission amounted to a declarationthat the steps taken were irrevocable.While it still remains true that no

explanation of the actions of that bodynow operating separately under the nameSocial Credit Secretariat bas been offeredto the Companv, the situation broughtabout by such actions bas to be faced, andthe Company therefore frankly submits toall in teres ted the following statement:

As described in last week's SoCIALCREDIT,the financial situation of the SocialCredit Secretariat Limited was disclosedto a chartered accountant and to fourmembers of the Social Credit Movementat the Cora Hotel Conference. Thesemembers were : Mr. A. T. Shippey(Colchester), Mr. G. W. Heath (Welling),Mr. J. J. Johnson (Aberdeen) and Mr. A.Welford (Suffolk), and all four were knownto be devoted supporters of Major Douglasand were in fact chosen for that veryreason; after hearing the facts, theyadvised the Conference as follows:

"SO FAR AS WE HAVE BEENABLE TO EXAMINE THE POSI·

'"

TION WE ARE OF OPINION THATIT IS IN THE INTERESTS OFTHE SOCIAL CREDIT MOVEMENTTHAT TI:-IE SOCIAL CREDIT

ECRETARIAT LIMITED SHOULDONTLNUE IN EXISTENCE AND

RECEIVE YOUR SUPPORT."We have no hesitation in saying, with-

out any qualification whatsoever, that ifthe Coml?any is not promptly supported,it is certain to our minds that every SocialCredit Crusader, both at home and abroad.will. later on. find that he has missed anopportunity to give the cause such animpetus as may never arise again.

PolicyWe feel certain that the Social Credit

Crusade throughout the world, andespecially in Great Britain, is ready, ableand willing, in at least one matter, to unitefor a result-a result for which numerousbodies of Social Crediters are alreadyworking. To get that result we suggestthat the Social Credit Secretariat Limitedshall serve all these bodies in a practicalway, and that crusaders shall support itwith their money "votes" for so long asthey approve its service, and withdrawwhen they disapprove. But, when theirdisaprroval is sufficiently general, theocia Credit Secretariat Limited will auto-

matically go Out of existence-and quiteright, too.

What must be avoided in future is themuddle-headedness of a policy that haproduced the present situation. TheSocial Credit Secretariat Limited mustwork according to the direction of eitherthe political vote, or the money vote; andbecause "the political vote can be renderedimpossible to implement by withholdingthe money vote, the latter elirection is theone that must be followed in future if arepetition of the present position is to beavoided.

Working under such control, the SocialCredit Secretariat Limited cannot possiblyattempt to dictate or govern the SocialCredit Crusade or any part of it, and wetherefore declare that it, and everyoneconcerned in it. is opposed to setting upvet another authority.J The Social Credit Secretariat Limiteddoes not propose to arrogate to itself anyauthority to judge between the merits ofthe different methods chosen and adoptedby various bodies working for the commonresult; nor will the Company presume to

seek and exercise penalties or sanctions tooperate within itself or the Movement.

All sections of the Movement should befree to develop whatever line of actionthey consider hkely LO be effective towardsthe ultimate objective, provided suchactivities do not oppose, or in practiceinterfere with, other groups working forthe same objective.

The Social Credit Secretariat Limitedproposes to offer to all sincere workers inthe Social Credit Crusade an opportunityto utilise their power of association. Leteveryone be clear-very clear-as to theresults wanted:

(a) From the Crusade.(b) From the Social Credit Secretariat

Limited.From the crusade is wanted that unity

in association which must precede theachievement of the ultimate policy offreedom in Security for Each and All.

From the Social Credit SecretariatLimited is required a form of service thatwill function to assist not only all workersin the Crusade, but also the attainment ofthe ultimate object itself, which is thepurpose of our common unity, and whichIS the greatest common measure of desireamongst all crusaders. Let us unite on it.

The FutureWhat has to now be decided is whether

the Social Credit: Secretariat Limited cantruly perform any useful function in thefuture. It is the unanimous opinion ofits Council that it can undoubtedly furnishthe very service for lack of which the

rusade has been more seriously handi-appcd than by any other lack, i.e., a dis-

passionate publicity and operatingorganisation at the disposal of all. EverySocial Credit Crusader who believes thathe has something to tell his fellow-workerwhich it is worth their while to hear,ought to be able to say it to all, but therenever bas been such an opportunity. Noone can profess to be certain in what waythe world's Social Credit can be most effi-ciently realised, but it will certainly bemost quickly discovered and exemplifiedby everyone of those interested havingaccess to all useful information on theubject,

Let that be the result for which all agreelO unite-to utilise their credit in associa-tion. Let there be an organisation in the

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The Economic Factorin (;zecho-slovakian

(;.-isisThe Czechs have often been accused of

stubbornness. It is asserted ·rhat had Dr.Benes given proper concessions to hisminorities years ago the present' crisismight never have arisen. But it isinteresting to note that in 1933, after four-teen years of Czech administration,Henlein made the following statement:"By identifying ourselves with the Czecho-slovak State we assent to the fundamentalidea of democracy, and assess the Czechpeople, whose destiny is inextricablybound up with our own, as a culturalnation, equal in quality to any nation inCentral Europe."

The economic factor was an importantelement in the alienation of the Sudetenfrom the Czech State. The glass.' textile,and musical instrument factories in theSudeten areas were severely affected bythe depression. As ~any of these pro-ducts were luxury articles thousands ofGermans were thrown out 0.£ work. The

ational Socialists blamed the lack ofemployment on an inefficient CzechGovernment, and led many of the peopleto believe that the Czechs were deliber-ately responsible for their misery.

-Virginia Cowles in the "SundayTimes," September 25.

Sun Behind the CloudsOnce more SOClAL CREDlT is going to

press willie the whole of Europe shrinksappalled beneath the lowering cloud ofwar. For nearly twenty years, SocialCrediters have drawn attention to thiscloud ever since e-arly Social Credit advo-cates pointed to it on the horizon, whileyet it was "no larger than a man's hand."That warning, echoed by an ever-increasing number of voices, wentunheeded, but at last, when the stormseems about to burst, all sec the danger.Can they be made to sec the cause of it?

This IS one of the tasks .for SocialCrediters now and in the days to come, tolose no opportunity of pointing out to allthe primary cause of war, the economicitruggle, which can be seen in operationin any village with two general stores.'TIlls task should be lightened by the factthat we alone, in the past twenty years,have pointed t6 war as the logical outcomeof this struggle on the international scale-the fight for export markets.

But our task does not end here, forhaving shown people this primary cause,we have then to show them how they canmake their will for its removal prevail.This can best be done by action. Talkof democracy is useless unless accom-panied by demonstrations that it works.How best such demonstrations can begiven is for each one of us, in the lightof our local knowledge, to decide; even-tually they must lead to a nation unitedfor the results the people composing itwant, if it is to be effective.

Keep Up with _he WorldNew de luxe diesel-engined trains of

stainless steel, with sleeping and dining-cars, run every day between Chicago andDenver, in the U.S.A. T-he distance is1,050 miles, and these trains cover it in16 hours, and after an eight-hour restthey start back to make the return journeyat the same over-all speed of 65~ mill:per hour. Each train covers about 375,000miles in a year and takes the place ofthree trains and five or six steam locomo-tives; it weighs 600 tons instead of over1,000 tons of a steam train and locomotivefor the same service.

• • •Class wool, baled ·so that it unrolls like

a carpet, is being used to cover delicateplants in cold weather. It is made ofglass fibres finer than human hair.. Itadmits air and light, but keeps out rodentand pests. Each summer it can be rolledup and stored away ready for the nextwinter.

• • •Hard, durable, and fast colours of maJfy

shades, some of them being corrosion-proof, can be applied to metals bychemical and electro-chemical processes.Aluminium, for example, can be madeany colour of the rainbow; zinc .can becoloured ebony, brown, blue, purple, and

yellow; and copper or brass can be tintedblack, brown, blue and green.

• • •High speed photography now enables

exposures of only one-hundred-thousandth01 a second to be made-a-that is, fourthousand times faster than a normal boxcamera. Moreover, the high-speed appara-tus can be arranged so that anything trorna few hundred to 6,000 exposures per secondcan be made accurately. Photographs of agolfer showed that his dub-head wastravelling at 113 m.p.h, just before hittingthe ball, and 83 m.p.h. JUSt after; the golfball he hit attained a top speed of 121m.p.h. and was rurning at 5,200 revolutiona minute as It flew through the air. .

• • •Oil-engined flying boats can now fly well

over 3,000 miles without having to stopfor fuel. Actually the record is held bythe German plane which on March 29and 30 of this year flew from Dartmouth(in Devon) to Caravcllas, in Brazil, aelistance of 5,100 miles in 41 hours 40minutes.

• • •Manufacturing and machining processes

can now be made so accurate that irregu-larities of only one-hundred-thousandthof an inch in the surface of ball-bearingsmay cause them to be rejected.

Maize for Export whlleNatives Eat Ants

The "Trade Report" of the StandardBank of South Mr;ca states that thisyear's maize crop is 18,156,000 bags. Owingto a fall in prices, the Government isincreasing the subsidy 011 maize exportsfrom 2S. 3d. to 3s. 3d. a bag; and the levyon maize sold in the Union from IS. toIS. 6d. a bag.

Here is yet another instance of homeconsumers being penalised to enable goodsto be sold at lower prices overseas. Twosimilar cases were reported last weekwheat from U.S.A. and butter fromCanada. This form of trade war, knownas "dumping," whereby the foreigner isold goods under cost, leads eventually togiving the foreigner goods for nothing-shells. bullets and bombs I

Incidentally, we also reported last weekthat 2,000 native children and theirparents are starving in Namaqualand inSouth Africa's League of Nations man-dated territory, South-West Africa. Thesepoor people are eating ants as food. mean-while, the Government responsible fortheir welfare subsidises the export of whatis normally their staple diet-maize.

"Sound" finance in operati~nl

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Crusade which, not professing infallibleleadership, offers service to all, while not~ondemnll1g or advocating organisationsor methods.

It was something very like that for whichthe original Secretariat was founded.Crusaders of all ways of thinking were tobe able to go to it as if it were a, clearinghouse of information, and they were toreceive service' in the form of a helpfulanswer. Tbe Company will exist to per-form such functions, as far as its =r-:porters enable it to implement them.Most particularly it should give everyweek a truly readable resume of all theSocial Credit news, and views from all overthe world to every crusader in it.

We invite every reader at once to con-sider seriously the above statement andthe policy outlined in it.

A prompt decision must be made, andwe hope for immediate indications of sup-port so that the concrete proposals wehave in mind may be announced withoutdelay.

BRIAN REEDG. F. POWELL

J. E. TUKEW. A. Wna.oxL. WYLDE

Members of Council, Social CreditSecretariat L~'mited

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IN CALIFORNIABoosting "Dam and Eggs~~Addled Plan

THE Pacific Coast State of California The ideas underlying the warrants archas a money reform plan. "A State attributable to the writings and the trust-

Retirement Life Payments Act: $30.00 a ing readers of Silvio Gesell. The warrantWeek for Life." Judging from the rate are "money" which depreciates at thethe electorate are joirung the groups and rate of ~104 per year for every $100 issued.clubs which sponsor OUS plan, it seems It is estimated that about $1,560,000,000.inevitable that it will become law through would be issued annually. The "cancel-the means of an Initiative Constitutional lation problem" is solved (sic) by affixingAmendment. This method is permissible stamps on the reverse side of the warrants,under California Law and efforts to declare payable two cents on each dollar everyit unconstitutional in the State Supreme Thursday. This will cost the two and aCourt have been set aside. There remains half million employed Californians aboutonly the possibility of the Supreme Court $6:!S per year each. Some tax! And thisof the United States ruling adversely, to will be strapped on to tired human backsstop this monetary mirage from' taking in addition to the current heavy taxeffect on January r, 1939: burden. Assuming that these warrants

News items of California's plan began will be accepted at par by merchantsto make' their appearance, here in the generally, and this is much to assume, theEast, about three weeks ago. They were, plan will cause a rise in prices soon afterat first, orthodox attacks aimed to dis- going into effect, It seems inevitable thatcredit the whole idea, but Jet us not be the final accounting will find the peoplefooled. News items now appeal' in volume more deeply than ever in financial servi-and their tone, while sniggering at the tude, not to other persons, but to our"California Crackpot Currency." agree financial masters and their institutions.that it should be tried out. The Amendment specifies that the

I h~ve had. the goo~ fortune. to see the stamps purchased for the redemption ofplan 111 all L(~ ~eclmlcal detail and am the warrants must be bought with Unitedimpressed ~at l~ is an at~empt at m?netary States money. When the Administratorr~fo.rm which Will not gl~e pcoP.lc .10 a~so- of the fund bas collected United Statecla~on t?e resul.ts of their association, i.e., money, he may. in hIS discretion, paytheir SOCialcredit. Indeed, when the news- that out too, as well as the warrants. Thipress c.hooses to crea~e ~e.result dem.anded may temporarily pad the sadly delinquentby their masters, ~aliIoIDIa can be brought incomes of those unfortunates who areto chaos. These .f-actors leave small doubt eligible for pension, but it shows that the~hat the plan Will be~ome law and th~t scheme is a cleverly disguised method ofIt has the secret sancuon of ~10se n~w ~n redistributing an already insufficientcon~ro~ .of most of. the SOCIal.credit ill income. Peter will be robbed to pay PaulCaliforOla-tl~e credit ,?onopollst. . 'until both are "broke."

The plan IS one of those seeminglyimple measures through which the "art" The law describes the purposes for which

of govemmcnr is made more efficient hom the State warrants shall be "good." It istile standpoint of those now in control. If a formidable list, but tile law says nothingits genesIs were not behind the closed about forcing banks to accept them indoors of our enemy, it certainly has been payment of debt. It would be extremelytailored to their wishes. It puts voters inthe position of experts, permiuing themto decide on a-means instead of an end,though, of course, . deluding them thatthey will receive a useful end-money.When this scheme is tried and fails, it willfulfil the enemy's purpose. It will teachthe voting public to keep their clumsyhands out of the money question.

Under the law, the State of Cali£orniawill issue warrants and give them to allunemployed persons (who also employ noother person), fifty years of age or older,thirty dollars on each and every Thursday.Tn the headlines this plan is called theThursday Plan. The mass appeal litera-ture is entitled "Ham -and Eggs." Theignificance of Thursday is not explained.

Should we not assume it may be MaundyThursday, wherein humility will be taughtto dabblers in technical quagmires?"Ham and Eggs," of course. makes strongappeal to the i:nany who are now withoutsuch luxuries.

naive to hope that bankers will acceplthem, Gresham's law concerning twokinds of money ' (the warrants are evenconsiderably larger in size than Federalmoney) will doubtless begin LO operateearly in the life of this monetary cretin,and warrants will describe the same courseas post-war German marks.

Watch California! The land whichboasts of much sunshine and little rainwill be drenched in tears of disappoint-ment. And worse than this, news item!now l'eport that the Thursday Plan ispreading to a half dozen other States, and

it is expected that some of these will voteOn this chimera next November.

The mildness of the attacks in theorthodox prcss are a certain indication ofthe eventual failure of the Thursday Plan.This pres~ is doing a definite job for itsowners. These owners are most anxiousto see to it that as many of the generalpublic as possible shall be taught not todabble with that high explosive-money.The teaching of this lesson is not goiu!to help social crediters anywhere in 'theworld.

Too bad, but perhaps we have to expectthis as one of the last desperate stands ofthe enemy. It does seem that in thenature of things: Social Credit, the mostpotcntial reform, cannot' come into beingIn a hurry. This Californian will-o-the-wisp makes me turn again wi th fullrespect to what seems to me the onlypossible political step. a "slow" dynamic:"Demand tbat the hole in the road befilled." Teach the individual that be issovereign and the State his servant. Itwill take time, but every person who learnsof his sovereignty and employs it, is equalto two credit monopolists-in association.

-New York Correspondent.

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DEMO~RA~Y DENIED"The Alberta Legislature was within its powers-a sovereign Legislature"

-Lord McMillan,London, July 6, 1938THE story below is one that should warm the heart and cheer the spirit of eve-ry

true' man that reads it, however isolated he may be, 01' wherever he is in theworld. If YOIl ever hear a man say, "Social Credic has been. tried in Alberta, andit has failed," give him this evidence and it will kill his illusion stone dead.

If you hear a man (because he has his eyes on Turhev, Russia, Germany, 01' Italy)rave against dictatorships elsewhere, whilst complacently preening himself that helives in a democracy, give him this article, and it will produce a shock that will dohim and the cause of freedom good.

Out in Alberta, history is being made, and this is a true record of a battle which,though local in its waging, is nevertheless being fought over an issue that is world-wide in its importance and effects. It is a great VIctory to have eXf,osed the ruth-less wolf of International !,i!wnce wearing the sheep'S clothing of (Democracy" inthe high seats of the Parliaments at Ottawa and London.

The people of Alberta and their representatives have lit a candle in the BritishEmpire which will now never be put out, and the light of uihicb will grow andgrow until the stealthy, vicious dictatorship of filUlnce-which now dominates ourParliaments and ruthlessly oppresses our people-is swept away as darkness flees thelight of day.

THREE years of fight to give the people Freedom and Security still raging.THREE years of Legislation to abolish Poverty and Distress ruled out by Courts

and the Ottawa Gdvemment.THREE years telling Ottawa that Financial Dictatorship will not be tolerated,

but Ottawa says the Banks must be protected.THREE years demanding the Will of the People is Supreme, but Ottawa says-

Our Will shall over-rule the Will of the People. Freedom to Rule vs. FinancialDictatorship.

ACTS speak louder than words. Read for yourself :;and Judge.

SOVEREIGNTY ACKNOWLEDGED--DEMOCRACY DENIED

During the past three years there hasbeen a most deliberate and unjustifiableattempt to block every measure designedto relieve the suffering and want whichexists throughout the Province of Alberta.Everything that could be done to deceivethe people has been done. Propagandahas been used over the air, on publicplatforms and in the newspapers, of akind which can only be described as aniniquity. and a disgrace to those respon-sible for it.

The People elected the Government toachieve a certain objective, but' everypossible obstacle has been placed in itspath; its legislation has been held up bythe Dominion Government or by refer-en<.e to the Courts. Every device hasbeen used to thwart the Will of the Peopleof Alberta.

Almost every country in the world is ina state of war or preparing for one.Solution of the Unemployment Problemand a Slate of so-called prosperity is beingbrought about by a programme of arma-ment building, but by no other Govern-ment in any country except Alberta; isthe real cause of sufIenng humanitybeillg fought.

THE AWAKING OF A PEOPLEWe, the People of Alberta, are at war

with International Finance. It is a war

that is worthwhile because the winning ofir means freedom and security for our-selves and our children for all time. Itis' a war in which human life need notand will not be sacrificed. We have sofar answered those who seek to discreditus with three years of honest, progres-sive Government and persistent effort. Wehave answered the destructive criticism ofold party politicians with the mellowedtones of sound reasoning; we haveanswered the mailed fist of moneydictatorship with the padded glove ofpeaceful fellowship; but war may havemany phases, and if our battle mustfinally be won by still more aggressivemethods, better we do it now, so ~that ourchildren may enjoy the heritage it will beour privilege to hand on, in peace andsecurity.

The fact is that the root cause of all ourills to-day, as it always has been, is lackof money leading to war, unemployment,poverty, with all their attendant evils ofmurder, suicides, desperation and mad-ness.

The logical spot then at which to applythe cure is at the cause of our trouble.

Even old party leaders are now tellingus they, too, believe we are rigbt in ourdemands. If they enter the fight withtheir hands clean, we welcome them.Social Credit is not a party., issue and wemust never permit it to become a footballfor political parties to play with. We are

prepared to welcome people of everypolitical creed into our ranks, but theymust take up the fight on our objectiveand according to our rules.

We, who believe implicitly in thephilosophy of this great movement andthe justice of om cause, believe tbat notonly our Province, but the Dominion andother countries of the world will graduallycome to realise that only by removing thecause of the poverty so widespread allover the Dominion of Canada, can weever hope to bring order out of the chaoswhich exists to-day.

It is, therefore, not surprising to findmen who have in the past been leadersin the world of orthodox financing, hav-ing realised that its downfall is imminent,taking their places in the ranks of thosewho have challenged its power, and aredetermined to sever for all time thestrangling effect its hold has on the verylife of most of the individuals formingthe population of every country in theworld.

ACfSCREDIT OF ALBERTA REGULATION

ACT

WHY PASSEDr. Because there was widespread

poverty and distress throughout Alberta.2. Because Alberta, one of the richest

provinces in the Dominion, could produceabundance for her people.

3. Because the only reason whyAlbertans were living in poverty was lackof purchasing power.

4. Because such purchasing powershould be made available to the people byusing their own credit. as would enablethem to obtain, at all times, what theywanted.

5· Because this could be done by ascientific balancing between money andgoods produced.

6. Because control of Credit being, inthe words of Ron. McKenzie King, "Apublic matter, not of interest to bankersalone, but of direct concern to everycitizen," credit policy should be vestedin an authority responsible to the repre-sentatives of the people.

7. Because banks, being manufacturersof credit and functioning as public utilityconcerns, supplying a service of primaryand viral importance to the lives of thecitizens of Alberta should be licensed andsubjected to supervision only in regard topolicy-i.e., the results they provide, andunless the people of Alberta can use theresources of their own Province as theydesire. and determine the results which

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hall accrue to them, they have no pro-perty and civil right in the full sense.(Banking administration being underFederal jurisdiction was in no manneraffected by the Act.)

WHAT HAPPENED?The Act was Disallowed by Federal

Government, August 17, 1937.

WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONEI. Would have secured the results

demanded by the People-a lower cost tolive and monthly dividends.

2. Would have provided markets forAlberta manufacturers and traders.

3. Would have led to tremendousindustrial development in manufacturingAlberta goods by processing Albertaproduce.

4 Would have resulted in rapidlyabsorbing every unemployed person intouseful employment and relieved the agedand infirm of the necessity of working fora living.

5. Would have led to increased busi-ness activity in which industrialists,wholesalers, retailers and banks would allhave benefited.

6. Would have enabled taxation to bereduced drastically.

7. Would have made it possible to dealwith the debt problems.

BANK TAXATION ACTWHY PASSED

r. Because under the present system, .the Government has one source ofrevenue only-Taxation.

2. Because the People of Alberta arealready taxed beyond their ability to pay.

3.. Because the banks are the only con-cerns who can pay taxes without it cost-Ing them anything.

4. Because banks are the only institu-tions claiming the legal right to monetisethe credit of The People to such an extentthat they create and issue monetarycredits many times in excess of the legaltender money they hold.

5. Because banks can thereby createmoney out of nothing.

6. Because the present method of taxa-tion of individuals is confiscatory, andunnecessary.

WHAT HAPPENED?Assent withheld by Lieutenant-

Governor.Declared unconstitutional by Supreme

Court of Canada.Appeal by Province from Supreme

Court decision to Privy Council dismissed.

WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONEI. Would place over Two Million

Dollars new money in circulation.2. Would have permitted an equal

amount, otherwise paid in taxes, to remainin the ordinary channels of industry, thusaiding employment and acting as atremendous impetus to business generally,or

3. Would have enabled the Govern-ment to embark on a six-million dollarhighway and market roads programmeunder the three way Dominion-Provincial-Municipal plan, or,

4. Would have provided a hospital andmedical service in districts where thoseare not available, or,

5. Would have set up a fund for CropInsurance, or,

6. Would have given decreased SchoolTaxes.

7. Would have provided increased pur-chasing power for the People of Alberta.

8. Would have helped to reduce thefinancial indebtedness of the People ofAlberta.REDUCTION AND SE~MENT OF

DEBT ACTWHY PASSED

r. Because under the present financialsystem debt cannot be paid without creat- .ing new and larger debts. The People ofAlberta possess only about 20C for every$ [.00 of debt-this they owe to the banksand they can get no money except as adebt to the bankers.

2. Because private debts, largely due toaccumulated interest, had increased tosuch an extent that they were OUt of allproportion to value received.

3. Because many outstanding debtshad been incurred during the war andimmediate post-war years when valueswere high.

4. Because the original debt hadalready, in many cases, been paid ininterest charges while principal remainedunchanged or showed little reduction.

5. Because people could no longer con-tinue to pay interest of 8 per cent. to 10per cent.

6. Because financial corporations refusedto co-operate in any comprehensive debtreduction or to accept reduced interestcharges.

7· Because they refused to recognisethat the inability of people to meet theirobligations, was due to lack of adequatereturns on what they produced.

8. Because no people or country canprosper and progress so long as theylabour under a burden of debt and con-tinue to be harassed by those who dealin money as ,a commodity.

\\-'HAT HAPPENED?The Act was declared ultra vires of the

Province by the Courts.WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONEr. Would have established a basis of

settlement for all outstanding debts.2. Would have reduced all debt

incurred previous to July, 1932, by apply-ing all interest paid from that date to thepassing of the Act on reduction of prin-cipal. '

3· Would have settled definitely thequestion involved in debts which hadbecome uncollectable.

4· Would have led to a restoration ofconfidence and encouraged those who,through no fault of their own, were living

in poverty and struggling against oddswhich they could not possibly overcome.

ACT TO ENSURE PUBLICATION OFACCURATE NEWS AND

INFORMATIONWHY PASSED

r. Because the control of news and thecontrol of credit are both exercised by thefinancial interests.

2. Because "The freedom of the press"has become license to distort news, mis-represent facts and withhold essentialinformation from the public.

3. Because this anti-social aspect of thepress, under inspired direction, is beingused to thwart the people of Alberta intheir struggle against finance.

WHAT HAPPENED?Assent withheld by Lieutenant-

Governor.The Act was declared unconstitutional

by Supreme Court of Canada.In the appeal of the Province of Alberta

from decision of Supreme Court ofCanada, the Privy Council refused to hearAlberta's argument by their counsel.

WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONEJ. Would have ensured that all news-

papers in Alberta would publish all thefacts in their news reports of Gover-mental matters so far as this was possible,and if, from any cause, false statementsappeared, equal space would be given forauthoritative correction.

2. Would have ensured that the sameinformation which every publisherdemands from correspondents to hiscolumns, i.e., the Dames of contributors ofarticles, would be available to The Peoplewhen demanded by their representatives.

Note:-Tbis briefly, is all the Press Actmeant. It was widely misrepresented bythe press as a "muzzling Act." Actuallyit was the reverse. It did not prohibit thepress from publishing anything it wanted.It merely provided that the public be toldall (he (acts, not merely what a particularnewspaper thought fit.

HOME OWNERS SECURITY ACTWHY PASSED

[. Because under stress of world con-ditions and a falsified financial system:over- which individuals had no control,many were forced to mortgage theirhomes.

2. Because conditions had changedsince these loans were received so thatcommodity and labour prices bore littlerelation to the continued high price ofmoney.

3· Because there was ~ave danger ofmany Alberta Citizens 10SlOgtheir homes.

4· Because in most cases, these homesrepresented the total life's savings of manypeople.

5· Because it is just as much the dutyof any Government to protect the homesof individual members of Society againstthe confiscatory practices of unscrupulousmoney-lenders as it is to defend its people

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against the invasion of a foreign aggressor.6. Because there can be no Sanctity of

Contract which docs DOt' recognise thathuman life has, at least, as much value asconsiderations of '~money."

WHAT HAPPENED?The Act was disallowed by Mackenzie-

King Government, June 15, 1938.WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONEI. Would have prohibited foreclosures

or sale under mortgage procceelings ofany farm home.

'2. Would have prohibited foreclosureor sale under mortgage proceedings of anyhome in a town, city or village, unless theplaintiff first deposited $2,000 with theCOlU't which would be paid to the ownerif dispossessed to enabled him to purchaseanother home.

3· Would have induced debtor andcreditor alike to seek equitable basis ofsettlement through the medium of theDebt Adjustment Board.

4. Would have enabled home-ownersto enter into new contracts commensurate

. with their present ability to pay.

SECURITIES TAX ACT, 1938WHY PASSED

I. Because the Government requiredadditional' revenue for one yeru' to replacethe loss of revenue from the Bank Taxa-tion Act before the Privy Council.

2. Because the additional revenue wasessential to provide the people with thebenefits they needed.

3· Because it was equitable that mort-gage companies and similar institutionsshould make good some of the taxationthey have escaped for years.

4. Because the Government is pledgedto the people .to remove the burden oftaxation [rom individ uals and, until wegain control of om credit resources, thiscan be done only by transferring it toinstitutions which are better able to bearit.

WHAT HAPPENED?The Act was disallowed by Mackenzie-

King Government, June 15, 1938.

WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONEI. Would have realised $1,500,000 -

ufficient revenue to balance the ProvincialBudget.

2. Would have helped the Governmentconsidcrably to give tax relief, to provideadditional relief projects, increase SchoolGrants, and undertake many otherbenefits planned for the people.

CREDIT OF ALBERTA REGULATIONACT (1937) AMENDMENT

WHY PASSEDI. Because Credit of Alberta Regula-

tion Act hat! been disallowed by theDominion Government .

WHAT HAPPENED?Assent withheld by Lieutenant-

Governor.The Act was declared unconstitutional

by Supreme Court of Canada.In the appeal of the Province of Alberta

from decision of Supreme Court 'ofCanada, the Privy Council refused to hearAlberta's argument by their counsel.

WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONEI. Would have brought all the benefit

of the Credit of Alberra Regulation Actwhich it supplanted.

TALK ON SO~IAL ~REDITA talk on Social Credit, under the tide

of "Sufficiency, Securi ty and Freedom,"was given by l'.1r. J. E. Tuke (London) ata meeting of the Woking Rotary dub,held at the Albion Hotel, Woking, onMonday evening.

Mr. Tuke described the situation in theworld to-day, both nationally and inter-nationally, as appalling. What was pro-posed to be done about it? he asked. Wecould not think that the problems werebeyond the wit of man to solve. He sug-gested the word "enough" as a substitutefor "sufficiency."Mr. Tuke added that he thought the hap-

piest man in the world today was the onewho had a secured income of somethingbetween £500 and £750 a year. Thethings of life which were really required

.were material, cultural and spiritual. Headded that the world had become a landof plenty in which one did not know whatto do. We were restricted, wasted anddestroyed because we were governed by

abstraction. The money system was theterrible abstraction under which the worldwas suffering. He declared that the truepurpose o[ industry was to secure for thecommunity the fullest supply of theirrequirements with as' little effort as pos-ible. With the money power controlling

and enslaving the whole world, was it sur-prising that the national and internationalclass struggle had become so acute? askedMr. Tuke. It was not lack of rawmaterials which might lead to an outbreakof war, it was the struggle for foreignmarkets.

On the question of administration andpolicy, Mr. Tuke said Members of Parlia-ment should reprcsent the electors not asdelegates, but as representatives indemanding three things - sufficiency,security and freedom. The purpose oflife; in his view, was to build up a societyof nations in which an appreciation of theability to create truth, beauty and good-ness could grow out of the three dungs hehad mentioned.-Woking News and Mail.

HOPPING BYMACHINE

FOR many years "hopping" has been theonly means by which maqy Londoners

have secured a country holiday. A newsitem in the press last week points to theprobability that ere long manual labourIn the hop fields will be displaced by theall-conquering machine. A farmer at

ranbrook, Kent, was requested by therural council to improve his accommoda-tion [or hop-pickers; he replied that inthe future his hops would probably bepicked by machinery.

Hops, which &"ivelie bitter tang to beer,~reate, in the PJcki~g,. a thirst for it, andill return for the picking the S1'ower pro-

.vidcs purchasing power-money-to buyit. In other words, the work of produc-tion enables consumption of a part ofwhat is produced to take place. Maybewhat is consumed is beer brewed from lastyear's hops, but no matter, by picking hopspeople create a demand for beer andsecure the means of satisfying it.

With the introduction of the' bop-picking machine the pickers will be "doneout of a job," and loss of the job willmean loss of the wages previously paidfor it. Perhaps their thirst will be smallerin consequence, in any case their abilityto satisfy the thirst will be reduced. Themachine will have reduced the market forbeer, for it has no need of that beverage.

In most industries the work of produc-tion does not create a direct demand forthe final product as in hop production,but in all industries demand depends onthe wages distributed with which thegoods produced are bought, The rna,pinedraws no wages and consumes no finalproducts, i.e., goods for consumption, theonly purpose of industry. If industry"ere completely mechanised there wouldbe no market, for there would be no wagesissued to buy the goods produced.

The fact that machines draw no wagesand consume no final products, is one ofthe chief causes of poverty in plenty. Itis also at the back of the fight for exportmarkets-the main cause of war-in whichto sell goods that cannot be sold at homebecause the machines deprive us of wages.

It is silly to talk of scrapping themachines; let us rather demand the wagesof the machines-National Dividends.

They'd Give'the Shirtoff Your Baek

"Lately another problem has becomeacute. Britons have talked of satisfyingGermany's hunger for colonies by assign-ing Angola to the Nazis. 'The British:as one British paper proclaimed. 'are pre-pared to endure almost unlimited sacrificesof Portuguese territory in their anxiety tosecure a more equitable and peaceful shareof the' world's goods.' "-From the ForeignNews Dep~rtment Of "Time," U.S.A.

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Faets, Figures and SayingsMost of the troubles of the human race

eem to have their origin in money."Everything would be all right if I hada bit more money," we tell ourselves.-Winiired Lewis, in "Britannia and Eve."

• • •According to the 1930 census, 66Y. per

cent. of the population of Czechoslovakiawere Czechs, 2'2Y. per cent. German,s percent. Hungarian, 4 per cent. Russian, andtwo-thirds of one 'per cent. were Poles. The'total population IS about 15X millions.

• • •Life without action is synonymous with

death.-Pope Pius Xl.

• • •Public debt in Canada amounts to $-638

per head, of which the Federal debtaccounts for S389.

• • •How is the gold become dim! how is

the most fine gold changeth.-Lamenta-tums 4: 1.

• • •The fina~cial experts of the League of

Nations take a ~Ioo'my view of the worldsituation in their report to the financialornmirtce. ..Iheir opinion is that another

serious crisis (economic) is imminent.Unemployment, they say, is increasing inmost counu·ies.

• • •10 1903 Dr. Rutherford Harris, the well-

known South African financier, was con-testing Dulwich at a bye-election in theConservative interest. Being used to thefranker methods of young and vigorousommunities, he announced publicly that

he had sent /.10,000 to the Conservative

Party funds. - "The Party System," byBelloc and Chesterton.

• • •More income taxes were paid in the

U.S.A. in 1936 than in any year since 1919.• • •

Japanese farmers with an average hold-ing or 2Y. acres and an average income ofonly ['20 a year per family, have an aver-age indebtedness of [47.

• • •Literally every development of electric

power [in North America], save only theOntario hydro plant, is allied to, if notconrrolled by, a single American group.-President Roosevelt.

• • •We may be able to do still more during

the next two years than in the first threeyears of office.-Premicl' Aberhart.

• • •,By far the largest cotton crop in the

history /of the country was harvested byU.S.A. growers during the year coilingJuly 31 last.

• • •Plads for the subsidised export of 100

million bushels of wheat have been com-pleted by the U.S.A. Department of Agri-culture. It has been estimated that nearlyone-third of American farnilies have notmough to eat judged by modernstandards.

• • •Forty-three of the [Canadian] senators

hold 199 directorships or offices in 151om);lanies whose known assets, without

duplication, add up to $8,500,000,000.This figw'e represents over 50 per cent. of

anadian industry and finance, includingall railroads.-Forltme.

WHOSE IS THE OVERDRAFT?By Michael Flurseheim.

The whole arrangements of the bankingsystem remind me very much of a story Ionce heard in America.

The Mississippi had overflowed itbanks. Hundreds of fine logs wererapidly drifting past a crowd of negroeswho had gathered on the shore. Theylooked shiftlessly at the timber, when awhite man, a stranger in those parts,addressed them.

"Boys," he said, "I'll give every one ofyou one-half of the logs as salvage thatbe lands." .

With a will the men went into thewater, and soon quite a number of valu-able logs were piled on the shore. Theytook half of them for their labour, andthe stranger took possession of his shareand sold it to a neighbouring sawmill.

• In hir book, The Clue to the EconomicLabyrinth, published over 30 years ago.

"Fools, those negroes," the reader willsay. "Nothing prevented them fromsecuring the timber for themselves.without giving a share to the ~tranger,who had not moved a finger, and whohad not the least claim on the timber."

Certainly, but, my dear friend, are younot acting in the same manner wheneveryou pay a bank for the right of an over-draft? The bank, in this case, only allowsfOU to make use of your neighbour'Slabour or Its products, whom you finallyrepay by the products of your own labour.The bank only does the service of adearing-house for you. It provides thetokens required for this mutual exchange,and for this service the banks of NewZealand, after paying all expenses. pocketat least [400,000 a year. It is this priceyou pay for the permission to secure thelogs.

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"THE BANKER~~By DAVID JACKSON

(With apologies to Omar Khayyam)"AU money is intrinsically worthless.""A bank is essentially a manufactory of

credit."A spot of ink, some paper and a pen,

A desk, an office, and then-wow!Invention's fruits are thus forestalled,

Potential plenty is restricted now I

And that .inverted system-sound financeWhile underneath, crawling, cooped, we

live or die,Lift not thy hands to it [or help

For it rolls complacently o·ver thou and I.

The world' of hope men set their heartsupon

Turns ashes, cannot prosper, and anonWe sow wheat, coffee, maize, cotton,

nsaleablc: is' destroyed, and gone.

Come, toil to fill industry's cup,Which overflowing, we dare not sup

Through lack of cash, the bankers' gam",Poverty perpemared--everlasting shame.

Ah l banker, could thou and I with senseconspue

To grasp this sorry scheme of thingsentire,

Make cash the tool, not master, then-Remould our lives to our heart's desire.

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the latest time for accepting copyfor this column is 12 noon Mondayfor Friday's issue.

Advertisers are requested to writefor space rates, to AdvertisingManager, Social Credit SecretariatLimited, 163A, Strand, W.C.2..

SOCIAL Credit Party ' (The Green Shilts).HARGRA VE will speak on "'The Powers' andthe Glory," dealing with the European andInternational Conflict, and the impact of SocialCredit on the Left-Right Deadlock. MemorialHall, Farringdon Street, London, E.C.4, October5, at 8 p.m. Doors open 7.30. Admission free.Collection will be taken.

BIRMINGHAM and District. Social Crediterswill find friends over tea and light refreshmentsat Princes Cafe, Temple Street, on Friday even-ings, from 6 p.m. in the King's Room.

BLACKBURN Social Credit Study Group mee ..each Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Y.M.C.A.,Limbrick. All welcome. Enquiries to Hon.Sec., +7, Whalley New Road, Blackburn.

BRADFORD United Democrats. All enqtnn.elwelcome; also helpers wanted. Apply, R. J.Northin, 7, Centre Street, Bradford.

CARDIFF Social Credit Association. Hon. see.,R. W. Hannagen, The Grove, Groveland Road,Birchgrove, Cardiff.

CARDIFF Lower Rates Demand Association.-Meeting at Bromsgrove Road School, Grange-town, on Wednesday, October 5, at 7.30 p.m.Meeting at Maindy School on Thursday, October6, at 7.30 p.m. Meeting at Malborough RoadSchool, on 'Friday, October 7, at 7.30 p.m.DERBY S.C. Association. Meetings are heldformightly (Tuesdays) at the "Unity Hall," Room14> at 7.45 p.m. Next Meeting, October 4.''United Social Club" cater for refreshments toall bona fide members of S.C. Association.

LIVERPOOL Social Credit Association. Fort-nightly meetings have been suspended untilSeptember 23. Further enquiries to Miss D. M.Roberts, "Oreengates," Hillside Drive, Woolton.

LYTHAM ST. ANNE'S. All Social Creditersholidaying in this district can get SoCIAL CREDITweekly from the following: Lambert'S, TheCrescent Post Office, The Brid$e, St. Anne's; orW. H. Smith 11£ Son, The Station, St. Anne's.

POOLE and PARKSTONE Group. EveryFriday, 7 p.m., The Studio, Hermitage Road,Parkstone. Inquirers welcome. SoCIAL CREnITon Sale at W. H. Smith 11£ Son. The Square,Bournemouth; Walker 11£ Witterat, Post Office,Parade, Parkstone; and C. T. Snook 11£ Son, Poole.

We Will Abolish PovertyELECTOR'S DEMANDAND UNDERTAKING

x 1 know that there are gooda In plenty andtherefore that poverty is quite UDD.celiery

2 I want' before anythin, elM povertyabolished

3 I demand too that monetary or other effec-tive claiml to aueb products al we nowdestroy or restrict Ihall be dUtributed tome and every Briton 10 that we can enjoyall w. want of them

1These distributions must not depriveowners of their property nor decrease itsrelative value nor increase we. or price.

5 In a democracy like Great Britain Parlia-ment exist. to make the will of the peopleprevail

PORTSMOUTH D.S.C. Group. Weekly meetingsevery Thursday at 8 p.m., 16, Ursula Grove, ElmGrove, Southsea.

SOUTHAMPTON Group. Please note thatthe Headquarters have been removed to8, CRANBURY PLACE, SOUTHAMPTON.Tuesda y meetings are postponed temporarily.Members please call to see the new and moreadvantageously-situated premises.

TYNESIDE Social Credit Society invite co-operation to establish a local centre for SocialCredit action in all its aspects. Apply, W. L.Page, 7+-6, High Wdt Street, Gateshead.

W ALLASEY Social Credit Allociation.Enquiries welcomed by Hon. Sec., 2, ErdpreuRoad, Wallasey.

WOL VERHAMPTON D.s.C. Group. Fortnightlymeetings in the Ante-Room, Central Library.Ncxt meeting, Tuesday, September 27, at 8 p.m.

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