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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 9, 1913

An Instructive Column

OURS has been called the richest nation in the world. It is not the possession of vast wealth but the use we make of it that is of the highest importance. Wealth is a trust, and the larger our means the greater our responsibilities. How some of our national wealth is spent may be gathered from these figures, which are compiled from recent statistics:—

Foreign missions........... $ 12,000,000 Chewing-gum............... 13,000,000 Patent medicines.......... 80,000,000 Millinery.................. 90,000,000 Tea and coffee............ 100,000,000 Confectionery............. 200,000,000 Jewelry and ornaments..... 800,000,000 Intoxicating liquors...... 2,500,000,000

These are mainly outside of ordinary expenditures in home or business, which, of course, cannot even be approximated. There are countless forms of pleasure, too, — some innocent and others the reverse, — which cannot be computed in figures.

— Christian Herald.