Socialism, Temperance, and Other Notes
By Editor
SOCIALISTS to a man ought to be prohibitionists, and very many of them are. The theory of Marx is that the value of a manufactured commodity is determined by the quantity of average social labor required for its production. Weighed in these scales, the alcoholic business stands so low, both in materials used and in labor employed, that it ought to be prohibited forever. Yet these things are small compared with its other manifest and multitudinous evils. ELDER M. C. WILCOX left this office on the evening of September 12 to take up his work as Bible teacher in our College of Medical Evangelists at Loma Linda, California. According to present plans, he will be there during this school year, after which he will return to the office. Letters to him should be addressed, until further notice, to Loma Linda, California. THERE are many men whose names have come down to us not because of any great or good things they did, but because of their relations with some one who was great. Had it not been for Jesus our Lord and Peter His apostle, we should never have heard of Judas Iscariot or Simon the sorcerer. W. CALIFORNIA has been doing extensive experimenting in the culture of rice. The value of the crop this year is estimated at two million dollars.