Graduation of Nurses at the Graysville (Tenn.) Sanitarium
By L. A. HANSEN
WHAT was to our sanitarium an important event, passed off very agreeably June 22, 23. After an existence of about seven years, there was graduated the first class of nurses from this sanitarium. A special interest was felt in this occasion, as the class was made up of seven persons who gave promise of usefulness, and some of whom have spent more than the usual time and effort to complete their course.
On the Sabbath preceding, we were favored with the baccalaureate sermon by Elder Westworth, president of the Southeastern Union Conference. This was the first Sabbath sermon delivered by our new president to our church, and while it was not of a character that could be designated as applying to a particular phase of our work, it was especially suited to a class of workers who need practical help in meeting added responsibilities. The deep spiritual truths presented met with heartfelt response on the part of each one of the class.
On the night of June 22, a program was given by the class at the sanitarium, to which a general invitation had been extended. The audience was seated on the lawn facing one of the verandas which had been arranged to represent a nurses' exchange. The program opened with all the members of the class at home once more, discussing some of the privileges they had enjoyed, and then with the suggestion that they spend a little time with music and other appropriate selections. The suggestion was followed, but they were very soon interrupted by emergency calls by telephone and otherwise, giving opportunity to demonstrate in a practical way some of the things that they had learned in their training. Wounds and dislocations were properly dressed and bandaged, a drowned boy was resuscitated, and various other phases of the nurses' work were presented. When the day's rush was over, and the nurses were again together, the closing of the program was given with music, an address, etc. One item worthy of special mention was a class history given by Miss Mabel Wood, combining in a very interesting manner little personal incidents and descriptions of the subjects of the sketch, with the providential leadings that brought them finally into God's work. The program was arranged and carried out in a manner that made us feel pleased with this class, especially considering that they had only two days in which to prepare for the occasion.
THE FIRST NURSES' GRADUATING CLASS AT THE GRAYS-VILLE (TENN.) SANITARIUM
On Tuesday night the final exercises were held at the church, the program beginning with a sacred march, to which the entire sanitarium family entered the church and took their places, the graduating class seating itself on the rostrum. A congregational hymn, Scripture reading, and prayer followed. A vocal duet was then rendered by Brethren Westworth and R. L. Williams. Then came a few remarks on the medical missionary work in the South, after which was given a vocal quartet, the words and music of which were especially composed for the occasion, and dedicated to the class, using the class motto, “Loving Service.” It was sung by four members of the faculty, and was a pleasant surprise to the class.
The address of the evening was given by the superintendent, Dr. A. J. Hetherington, and was full of wholesome and practical instruction, many illustrations being given of what might be accomplished by earnest effort and perseverance. A rendering of Mendelssohn's Consolation was then given. The diplomas were then presented, and the benediction was pronounced. An effort was made to have all these exercises simple yet practical, and it was felt that this was accomplished.
The class consisted of two young men and five young ladies. Carl N. Hewitt left soon after the graduating exercises to connect with the Atlanta Sanitarium, where he is giving valuable service. George J. Lovell plans to take up active work in the Southern field. Miss Vinnie Goodner spends a month's vacation with friends at Birmingham, and then will take up duties in connection with the sanitarium. Miss Helen V. Price was called at once back to Chattanooga, where she is doing full duty in nursing and treatment-room work in connection with Dr. Hayward. Miss Mabel Wood is spending a few days at home, preparatory to her permanent work. Misses Amy Lea and Elizabeth Jones remain with the sanitarium for the present.
Another class now becomes “second year,” and new ones take their places. Pray that this important work of training valuable workers may be properly done. L. A. HANSEN.
Ecuador
By THOS. H. DAVIS.
QUITO.—On arriving in Ecuador in 1904, we expected to go right up to Quito, the capital, but it seemed that the Lord would have it otherwise, so we were detained. June 25 was the inauguration of the arrival of the train at the capital, and the writer had the pleasure of going on the first special train carrying delegates from the different provinces to attend the festival.
Since the liberal party gained control in 1895, Alfaro has been doing his best to get the railway to Quito, and after years of opposition from the clerical18party, he at last has seen his object accomplished. The festival took place on the president’s birthday, and a great crowd was there to celebrate the occasion.
Quito is a very beautiful city of from sixty to eighty thousand inhabitants. Its water-supply is taken from a waterfall right up in the snow belt. Being on the mountainside, the city is easily drained. From the hills overlooking the city one obtains a beautiful view of the buildings, the many large churches and convents being the most prominent.
The Lord gave me success selling Señales, on the way up, in the crowded cars. At the present time the capital has no evangelical workers, and it is certainly a proper time for some one to work there selling our literature.
The distance from Guayaquil to Quito is 289 miles, and is covered in two days. The train stops over the first night in Riobamba, and arrives at Quito the second evening. THOS. H. DAVIS.
God's Blessing Brings Success
By JAS. COCHRAN
THAT the guiding hand of God is manifest in the distribution of our literature is very marked when we compare the circulation of our books with worldly publications. In the April number of Munsey's Magazine is an article entitled, “What Has Happened to the American Book Publisher?” From this article I quote the following: “From 1895 to 1900 the American publisher reaped a golden harvest. Before that time a book was considered highly successful if twenty-five thousand copies of it were sold. A sale of fifty thousand copies was astonishing; while only at rare intervals did a book of any sort reach a sale of one hundred thousand copies. But after 1895 there was a notable expansion in book sales. ‘David Harum’ represents the high-water mark. It had a circulation of six hundred thousand copies. How stands the case to-day?—These hopes have not been realized. On the contrary, there has been not merely a decline in the business but an actual ‘slump.’ Very few books to-day attain a sale of fifty thousand copies. The enormous figures of ten years ago seem now like a strange dream to the publishers—unreal, or at the most, only a fascinating and tantalizing reminiscence; and of the books that sell it is only the novels and romances that are conspicuous.”
While the worldly publishers have witnessed a great decline in their book business, the past few years, we have had a wonderful increase in the circulation of books containing the third angel's message. The following figures show the enormous circulation of some of our large books: “Bible Readings,” 1,250,000; “Great Controversy,” 400,000; “Daniel and the Revelation,” 220,000; “Patriarchs and Prophets,” 200,000; “Coming King,” 370,000; “Marvel of Nations,” 90,000; “Heralds of the Morning,” 150,000; “Prophecies of Jesus,” 50,000; “Desire of Ages,” 15,000; health books, 140,000. What is the meaning of this mighty work?—There can be but one meaning. A message is due to the world, and consecrated men and women are giving it. Only a cause that is divine could be so marvelously blessed. JAS. COCHRAN.
Atlantic Union Conference
By I. H. Evans
Received on the $150,000 Fund up to July 21, 1908
***Atlantic Union Conference***
Central New England ..... $ 2,791.02
Greater New York ........ 1,682.41
Maine ...................... 865.39
New York ................ 2,346.50
Southern New England ..... 1,210.50
Vermont .................. 1,406.74
Western New York ........ 2,085.61
Total ...................... 12,388.17
Chesapeake ................. 804.01
Eastern Pennsylvania .... 2,560.51
New Jersey ............... 1,246.98
Ohio .................... 6,402.43
Virginia ................. 1,034.77
West Pennsylvania ........ 1,989.49
West Virginia ............ 558.86
Total ...................... 14,597.55
***District of Columbia***
Washington churches ...... 1,401.54
Lake Union Conference
East Michigan .............. 3,185.48
Indiana .................. 5,249.02
North Michigan ............. 1,780.22
Northern Illinois ........ 2,971.56
Southern Illinois ........ 1,642.50
West Michigan ............ 8,774.70
Wisconsin .................. 6,276.23
Total ...................... 29,879.71
North Pacific Union Conference
Montana .................... 1,085.37
Upper Columbia ........... 3,036.43
Western Washington ....... 3,370.03
Idaho ...................... 1,045.20
Western Oregon ............. 3,037.36
Hawaii ..................... 21.05
Alaska ..................... 20.00
Total ...................... 11,615.44
***Southern Union Conference***
South Carolina ........... 315.84
Alabama .................... 623.14
Tennessee River .......... 1,406.31
Florida .................. 976.48
North Carolina ........... 954.75
Cumberland ............... 1,360.99
Louisiana ................ 572.54
Mississippi ................ 413.33
Georgia .................. 474.97
Conference not specified .... 97.41
Total ...................... 7,195.76
***Northern Union Conference***
Iowa ..................... 9,661.86
Minnesota ................ 5,811.64
South Dakota ............. 2,672.47
North Dakota ............. 2,181.63
Conference not specified .... 73.82
Total ...................... 20,401.42
***Pacific Union Conference***
Southern California ...... 4,925.38
Arizona .................. 466.79
California-Nevada ........ 10,258.53
Utah ..................... 440.58
Total ...................... 16,091.28
Southwestern Union Conference
Arkansas ................. 938.93
Oklahoma ................... 4,498.68
Texas ...................... 2,617.14
Conference not specified .... 22.82
New Mexico ................. 2.00
Total ...................... 7,779.57
Western Canadian Union Conference
Alberta .................. 1,211.35
British Columbia ........... 303.60
Manitoba ................... 350.76
Saskatchewan Mission Field . 63.10
Total ...................... 1,928.81
Unknown
Unknown .................... 161.70
Foreign
Algeria .................. 13.33
Australia .................. 188.48
Bermuda .................... 36.00
China ...................... 165.60
South Africa ............... 439.02
Jamaica .................... 73.86
Yukon Territory ............ 20.00
England .................... 283.99
West Africa .............. 50.00
Mexico ..................... 65.97
India ...................... 418.25
South America .............. 82.81
Switzerland ................ 9.69
Central American Mission ... 26.00
Trinidad ................... 28.69
Norway ..................... 25.00
Japan ...................... 17.50
Haiti ...................... 5.00
Egypt .................... 51.55
Palestine .................. 2.00
Tobago, W. I. .............. 1.22
Cuba ....................... 8.00
Hungary .................... 3.00
Tahiti ..................... 14.88
France ..................... 6.80
Philippine Islands ......... 1.00
Samoa ...................... 8.00
Barbados ................... 5.00
Portugal ................... 6.00
Straits Settlements ........ 10.08
Pitcairn Island ............ 20.00
New Zealand ................ 1.52
Fiji ....................... 4.87
St. Kitts ................... 7.51
Ireland .................... 25.56
Russia ..................... 5.00
Denmark .................... 14.59
Santo Domingo .............. 2.50
West Caribbean ............. 96.35
Total ...................... 2,244.62
Grand Total ................ $144,936.92
I. H. EVANS, Treasurer.
Field Notes and Gleanings
Four persons were baptized by Elder Fred Johnson, on July 5, at Feeley, Minn.
Ten persons were recently baptized at Coleman, Mich., by Elder E. R. Lauda.
Five persons were baptized recently at Albion, Mich., and united with the church there.
On Sunday, July 5, seven willing souls were buried with Christ in baptism at Wilson, Mich.
Elders B. L. Howe and C. M. Gardner report the baptism of thirty-two candidates recently at Grangeville, Cal.
The South African Missionary for June reports that on Sabbath, May 23, Brother Walston baptized ten boys and girls.
Three new members have recently been added to the church at Burdett, Kan., two of whom at the time of joining were buried with their Lord in baptism.
A report from Hawarden, Iowa, states that seven persons are fully determined to obey the truth in that place, and that a number are still halting between two opinions.
Elder J. K. Humphrey reports the baptism of four persons on July 4, at Brooklyn, N. Y. Five united with the church (colored) on this day, one being a sister who was baptized three months before.
Brother Irvin Blue, in a letter to The Educational Messenger, says: “Elder C. H. Miller and I have just concluded a short series of meetings near Platte Center, Neb. We had the privilege of seeing four precious souls buried with Christ in baptism at that place.”
At the quarterly meeting service, July 4, at Newellton, La., eight persons went forward for baptism. Brother Wright L. Battle, in his report, says: “We expect that by the time of the next quarterly meeting, eight or ten more will be ready for baptism. Since last October we have received and baptized twenty-seven new members.”
Elder W. H. Thurston, president of the Canadian Union Conference, writes: “Brother Emile Fawer, the French laborer recommended at the Washington Council for the Canadian field, has arrived in Montreal from Hayti, and entered upon his work. This will supply a long-felt need of a French laborer in the Province of Quebec.”
Canvassers’ Summary for June, 1908
Atlantic Union Conference
AGENTS HOURS ORDERS VALUE
Central New England ............ 12 1181 249 $1215.55
New York ....................... 15 1089 286 1000.25
Southern New England .......... 10 531 109 320.85
Maine ......................... 11 829 215 759.40
Western New York .............. 17 927 381 1017.50
Greater New York .............. 11 317 103 279.75
Vermont ....................... 11 837 246 624.05
Totals ......................... 87 5711 1589 5217.35
Columbia Union Conference
New Jersey ..................... 22 1919 693 2078.60
Chesapeake ..................... 18 1757 868 2005.60
Ohio ........................... 19 1533 842 1240.50
Virginia ....................... 18 1134 519 859.50
Eastern Pennsylvania ........... 13 384 208 398.20
West Virginia ................. 11 636 80 243.50
West Pennsylvania .............. 5 242 94 182.65
Totals ......................... 106 7605 3304 7008.85
Total North American Union Conferences ........................ $64,890.00
Foreign Union Conferences
British Union Conference ........ 66 6383 2354 3642.76
Finland Mission ................ .. 1703 753 1109.83
Latin Union Mission Field ...... 16 1488 1511 540.95
German Union Conference ........ 253 .... .... 6202.55
Australasian Union Conference .. 56 3969 1417 5543.36
South African Union ............ 11 1456 .... 831.50
Mexican Mission .................. 4 .... .... 117.72
Total Foreign Union Conferences and Mission Fields ........ 17,988.67
Grand Total ................................................ $82,878.67
Comparative Summary
The following figures are the grand totals of the canvassers’ summaries for the first seven months of 1906 and 1907 and the first six months of 1908:—
1906 1907 1908
January ................. $21,000.00 $26,325.50 $25,929.06
February ................ 15,000.00 26,369.61 30,466.40
March ................... 18,000.00 36,253.65 36,390.09
April ................... 23,700.00 35,276.76 43,858.29
May ..................... 36,800.00 51,097.51 67,445.44
June .................... 46,300.00 65,317.23 82,878.67
July .................... 52,218.04 75,691.57 ....
The Summary
By E. R. P.
THE canvassers’ summary for the month of June gives cause for encouragement, and furnishes a theme for profitable study. First, let us notice a few of the encouraging features:—20
Taken as a whole, the summary is the best we have ever published. The total is about seven thousand dollars above the total for the month of July, 1907. That report has stood as the high-water mark until now.
This summary for the month of June covers four weeks, ending June 26. The summary for the month of July, 1907, was for five weeks. Therefore the summary for June, 1908, is much better in comparison with July, 1907, than appears by simply comparing the figures.
In the Comparative Summary which follows the June Summary, the reader will find an interesting comparison of the totals of each summary published during the first seven months of 1906 and 1907, and for the first six months of 1908. We are now making the record for July, and shall wait with interest for the figures which will doubtless make it the record month for the current year.
The summary is almost complete, there being only one field that failed to report; and that failure we believe to be due to a misunderstanding as to where the report should be sent. It is not often that we have a blank space in any of our Southern union conferences.
We appreciate the reports from the Southern and Southeastern union conferences. While we can not expect them to compete in large figures with some of the wealthy conferences of the North, yet they certainly do excel in steady work, and in faithfulness in reporting; and when we bear in mind that these two weak unions, with a small constituency, have been formed out of the Southern Union Conference, and consider their total sales for four weeks ($8,596.53) in the light of their small constituency, small schools, and the many difficulties under which they labor, it becomes evident that our brethren in the South are lifting with an energy which should be an incentive to many of our conferences in the North.
The Atlantic and Columbia Union conferences were formed from the conferences of the old Atlantic Union and Ohio. The sales from these two unions for the month of June, 1908, amount to $12,226.20. In the same territory for the corresponding month last year, the sales amounted to $5,899.46, thus showing the gain to be over one hundred per cent.
The gain in the North Pacific Union is also above one hundred per cent, the summary last year amounting to $3,655.53, as compared with $7,965.65 for June, 1908.
And so the grand work of spreading the gospel moves mightily onward. We can hardly comprehend the meaning of this advance, or keep trace of it in our own minds. Let your eye run over the summary and catch such items as the sales in Kansas; the total for the Central Union, which is the largest we have ever published for one union conference; the substantial standing of the new union formed in Western Canada; and the strong, steady work in some of our foreign mission fields. Then after looking up these details of progress, let us try to comprehend the report as a whole, and understand, as far as we may be able, what it means to have about twelve hundred consecrated, well-trained canvassers going from house to house and leaving such a number of our message-filled books with the people. The Lord is surely working with his people, and is demonstrating beyond the possibility of a doubt the strength of his everlasting arm when it swings in opposition to such adverse conditions as Satan is able to bring to bear upon the workers.
We have no further need to fear that panics or politics, labor conditions or weather conditions, will be sufficient to hinder God’s work so long as we rely upon him who controls all conditions, and who obtains his chiefest glory from victories of his children under adverse circumstances.
E. R. P.
Achievements at the Front
By Editor
ALTHOUGH our canvassing work this year is beset with many peculiar difficulties, yet the reports from the field are among the best it has ever been our pleasure to receive. The difficulties only make the successes shine brighter. If space would permit, we would publish the reports from several conferences in detail. The chief point of excellence is the average time worked by our canvassers, and especially by students who are working for scholarships. The increase in the number of hours worked each week is one of the best omens we now see, and, as might be expected, the success of those who put in such faithful time, is correspondingly good.
Interesting Problems
By E. R. P.
1. Four sevenths of the book sales in the Columbia Union Conference during the month of May were made in two small conferences. What would have been the total for the union if the other five conferences had done as good work in proportion to their wealth and membership?
2. Fifty-five per cent of the sales in the Central Union Conference were made in Kansas during the month of June. What would have been the total summary for the Central Union Conference if all the other States had made equal sales in proportion to their wealth and constituency?
3. The average time worked by our canvassers during the month of June was about twenty hours a week. How would our summary have stood if all had come up to the standard of forty hours a week or better?
4. If over eighty-two thousand dollars' worth of books were sold during the month of June in four weeks, with the agents averaging half time, what ought the summary to be for July for five weeks, with the agents working full time?
Let us all rejoice in what has been accomplished thus far; and as we study such problems as those given above, and the importance of the times in which we live, let us “stretch to the race and arm for the battle.”
E. R. P.
The Publishing Work
Conducted under the auspices of the General Conference Publishing Department.
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Testimonies on the Publishing Work
By Editor
IN this number of the REVIEW is published the first of a series of five articles from Sister White on the publishing work. These Testimonies have been received during the past two years, and have been a great encouragement and inspiration to our workers. We are glad they are to appear in this form.
Experiences in the Publishing Work—No. 7
By John N. Loughborough
AFTER our people had received the light on the sealing message, and following the wonderful experience and the vision of Sister White, mentioned in our last article, Brother Bates was strongly impressed with the importance of preparing a pamphlet in which the truth concerning the sealing message, and the facts brought out in the vision of Nov. 18, 1848, could be placed before those who had accepted the Sabbath, or those who might be led to investigate the subject.
As I write, there lies before me a copy of this pamphlet, the title-page of which reads as follows: “A Seal of the Living God. A Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand of the Servants of God Being Sealed, in 1849. Joseph Bates.” Then he quotes in full Rev. 7:1, 2, and Eze. 9:3. The imprint is: “New Bedford, Press of Benjamin Lindsey, 1849.”
This book contains seventy-two pages of “long primer” type. First, he shows that angels are used as symbols to represent messages of truth which God communicates to the world through his own chosen agency—mankind. The symbol of winds as representing wars is also considered. Then comes the proof that the seal of the law is the Lord’s Sabbath. Next it is shown that the true Israel of God to be sealed are the Lord’s people who will be found in readiness for his coming.
After this follows an account of that vision of Sister White, given Nov. 18, 1848, of which mention was made in our last article. He also gave an account of the start and progress of the confusion on the continent of Europe up to the time of his writing, and set forth the assurance that, as expressed when the vision was related, “These wars would be checked, and the winds would be held until the sealing work should be accomplished.”
At the close of the pamphlet was placed the following poem, called “The Seal,” from the pen of Brother Herman S. Gurney, the singing evangelist who labored so much with Elder Bates:—
“Behold a light appears,
The holy Sabbath day,
And magnified so clear,
That none may need to stray;
Though small at first as sunbeam’s ray,
Its strength ascends to perfect day.
“It is the message clear,
Ascending from the east,
God’s servants now appear,
Who will not worship ‘beast;’
Four angels hold the winds revealed,
Until God’s servants all are sealed.
“Hebrews in Egypt’s land
Must all receive a sign,
When forth from Pharaoh’s hand,
Deliverance was designed;21
A sign, a token, thus shall be,
Before the earth and heavens flee.
“The Sabbath is a sign,
A mark which all may see,
And sure will draw a line
When servants all are sealed;
And while destruction’s in the land,
This mark will guard the waiting band.
“Then wrath in vengeance comes,
The great and dreadful day!
God’s voice in thunder tones,
Shakes heaven and earth and sea;
Ye living saints, who faithful be,
No plague shall e’er come nigh to thee.
“O God! the living God,
Do thou the seal apply;
And from destruction’s rod,
O keep us lest we die,
And while the storm of wrath descends,
O hide us till the earth be cleansed.”
When Brother Bates had the manuscript prepared for his book, he had no money with which to get it printed. He trusted the Lord to open the way for the publication, and so it came to pass, without delay. A maiden lady who had accepted the truth, and who had some money, on hearing of the situation, handed Brother Bates, as a gift, what was needed to meet the expense of printing this, his fourth book in the interest of the third angel’s message. So it was soon on its way—a free gift to all who would read it. It was indeed a source of strength to those moving out with the “little flock” to secure the needful preparation to receive the “seal of the living God.”
The sister who gave the money for the printing of the book was spared for more than a score of years, to see the message rise from its small beginning. On her death-bed she made mention of the gift she had the privilege of making to Elder Bates, that he might print that book on the sealing, and said “it was a joy to her in her last hours.” The four books which we have mentioned, that were published by Elder Bates, did a great work for the then new and needy cause of present truth.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Current Mention
—Near Columbia City, Ind., on July 18, an automobile containing six persons was struck by a train, and all the members of the party were killed.
—Advices from Chile state that a terrific earthquake occurred in the provinces of Tacna and Arica in Chile, and in the southern portions of Peru and Bolivia, on July 16. These localities being sparsely settled accounts for the fact that no loss of life has been reported.
—At the present time practically the entire fleet of British warships is engaged in a sham naval battle in the English Channel and the North Sea. There are three hundred fifteen warships, all told, participating in this maneuver. These war-vessels are divided into two fleets,—one for an attack upon England, and the other for the defense, while the directing of the defense will be carried on from London entirely by the aid of wireless telegraphy.
—The prince of Wales landed at Quebec on July 22, to take part in the celebration which is now going on in that city. He arrived on one of the largest battleships of the British navy, which was welcomed by warships of the principal nations of the world. Vice-President Fairbanks and other influential Americans were present upon this occasion, and the vice-president presented a felicitous address to England’s future king.
—The total appropriations of the last Congress have just been published in detail. The sum of all amounts to $1,008,397,543. Of this $11,672,000 was devoted to agriculture; $95,382,000 to the army; $32,832,000 to the legislative, executive, and judicial departments; $122,663,000 to the navy; $163,053,000 to pensions; $222,970,000 to the post-office. The increase in the total appropriations over last year amounts to $87,599,399. Fifty-four per cent of this enormous increase goes to the army and navy.
—A petition was filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on July 20, by the Buck Stove and Range Company of St. Louis, Mo., asking for a rule against Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison, and John Mitchell, officers of the American Federation of Labor, requiring them to show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt of the decree of the court of March 23 last, perpetually enjoining them from boycotting the stove company’s business. The officials of the labor union, it is declared, have taken no notice of the injunction, and are still carrying on the boycott.
—The government of Venezuela now stands in a somewhat isolated condition with respect to the other nations of the world. Diplomatic relations with the United States of America have been completely broken off. The minister of the Belgian government has been dismissed by Venezuela, and in addition to this, the general manager for two large English concerns has been called home by the English government. It is realized on all sides that this is a condition which can hardly continue for any length of time without international ruptures of some kind. The latest developments in this affair seem to indicate that there is trouble ahead for Venezuela in the near future.
—Some months ago a subsidiary company of the Standard Oil Company was fined by Judge Landis in the United States District Court, in the sum of $29,240,000. The case was appealed to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and on July 22 the decision of Judge Landis was reversed, and the case ordered to a new trial. The defendant company was known as the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and was found guilty by Judge Landis of accepting rebates on shipments of oil. Judge Landis fined the company $20,000 on each of 1,462 counts, each count representing a carload shipment. The court of appeals held that Judge Landis erred in regarding the shipment of each carload lot as a separate offense, and also in imposing upon the defendant the maximum fine in each case. The court of appeals also held that the parent company, which was not on trial in this case, would be compelled to share in the punishment if the decision were allowed to stand.
