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...investigate industrial conditions and to arouse public sentiment against injustice in industry. This was a venture into a highly controversial field where many conservatives believed the Church should not go. Its report on the steel strike was a victory for the Movement, but was a leading cause of its final defeat. In its clash with Judge Gary (TIME, June 4, July 16, Aug. 13, Aug. 20), the Movement came off with honors. In its resulting clash with its constituents in the churches, it lost...
...made synthetically in a single working day at the geophysical laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D. C. The substances known to be contained in the mineral desired are poured into a small platinum tube sealed with solid gold, which is placed in a "bomb" of the finest steel, along with a small electric furnace made of rubies. Heat up to 2,500° Fahrenheit, and pressure up to 200,000 Ibs. a square inch are applied gradually. Suddenly the pressure drops. When the container is opened, small quantities of rock or mineral are found...
...basic industries, however, cheerful news is beginning to appear. Oil producers prophesy curtailment of production, and the prices of crude have been raised in some fields. Steel orders are reported in prospect. Agricultural surveys show that the farmer is far from insolvent, excepting in the wheat belt. Cotton planters who managed to grow much cotton are well off, although spinners' takings here show another tendency to decline in fear of a curtailment of consumption...
Elbert H. Gary: "On my recommendation, the United States Steel Corporation gave $100,000 to the Roman Catholic diocese of Erie, Pa., for use in the completion of a children's home...
...treasure, only a phantom Long John Silver is still digging it up. Writers of the present day can submerge themselves in the atmosphere of other times or more primitive climes and so produce a Sea-Hawk or a Lord Jim. But among the furnaces, the black smoke, and the steel girders of modern America, "where are the snows of yesteryear...