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Show t ' ""f"1 c-- N- LUND Editor "V" ' . . entered u Second Claos Mtter at the Port Office at Salt Lake City. Utaa, under the Act 01 March S. 1879 Devoted to Brotherhood Through Spiritual Uplift, Cooperation And Municipal Ownership of Basic Utilities VolVH, No. 22. 217 David Keith Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, June 25, 1943. Subscription $1.50 to $5.00 a Year HOME-CANNE- D BERRIES TAKE LITTLE SUGAR 1 a.iamilL.auj i.j)j,IUyUJ p.. Photo Courtesy Ball Bros. Co. Home canned berries play leading roles in the pantry because' contribute vitamins and minerals for they health, can be used in many ways and are easy and inexpensive to can. - ' Blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, raspberries, elderberries-c- an them all and others, too. with little tetter flavor and more calories, but has nothing to do with keeping quali-ties. Berries are too precious to waste and none will be wasted if you will see to it that every step taken is the right one. First of all, wash, rinse and examine your jars. Be sure to inspect the top edges of those to be sealed with glass top seal or e vacuum seal clo-sures because top seals refuse to work unless tops ofthe jars are per-fect. Cover jars, glass lids, and zinc caps with luke-war- water, heat to boiling and keep hot until needed. Wash and rinse rubbers and vacuum seal lids and drop them in boiling water they don't need boiling unless you plan to do open kettle canning then they must be boiled a few minutes to sterilize. Every berry must be fresh, sound, ripe, and firm. Wash them carefully and then take your choice of can-ning methods. Gladys Kimbrough, Home Service Director of Ball Brothers Company, prefers to hot-pac- berries. This is how it is done. Place berries in a wide, shallow pan; add one-ha- cup sugar, or less, for each quart of ber-ries; set the pan over low heat and simmer until the berries heat through and the sugar dissolves (re-member you don't have to use any sugar); pour the hot berries into clean, hot jars and process five min-utes in hot water-bat- h canner. -. uU 6nw mciu If you prefer cold packing, fill a jar about half full with raw ber-ries, then tap it gently on a folded cloth to shake the berries down. When the jar is filled to within a half-inc- h of the top, add enough hot syrup to cover the berries. Process 20 minutes in a water-bat- h canner. Syrup for four quarts of berries may be made by boiling two cups sugar and three cups water or berry juice together until the sugar dis-solves. If you are. a little short on sugar and who isn't these days? try making the syrup of one meas-ure sugar, one measure corn syrup, and one-hal- f measure water or berry juice. This syrup seems rather thick and sweet, but it will become thin-ner and less sweet after it has been with the berries a few weeks. And if you have no sugar at all, cover the berries with hot berry juice or boiling water; seal or partly seal the jars (follow the manufacturer's in-structions) and process 20 minutes in a water-bat- h canner. If you want your berries to really star, can them without sugar. Then they can be used as if they were fresh from the patch. The juice can be drained off and used for making jelly. The berries can go into a pie or into jam a jam turnover tucked in a lunch box will make the noon hour much more pleasant for some-body and surely you need nobody to tell you that jelly and jam are far more delicious when freshly made than at any other time. ( Read it all and profit. Its worth far more than the little you pay for it. ) "The Days of Our Glory" How often does the beautiful summertime cause the mind to revert to the days of long ago when, "to be young was very heaven." And does it not, at times, lure us to the wish that some fairy goddess would make us a child again, just for a day? "A dream steals back anew, where lanes were long and streams were bright and clear." Lord Byron told it all when he wrote: "The days of our youth are the days of our glory." Once upon a time an elderly man visited the humble home where he was born. As he came near he saw that they were wrecking the old house that had sheltered his childhood. Looking about he found a board from the out-side cellar door which had been a play spot and a sliding place when he was a little boy. On it he found some initials which he and a girl playmate had carved three score years ago. And he found the broken back of the rocker in which he last saw his mother, knitting and watch-ing a cradle. His mind lit up with visions clear, clean visions that the hardness and coarseness of time cannot dim. He walked about the garden and touched the apple trees and the plum tree from which he had taken so many sweets. He trod again the garden path where so often he had walked and played; and he sat down in the shade of one of the tall trees he had helped his father plant, and there, recalling all the mellow memories from across the years, he concluded that perhaps the best of life had, been left right there. What a dream it was that "stole back anew." How refreshing and stimulating are all such fond recol-lections. How many of the early ideals and illusions have we managed to cling to in spite of the ravages of time? Let us ever be mindful of and merciful to childhood. Whoever shall offend or hurt, or wreck the hopes of the little ones it were better for him had he never been born.cnl This Time, This Day, This Age By Valene Lee Triumph The day Jesus was hung on he cross between two thieves (we all know the story) the most outstanding words He spoke that awful day was, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do." He knew they could not hurt Him for they could not separate Him from His Father whom He had served for thirty-thre- e years. He knew that He would be alright for His Father had all authority, but His compassion was for them, for He knew they were separating themselves from love, mercy, God, the very foundation of mercy, by the cruelty in their hearts. Jesus was tempted forty days and nights, then He was offered a kingdom if He would concede that evil was good, or in other words "fall down and worship" evil. But He did not wish a kingdom for Himself. His work was to expound the scripture so that all might enjoy the kingdom of love. Besides, what should He do with the kingdoms of the material world if He closed His eyes to the requirements of the kingdom within. Jesus had more to sacrifice than anyone else. He sacrificed the kingdom that was offered Him. He had more to give than anyone else; He received a spiritual kingdom and angels ministered to Him. The learned men of Jesus's time persecuted Him with slander in an effort to set aside His teachings. If they had know they had much to give spiritually, and much more to receive they would have become as humble children willing to learn, but they felt a sense of insecurity and fear so they slandered Him, their best friend. Slander is indulged in by some politicians to help win an election and is generally called mudslinging. Our learned men of today are not so different from the learned men of yester-year. They were referred to then as publicans, pharisees find chief priests. Not many of us stoop tp mudslinging. It is a dangerous and subtle weapon in the hands of those who are willing to use it. I'd pity any girl who unwittingly came upon something' that if told,-- would ruin a group of politicians. She would have no defense, no one could bring her to trial. Each move she made to rise above it would be attended by fresh slander and police investigations which, although without results, could be kept up indefinitely. Today we know we can triumph over slender without ending up on the cross. Jesus went there for us and we can rejoice in justice with understanding. PeronaL We deal with .men, we study men and we are continuing to find real Men; We found one in a Federal office last week there may be others, but this one proved it. He is Mr. S. G Hunsaker, head of the Federal Social Security office at 123 E. Brodaway. He is directing this Christian and humanitarian work in Utah and doing it very efficiently. Think what work-ers get in old age by contribu-ting one per cent of their salar-ies. Mr. Hunsaker says he saw the paper coming to his office and found it very much worth reading. Then he headed for this office and laid his generous contribution on the table. How we wish the scores of other offi-ces to which we have sent it for years would emulate him. Mrs. and Mrs. A. H. Lund of 1534 Hubbard Ave, celebratd their Silver Wedding last Sat-urday and are now happily staited ou the way to the Gold-en Wedding anniversary. Their son Howard has just finished training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, and now goes tqat-ten- d a school, after which he will enter the officer's training camp. Kenneth is at Cape Cod Mass., and is expected home for a brief stay before going overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Lnnd are interested readers of the paper and have given evidence of the faith they have in it He works for the Nelson-Rick- s Creamery and is doing well They are now well established in their new home and expect to take life easier before long. Neighbor Joseph S.Price is a very conscientious man and is always seeking information of the right kind. He was much interested in what we said of the Japs and in this issue we are giving some furtherinform-ation- . He has just renewed and likes the paper. Mrs. Charlotte Shaw-- , one of our good Neighbors, paid us a visit the other day. For a time she was employed in gov ernment work at Hills Field and did her part exceptionally well. Sometimes discrimina-tion is made against age even though the best of work is being done. She applied wis-dom and intelligence to her work. Leon White, son of Mr. and Mrs Clifford White, ip home on a ten-da- y leave from the naval training camp in New York. He leaves today, Friday. i More About Origin of Japanese Some readers have set us to the task of proving that the Japanese are the descendents of Ammon and are the Amnion, ites of Biblical history The Japanese are not of Israel. They are not descended from Mannasseh or any other of the ribes. They are positively what is said of tiiem in Genesis 19. Lot had a son by each of his two daughters. "And the firstborn bare a son and called him Moab; the same is the father of the Moabites (Chinese) to this day. And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-Amm- i; the same is the father of the children of Ammon (Japanese) unto this day." To show they are not of Israel, the Lord says in Deu-teronomy 23-- "An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord (that is associate with Israel) unto the tenth generation. ' The Japanese do not know their origin. They have their legends but these are not to be reli-ed upon. Jeremiah in chapter 48 deals with the Moabites and in chapter 49 with the Ammonites. In their earlier cent uries the Japanese were ruthless, lustful semf savages, and were forbidden to marry with the Israelites, If they are to have any of the "blessings under the covenant" it will be be-cause their progenitor Lot was a nephew of Abraham Garfield Workers "Feed" More Metal Into Axis ,,M.,..iWWWWm,.I.B;iUWOWlWMWyyl.J,.l.l mil MIIIIMI ..IIIHJ - ;f k , ,! t ) l' ... i " ..." v; f X . . 1 I , I ' amswravwauinmnmijt.iiw Smelter men break world's record in their efforts to help strike down Axis. Above is a worker releasing a flow of the all important metal copper. A new world's copper production record is the answer of workers at the Garfield plant of the American Smelting & Refining company to the plea of the armed forces for more metal to prosecute the war. The record was established at the Garfield plant during March and according to the Salt Lake of-fice of war information, absentee-ism was slashed to 3.7 per cent as an answer to criticism that stay-ing off the job is hampering Am-erica's war drive. Workers were stirred to new production levels after the pjant's production com-mittee informed them that man hours lost through absenteeism at the plant during a month's time were sufficient to have produced enough copper for a battleship, the OW1 statement read. Garfield plant, which is the world's largest producer of blister copper, actually was turning out more than a ton per man on a peak day last month, the report showed. Their important role in the battle ' of production is realized by every man and they now are doing their part well. W. J. O'Connor, Utah department manager for-- AS &R, told govern-ment ofllcials, "Due to the excellent work of our production committee, we are get-ting the best expression from our workmen that we have had since the war started." Payroll Savings Buys Comfort For Your Fighting Relatives Not all of your payroll sav-ings and other War Bond pur. chases are used for tanks, planes and gunpowder. A part of your investment goes for the comfort of your father, brother, son or friend. Put your war bond buying through your payroll savings plan on a family basis to do the most effective job in providing for the care and safety of your men in the armed forces. Fig-ure it out for yourself how much beyond 10 per cent of the ag-gregate income of your family you can put into war bonds above the cost of the necessities of life. Remember a single $18.75 war bond will buy for a fighting soldier on the front: Two cot-ton undershirts at 44 cents; two pairs of cotton shorts at 76 cents; two pairs of cotton socks at 34 cents; one pair of shoes at $4.31; a cotton khaki shirt at $4.64; pair twill trousers at $4.16; one web waist belt at 23 cents; two cotton neckties at 44 cents; 2 khaki caps at $1.26 and one twill jacket at $2.16. Total $18.74. An $18.75 war bond should make a marine comfortable for the night with a mat-tress at $4.20; two blankets at $13.54; a pillow at 56 cents and ' two pillow cases at 30 cents. Total $18.60. Or he could be provided with a rubber poncho at $4.77 ; a hel-- . met with its lining and other items of its assembly at $5.62; a rifle cartridge belt at $2.15; a marine corps pack consisting of haversack, knapsack and suspenders at $5.10; a canteen and its cover at $1.05. Total $18.69. Those of you who worry about the comfort of your boy In serv- -' ice can help insure his comfort by buying war" bonds. And 10 years from now you'll take back $25 for every $18.75 you put in. U. S. Treasury Department Readers, Know Your Tax Problems Up and Up They Go The Power to Tax is the Power to Destroy This paper will hereafter devote some space to the matter of taxation and the great increases in the cost of state govern-ment. The people should take interest in this, because the power to tax is often the power to destroy. During the years between 1929 and 1944 the budget for the state auditor's office decreased from $292,636 to 279,000. The department of education budget increased from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000. The department of finance from $183,938 to $1,328,770. The department of public welfare from 791,792 to $13,330,556. That of engineering decreased from $7,281,-50- 7 to $6,308,386. Department of business regulation in-creased from $128,381 to $269,140. Bank Commissioner from $41,719 to $64,640. Industrial Commission from $105,189 to $169,640. Department of Health from $68,787 to $106,240. Tax Commission from $275,055 to $841,800. Skipping over many of the minor items we find that the tyatal increase in state costs went from $15,388,566 to $37,561,191. Are the people getting better government? ... A More Human Man Than Slave Status Advocate Fulton Lewis This Man Speaks Our Language 100 Per Cent The millions of returning soldiers and sailors will not be satisfied or fooled with the old claptrap concerning "rugged individualism," "American opportunity," or "American equal-ity." With their knowledge of the almost unlimited productive capacity of our industry, as shown during the war, they will demand the opportunity to earn by honest labor a decent amount of that enormous product. They will not be lulled to sleep by commonplaces about the limitations and difficulties of distribution, nor by promises of "prosperity just around the corner." They will demand jobs here and now. I do not be-lieve that an economy dominated by the philosophy of "free enterprise" will be able to meet that demand. Rt. Rev. John A. Ryan, New York, in Atlantic Monthly. " JlkPrX flny Excuse You Alfred Sorenson w Can Find For Not MkwmJ Upping Your Progressive Jeweler MS Bond Buying Will . Please Hitler " I 7 East Second South as Ninety-si- x cents out of Jwelry, Watch. Kodak (V every dollar goes for War Repairing expenditures. fph. JCjE The other 'our i(kfcJj1r cents goes for Over 40 Years In Brn ;.v.:.m:: salt lake city. For Freedom's Sake the nniiRonns are tik baikboke orcrrensi The World's News Seen Through The Christian Science Monitor An International Daily Newspaper Published by THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts is Truthful Constructive Unbiased Free from Sensational-ism Editorials Are Timely and Instructive and Its Daily Features, Together with the Weekly Magazine Section, Make the Monitor an Ideal Newspaper for the Home. Price $ 1 2.00 Yearly, or $1.00 a Month. H Saturday Issue, including Magazine Section, $2.60 a Ymt. I Introductory Offer. 6 Saturday Issues V Cents, Obtainable at; fl CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM 702 Mdntyre Bldg, Salt Lake City, Utah , , 1 MORAL AND INTELECUAL BANKBUPTCY Starvation in the midst of plenty is a true and stinging confession and declaration of moral and intellectual bankrupt-cy. How awfully sad that so many, even leading men, cling to the false idea that the body and spirit cm flourish and flow-er and survive only in a world where need and hardship drive people with their stinging slave whips. Down with thi3 idea. TO FATHERS AND BROTHERS OF WAACS The editor in the East who attacked the Waacs and through them the government, uttered the foulest and vilest slander that a human can speak. He descended as low as the worst of the. Japs. The base calumny he published could come only (rom a diseased mind and a rotten heart. He is neither a brother of man nor a son of God, but a throwback son of u. Fathers and brothers of these fine American girls should or-ganize and talk out loud very loud to a swine and skunk of this stripe. PROGRESS Progress is advancement in the direction of increased econ-omic opportunities, greater political rights and, priviledges,, more certain social security and extended educational advan-taged for more and more people. Reaction is retrogression in the direction of the concentration of economic and political power in the hands of the few, resulting in monopolistic dic-tatorship, exploitation and impoverishment of the many. |