Show THE STORY OF DEMETRIUS DEl By LEONARD A A. A BARRETT There Is to an ancient story regarding a silversmith named Demetrius He lIe was at the head of ofa ofa a group of or craftsmen crafts craft men who made silver sil sll ver Ter shrines for tor forR heathen temples R Most host J 0 s tot of these t shrines were dedicated dedi S to the godS goddess god lod dess Diana It was wu wasa wua a very verI lucrative business perhaps the most moet prosperous prosper prosper- ous of ot that day dal The business continued con coa to advance I and every person connected with the enterprise was happy apPI for tor the reason that his living was wu secured and there was vas plenty plent of mone money available for tor the luxuries of ot a pagan world All went well until something happened I The business of or the company compan gradually becan began began be be- gan can to fall off When activity was almost almost al al- most nil Demetrius decided to t call a meeting of Ot the directors of ot the corporation corporation corporation cor cor- for tor the purpose of ot discussing the serious condition which confronted them Demetrius addressed his directors tors tore something like this Sirs ye fe know that by this craft we have our wealth Not only Is le our business in In danger of ot being destroyed but also I Ithe the great Ireat temple of ot Diana despised Ills His address Indicates a aver very hostile and vindictive attitude of ot mind He ne cannot understand why an any other force torce has the right to Interfere with the financial progress of ot his company Hay Ilav Ing lag ascertained the cause of ot the financial Oman Oman- cial calamity Demetrius rei relates lites that tha thata a certain man lecturing to the people down In Ephesus the center of ot the heathen world told them that There were no gods made with hands The Influence of ot this man became so grea great that many persons were vere turning away awal from the heathen temples and abandoning aban aban- doming their loyalty to the heathen goddess and the image which fell feU down from Jupiter When all this news spread about th the ancient city of ot Ephesus excitement roseto ros rosto rose roseto to a ver very high pitch A riot was finally finally final final- ly 11 prevented presented by hI the wisdom of ot th the town clerk who persuaded the strIkers striker and their sympathizers to appeal t to the courts where justice would pre pre- vail While the conditions related in th this story oc occurred nearly two thousand years lears ago It reads like a bit of ot news new gleaned from our morning newspaper When any anI force torce Injects Itself Into th the economic world which dries up profits profit or thwarts Justice to labor something happens Discontent happens Discontent riots strikes bloodshed I There Is nothing new now under under un un- der the sun O e. W western N Newspaper w p p r Union |