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bituminous   coal   in   two´hundred´pound   sacks   for   a   dollar�察  �at   the   rate   of 

five    dollars   a  ton。   The    Government       reserved    for   its  own    use   crude 

petroleum�察  �but   refined   it   as   coal   oil   and   sold   it   at   ten   cents   a   gallon   in 

dollar lots。 

     Pig iron and bar steel were sold by the Government at a price yielding 

a profit of twenty per cent。 over cost of production�察�lead and copper at the 



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same   rate   of   profit�察  �and   all   the   gold   and   silver   mined   or   brought   into 

Eurasia was coined and went into circulation。 Every commodity produced 

or manufactured by the Government in the above list was sold at the same 

price�察�whether the Government warehouse where the goods were sold was 

in the most populous city of Eurasia or at a lonely fishing´station in the icy 

regions of the Arctic or in the torrid deserts of the Tropics。 

     Every person buying a commodity in a Government store was required 

by law to register his name in the Government account book opposite the 

list   of  articles   purchased�察     �which     was    always    open    to   the  public    for 

inspection�察�so that any  intelligent person could see   who was   addicted to 

the   use   of   intoxicating   liquors�察  �and   the   manager   of   the   warehouse   was 

compelled by law on the complaint of a wife or mother to deny liquor to 

the husband or son that was complained against and to publish the name in 

the   district   newspaper   of   largest   circulation   as   well   as   posting   it   on   the 

bulletin   board   on   the   front   of   the   warehouse�察  �and   any   person   who   gave 

liquor   directly   or   indirectly   to   the   person   prohibited   was   sentenced�察  �on 

conviction       thereof�察   �to  six   months'     imprisonment        at  hard    labor。   The 

Magistrate was forbidden by law to release on probation any person over 

the age of fifteen years convicted of this offense�察�and a child under the age 

of fifteen violating this law was sent to the reform school�察�of which there 

was one in every district。 

     No credit was allowed in the purchase of goods from the Government 

and   the   manager   of   the   warehouse   had   discretionary   power   to   limit   the 

sale  of   any  commodity  so   as   to   treat   rich   and   poor  alike  and to   prevent 

speculation。       As   every    purchaser      could    buy   a   dollar's   worth     of  any 

commodity for sale by the Government and as no rebate was granted no 

matter     what    the   amount     purchased�察     �it  placed    every    purchaser     on   an 

equality   in   dealing   with   the   Government。   No   liquor   was   allowed   to   be 

drunk on or about the premises where it was sold�察�neither could it be sold 

by any private party directly or indirectly to any person。 



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                          CHAPTER XIII。 



                                PUBLIC UTILITIES。 



    The   Government�察  �through   its   ownership   and   operation   of   all   public 

utilities�察�placed within the reach of every person the necessaries and some 

of the luxuries of life�察�no matter what their trade or profession or where 

situated�察   �so  that   when    I  became     acquainted    with   their   system    of 

government I was not surprised at the spirited character and noble bearing 

of the people�察�in striking contrast to the cringing servility of the ignorant 

laborer in England and the negroes of the United States of America�察�for in 

Eurasia there were no kings�察�dukes or lords�察�but every man was addressed 

as   ;Mister;   and   every   female   as   ;Madame;   or   ;Miss�察─  �and   there   was 

practically realized Burns's famous song�此 �A man's a man for a' that。; 



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                             CHAPTER XIV。 



                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE。 



     I   visited   several   experimental   farms   under   the   management   of   the 

Department of Agriculture and was informed by the superintendent of the 

farm that the Government had a small farm of six hundred and forty acres 

in every district in which was situated the District High School where boys 

and girls were taught how to farm and to raise stock and poultry to the best 

advantage�察     �and    also  large   farms    at  every    military    reservation    where 

persons convicted of crime were taught how to become useful members of 

society。 The  Government   raised only  thoroughbred   stock   and   poultry  on 

the farms�察�and the service of the males was given free to every farmer that 

desired to improve his stock。 

     As Eurasia covered a vast extent of country�察�enjoying every variety of 

climate�察  �the   Department   of Agriculture   had   all   almost   unlimited   field   to 

work     in  and    was   yearly    producing     some    new    variety    of  plants   that 

enriched the labors of the husbandman as well as discovering remedies to 

successfully   combat   parasites   and   other   enemies   of   the   fruitraiser   and 

horticulturist as well as the farmer。 District fairs were held once a year in 

every   district   at   which   prizes   were   given   to   the   best   butter   and   cheese 

makers   and   to   the   best   breeder   of   every   kind   of   live   stock   and   poultry 

raised   in   the   district�察  �but   no   stock   or   poultry   imported   into   the   district 

could receive a prize。 The owner of anything exhibited at the fair had to 

make an   affidavit   that he or she had   raised   it on his or her   farm。  Prizes 

were given to the owner of the best cereals and vegetables of all kinds as 

well   as   for   hemp�察  �flax�察  �cotton   and   silk�察  �and   for   the   best   manufactured 

articles of   every description。 The Government   exhibited at   every  district 

fair   the   most   improved      machinery     in   use  for   bettering   the   means    of 

production with skilled mechanics to operate it and any person desiring to 

purchase a machine could buy it from the Government at the actual cost of 

manufacture   with twenty  per   cent。  added。 The   Government   prizes   at   the 

district   fairs  excited    and   aroused    a  growing     interest   in  the   people   to 

improve their condition and by bringing them together in great gatherings 



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made them more friendly to one another with a broader and deeper feeling 

for humanity。 



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