미 PUBLICATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE The International Labour Organization, of which the International Labour Office is a part, is an association of 54 nations dealing with industrial and economic problems. The following are the member nations: The International Labour Review: A scientific, popular, monthly publication containing special articles, statistics, and information relative to industry and labour of interest and value to governments, employers, and workers. It contains, in addition to articles for which the International Labour Office is responsible, contributions by well-known economists, employers, and trade-union leaders of their views on questions of the day. (English, French and German editions) $7.00 annually. The Official Bulletin: The official journal of the Office, supplying information with regard to the activities of the International Labour Organization. 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Ready Shortly The Enquiry Into Production: A General Report. 4 volumes, octavo, 300 diagrams, 350 statistical tables, 2,500 pages. $15.00 TO OUR READERS C OUPLED with the interpretation of po- cide," in the March 22d issue, appreciate the need of the em- phasis given to the subject as terpretation. In this issue the HE INTERNATIONAL INTERPRETER is established for the purpose of presenting to the world authoritative and unbiased information from both hemispheres, and for interpreting this information from a world standpoint. The Interpreter's purpose is to foster amity among the nations; cooperation between Capital and Labor; equal opportunity for all, and liberty under law and order. To protect this purpose, the Interpreter is so organized as to keep it free from the control of any political, financial, national, or sectarian influences. Its stock is held by individuals in several nations. 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THE WORLD OVER WITHOUT VISION THE PEOPLE PERISH HEN will men realize that because progress is the inevitable law, a determined effort by all concerned whenever a right object seems to be threatened, is sure to win in proportion as doubt and hesitation are replaced with right thinking and action. The present period, characterized by overturning in the affairs of men and nations, appearing to many to be an era of chaos and dismay, will unquestionably go down in history as an era of great adjustment and accomplishment. These very years, which have brought forth so many dismal prophets, who see the failure of democracy, the doom of government, and the destruction of European civilization, will inevitably be memorable in the record of the nations for the establishment of the machinery for justice, which alone can assure peace for the world. Among the outstanding milestones, recording the way in which law has unfolded to the human. race through government, are the ten commandments, the magna charta, the American constitution, and the covenant associating the nations together for the purpose of maintaining "equality before the law" as the rule of action in the relation of the nations, one toward the other. Each of these pronouncements records a progressive step following in continuity, one upon the other. First, rules or law, designed to regulate the relation of individuals to each other; second, the approach of individual rights by bringing even the king under the law; next, the establishment of equal opportunity for individuals within a nation; and finally, the extension of this idea throughout the world. Activity, striving, and struggles always result in betterment. Sincere effort will be guided by experience to success in the end. Even the wrong sort of action, such as has been seen in bolshevik Russia, by reversal, must inevitably show what is needed and thus point the way to greater security and justice. Therefore, when difficulties seem to multiply, it is the time especially to look confidently upon these events as stepping stones to progress. Every great advance has come out of some tremendous stir, which appeared to be a crisis. The magna charta came out of the struggle that preceded Runnymede; the constitution out of the American war of the revolution; and the associating of the nations together into a permanent league to replace war with law by the establishment of international justice, has come, very naturally, out of the greatest conflict in history. How can men and nations grow in character except through overcoming obstacles? Understanding this, men learn to enjoy every barrier. Therefore, the greater the difficulty, the surer should be confidence and the greater determination to go forward, not through blind will but through a more consecrated effort. The lesson which the philosophy of history teaches is to carry on with quietness and confidence in the face of every hopeless suggestion to give up. Prohibition was sixty years in the making, but [31 |