d eyelets. Not only must different
localities cooeperate to produce a shoe; but various industries must give
and take likewise.

Civilization is ultimately dependent on the ability of men to cooeperate.
The best barometer of civilization is the desire and ability of men to
cooeperate. The willingness to share with others,--the desire to work
with others is the great contribution which Christianity has given to
the world. The effect of this new spirit is most thrilling when one
considers the clothes which he has on his back, the food which he has on
the table, the things which he has in the house, and thinks of the
thousands of people whose labour has directly contributed toward these
things. Now this clearly shows that the fourth great fundamental of
prosperity is cooeperation, the willingness and ability of men to
cooeperate, to serve one another, to help one another, to give and to
take.

But the teachings of Jesus along these lines have a very much broader
application than when applied merely to raw materials, or even
manufactured products. As we can begin to prosper only when we develop
into finished products the raw materials of the fields, mines and
forests, so we can become truly prosperous only as we develop the
greatest of all resources,--the human resources. Not only does
Christianity demand that we seek to help and build up others; but our
own prosperity depends thereon as well.

* * * * *

When in Washington, during the war, I had a wonderful opportunity of
meeting the representatives of both labour and capital. I had some
preconceived ideas on the labour question when I went to Washington; but
now they are all gone. I am perfectly willing, now, to agree with the
wage worker, to agree with the employer, to agree with both or to agree
with neither. But this one thing I am sure of, and that is that the
present system doesn't work. The present system is failing in getting
men to produce.

By nature man likes to produce. Our boy, as soon as he can toddle
out-of-doors, starts instinctively to make a mud pie. When he gets a
little older he gets some boards, shingles and nails and builds a hut.
Just as soon as he gets a knife, do you have to show him how to use it?
He instinctively begins to make a boat or an arrow or perhaps something
he has never seen. Why? Because in his soul is a natural desire to
produce and an inborn joy in production. But what happens to most of
these bo