many of the main canals germinated a short time after the
commencement of the Martian summer, and for a time it was thought
that the phenomena might be an optical illusion, and the latter
theory was considered seriously by some observers until the
double canals were actually photographed at the Flagstaff
observatory, but the cause of the doubling was never solved until
the receipt of these revelations.)


CHAPTER IV.

PLANETARY ECONOMY

Economy is a virtue long cultivated on the Planet Mars. On your
Earth you waste more than you use, not only in food but in the
fruits of the Earth. You are using up your resources at a
tremendous rate, and some day you must pay the penalty. Witness
the wanton destruction of your beautiful forests, the depletion
of your coal beds and crude oil deposits. All this waste is the
result of lack of Spiritual guidance; a gross materialism: an
inordinate selfish greed. Instead of laying up Spiritual
treasures you are worshiping at the altar of Mamon. Ultimately
you will find your hoardings nothing but tarnished brass--an
illusion leading you on to Spiritual destruction.

With the Martians the incentive to live is to express life and be
in harmony with the Creator, to develop spiritually and build for
Eternity. On Mars each one strives to live for his brother to
the end that all may inherit the promised Kingdom when yet as a
physical being. Commercialism with us is unknown, for no one