"As I understand it, the church
flag, whether Christian, Jew, Budd
hist, Brahman, Confucian, Mahomme
dan, or what not, is the emblem and
standard of God to that religion and
not of the religion itself.
"Different nations and peoples have
conflicting ideas of God. Some re
gard Him as a Supreme Being, others
as the great Force or Power of the
universe or nature but, however we
regard Him, we should recognize Him
Emblem of Church Should Be First
A U. S. Treasury Department Greatest
is no institution on earth
tha handles as much money as
the treasury department of the Unit
ed States government. It collects and
expends all moneys authorized to be
collected and expended by congress.
It advises congress as to the amount
of money necessary to run the gov
ernment for each fiscal year. It
mints the coin, prints the paper
money as well as the postage and
revenue stamps.
Among the other activities of this
great department of government Is
the protection of the people from
counterfeiters the maintenance of
vessels to suppress smuggling and to
enforce quarantine regulations, to
save life, to conserve the public
health, construct and maintain pub
lic buildings all over the country, and
audit and pay the accounts of all
the other departments of the govern
ment. It also controls and supervises
the national banking system, compris
ing some 8,000 banks, with a capital
of a billion dollars and a surplus of
Illicit Distilling Is on the Increase
Boys also are being taught what dis
eases of the trees and what plants are
likely to prove harmful to themselves.
