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How Many
Sales Transactions
Do You Need?
An Advertisement
addressed to our
Local Retailers
It is possible for a retailer to calcu-
late the number of Sales transactions
required by . his business each day,
week, month, year. Here's how the
calculation can be made:
1. Sum up the estimated operating
expenses for the yearn --the amounts
required for rent, wages,' delivery,
supplies of various sorts, insurance,
repairs, losses, Add, also, the net
profit which one should have to re-
ward his capital and enterprise.
2. \Divide this total by the number of
working days in the year—say 305,
in order to get the average daily.,
cost of operating one's business.
3. Ascertain the amount of the average
sales transactions. (The daily re-
cords of individual sales over a per-
iod of a month or so, will enable one
to make this calculation).
4. Reckon the amount of gross profit
earned on an average sales transac-
tion -20-25-30 per cent.
5. Divide the total average daily ex-
penses by the profit on an average
sales transaction.
Thus one gets the number of sales transac-
tions required daily to recover the costs of do-
ing business.
ILLUSTRATION
Suppose that you find' that your
annual expenses, including a desired
net profit, total $4,000, or, say, .$13.11
per day; that your average sales
transaction is 56 cents, on which the
average gross profit, at 25. per cent.
would be 14 cents. Then your re-
quired number of sales transactions
per day would be . $1'3.11 divided by
14,or94.
Now, to assure an average of 94
sales transactions per day, rain or
shine, will require you to be extra-
ordinarily diligent in r the matter of
attracting customers. Your win-
dows should be made alluring. Your
service should be courteous, prompt
and pleasing, so as to make customers
willing "repeaters." Your range of
merchandise should be good and your
prices should be competitive.
But these alone won't suffice to
assure 94 sales transactions every
day, on an average. You'll have to
do a whole lot of inviting. Week by
week your invitations to buyers
ought to be published in this news-
paper.
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If you fail to issue cordial
invitations, week by week,
then your business is in a
state of peril.
N.B.
The accompanying illustrative ex-
ample
x
ample makes it clear that a retailer
can check up his progress daily.
Without a daily measuring of
achievement against requirement no
business management can be called
safe.
The Third of a Series issued by the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association of which The Huron Expositor is a member.
the `ground> gnite sol'tKl, ' he ldatlttf
Should be covered with a light coat#
of clean strew, . that whic wi . net
pack closely, over the 'plants being
best. Marsh hay is pod as it is free
from weed seeds, and 'green mmaure
is sometimes used bila this usually
contains ,many weed seeds, also, it
sometimes smothers the plants, which
is undesirable. The mulch of this,
typeprevents alternate thawing and
freezing of: the ground in the spring-
time and protects the plants in case
there is not sufficient snow during
the winter. It also prevents heaving.
In those parts of Canada where in-
jury from spring frost is frequent it
is desirable to hold the plants back
as long as possible. For this 'purpose
after the first heavy fall of snow the
snow may be covered with' straw or
evergreen boughs, which are left on
as long as possible in the spring.
While plants will often come through
the winter without protection it is
best not to take any risks.
Former Chef For Royalty 31. Douay's job now is to satisfy
the appetites of half-starved men
Cooks for Down -And -Outs , from 24 different countries, cooking
-.. 600 meals a day. Lunch of soup,
From kings to cabbages is the story j' vegetables and bread costs one franc
and a half and the grand dinner"
runs up as high as four francs. He
has cooked meals for 5,700 men since
the first of May. M. Douay is the
brother of Augusta Douay, prominent
divorce lawyer, and of Rene Douay,
of the ministry of
of Georges Douay, once chef to Queen
Alexandra of England and now mas-
ter of the vegetable soup served to
down-and-outers at. the- Palais due
Peup, New York, a post of the Sal-
vation Army.
Recounting .the days before the war
when the present Prince of Wales,
liboof 15, used - to
then a gang ng y
come into the royal kitchen for a bite
of pie or cake, this modest and Min-
ute man talked with a reporter.
His -eyes glistened when he show-
ed a . pictrre of his masterpiece, a
' birthday eake for the queen, made in
1912. Weighing 80 pounds, it was
designed to represent the side of a
cliff, with sugar houses perched in
crevices, boats floating on icing, and
electrically -lighted trains running
through candy tunnels. For that the
queen came into the kitchen and
thanked M. Douay herself.
Other days in his five years of ser-
vice in a the palace "cuisine" before the
outbreak of the war were not easy,
what with the queen's fondness for
novelties in French pastries and the
king's delicate health. M. Douay
travelled with the royal household on
its sojourns at the various palaces
and on all trips into foreign • coun-
tries.
At one time, in Corfu. he made a
cake for the kaiser, just before the
war. Shortly after that he left the
queen's service to fight with France.
Throughout his four years at the
front the queen never forgot him,
sending him packages of food, cloth-,
ing and smokes every three months.
During that time he cooked in the
officers' mess, serving Marshal Foch
and General Pershing.
"After the war, Queen Alexandra
had no need of a pastry chef; she
was in such ill -health. King Edward
was dead and there was no entertain-
ing being done," said M. Douay.
"Then a year and a half ago I saw
an advertisement fora "cuisinier"
with the Salvation Army and I, came
here. It is very different cooking
but I like it; no matter what I cook
these men are pleased.",
war.
_Automotive Musings
Motorists continue to say "emerg-
ency 'brake" when they mean "_parking
brake."
It might not seem to make much
difference, but sorne,of those connect-
ed with the automotive industry dis-
agree. It has made a difference. All
this agitation about two independent
brake•systems a few years ago was
due to the altogether false impression
that the second brake was a powerful
reserve. Its real purpose always has
been to hold the car stationary when
parked. Only the incorrect name ac-
counted for a different opinion of it,
some of those who should know de-
clare.
• * * *
Have rnc'torists ever wondered why
highway , warning• anri directional
signs are as ugly as they are?
A prominent motor vehicle official
says it is because unless a sign has
a loud color and a large, blaring
legend the average motorist does not
see it.
• * * *
Development of a cheap punture-
proof tire would just about do away
with what is left in the car's tool kit.
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The application of this principle
to street cars is certainly worth an
effort and may have far-reaching
possibilities and at the same time
be contributing greatly to the elimin-
ation of unnecessary noise.
What Canada Owes
To Veterinary Surgeons
Recently there appeared an article
by one of our colleagues which was
probably a good deal more pregnant
than he supposed. It was to the ef-
fect that the French Gover?rment was
permitting the entry of live stock
from Canada and Switzerland. Now
the only Swiss live stock that immed-
iately occurs to mind are cuckoo
clocks and cheese, yodelers being bar-
red by a gentlefnan's agreement. But
so far as Canada is concerned the
field is wide open. The announc•iment
of the Government of France was an
accolade to the live stock produced
in Canada. Behind this there is, of
course, the story which was communi-
cated to us by an old friend, Dr. J.
A. Campbell. Now it must be told
even if the hero of it is a political
antagonist, Dr. J. Rutherford, whom
it may have been our business in the
past to denounce as a Grit office hold-
er and member of the Sifton machine.
Dr. Rutherford was a graduate of
the old Ontario Veterinary 'College,
presided over by Dr. Andrew Smith.
He went west and was an unsuccess-
ful candidate in an election. He then
repaired to Ottawa and told Hon. Clif-
ford Sifton that a job should be pro-
vided for him. Mr. Sifton suggest-
ed that he should take over the
Health of Animals Branch of the Do-
minion Agricultural Department. Pre-
viously it appears that Dr. Ruther-
ford had had some experience in Eng-
land concerning Canadian cattle,
which were under a kind of ban or
curse because they had been accused
of importing the foot-and-mouth dis-
ease. In any event, Dr. Rutherford
organized this branch and gathered
about him one df the greatest vet-
erinary staffs in the world, including
among others Dr. C. D. McGilvray,
now president of the Ontario Veter-
inary College at Guelph; Hon. S. F.
Tolmie, now Premier of British Col-
umbia, and Dr. George Hilton, vetera
inary director-general of Canada at
the present tiine.
One of his first actions . was to
stop at Quebec some cattle 'suffering
from pleuro -pneumonia. This was
followed my subsequent drastic
actions, the result.;beinf that there
is no country in the world so free
from serious diseases among live
stock as Canada. There has never
been a foot-and-mouth case here.
Nevertheless the English government,
to please the Irish and Scottish stock
raisers who had made a practice of
sending their Unfinished steers to
English graziers to 'be prepared_ for
market, continued the embargo for,
many years. N
The story was told that Can-
adian stockers (being geberalij}" of
an uproarious and hairy disposition
were wont to crash through the
lovely hedges of old England and
continue crashing until they were
lost to sight,and by no means to
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Since the successful experiment re-
cently carried out in France in .rub-
ber -tiring railway cars, says the Rub-
ber Age, the suggestions has been
made that similar equipment on the
general type of street car would go
far to deaden the frequent jarring
noise which all those must suffer who
live near car lines. The success of
the French motor -driven c o -a c h,
which made 75 miles an .hour with
no more noise than the slight purr
of the .motor and the rush of wind,
cannot help but stir the hopes of the
jaded -nerved city dweller that herein
may lie some relief for distraught
ear drums.
The rubber tire with its metal
flange -grips the rail as securely as a
railway -wheel, but takes ay/itches and
curves so smoothly that there is no
consciousness of high speed. One of
the greatest advantages of the car is
that it can pick up speed at short
notice without any jerking. In this
respect it is easily two-thirds more
responsive than an ordinary train.
Hience complicated signalling systems
to avoid danger of crashes are not
necessary• and cars may be run at
short intervals on the same line.
* *
The practical value of this car will
lie primarily in its use on sub -urban
or other short runs. The cost of op-
eration is very little compared with
that of a heavy train, and it string
t, of cars could be run over a line, stop-
ping frequently, and at the same time
assuring passengers corn fort arid
quietness. -
ProSery r it must' be *COMA
9;4 11x* 130 it may be Pro ti le: t e
**OVA must be lees than the vlt,,tue
of tie.:( a1'produced. A, dickie o
of wd% h t x#ts only about 61) ge*
,tinee iP e,1 , l and `the cost of product•
tion, ie a y +onelderelbly in advance
of hat. 11n. me4}I1urgy, ore its ex
flee go,
to, oontattl,. a , leapt
or
J•f
two
three grams of geld per to to be re-
munerattye, The ,peteentagefound in
the water is only' o e aler,cent of this,
and this explains' tha'faihire of so-
cieties which have been °formed in
England for the extraction of "Sea
Gold." No douht, the `tune will eonge
avhert che}nists will diiscgver a.rcbeap
Method of extraction, and gold and
silver from the 'waters, of the ocea$s
will then become as exploitable estlia
gold of the Transvaal or of Calor
nia.
- The question naturally arises as to
what effect such a quantity of money
Would have if scattered throughout
the world. The first result would
doubtless be a 4epreciation of the
value of gold, and a corresponding in-
crease in the cost of living. Fol-
lowing the precedents of all the ages,
the gold would flow steadily -into the
hands of a favored few, andoeven as
it is to -day, the rich would become
richer and the poor poorer. Perhaps
it is just as well that the wealth of
the sea should remain where it is, at
least until manhas become immune
to the virus of great wealth. Per-
haps in that Golden Era, our precious
metals will be largely employed in the
manufacture of fine works of art, just
as warble and fine woods are to -day.
Perhaps, also, having solved the
problem, we will be wise enough to
let it remain a dead letter, and leave
the metals where they can at least do
no harm. In this connection we take
occasion to remind the reader that
the Emperor Diocletian, in290, had
the Egyptian 'books on the ,extraction
of gold and silver burned, to prevent
his vassals from 'becoming wealthy
and thus undermining his authority.
REPAIR BRIEFS
Wheels 'bolted on at the hubs are
quite general and many motorists re-
gard them as an improvement. There
is one point to remember, however,
and that is unless all the bolts are
taken up evenly the wheel will run
out of true. As much care is requir-
ed in changing whole wheels, as in
changing just rims in the old days.
*
Grease and oil nipples always
should be wiped off before the grease
gun is connected with them. In no
other way has the motorist any as-
surance that harmful abrasive mater-
ials will not be carried into the bear-
ing or bushing along with the lubri-
cant.
* * *
Tire manufacturers continue to give
out several forms of advice in exactly
the same words they used in the early
days of motoring. One such bit of
counsel is to avoid running on the
street car tracks.
The most widely used type of auto-
mobile horn needs lubrication ,but
once every six months. It is done by
removing the horn cover and apply-
ing a light machine oil on the felt re-
taining washers at each end of the
armature shaft.
* * *
The importance of a clean and un-
marred headlight reflector will be
clear to the average motorist when
he realizes that the reflector's job is
to increase thenatural illumination
of the bulbs several hundred times.
* * :r
In adjusting the idling speed of
the engine of a free -wheeling car', the
ammeter may be used as a guide. The
carburetor should be set that the am-
meter will register two amperes
charge when the engine is running
slowly.
memory dear. But of recent years
the western longhorns have been so
crossed with Herefords and Short-
horns that their character has
changed. They are now content to
graze docilely in the English
meadows and wait the formal call of
the butcher to whom they submit
themselves with full confidence,
which, we are bound to say, is gen-
erally misplaced. The English gov-
ernment, while 'protesting its devo-
tion to free trade was accused of plac-
ing arbitrary and wholly unjust
obstacles in the path of Canadian
cattle crossing to England, but
thanks to the pioneer and coura•
geous' labors of Dr. Rutherford and
his associates, all these barriers have
been overcome, and the well-meaning
Canadian steer of to -day is as likely
to find his final abode in an Eng-
lishman's stomach as in any other
repository that the world provides.
But in the meantime, what of the
veterinary profession which has
opened this. glorious opportunity to
Canadian cattle? He may be de-
clining in numbers, but he is increas-
ing in importance. The movement,
promoted by 'various kennel clubs, to
lynch all veterinary surgeons, has
practically • disappeared. If he was
once supported by the horse, he is
now recognized as the best friend of
the raiser of live stock. He protects
the community against various dis-
eases by examining the Cows, steers,
hogs, sheep and chickens which find
their way to market. No longer do
+children suffer from bovine . tuber-
culosis. Pasteur, Koch and the vet-
erinary surgeon have altered that. It
is true that there are not now so
many veterinary students graduated
as formerly. In the old days Dr. An-
drew Smith, the most renowned vet-
erinarian in modern history, would ad-
dress a class of 150, most of^ them
from the United States. After the
war Ontario Classes fell to 12. This
year there are 41 enrolled in Guelph.
Getting Berry Patches
Prepared For Winter
The return of frost reminds the
'farmer who includes the production
of stl-awberries and raspberries initis
scheme of operations that his planta-
tions of raspberries and strawberries
must be protected against the rigours
of winter.
For raspberries in those parts of
the . Dominion where protection is
needed the Dominion Horticulturist
recommends that the canes be bent
down just before winter sets* in and
held in place by a little soil being
placed on the tops. Before bending
the canes a little soil should be re-
moved from one side of the hill and
the canes collected in a 'bunch and
pressed down in the line of a row by
means of a fork. When protected in
this way the canes will come through
the winter in good condition; while if
not protected they may be badly in-
jured. Under prairie conditions bet-
ter results are seeured when the canes
are entirely covered with soil, and in
such eases much of the covering "can
be done by horse labour.
For the protection of strawberries,
after .permanent frost has set in and
* * :r•
It would.be the' rare case iri which
to -day's car owner would be success-
ful in finding that his next door
neighbor had a little tire putty. In
the old days, all motorists kept a
stock and it is a good idea still to
keep enough to patch minor cuts and
crevices in tires.
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Maly has he tamed them but most of
them have been shown in the dregs
ring: with marked success. Ere makes
no attempt, to use only the jungle
trible, but .among his trained pets we
find the elephant, bear, horse, dog,
calf, donkey, pig, fox, badger, hedge-
hog, rat, mouse, ape, n,volverine, sea -
lion, goat, hen and rooster, cat, eagle,
pigeon, raven, pelican, hare, wolf,
camel, and marten.
One of his contentions is that giv-
en the means of existence animals are
not naturally inimical to each other.
Thus he has• shown in friendly play a.
cat and . a mouse, a cat and a bird, a
wolf and a sheep, a fox and a goose.
His best act is that in which all the
various animals take part in a lesson -
hour in school. Most of them are
seated in exemplary' behaviour - , on
benches, while the elephant writes on
the blackboard. All have books, the
leaves of which they painstakingly
turn a1 the word , pf command. Th
most dramatic act, however, is that
in which a fox, a hen, a pig, a bear,
an eagle, and a goat sit about a table
having a meal in' friendly comgan-
ionship in what Durow calls his 'Peace
Congress.'
Durow differs from the ordinary cir-
cus performer, in that he has a mis-
sion, His aim is primarily to teach
the audience something about aniina!
nature. His act is 'accompanied by a '
running explanation of each manifes-
tation of intelligence on the part of
any animal. His motive is to estab-
lish an understanding between man
and the lower creation.
Curiously, Durow often adds the
spice of his sharp satiric wit to his
act. If there is a man "or woman in
the community who has 'earned the
dislike of his or her neighbours, Dur -
ow is sure to insert that personality
in the form of some one of his ani-
mals. Many a time he has paid his
fines for an insult to some impott-
ant personage, but he cared little.
People laughed and learned, even the
Czar would smile quietly when a piece
of satire was too obvious to ignore.
His first pets were two rats which
he caught in the city of Odessa where
the people in deadly fear of the
plague were destroying them in every
imaginable way. For weeks the an-
imals were wild with terror at every
sound. At length they would come
to the front of the cage to receive
their food when he blew an• imitation
of `their own sound on his'fife. He
then had a small table built, and on
it would place some delicacy. In the
dead of night he would open the cage
door. Finally, they came out, and
climbed the table for the morsel. He
added tables in tiers, and, when they
a ere accustomed to mounting the
various stages, he substituted him-
self. His first public performance
with them was in a version of the
"Pied Piper of Hamelin" where at
the call of his fife hundreds of rats
came; scrambled over him from head
to foot, searched his pockets, ate
from his hands, and even kissed him
on the mouth.
Another of his favourite animals
was a chimpanzee whom he even
taught to say a few words. This ape
learned to eat with a knife, fork and
spoon, to use a table napkin, and to
ring the bell for service. Durow did
not exhibit Mimua, as he called the
animal, at all, but treated him as one
of the family. He built a playroom
for hien, had him at the family table
and gave him the run of the house.
The grief of Durow upon the death
of his ape friend was deep and last-
ing. All afternoon 'Mimus lay on' a
low divan, half asleep, while his mas-
ter sat in a corner of the room read-
ing, and his playmate, a dwarf, stood
sadly beside him. Suddenly from the
street below came the sound of chil-
dren's voices singing. The chrrrapan-
zee raised his head, listening. Then
slowly and weakly he slid off the couch
and crept on all fours to the balcony.
Looking down into the • street he
watched the procession until they had
gone from sight, then his strength
suddenly destering him, he gave a.
single gasp and died.
Durow's investigations into the ef-
fects of hypnotic power and mental
suggestion onimals are very inter-
esting. This is a field that has not
yet been more than superficially ex-
plored by psychologists, but it seems
to be fairly well established that an-
imals are not susceptible to hypnotism
inthe same way as is man, 'but, that
suggestion may be used to a remark-
able extent. Durow realized that the
animal brain is not capable of retain-
ing and repeating a process under
hypnotism, but he made some experi-
Since he was limited to suggestion,
ments on dogs that are amazing.
which is a much moreintensive meth-
od than hypnotism, he worked quick-
ly. He found it .possible to have a
dog 'perform a series of actions plan -
red by himself (Durow), to fetch and
carry without spoken orders, and to
play a musical instrument which he
had never seen before.
Durow is no longer on the road ,with
the travelling curcus. After the Sov-
iet Government was established, the
man's genius in certain lines was re-
cognized, and he was given a position
as Doctor of the Institute of Practical
Animal Psychology in Moscow. Here
}le lives and work among his beloved
animals. Naturalists and psycholo-
gists from all Over the world visit him
in his home, while he both teaches and
learns. At times he makes long jour-
neys simply to clear up some doubtful
point, or to secure some new animal
on which to pursue his studies.
UPSETTING
"Sorry to hear your engagement is
broken off, old chap."
'I shall get over it. But the worst
blow was when she returned my ring
Marked 'Glass—!with Care'."
Bladder Weakness
Getting -Up -Nights
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Gold Billions in the Seas
The public has been follovuing with
a great deal of interest the opera-
tions of the Italian ship "Artiglio,"
engaged in the task of salvaging from
the depths of the Atlantic the 125
millions of gold that was lost in the
wreck of the steamer Egypt. The
latest news reports their recovery of
a very large sum, and the belief that
before long the work will be accomp-
lished. When we consider the num-
ber of ships that have gone down
with great treasures on board, it is',
not too much to" say that the ocean
depths contain countless pockets of
pure metal, gold and silver, yes, and
whole fortunes in precious stones.
But it is not in lost treasures a-
lone that the sea water is rich. The
water itself holds in solution quanti-
ties of gold and silver, which consid-
ering the amount of water is no
small amount.
Silver was first discovered in 1850
in the sea near St. Malo, . by three
French chemists. It was while re-
pairing a boat that had been cruising
in the Pacific for several years, that
it was noticed that the copper plate
sheathing on the hull contained a
coating which was one per cent. sil-
ver. Marine salt, too, was known to
contain a small percentage of the
same preciops metal, so that even the
poorest person using marine salt,
daily imbibes a small portion of sil-
ver.
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The Man Who Slept
With Rats
'Most if the major-domos of the
great Russian hotels, or failing them,
the head -waiters, have had an experi-
ence similar to the following:
(Shortly before midnight a guest
would drive up, unhitch his team of
pigs, or camels, or donkeys, or per-
haps only a single elephant, .stable
them, and then with surely the strang-
est travelling companions ever man
had, he would go up to his room,
preferably Number 13, and prepare
for bed. To the listening waiter
there came presently the sound of
the pattering of hundreds of tiny feet.
The gentleman was going to bed with
the rats.
His rap on the guest's door the next
morning was answered by the hoarse
call of a raveb or parrot. "Who's
there?" and he stepped inside to be
met by as odd a sight as one could
hope to see. About the Walls hung
countless bird -cages each with its
bird inmate, on the floor badgers, fox-
es, cats and dogs made merry, mon-
keys disported on the .mantel -piece,
an ant -eater paraded up and down the
room, and over and around the man
as he lay in bed played dozens of rats.
The gentleman was Russia's foremost
clown, Vladimir Durow.
Vladimir Durow, often,confused
with his brother Anatole, also a clown,
who died in 1930, was born in Mos-
cow, 1863. The boys were adopted
by an uncle uaon the death of their
parents, and like the sons of all well -
'to -do famildes they' were restined for
the army. These children decided
otherwise, and ran away from the
military college where they had been
placed. They attached themselves -to
a travelling conpurer at a fair, but
he treated them very badly, and they
soon returned rependant to their fos-
ter -home., Valdimir now attended
school, taking his honor degree at
the age of seventeen. He could now
have himself 'become a teacher, but
he had already decided on his life-
work.
One day at school he had accepted
a dare from his companions to kill a
great dog in the neighborhood. Evi-
dently his was too emotional a nature
for work of that kind, for with the
death -glare in the animal's eyes, the
boy fainted. Fot months he was at
the 'verge of a nervous breakdown.
The fist day' oil his return to school
he met the dog he had long mourned
as dead. The animal knew him, and
trustfully licked his hand. Durow
was so affected that he then a n d
there decided to prove that animals
have a kindly and forgiving spirit—
not only the dog and the horse, but
many animals generally considered
fierce and intractable.
The list Of his conquests in the an-
imal world is an imposing one. 'Not
In 1872, gold was discovered in sea
water by an English chemist. A care-
ful analysis resulted in the recovery
of Ari average amount of 10 milli-
grams of silver and 30 milligrams of
gold in a cubic metre of water. Since
the total volume of sea -water is esti-
mated at 1330 millions of cubic kilo-
metres the amount of ,precious metal
held in solution by the waters of the
oceans has been calculated as 40 bil-
lions of tons of., gold and 13 billions
of tons of silver. Or, taking only a
small section of the ocean, for ex-
ample, the water which washes up and
recedes from the shores of Mont
Saint:Michel, twice a day, contains
in its ,1,200 trillions of tons of water
the staggering quantity of 36 tons of
gold daily.
If all the gold and silver held in
solution by the waters of the globe
could. be extracted and divided eq$ -
ally among all the people of the
earth, each person would receive 28
tons of gold and 9 tons of silver. At
the present rate of currency each sep.
arate person of the 1,509 million peo-
ple on this earth would be worth a
billion in his or her own right. The
actual quantity of . gold in circulation,
or held in the banks is estimated at
about 30,000 tons, and the amount of
silver at something like 300,000 tons.
Compared to the reserves in the oc-
ean this quantity is very small.
Although we know perfectly well
that this metal is there, we have not
yet discovered a profitable method or
process for extracting it. Our best
chemists have been searching for
years, and, are still searching for such
a Process. The difficulty is not so
Bruch in the extraction of the metals
but in.,the cost at which up to the
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