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telephones察     wireless     telegraphy     stations    and   levees察   all  water    power察

steamers   and   boats   for   freight   and   passenger   service察  and察  in   fact察  all 

public utilities。 

     Besides察the Government manufactured and sold all liquors察tobaccos察

drugs察teas察salt察sugar察coals察petroleum察lumber察iron in pigs and steel in 

plates   and   bars。   It   is   easy   to   see   that   the   Bank   of   Eurasia   transacted   an 

immense volume of business daily。 

     The bank coined gold in denominations of fifty dollars察twenty dollars察

ten   dollars   and   five   dollars察  silver   in   dollar察  fifty   and   twenty´five´cent 

pieces察nickel in ten´cent and five´cent pieces察and aluminum in one´cent 

pieces。 All money coined with ten per cent。 alloy and at bullion value。 The 

coinage   was   readjusted   every  ten   years   and   silver察  nickel   and   aluminum 

coins were exchangd for gold at their face value。 The Government issued 

banknotes drawing two per cent。 a year察and loaned money on land and on 

goods     in   the  Government        warehouses      and    conducted     a   fire  insurance 

business察but no insurance was paid on any property that was insured in 

the building where the fire broke out察and on no buildings that were not 

fireproof。 No life insurance was allowed and no corporation or individual 

was     allowed     to  carry    on   an   insurance     business     and   no   person     was 

permitted      to   insure    property     or  life   in  the   country     in   any    foreign 

corporation察and no stock exchanges or gambling in futures were allowed。 

     The  Bank of   Eurasia   published   every  month   in the  National   Gazette 



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the amount of money on hand察so that the people might know when it was 

necessary for the Government to make a new issue of banknotes察so as not 

to cripple the circulation。 

     I   was   greatly察  impressed   with   the   reply   of   the   Minister   of   Finance 

when I asked him why he published those statements察 We deal honestly 

with the people and they trust us。; In answer to my question if there were 

any trusts in his country察he smiled and replied察 One trust此the People。; 

     Corporations are allowed察but no watered stock and every stockholder 

has the same vote in electing officers of the company察whether he holds 

one share or any other number of shares察and any conspiracy to corner the 

market or to enhance the price of any article produced or manufactured is 

punished as a felony察the penalty being five years at hard labor in prison。 



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                                CHAPTER V。 



                       DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION。 



     I called at the Department of Information察and when I was introduced I 

realized that I was in the presence of one of the world's greatest teachers。 

She gave me a warm handshake and said察 I have been expecting you察and 

now that you are here察I will take pleasure in showing you the workings of 

the   department   over   which   I   have   the   honor   to   preside。   There   are   no 

Government   or   private   detective   agencies   in  our   country察  but   a   constant 

watch is kept on all public officials as well as private violators of the law察

by the Government placing for sale in every postoffice and every military 

station and every prison Government envelopes with fifty´cent stamps on 

them察  and   any   person   interfering   in   the   sending   or   tampering   with   said 

letters   is   punished   by   imprisonment   for   five   years   at   hard   labor。   Steel 

boxes   with   a   slit   in   the   lid   to   receive   the   letters   were   placed   in   every 

postoffice察military station and prison察and could not be opened except by 

a   commissioner   from   the   Department   of   Information。 Any   person   could 

buy   one察  for   there   was   a   printed   address   on   them察  and   send   it   to   the 

President察  who   has   at   the   present   time   three   hundred   secretaries   young 

ladies chosen from the orphan home to read the letters察answer them and 

send a copy to the Minister of Justice who has them Classified察and acting 

on the information sends orders out to bring the guilty parties to justice察

and as punishment is meted out only to the bribetakers察for it is only acting 

according to the mandates of human nature for a relative or friend to try to 

get a person out of trouble to offer a bribe察carried with it no penalty察but it 

left the bribetaker at the mercy of the other party察and in consequence of 

adopting   this   system   very   few   public   officials   proved   untrue察  and   crime 

has greatly diminished。 Our department has charge of all mail matter and 

telegraph察    telepost    and   telephone     lines   and   wireless    stations    and   all 

newspaper   books   and   magazine   publications察  and   we   edit   the   National 

Gazette察  besides   we   have   charge   of   all   Government   scientific   research 

parties察  and   if   you   will   call   again   to´morrow   I   think   I   will   be   able   to 

introduce you to the Chief Engineer who stands very high in his profession察



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and who has察by placing an Astronomical Observatory on the summit of 

Mount Everest察attracted the attention of the civilized world。; 



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                               CHAPTER VI。 



                              DEPARTMENT OF MINES。 



     I   called   at  the   appointed     time   and    was    introduced     to  the   Chief 

Engineer察  who   invited   me   to   accompany   him   on   an   inspection   tour察  to 

which   I   gladly   assented察  and察  after   a   week's   pleasant   travel   by   rail察  we 

arrived   at   the   station   on   the   southwestern   slope   of   Mount   Everest   at   an 

elevation   of   twelve   thousand   feet   above   the   sea。   We   had   arrived   in   the 

evening and enjoyed a good night's rest察and察eating a hearty breakfast察we 

walked out to take observations of the locality察before taking our trip to the 

summit察and the Chief told me of the way by which they finally erected an 

observatory on the highest mountain of the earth。 

     ;Five     years   ago   the   President    sent   for   me察─  explained     the   Chief 

Engineer察 and asked if I could plan an observatory on Mount Everest。 I 

replied that I would try to do so if the Government saw fit to place me in 

charge   of   the   undertaking。   I   received   my   commission   the   next   day   and察

calling    to   my   aid   two   of   the  ablest   engineers     in  the   service    of  the 

Government察we selected a site for the entrance of the tunnel and next we 

searched for suitable power to do the work。 We found a waterfall twenty 

miles     distant察  where    we    built  a  power     house察   installed   turbines    and 

dynamos and built an electric line to this place。 We then erected a machine 

shop察  in   which   we   placed   our   electric   engines   and   air   compressors察  and 

built a railroad connecting with the main line察and after we had done that 

we   started   the   tunnel。   As   you   will   observe察  the   tunnel   is   a   round   bore 

twelve   feet   in   diameter察  and   no   explosives   were   used   in   making   it。   We 

used a tunneling machine driven and operated by compressed air察boring 

on   the   average   fifty   feet   every   twenty´four   hours察  and   we   washed   the 

debris away by a powerful stream of water directed against the face of the 

tunnel so as not to obstruct the work。 We gave the tunnel for the first five 

miles a grade of one foot in ten and from that point to the summit a grade 

of sixty degrees察and laid heavy steel segment rails six feet apart bolted to 

the  solid   rock察  by   this   means   dispensing   with   ties   and   permitting   a   free 

flow of water and slum。 We found it necessary to build a chamber within 



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the mouth of the tunnel sixty feet long察with automatic doors opening and 

shutting察  to   secure   an   abundance   of   air   in   the   tunnel察  and   also   in   the 

observatory。   The   tunnel   required   no   timbering察  as   we   bored   all   the   way 

through   synetic   granite   and   encountered   very   little   water察  and   when   we 

were about to break th

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