Kindlv Competition ls Modern

Have you ever stopped to consider, Junior, how absolutely new is kindly, friendly competition?

Fact. It is strictly a product of our modern civilization that was unknown in earlier days.

The history of the world amply demonstrates that until a few short decades ago the human mentality seemed totally unable to conceive of friendly toleration of a competitor.

The old gods, the old religions, the old kings, the old nations, all conceived it to be their first duty to destroy their competitors, or make them slaves. That there was room for all-that the world might thrive on competitionthat men and things would develop cooperatively-was too great for their narrow comprehension.

Even the God of Israel describes Himself innumerable times throughout the Old Testament as a "jealous God."

Take the history of nations and of cities. Throughout the back ages, governrnents of men clung viciously to the opinion that each must exist at the expense of its competitors. The great example was Cato and Carthage. Cato, the Roman, went to Carthage, the great power that had sprung up on the other side of the Mediterranean, as Ambassador. And he became so obsessed with the idea that if Rome were to ll.ve, Carthage must die, that he made the destruction of Carthage his life's work. He took for his eternal slogan the words, "Delenda est Carthago !" (Carthage must be destroyed.) And Carthage WAS destroyed.

Cato did not understand that Carthage was helping Rome civilize the world, and that through civilization, and only in that way, could the world and Rome make progress.

Men of the Cato mentality are still to be found in the world. The'Soviet empire today is a splendid example of that philosophy. And men of that mentality are still to be found in business, in politics, and in other roadways of life.

Fortunately they grow ever fewer, as modern man learns and proves that cooperation and competition alike are essential to our way of life.

Interesting Focts About Cclifornio

The following interesting facts and figures regarding California are from the field service of the United States Department of Commerce :

In June, 1952, the total registrations for California u'ere 4,107,922 passenger cars, n'hich exceeded Nell' York by l,lO7,ll2. The yearly gain in California more than doubles the gain in any other state.

During the first six months of 1952 California bought 1,785,702,N0 gallons of gasoline, which was 34.6 percent greater than that of Texas, the next greatest user.