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Mr. Wirtz of New York, in his sermon said, 

 they tell us we should move the church down 

 among the business sections of the city. 

 How could we do that ? Why last week, he 

 said, property in the business section of 

 New York city sold for 35 million dollars 

 per acre ; that is seven times its value in the 

 city of London. And during the same week 

 at a Brotherhood Luncheon we were asked 

 to become acquainted with our next neigh- 

 bors. I introduced myself to a gentleman 

 on my right, and saying I was interested in 



country property. He said, my name is . 



I have been superintending the building of 

 schools at Binghampton, New York, but I 

 went on a farm. All around me were aban- 

 doned farms and the one I was on had just 

 as well be abandoned as it was completely 

 exhausted. 



When I was a young man I had charge of 

 a fine Merino sheep ranch in Alameda 

 county, California, and I saw the hoboes be- 

 fore they were real hoboes. They were 

 young men from good eastern homes who 

 would work on the wheat ranches for $2 a 

 day as long as they were wanted and then 

 discharged at a minute's notice. They used 

 to come by carrying their blankets, out of 

 work and looking for something to eat. I 

 made arrangements with the owner of the 

 ranch so I could measure up some pole oak 

 for them to saw for a meal. This was caused 

 by high wages and low priced wheat. The 



