Harijan Poona - Saturday September 24 1938

In almost all cases where a group is in possession of the office and necessarily the office account collection of the annual subscrition for all the bogus members is shown to the credit side and at the same time nearly the whole amount is shown to the debit side on the different heads of expenses such as travelling expense meeting expense allowance expense etc. [...] This has happened because it is realized that the defence of the country is the concern of every citizen and that the slackers and profiteers may not reap the fruit of the blood of the more conscious citizens. [...] In view of the rapid development of activities at the production centres and the growing output of khadi it is necessary to see that the stocks do not accumulate and the capital is not locked. [...] Tho aboltion of the sacrificial feasts is to do away with the very few occasions on which the awful monotony of village life is broken.' He also tells of the execrable artistic productions' of the Baptist chapels which have had so mischieous an influence on tribal art the destruction of the craft of wood-carving the substitution of individualism for tribal loyalty. [...] This protective tariff to a certain extent goes to prevent the importation of foreign yarn into the country but the advantage is solely derived by the well-organized mill industry to the detriment of the handlooms." A large articulate interest benefits at the expense of a large but inarticulate community." The sum of 15 lacs of rupees spent by the Central and the Provin-.