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"""280 GENERAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONsince it is so easily learned. Fruit and seed selecfarming1tion contribute largely to the educational, social, andeconomic life. Rug-making has a high educational value.It correlates in concrete form several of the subjects a boystudies, designing, dyeing, and the general technique taxesa boy s knowledge of art, arithmetic, and geometry, andfurthermore develops initiative and judgement.J\\ (Duality and Market Value of Work.I . Is the qualiti/ of your product (it fjood as that of thegeneral market /^ ie answe is : Yes." inQuality of many cases thejWorkanswer is: It is belter. There is moreconscience in the industry and more enthusiasm and more high intelligence. Brains count ingeneral economy in trade. In one factory, the manager whohas a large independent factory of his own said, Your boysdo as well at the end of three months as my apprentices atthe end of two years. Thc;y are so much more intelligent.".?. Do i/otifind a read)/ market for your output?r^ie ^ac ^ ^ ia^ neaiOutput Findsb a^ nlRl a ready, andReady Market some an eager market for their goods showsthat the industries chosen are well adapted.The following considerations should be kept in mind iudetermining the trade to be followed: (1) Raw materialshould be purchasable near at hand and at a reasonableprice. (2) The product should be one which is requiredsteadily by some community, either Chinese or foreign, e.g.,canned fruits are in demand in some places by the nativecommunity. Peking rugs are in great demand by largenumbers of foreigners in China and by department stores inAmerica.3. How profitable financiatlu is this enterprise ?The^ 1Financial*S *8 ^1C r0u ^ OU wu ^e^ llianv an venture-Problem some ship in these waters has been sunk."After six months we become bankrupt,"and they have not tried anything else since. Dr. T. H. P.