The buildings are masterpieces of art and engineering. Designed with
modern and Mosaic architecture combined, they tower twenty-two stories
and up. Some of them have flat roofs while others have spear-like
towers on them, acting as standards for huge flood lights which
illumine this section of the city as sunlight, when necessary.
Amazing as it may sound, both the shopping rooms and factories are
housed in these large buildings, yet no noise of machinery can be heard
nor is there smoke or any kind of fumes. Workers here only put in three
hours each day in business, and the different industries operate at
different times of the day, thereby giving all workers an opportunity
to shop and have their needs fulfilled, it was explained to us.
The shop windows are filled with beautiful displays of Martonian
designed clothing for all occasions, household articles to fill every
need, games and amusements of all sorts, and foods for every taste.
Admiring these exquisite displays and having already been told of the
short working hours, Johnny was curious to know what method of exchange
was used here on Mars to enable the people to obtain these articles.
We are told that all people on the planet are considered as children
of the Father, that they are equally treated as such, and all equally
produced for the wealth or good of all alike. Therefore, they have an
access to goods as they need them. While the servant in one of the
shops serves them, he too is in need of things which are not in the
shop in which he serves. So all things that serve in channels in which
he has a need, give unto him. In that way, the labor of the planet is
done for the good of the planet without distinction of profession,
for the necessity is all that is recognized. In this way, the man
who brings forth the coral rock of which the streets, sidewalks and
curbings are made is as important and great as the man who paints the
mural of the Creator upon the walls within the buildings and temples or
the scientist who brings forth the blessings of the planet or the one
who teaches the way of life unto the people. Everybody has equally with
plenty of everything, so envy or wants are unknown among the people.
Instead, absolute certainty, on Earth known as security, is realized by
all.
For the convenience of pedestrians desiring to cross from one side of
the street to the other, there are underground tunnels with conveyor
system which takes them across.
Traffic is heavy in this section of the city, yet there is no
congestion nor confusion and the air is permeated with the sweet
fragrance of the flowers growing down the center and on each side of
the streets.
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