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Editorial
December 5, 1947
The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
What is this article about?
Post-WWII editorial from The Denver Post discusses global Bible shortages due to paper scarcity, black markets in Japan where Bibles sell for seven times normal price, shortages in Germany, and uses Adam Smith's economics to critique profiteering, invoking moral and biblical themes.
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Seven Eyes For An Eye
(The Denver Post)
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BIBLES to supply world demand, chiefly because of the paper shortage plaguing publishers everywhere. So Japan has an unholy black market where the Good Book brings seven times its normal price.
Ministers should find food for sermons in this trans-Pacific report. The world is hungry, and not for bread alone. Germany after Hitler is vastly short of Bibles. That's one shortage, at least, which the Russians are doing little to aggravate by seizures for their own use.
Old Adam Smith, the hard-headed economist, made big medicine out of a Bible black market. Complete therein from Genesis to Revelations is a demonstration of the oldest law—the law of supply and demand. The world's best-seller is in short supply. Demand is driven to cutthroat lengths, and the money changers in the temple of commerce are profiting mightily thereby. He who quotes them the Golden Rule is a voice crying in the wilderness. He who points out book, chapter and verse to show them the evil of their ways must pay through the nose for every page he turns.
Seven eyes for an eye; seven teeth for a tooth. Such is the price when the devil keeps shop. Verily, these be times to try the patience of Job.
(The Denver Post)
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BIBLES to supply world demand, chiefly because of the paper shortage plaguing publishers everywhere. So Japan has an unholy black market where the Good Book brings seven times its normal price.
Ministers should find food for sermons in this trans-Pacific report. The world is hungry, and not for bread alone. Germany after Hitler is vastly short of Bibles. That's one shortage, at least, which the Russians are doing little to aggravate by seizures for their own use.
Old Adam Smith, the hard-headed economist, made big medicine out of a Bible black market. Complete therein from Genesis to Revelations is a demonstration of the oldest law—the law of supply and demand. The world's best-seller is in short supply. Demand is driven to cutthroat lengths, and the money changers in the temple of commerce are profiting mightily thereby. He who quotes them the Golden Rule is a voice crying in the wilderness. He who points out book, chapter and verse to show them the evil of their ways must pay through the nose for every page he turns.
Seven eyes for an eye; seven teeth for a tooth. Such is the price when the devil keeps shop. Verily, these be times to try the patience of Job.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Bible Shortage
Black Market
Supply Demand
Post War
Paper Scarcity
Moral Critique
What entities or persons were involved?
Japan
Germany
Hitler
Russians
Adam Smith
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Bible Shortages And Black Market Profiteering
Stance / Tone
Moralistic Critique Of Economic Exploitation
Key Figures
Japan
Germany
Hitler
Russians
Adam Smith
Key Arguments
Global Bible Shortage Due To Paper Scarcity
Black Market In Japan Prices Bibles At Seven Times Normal
Germany Short Of Bibles Post Hitler
Russians Not Seizing Bibles
Supply And Demand Demonstrated In Bible Market
Profiteers Ignore Golden Rule
Moral Evil In Commercial Exploitation