Our cities are not crowded and our buildings are beautiful in
their simplicity: large and roomy, with an abundance of sunlight
and ample ventilation.  White marble and metals are employed for
building purposes.

The inhabitants congregate in centers and, owing to our more
perfect methods of transportation, go forth daily to their tasks
in field or factory, to return at the end of their allotted
period to home and fireside.

CHAPTER III.

THE MARTIAN CANAL SYSTEM

The Canal system on Mars is comparatively new.  The idea of
constructing a planetary Canal system had its incipiency at the
time of Christ's visit to our planet.  The Master warned the
people that they must make provision for their future water
supply.  At that time (10,000 years ago) the water supply was
becoming noticeably scarcer as time went on.  It was nearly 3,000
years after the Master's mission to Mars had been concluded that
actual construction of the Planetary Canal system was undertaken;
and during the intervening 7,000 years and up to the present
time, construction on the public waterways has continued.

At the present day the system is most complete, but constant work
is required to keep the canals in working order.  In addition to
the gigantic Canal system, provision had to be made for suitable
reservoirs to impound the water after the seasonal thaws at the
poles.  To this end immense reservoirs were constructed at most
canal intersections.  In some instances the reservoirs are
established between parallel canals; but in every case smaller
canals, or laterals, always intersect at these points.

Many of the canals on Mars are double, as they appear to your
astronomers.  These double waterways parallel each other at a
distance of about 75 miles.  The reason for this is that as the
Martian population is absolutely dependent upon the Polar waters
to irrigate their crops, any accident to a canal, such as a land-
slide stopping the regular flow of water or the breaking of a
lock or gate, would mean a very serious calamity to a great
number of people.  And for that reason, soon after the main
canals were constructed, second and parallel waterways were made
for the purpose of guaranteeing an uninterrupted flow of water
from the Poles to the Equatorial regions.  The result of this was
that on many occasions the foresight of the Martian engineers who
had the water supply of the planet in charge, saved immense areas
from drought.

The rainfall on Mars is almost nil and the immense population
(eight times larger than that of your Earth) is entirely
dependent on the water supply from the melting Polar caps.  Water
on Mars is a most precious fluid and there is none to waste.  Our
oceans evaporated ages ago, and outside of the precipitation of
moisture at the poles in the form of snow, none is to be had
anywhere else on the planet except in very meager quantities.

The astronomer Lowell of your Earth, who made a life study of our
planet, called these reservoirs "Oases," but he was mistaken in
his theory.  He concluded that these points, which appear as
round disks in the telescope, were centers of population.  This
conclusion is erroneous.  The centers of population on Mars are
scattered over the entire planet regardless of the position of
the so-called "Oases." It is quite true that owing to the rapid
evaporation of water in the comparatively thin atmosphere of
Mars, the dewfall for quite a radius from the center of the
reservoirs is considerable, with the result that vegetation
springs up, giving the "Oases" the appearance of a diameter of
about 75 miles.  The reservoirs are about 60 miles across and
hold millions of gallons of water.

The same explanation may be given of the Canals.  The dewfall on
each side is extensive, and the vegetal growth which extends the
full length of the water-ways and for thousands of miles in some
cases, is most prolific.

The water in the canals, in most instances, is distributed by
gravity; but recourse is had to a lock system and to immense
pumps for raising the water to proper levels.

The gates of the lock system and the pumps are operated by
electricity, the control of which energy is well understood by
us.  In fact, we are centuries ahead of your Earth people in the
knowledge of the use of Electro-magnetic energy.  (More will be
given on the subject of Electricity in a later chapter.)

Another source of mystery to your astronomers has been the
appearance of triangular dark spots at the origin of some of the
Martian canals.  These have been referred to by your astronomer
Lowell as "Carets," named so by reason of their peculiar shape. 
These so-called "Carets" are the thoughtful provision for the
impounding of a season's supply of water.  In other words they
are in part a lock system for raising water to the level of some
of the main canals, and embrace also a prodigious pumping system.

These so-called "Carets," as the telescope will show, are located
at the edge of some of what appear to you as very dark areas on
our planet.  These dark areas are Mars' old sea bottoms, and in
many instances have been utilized by our engineers as natural
reservoirs for water.  Their convenient location near the Poles
has provided ideal facilities for the preservation of an adequate
supply of water.

The construction of Mars' gigantic Canal system, planetary in
its extent, might seem to your Earth people an impossible task. 
And it might prove so to your Earth dwellers should you undertake
a similar project in the ages to come when your seas dry up,
though it must be remembered that gravity on Mars, compared with
your Earth, is as 38 to 100.  Excavations of large waterways
then becomes a comparatively easy task.  We have no high
mountains on Mars; in fact, none exceeding 3,000 feet in
altitude.
 
Owing to the difference in gravity the angle of repose on Mars
is nearly acute as against 45 degrees on your Earth, which
permits of almost perpendicular walls to the canals and lessens
the danger of landslides and cave-ins.  But above all, the
biggest advantage enjoyed by us in the construction of large
public enterprises, such as are embraced by our Canal system, is
the solidarity and unity of purpose on the part of the Martian
people.  As Love rules our planet no internal dissension or
public misunderstanding exists among its people to retard any
undertaking that is necessary for the good of all.
 
It is lamentable that the dwellers on your Earth are divided
against one another.  Not only are your false ideals of racial,
sociological and religious distinctions a bar to your Spiritual
and material progress, but your political and economic falsities
are as millstones around your necks, which will ultimately lead
you to destruction unless you, as a people, retrace your steps
and go back to the pathway pointed out by Christ the Master 2,000
years ago, when He came to your Earth with a message from the
Most High.  The pathway is LOVE which leads to a true
understanding of God and the Kingdom referred to by Christ.

The Martian canals, as telescopic observation will prove in
almost all cases, follow straight lines.  When necessary,
mountains have been cut through down to a proper level.  Where
the canals cross depressions or old sea-bottoms, immense
aqueducts have been constructed of solid stone and concrete in
such a manner that the water, in most cases, flows to its
destination by gravity.

That this has been a stupendous task may be more readily imagined
when it is known that the width of the main canals averages from
one to twenty miles.  This announcement might seem to many
unreasonable, but it must be remembered that the volume of water
distributed over 212,000,000 square miles of territory is
immense.  You might ask where this large volume of water comes
from.

The POLAR CAPS! During the Martian winter these extend down
nearly to the equator, and cover about five-sevenths of the
planet's surface when at maximum; and as the snowfall averages
from six inches at the edge of the caps to 50 feet at and near
the actual Poles, some idea may be gained of the amount of
moisture taken care of by these artificial waterways.  Ten feet
of snow will make 12 inches of water, so there exists on Mars an
ample supply for all purposes.

(NOTE--The question as to why many of the canals germinate has
been a perplexing one to our astronomers.  Lowell observed that
many of the main canals germinated a short time after the
commencement of the Martian summer, and for a time it was thought
that the phenomena might be an optical illusion, and the latter
theory was considered seriously by some observers until the
double canals were actually photographed at the Flagstaff
observatory, but the cause of the doubling was never solved until
the receipt of these revelations.)

CHAPTER IV.

PLANETARY ECONOMY

Economy is a virtue long cultivated on the Planet Mars.  On your
Earth you waste more than you use, not only in food but in the
fruits of the Earth.  You are using up your resources at a
tremendous rate, and some day you must pay the penalty.  Witness
the wanton destruction of your beautiful forests, the depletion
of your coal beds and crude oil deposits.  All this waste is the
result of lack of Spiritual guidance; a gross materialism: an
inordinate selfish greed.  Instead of laying up Spiritual
treasures you are worshiping at the altar of Mamon.  Ultimately
you will find your hoardings nothing but tarnished brass--an
illusion leading you on to Spiritual destruction.

With the Martians the incentive to live is to express life and be
in harmony with the Creator, to develop spiritually and build for
Eternity.  On Mars each one strives to live for his brother to
the end that all may inherit the promised Kingdom when yet as a
physical being.  Commercialism with us is unknown, for no one
works for profit.  The products of the toil of all the
inhabitants are for the public larder and other necessities and
even luxuries.

As a result of this system of public economy and industrialism,
sweat-shops, child labor, poor houses, public reformatories, and
the long list of pernicious and iniquitous customs in vogue on
your Earth are unknown on our planet.