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Mr. C. R. JAIN'S ACTIVITIES IN AMERICA 21 sister ship to the Europa which brought us to the United States from Europe. It is a German ship.
4-10-1933: 11-10 a. m.
There is nothing to write about to-day. The day will be spent in packing up, and in making the arrangement for departure to Europe. This journal is therefore closed here. But this account will not be complete if I do not express my 'ideas concerning the people whom I have met here. I must, however, say at the very outset that I am hardly qualified for the purpose, for the time that I have spent in this country has been all too short, and I have not had what may be termed real opportunities of studying the people at their houses. Neverthless, I have formed my opinions which I am now going to record.
The country is the most prosperous one in the world, because it is so vast and so thinly populated. There is evidence everywhere of enormous riches, notwithstanding the huge figures of the unemployed. These owe their condition to the excessive use of machinery. The Americans are very clever in Engineering skill and their work in respect of what may be termed mechanical intellectualism is very great. I expect they will now turn to the higher, that is to say, true philosophical intellectualism also. In regard to religion they are neither better nor worse than the Europeans. Mostly, the Bible does not influence the conduct of the people and the younger generation is not much inclined towards it. Society is more unconventional than anywhere else, and the individual is allowed much greater freedom than in England even today. The people are generally very
