page ▁illustrated ▁supp lement ▁on ▁domestic ▁and ▁foreign ▁culture ▁and ▁politics . ▁As ▁editor , ▁Pur ick is ▁cl ashed ▁with ▁his ▁political ▁oppon ents , ▁particularly ▁with ▁Ant anas ▁S met ona ▁and ▁August inas ▁Vol dem ar as . ▁Pur ick is ▁was ▁replaced ▁as ▁the ▁editor ▁by ▁ ▁after ▁the ▁May ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁elections ▁to ▁the ▁Third ▁Se imas ▁of ▁Lith u ania ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Christian ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁lost ▁its ▁parliament ary ▁majority . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁he ▁became ▁editor ▁of ▁T aut os ▁ ū k is , ▁a ▁new ▁month ly ▁magazine ▁devoted ▁to ▁economy . ▁Pur ick is ▁published ▁high ▁quality , ▁almost ▁academic , ▁articles . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁editor ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression ▁and ▁w ors ening ▁trade ▁relations ▁between ▁Lith u ania ▁and ▁Germany ▁( the ▁largest ▁im porter ▁of ▁Lith uan ian ▁goods ). ▁He ▁joined ▁the ▁Society ▁for ▁the ▁Econom ic ▁Studies ▁and ▁initi ated ▁econom ists ' ▁Frid ays , ▁a ▁month ly ▁meeting ▁for ▁discuss ions ▁and ▁deb ates . ▁At ▁his ▁time , ▁his ▁political ▁views ▁shift ed ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁Christian ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁and ▁became ▁less ▁ant agon istic ▁towards ▁the ▁r uling ▁Lith uan ian ▁National ist ▁Union . ▁ ▁Pur ick is ▁wrote ▁numerous ▁articles ▁to ▁various ▁other ▁Lith uan ian ▁period ical s , ▁including ▁L iet uv os ▁a idas , ▁Tr imit as , ▁V air as ,