Milford chronicle., 1891-01-23
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HE MAKES a PREDICTION WHICH IS
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.


or So says the Professor.
Otis Mason, Of the bureau of ethnology
Of the National museum, has evolved a
theory that the resources Of the western
hemisphere will, in q comparatively
short time, be exhausted as a support for
civilized man. and that North and South
America win be depopulated, except by
savages Of a very low order. Professor
Mason said:
''In order that TINS may be understood,
it is first necessary to explain that this
western part Of the world, known as
North and South America, is from the
scientific point Of view an inferior con-
tinent, as compared with the land masses
Of the other hemispheres. By that is
meant that, while superior to Europe,
Asia or Africa in point Of vegetable
productiveness, it is less adapted for the
support of animal life. To show that
this is so, make a little comparison for
yourself between the beasts Of this heni-
sphere and those Of the other. The ele-
phaut Of the Old World is represented
here by the tapir. What we have as a
substitute for the camel is the llama,
which is just big enough and strong
enough to carry what would be a load
for man. The lion and tiger of Asia
and Africa are represented on this side
OF the earth by little more than big cats. /
LOOK AT OUR MONKEYS.
''But TO arrive at the most marked ex-
hibition Of this contrast you cannot do 1
better than consider the monkeys, which (
are most highly developed of all beasts,
approaching very nearly to man. What
is there to be found in the Americas to
correspond with the anthropoid apes of
the Old World? The gorilla, which uses
q club; the chimpanzee, which is easily
taught 70 wait upon the table and to
perform other domestic duties, and the
ourang, which presents so many like
nesses TO the human being, are repre-
sented ON this side of the world by mis-
cradle little monkeys with tails.
''Ihus 1t is that this part Of the earth
is termed an inferior continent, because
it is not able to produce or support such
high developments Of animal life as are
found in the other part. Civilized man
exists here to day, not as a natural prod
net, but as an importation"
Professor Mason then, in elaborate de-
tail, described the lapse of wheat farm
ing in one state after another until the I
field has been transported to the Dako- {
tas and the very verge Of the great desert; /
the rapid exhapsiion Of the soil and OF i
the minerea 'se tremendous drain -
eves snecs5tiftes, yAloii. new 1
10. they are, must be nearly
,-sssted oven within the next century; t
the ruinous cost Of producing and trans
porting articles necessary to civilized s
life. He then concluded his remarkable Il
forecast as follows; il
ITO put it plainly, these called Amer e
lean people have campsd over this con- a
tinent regardless of their future. They o
have deived into the soil, chopped into Ii
mountains and used mp the land I'M o.
here stares them in the face the al n
Immediate prospect Of starvation. Il
for the state of Nevada, we have not b.
been there twenty-five years, and its re- C,
sources have been exhausted. In other
words, it viii almost Immediately be
unable to support a population. The al
people who inhabit it are obliged to 20 o.
because they can no longer make their '',
living there, and it is simply a question til
If short time when it viii become a ! a
lead state, and so lapse into the condi- NJ
1on Of territory as impossible to re- sn
Iive into tho living condition Of state of
8 if it were a district on the moon.
PAINFUL REFLECTIONS. nc
''The painful reflection incidental to a
he subject is that other states, if not all I'M
+ them, are destined sooner or later to TT;
oll0w Nevada's example The popula- iy
ion on this continent cannot necessarily to
1rYive she means Of subsistence afford ha
4 it by the country. If what science tn
lys is true. the white man has got to an
o. There has been ralk to the effect PEI
nat the Chinese must vanish, but it
lust be confessed they are very much wa
etter adapted to continue existence on feI
lis hemisphere than ourselves. for the apl
bvious reason that they will survive us on'
ere, and that they will continue in their for
wn manner the civilization which we pie
ave made an attempt to start. the
But the Caucasian, if the scientific ik
en are to be believed, viii not be able his
support existence on this hemisphere hal
ter the capital, in the way Of agricult- def
sal and min eral resources, has been ex-
lusted, as it must be soon. Hewill dis fac
pear. The natural question is by what nif
'ocesss It is very evident When a mu
perior race becomes poor, and thereby cep
liable to maintain its superiority, it I
pses into the condition of poor white wit
ne Caucasian does become thriftless. the
capable Of exertion, eventually ap- spa
oaching to the savage. In other words. sooi
loses his status in the scale Of crea- crai
N. it Il
Through the progressive exhaustion and
the resources Of the country, state the
5er state win necessarily become unin- the
bitable, because it will be incapable Wo
supporting a population. Thus viii A
me about the depopulation Of one state Mr..
er another-of course by a slow proc love
through many years-a and there will Ps
presented the remarkable phenom- bodl
On of the dropping from the Union Of InVe
Sc states successively, because they II,l'i IIuS
ge come to be no longer entitled to Sni,, ~,
under the law, by sena- me-
8 and representatives. in I,
Nevada viii simply be the first state regil
to the operation Of this in orde
table law. The outlook is melancholy. the G
at is not to be denied. tits not pleas No
to consider the frame of mind Of the rom
civilized man on this continent a ltl.ll losll
centuries hence, standing on a sand 80, 80
], where once the maize luxuriously plan,
", and shedding q silent tear Of affec- lop).
J on the past Of a continent which is Of Il
an up to sayagery ever more. - Wash perse
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