Telegram-herald., 1891-02-21
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CIVILIZED Enaa. aud mat North ana south
Amer1ea VIII be depopalated, except ey
szyages Of a very low erder. Professor
Mason sad:
in order that this nay be understood,
II Il hrst necessary % explain that this
western part Of the world, known as
North and South America. Is from the
scientific point os view an inferior e,n-
unent, as compared with the land masses
OF the other hemispheres. BY that Is
meant that, while superior 10 Europe,
Asia or Africa III polat OF vegetable
productiyeness, il Is less adapted for the
support Of animal life. To show that
this Is 50, make little comparison for
yourself between the beasts Of this heIni-
sphere and those OF the other. The Gle
phant 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 10 carry what would be a load
for man. The lion and tiger of Asia
and Africa ars 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
better than consider the monkeys, which
are most highly developed of all beasts,
approaching very nearly 10 man. What
Is there TO be found in the Americas 10
correspond with the anthropoid apes Of
the Old World? The gorilla. which uses
a club: the chimpanzee. which is easily
taught TO wait upon the table and To
perform other domestic duties, and the
ourang. which presents so many like
nesses 10 the human being, are repre-
sented IN this side OF the world by mis-
erable little monkeys with tails.
Thus it 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
uct. 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
field has been transported to the Dako-
tas and the very verge of the great desert:
the rapid exhaustion of the soil and OF
the minerals; the tremendous drain in
every way upon resources, which, new
ly developed as they are, must be nearly
exhausted even within the next century;
the ruinous cost of producing and trans
porting articles necessary to civilized
life. He then concluded his remarkable
forecast as follows:
''To put it plainly, the so called Amer
lean people have csmped over this con-
tinent regardless of their future. They
have delved into the soil, chopped into
the mountains and used up the land un-
I'll there stares them in the face the al
most immediate prospect of starvation
AS for the state Of Nevada. we have not
been there twenty-five years, and its re-
sources have been exhausted. In other
words. it will almost Immediately be
unable to support population. The
people who inhabit it are obliged to go
because they can no longer make their
living there, and it is simply question
of short time when it will become
dead state, and so lapse into the condi~
ton of territory as impossible to re-
yive into the living condition OF state
as i it were |. district on the moon.
PAINFUL REFLECTIONS.
''The painful reflection incidental to
the subject is that other states, if not all
of them, are destined sooner or later tc
follow Nevada's example. The popula
ton on this continent cannot necessarily
survive the means of subsistence afford
Ell it by the country If what science
says is true. the white man has got to
go. There has been talk to the effect
that the Chinese must vanish, but it
must be confessed they are very much
better adapted TO continue existence on
this hemisphere than ourselves. for the
obvious reason that they will survive Us
here, and that they will continue in their
own manner the civilization which we
have made an attempt to start.
But the Caucasian, if the scientific
men are to be believed. will not be able
to support existence on this hemisphere
after the capital. in the way of agricult-
ural and min raj resources. has been ex-
hausted, as it must be soon. Hewill dis
appear. The natural question is by what
process: 1t is very evident When a
superior race becomes poor, and thereby
unable to maintain its superiority, it
lapses into the condition of poor white
The Caucasian does become tariftless,
incapable of exertion, eventually sp-
~roaching to the savage. In other words,
he loses his status in the scale Of crea-
tion.
Through the progressive exhaustion