Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03


of skilled labotera they are plunged
helpless into an already OVERLOOKING
reservoir OF labor This creates strife.
competition and finally pnupcrisms tho
addition OF this dead mass agltatos tho
whole body OF labor The unemployed
discover that machinery Is competing
with them In every limo OF manuiac-
turing. Where shall they turn for re-
lief2
MY poor degraded brothers. the cure
for your Ills may be found In tropical
colonization.
Yes, open an avenue Of escape for
the unemployed where he may become
u consumer OF manufactured articles,
and thus broaden our markets and
lessen labor competition In mechanical
pursuits,
Then let us amend our laws so that
tho use OF labor saving machinery can
only be employed on the conditions
that tho unenrned Increment OF the
machinc--tho profits accruing by tho
saving OF labor-shail be enjoyed equal.
ly by the capitalist, the consumer and
tropical Colonization.
"Thc Colonization OF Tropical Ameri-
ca" IL one OF the subjects dealt with, aa
followB
Southwark from the Rio Grande cx-
lists "A vast and almost untouched ems
globe. aggregating eight million
square miles In arcd II Ia true that
portions OF this highly favored cuun-
try are thickly peoplcd ana in a fair
dugrco OF civilization, but this 10
mainly true only Of the elevated res
gionA of the Cordllleras and the coast
lands OF hrazll. The mighty valleys or
the Amazon, orinoeo and Parana, and
hundreds OF other naVigable streams,
are yet almost In state of primeval
solitude. This region embraces an area
10 vast that all the territories OF China
proper, India, Western Europe and tho
northeastern states OF our Union.
with their billion OF people. might be
| contained within Its boundaries. Ihe
soil and climate OF this country sur
passes that Of India, which, with one
| fourth Of its AREA, contains popula-
ton OF three hundred millions, Yet one
may travel for days through portions
| of mnrvclousiy fertile country IN tho
| interior OF South America without
| meeting n human being this. too, IN
| n land capable OF sustaining more
dense population than the Kingdom OK
| Belgium, with Its six hundred people
TO the square mile.
The basin OF the Amazon contains
two million seven hundred thousand
square miles, an area two hundred ana
| forty times greater than that OF Bet
| Eluult WnVau tuNhi l'l"lnH",' -
not EQUAL, Peopled with the density OF
| the latter country. it would contain ono
and half billions Of souls. ana from
| It's houndlrsa resources even then thoy
| would vNlgt In greater degree OF COM
fort than is found today among tho
| peasants OF Belgium
Then, In addition 10 the basin OF tho
Amazon, Is that OF the Orlnoco, or three
hundred thousand. and the La Plata.
OF one million two hundred and hiiy
square miles, and with that or me
basins of tho paraniihybn and Upper
San Francisco, nggrcgailng nve nll-
lion square miles Of tropical lands,
practically undisturbcd by tho hand or
man,
Orton says OF the valley or the Anna
ron; III possesses the most cntoynbls
climate OF the world, with clear att
mosphere, only equnled by that or
quito. and with no changes OF seasons.
Life may be maintained with aa little
labor ns In the Garden OF Eden, Per-
haps no country In the world ia ca
pablo OF yielding 30 large return 10