Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-20
as are the veins and arteries Of the
human system.

AH uIe iue veins anu arteries Oh the
human system.
The population is at present 5000.
wv. Tho capacity for population is In
definite. Comparison viii illustrate this
Interesting fact. Society erccts Itself
into empires In order to arrive at
strength, civilization and peimlncnco.
The most perfect example is the em-
piro N the Romans, whose history we
iamiNarly possess complete. " ita rise.
elimination and slow decline. This
efnpirc occupied and fused into one pp-
Nueal and social systom She basin o.
lhe Mediterranean, whose area De- I .iC0.-
Oll square miles
From ont ~ this thcy novor parsed.
except Into tn corner uf Gaul and Bra.
tain. but restricted themselves to the
Mediterranean ana P1ntic seas. 90 the
Nile 10 the Danube. and Co the Hh0nr.
This empire. embracing the above area.
contained under Trliln and Aut'ninc-
lll 100000 Of population. and Rome It,
aCiG In the geographical Centor. he'd ~
diameter of nfty miles ami 100000 OF
Inhabitants.
nut tho area " this basin -, Tor ths
most part salt water waste. Into
which prutruie the peninsula o. Asia
Minor. Greece. Italy and spain theme
selves nllcd with mountain vrrtobrac.
ana also few Islands. Space Tor hahi-
tatlon and The production of food ls.
therefore. fcarC0.
The equivalent with us Of this salt
surface and rugged mountains is every
whore an unduiatinr. c1lcarUoua plain,
uniformly lnhnhltahiu and productive.
Tho rivers surpnes the sea Cor the
frrirht1ge uf commerce. ana the front
" land upon them exceeds the cuas. is
uf the oceans lu amount and nccpHrI.
billy. The basin ut tha MIas.esipp|
VIII then more easily contain ana frU1
Ten times fhn population, or 100000 on
Of inhabitants.
10 hf cllcare1us plains extending e.
che Arctic Sea. !hs two maritime
fronts. 1nt shH mountain formation. bl
added. and llH whIia compared 'u Eu-
rope and Asia. 2ul10llUJJ NIl easily
IRA fuum-l population nearby double
Tho fEIaiing human race.
This basin Dr. ~ within thH temper.
are zHnHi but upon tle shores 1f SO.
rulf and 40 tho level 10 che o.. trdpi-
cal fruits, flowers lul vegetation ars
produced. ON che hirh mountain
SLOPES gr0ws thr vegetation 0f che Arc
il' zone. Between ihrrn arc found
ov0ry KIND ~ agricultural DR. 1uet1n.
nH we descend from Sac extremes 81
She central medium.
in position % o. exactly central Co me
continent. Not flr remote from she
vast bank 0f the Missouri river. In tha
bosom of romantic scenery and ffriIl,
prairie, D. spot where she smlkyhIl
1hl Ncpunllonu fiNlff, 10y shelf UIu-
nuenca, form the Kansas Tho circle
described from this clntor with "a.
dluH o. san fr1uplHcI. VIII pass
through Vancouver the port ~ severn
tvUr GOD NudHln'H bay through Que.
bee, through Boston. through Havana.
N,ra cruf and ihr Guy of Mexico.
Win q radius 90 ihr igih degree. O rlr.
gla viii pIH through Mobile. NaW Dr-
loans aud Niag0ril. Th.- spot l..
! th"fgtorr. ui' graphical confer of
! ihe North American continent and oi
ih' basin of th' MulHaIppL both 40
once.
1t il equally che rsnier of enc Amor.
eau Union, Ir De-. IH now blocked 1ui
into c.t.'t'ug Hihi.H and Into urI spec.
Give rcf:eA i1 occupy Hl.a 10 ihl now
'1lI-dftnut fHm lul exactly ln tha
middle nrtw.Du ih. tN1 halves M fnH
human family. distinctly concentrate ID.
| 90. 0na.hFf Christi nH. occupying
200 EurHu. o. 100. number NJ als..
100000 uf population. Che other hill
PlgluH. occupying oriental Asia ana
Pl.Nnefla % the numb % CiO0l1.Oloi
Europe has. ali the outlets 0f CO. iu.
land seas ana rivers toward the wHHt
toward which Be- whole surfice s'1pas
AHit similarly presents tu OUR Pacific
front an Oriental rl1pe, containing hrf
great r.vlrl. me dfuFfH. masses 10 hrf
population ana detached Islands III
Ef.at area dense population ana ih,
nniic production.
The distance from tho European {,
the Asian shores urpm Paris 90 pgkini
travelling Htrulrht hy the continuuua
river line uf tho Potomac. Ohio. Ais.
souri,, Platte ana Snake rivers ANA
ncruls two oceans, u only 1000 ego.
graphic miles
This straight line ~ tho axis N that
temperate zunn NJ the Northern IIrmI.
sphere NJ tho globe. thIrty.thrgo AZ.
Etcca In width. which contains four.
hfih1 of the land. ninc.t,nthH ~ tha
people ana an tho white races. com.
m'tcinl activity and Industry of the
civilized world.