The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1905-01-06
kmERIcAoFTHE FUTURE
simon n. Pasten's View Of It
Based On Food Supplies
uaHrR STANDARDS OF Lrvne.


Peszsvssn.ia C.fver>ssy Processes
saxs aesezr~es OF Csfted States
Make Fs..fsse Cfvzzizaffss 90
WhseA Hs.ssry oaers Few Aasie-
gtes-sseA sEesiy ~ the werf2
AvafsaAle as esr Sress e<.ser.-
Writing Of The ES,nosnic In;erpre-
tation OF History In the bimonthiy An
mails OF the American Academy of To
htieaI and Social Science, Professor 81
mon y. Pattea Of the University Of
Pennsylvania says this of an Americsn
future based on food supplies:
~Sot only has America a better food
supply than Europe. bat the barriers
90 commerce have been so far broken
down as 10 make the food supply OF the
whole world available ut our great cen
tiers.
"a new civilization Is nov possible 20
which those Of the past can offer few
anslogies. Individual struggle has prar-
tfczliy ceased. A sufiiciency Of food
comes 10 the unskilIed laborer, and the
Increase Of population even when aug
mented by a million immigrants a year
does not Increase the pressure. We
have higher standards today with So.
OoO.OO0 people than we had two gen
erations ago with 4O.OOboOo people. and
we could support 3o0.OO0.OpO with as
great ease rnd with as little individual
struggle.
The great central plain OF North
l.. If fQsnsf
We have the wheat that Europe has.
bat we have IL more abundantly- We
have more extensive grazing regions
and. with corn for fodder. have superior
facilities for raising cattle. Pork never
took Its proper place i'm the diet Of the
world until the great cornfields OF the
west came into existence.
ITO think OF the changes in diet that
the cheapenlng OF sugar has made Is
70 realize I'm n measure what an In
crease OF population viii follow the full
utilization Of available root crops. We
have combined the resources on which
the civilization Of north Europe de
Ponds and those which made the an
Gent civilizations OF the south. The
emigrants FROM south Europe find here
n DD8slBit uttt AAAt AA4NN VI AAltth AhAA4S
countries. and in its use they evoke
qualities in our soil that Jay dormant
Is long as the northern races were fell
from it.
In addition 20 these horne p0ssibili-
ties the nearness and accessibility Of
the semitropicai regions 81 the West
Indies and Central America make
many new fOssistuns available and In
quantities. practically unlimited Meas
ured in fOod. these regions can support
a. great a population rs can the United
States and Gust il less than that 81 The
home supply. We need only fruit AMI
a vegetable loving population 10 utilize
these new food materials. and Il i ~
hand In the emigTants from southern
AMI central Europe.
This food supply could not he made
available nor couId the absorption and
assimilation OF southern races take
place without the recent cheapening o!
the cost Of transportation
"Coincident with this improvement
in food and transportation have come
social setternents that have length,
ens-I life and made people mon
healthy. Grcat S,-uur-C-S like the mo
diseyul plagnes ~ M longer possible
and feyrrS are - well under control
that they have ceased e. IT, grievouS
Affections.
To attain all these advantages a
rapd inrrrsse 80 capital = us-~cSSlry
and fortunately the growth - the say
inE instinct has kept pace with Other
Improvements. 4 slight change m th'
nate % interest calls forth rfgira
enough for or great enterprises
Food. health. capital aud mobility
Of men and So,-t~ ~ the four essen
ttaiS tn progress All ~ Jh-n AZ" Row
ahundautiy supplied aH.i caT,atie ~ In
definite gnrr,-a~e Must not tAiS - th'
basis % a great social transformation
changing our Institutions. habits ans
traditions until they establish SOFIA
adjuS1mru; - complete - the yrs-S"l
economic situation permits l. Their
was 4 hry-ak ~ traditions. institution
and Ideals Wh~a civilization move
from southern - northern F,u-,-~
still greater crisis - t-efoUe IL wh@,
! American civilization Enatch--~ Amer
can posSIhilltics-~
DeeIIae os TiPPiaG system Abroad