New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-04

manufacturing emplOyments. Applying the same
the United States both improy ed and unimpGoVe S
%Gh TSs S Sd a abe 10 i've with comfort
and prosperity the actually existing agrIe
and a fairly competent but by no means highly
scientific method OF culture. rises 20 642so'ez' ne
deemed from the wilderness il the soil were treated
kindly and intellgently ana n lnausuy VIZ e.,
trated upon the best possible utilization OF the one
Guced ali necessary food for the wants OF. in round
Failing to understand the needs of the hour or
to appreciate the moral 10 which we point G,s WHAT
100000 people. and before the middle of the century
over 100000 must ind room and food and enl-
they to live? What they TO do? Ply that time
our mineral resources will have been SO nearly
must fall into minor place BY that time II IS
markets will be a bnrsted bubble Harold BOice
has demonstrated that the peoples o. Ihe Tt5
their initiative quality their proved ability to OPP
crate modern machinery, and to create II IN their
nous supply Of coal and iron their limitless cheap
labor. and their patience. like that OF Fate, are
They must control. as against the policy when
has established domestic conditions IN manuIactur-
ing business. on lines which make production 50
expensive an affair that we could not hope 70
and must retire before the despised Chinaman- 1t
is mathematical fact that within twenty years
be sufficient for home consumption and seed, with
out leaving bushel for export. Will these com
We then expect TO sell shop products In world
OF competition. and who viii furnish the payrolls?
ing. That is the dead wall against which England
stands dismayed
Let MS be warned in time. On every side there
is menace IL our national activity be not reor-
ganized on the basis OF the old fashioned common
sense, The safety valve for older peoples has been
tributed 10 cur danger. The United states CANNOT
follow their example II is against TIE genius or
hemisphere r. closed. At home the problem
must be worked out. and its terms have been
The conclusion reached points out and empha-
sizes a national duty so imminent and SO impera-
tive that II should take precedence OF all else IL
is the foe that has overthrown civilizations as
proud as prosperous and far more strongly rOrt,
fled than our own Nothing can stop the onWard
march OF natures laws. or close the iron jaws or
her necessities when they open 20 crush their vic
Tins. Either shall understand our situation
and make such provision her benignancy affords
10 meet il. or we shall meet conditions OF over,
crowding and artificial standards and food and
employment inadequate 10 the national needs, and
be in danger OF destroying the stately temple
once reared with the highest hopes that ever ami
II We 20 walk safely in the way OF wisdom
TbsTa must Se SGst a return 10 conservatives and
economic methods. readjustment OF national ideas
such as 20 place agriculture and It's claims 10 me
country affords in the very forefront. There must
be a national revolt against the worship OF manu-
activity and the false notion that wealth built upon
these at the sacrifice of the fundamental form of
wealth production endure A clear recognition
the part OF the whole people. from the highest
20 the lowest. that the tillase OF the soil Is the
natural and most desirable occupation for man.
70 which every other is subsidiary and TO which all
else must in the end yield, is the first requisite.
movement that lowered the percentage of sgrCult-
ural labor 10 the whole body OF persons engaged
AS In 1850 10 s7 in 1890 and 357 in 1900 With public
interest firmly fixed upon the future Of the country
tention 10 the practical occupation OF restoring
agriculture to It's due place IN the nation.