The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-04-06

wealth nor evea then unless methods
are devised TO prevent waste and 70
Increase efficiency In every dircctioa.
. The Prophecy Of Matthias.
A century ago. enc Nautilus, started
The world by depicting the horrora
which would some day come from
oyer-populatiOn His theory was thas
the number Of human beings Increases
much faster than the means az
subsistehcc; hence, that disaster
must come In the natural course AZ
events. IL was not given him 70 foresea
nov vastly the means OF subsistenoa
would De Increased through the fnven-
lion OF labor-saving machinery. the ala.
eoIery OF new crops and methods a.
cultivation, and the Improvement a.
The means Of distribution.
SO that many Of the pressnt.tiua
writer's. having In mind the ADVANCE
Oi science, sIgak In no little derora,
Ton OI the teaching OF Nautilus a
narrow ana HUndyd upon Ignorance
OF TIE vast ever-unfoldlng resources
OF TIE world Nevertheless Malthusia
warnings were not entirely unjustiaed.
and a. applied 10 ourselves II must -
conceded that the thoughtful people az
Tie United States have no more urgent
business than TO make broad outlets
Tor surplus population upon The oil
and 20 train a. rising generation so
that II will know how 10 make the
best possible use Of natural rszouroez
nOE WasteIully employed or altogether
neglected. Necessity, the prolific
mother Of invention, viii DOUBTLESS
continue 10 place In our hanas new
tools which will multiply our power a
production; l.rt N we would escaDe
grave trials and hardshIps We must 40
thoroughly and well the work which
needs TO be done In organizing pros
periiy Tor our people by means %
rural settlement
The rural settlement. and all that
this term involves Ga It's broadest a.
plication-the division % land into
smaller farm homes, sufscient for the
support Of n family from the soil, ths
liberalization Of crops. and their u.
most cultivation and the improvemsna
and breeding up Of plants 50 that they
viii yield their greatest product, the
utilization Of every waste and unprO.
ductivs scre-lh short. the settling a
the entire country into small rural
homes. 80 that each family shall own
. piece Of land from which he may
secure 4 living for himself and his
tamily-this Is the work than which
there Is no more important question
before the country to-day.
The Empire Of the South.
Now all this Is merely Introductory
% a discussion Of the opportunities for
domestic expansion Ia various parts q
our great country, and Of the need q
private and public enterprise In max
Ing these opportunities available for
the masses OF men First OF all. let %
lJOk az that great empire which liea
between Mason aud DiAon's line ana
'he Gulf OF Mexico. and. for the mOst
part. cast o. Tie Mississippi River.
A native q New England and q
citizen OF the Pacific Coast, | never
fully grasped the truth about the
South until through travel. I saw and
came 70 know things as they are
once thought Of the South a. an "a
country, vastly interesting because a
It's historic associations, running hack
90 the earliest English settlements On
this continent. but practically deVe-
Hoped 20 the limit Of It's normal
growth and possessing resources In.
ferioT 10 some other portions Of the
Uhion, especially 10 those Of the Far
West.
The truth l. something very differ.
ent In an economic sense. the South
Is a lew country. with immense 70
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