Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24

wealth Nor even then unless method
are devised to prevent waste and t
increase efficiency in every direction
The Prophecy of Nautilus.
A century ago, one Nautilus, startst
the world by depicting the horror
which would some day come from
over-population. His theory was tina
the number of human beings increased
much faster than the means OF
subsistence; hence, that disaster
must come in the natural course Of
events. 1t was not given hin to foreset
how vastly the mean Of subsistence
would be increased through the inyen
ton of labor-saving machinery, the dis
covery of new crops aAd methods OF
cultivation, and the improvement OF
the means of distribution.
So that many of the p~resent-time
writer's, having in mind the advance
of science, speak in ne little deroga
ton of the teaching Of Nautilus as
narrow and grounded upon ignorance
of the vast, ever-unfolding resources
of the world. Nevertheless Nalthus's
warnings were not entirely unjustified,
and as applied to ourselves 1t must be
conceded that the thoughtful people of
the United States have no mere urgent
business than to make broad outlets
for surplus population upon the soil
and to train the rising generation SO
that it will know how to make the
best possible use Of natural
now wastefully employed er altogether
neglected. Necessity, the prolific
mother of invention, will doubtless
continue to place in IN hands new
tools which will multiply eur power Of
production; hut IL we weula escape
grave trials and hardships We must do
thoroughly and well the work which
needs to be done in organising PROS
perity for u people by means of
rural settlement.
The rural settlement, and all that
this term involves in Its breadest al
plication-the division Of land iAto
smaller farm homes. sufficient fer the
support Of a family from the soil. the
diversification of crops, and their ut
most cultivation and the Improvement
and breeding up of plants 50 that they
will yield their greatest product, the
utilization of every waste and unpro-
ductive acre-in short, the settling OF
the entire country into small rural
homes, so that each family shall W
a piece of land from which he may
secure a living for himself and his
family-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
to a discussion of the opportunities for
domestic expansion In various parts of
our great country, and of the need Of
private and public enterprise In max
ing these opportunities available for
the masses of men. First Of all, lot us
look at hat great empire which lies
between Mason and DixoA's line and
the Gulf Of Mexico. and, for the NEST
part, east of the Mississippi River.
A native of New England and .
citizen of the Pacific Coast. l Asvsr
fully grasped the truth absut the
South until through travel. saw and
came to know things as they are.
once thought Of the South Is IN cid
country, vastly interesting because Of
its historic associations, running back
to the earliest English settlements ON
this continent, but practically deve-
loped to the limit Of its normal
growth and possessing in
ferior to some other portions Of the
Union, especially to those Of the Far
West.
The truth Is something very differ
emit. In an economic sense. the South
Is a now country, with immense re-