Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-04

tural area of this county, under. an intelli-
gent system and fairly competent but
Culture rises to ssa JSsen' The
is that, II not another acre were to be re-
deemed from the Wilderness IL the soil
industry were distributed duly and popular
attention were concentrated upon the best
P PSisSe S uS one be
all necessary food for the wants OF in
round numbers. ,eeo,ooaoco. ....
Fear of the Orient.
Failing to understand the needs OF the
hour or to appreciate the moral TO whlcn
they point. What fortune must aw ait US?
Within twenty years lzo.O0VOJJ people, and
before the middle Of the century over no.
10000 must find room and food and emf
are they TO liver What are tney to dor by
that time our mineral resources will have
been DO nearly exhausted that the indus
minor place BY that time it is apparent
that our dream Of conquest of world mar
ketA viii be a bursted hubble. Mr.. Harold
the orient the hundreds OF millions of
Japan and China, with their initiative
modern machinery o and to crsste Il IL their
own workshops after once using IT, their
enormous supply of coal and iron. their
like that Of fate, are prepared 20 control
the markets OF the future. They must
e sSSl1 as against the policy which has es-
featuring business, on lines which makes
production 50 expensive sq affair that we
Germany on even terms and must retire
before the despised Chinaman. 1t is a
mathematical fact that within twenty years
will not be sufficient for home consump-
ton and seed, without leaving a bushel
for export. Win these coming millions go
into the factories? But where can we then
expect to sell shop products in a world OF
eomPetition. and who will furnish the pay
T not All Industry stops when these are
against which England stands dlsmaysd.
Let us be warned In time. On every side
not reorganized on the basis OF the old
fashioned common sense The safety valvo
for older peoples has been. found IN emil.
TO, our danger. The United States cannot
follow follow. their example i is sgainst the
closed. At homie the problem, must be
worked out and It's terms have been clearly
Mich Must he Done.
The conclusion reached points out and
emphasizes national duty so imminent
and SO Imperative that II should take pre-
cedence Of all else. 1t is the Zoe that has
porous and far more strongly fortified than
our own. Nothing can stop the onward
jaws Of her necessity when they open 10
crush their victims. Either we shall un-
derstand our situation and make such pro-
vision as her Delinquency affords to meet
it or we shall meet conditions OF over
crowding and artificial standards and food
and employment inadequate 10 the national
needs. and so be in danger OF destroying
the stately temple once reared with the
highest hopes that ever animated humanity.
Which Is IL to be?
II we are to walk safely in the way Of
wisdom there Is much TO be done. II Is
time to begin. There must be, first a re-
turn to conservative and economic meth
DDS, readjustment OF national ideas such
as 10 place agriculture and its claims 10
the best intelligence and the highest skill
that the country affCrus In the very lure
front. There must be a national revolt
against the worship OF manufacture and
trade as the only forms of progressive ac-
tivity and the false notion that wealth
built upon these at the sacrifice of Wie
fundamental form OF wealth production can
endure. A clear recognition on the part OF
the whole people, from the highest down
to the lowest, that the tillage OF the soil