The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
FRON OTHER PENS
PRESSING THE FOOD LIMIT.

PRESSING THE FOOD LIMIT.
In his address at Seattle James J.
Hill pointed out that the exportable
surplus of wheat had decreased from
100000 to 10000, 900 bushels, with
the time in prospect when there would
be no surplus unless production should
be increased.
The limits of food production have
been repeatedly foreshadowed and
systematic efforts have been made to
increase both the acreage and the
yield per acre. One feature usually
overlooked however, Is that the con-
sumption of wheat per capita has in
creased, leading inevitably to the con-
clusion that the standard Of living is
higher and that there are by no means
SO many underfed people as in years
past.
Another question connected with
the food supply which has attracted
little attention has a double signifi-
canoe. It is the. problem of getting
more sustenance out of the produc-
ton than we now have. There is en-
tirely too much food waste in Ameri-
can home life. 1t causes an excessive
demand for foodstuffs and increases
the cost of living without returning
any equivalent 1t was not SO long
ago that the ''book farmer" as the ag-
ricu1tura1 school professor was called.
was laughed at. Today his advice is
sought by every progressive tiller of
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NEW NATIONAL PERIL.
All Europe is studying the increase
| of its naval ornaments. Italy is the
| last. OF every 81 earned in Italy 20
cents already goes to the tax-gatherer.
| Yet 1t is proposed there to spend
| s2O0,oO0,0o0 in bringing the italian
| fleet up to the safety point. Austria
has done it by laying down four
| Dreadnaughts.- The Austrian fleet is
| today stronger than the italian: Italy
must at all hazards build a bigger
| fleet. as Italy did from 20 to 80 years
| ago when naval defeat by Austria in
| 1866 had shown the peril to the Ital-
| ian coasts from a strong Austrian
| fleet
| Austria builds its ships as part of
| the German plan for a great fleet,
| controlled from Berlin. strong enough
| to seize the seas. defeat the English
| fleet and then make short work of
| the Monroe doctrine. But for German
naval expansion this rush to naval
ornaments by all lands would never
| have come. No one armed the more
| because of the English fleet. A strong
| French fleet brought no enlarged
naval expenditure in other lands. Our
| rapid naval expansion since 1898
awakened no terrors.-Philadelp
| Press.
THE BIGGEST BOOM.
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| business boom in the history of the
| country. The stock market weather
| vane tells a striking story of new con-
| fidenee in higher prices, for many
securities, than have ever been obtain
| ed. Some have already broken the
| best records made before the panic.
| Building operations are on a great
/ scale. In several cities they are sur
passing all previous years. 1mmigra-
| ton is at least equal to the gains of
| any previous time. Bank clearings are
| large, and railroad earnings increase
| steadily and rapidly.
There are many other signs of good
/ times. coming and in large part al
| ready half of the country. is enjoying
| extremely favorable markets. Wages
! are tending upward again. Real es-
/ tate is rising. The financial resources
/ of the country were never before so
| great. Gold accumulates and bank
/ reserves are ample. There is much
/ confidence in the future of trade and
industry, and there was never less
i danger of evil in governmental IS
sues or political unrest.
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