The Arvada enterprise., 1911-08-17
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not from the lack OF opportunities or the discrm.
'hauon and injustice apparently incident to our
present Industrial system While the problem OF
the poor has always been and doubtless will al
ways De- with MS, that is no reason why should
accept with complacency conditions which, If
not capable of being completely reformed are
at least, capable of considerable correction.
Inc increase In the cost of living in recent
years has given a new interest to attempted
plantations of existing conditions and various the.
ories are offered We are told that the increase
in the amount of gold production. rather the
decrease In the cost of gold production, has low
cred It's value. and. therefore enlarged our meas
ure OF value. with consequent increase in the
cost OF necessities well the luxuries of life
without corresponding increase in wages and
salaries; that combinations and trusts have in.
creased the price OF their products by arbitrarily
fixing the price OF the raw material to the pro.
ducer and the price OF the finished product to the
consumer that labor unions have increased the
cost OF the necessaries of life by the increase
that they have brought about in wages: and
finally. the explanation is offered that supply has
not kept pace with demand that consumption has
Increased more rapidly than has production
II is unusual that general condition is to be
attributed to any one cause. That all of these
influences are more or less responsible for the
present conditions is probably true That per.
manent correction OF the tendency of the price OF
the necessities of life to Increase must be based
upon proper relation between supply and de
mand, Is at once apparent. A demand nCreas-
ing out of proportion TO the available supply is
sufficient in and of itself to increase In
prices. And any correction of the other conditions
which may have helped to bring about the in.
crease in the cost of living must necessarily fail
unless there is maintained a proper relation be
tween consumption and production The fact that
In 1909 the value of exports of food sturrs de.
creased as compared with 1905 eghty-seven mil.
lions o; dollars while the value of the food,stuns
imported into the country Increased thirty-seven
millions or dollars. making a charge OF one hun.
dred and tyenty-four millions of dollars upon the
wrong side Of our national ledger. shows that the
consumption of that which We produce has been
increasing more than has the production
To bring about correction Of these conditions
IT is apparent at once that there must be in
crease In production, and the question is how is
this TO be accomplished We must either use to
better advantage the soil that is already In cult.
walton, or cultivate that which Is now uncultivated
The tluth is, must do both Production in
this country, compared with other countries
shows that We are not using to the best adyan
tage the great resources with which nature has
endowed us. The average production OF wheat
in the Netherlands is "a bushels to the acre; In
England, 80, In Germany. 2S In France, 30, while
in the United States It is only IA The same dis.
parity Is found In fields Of corn properly cultivated
compared with those not properly cultivated
In recent report T. stated that ap
proSimately 40 per cent OF the soil that was cul.
tivated was used In such way as to decrease
rather than Increase, It's productivity The cor.
recton of this condition OF inadequate production
due to lack OF scientific methods OF cultivation
must come from the agricultural department OF
The United States and the agricultural colleges OF
the different states. From these sources the farm.
must get the scientific Information which will
enable them to adopt not only effective methods
OF agriculture, but effective methods for consery-
ing the productivity OF the soil. The other cor.
rection must be accomplished by inducing a
larger portion OF our population to engage In the
cultivation Of the soil
We can all agree as to the adyisability OF the
Back to the Soil" movement. But how to make
II effective and successful is another and far more
eifncult problem. Some time ago George Ade the