El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-08

MAJ It seems reasonable to as
w sumo that the end Of the mi
grations of man is still centuries away,
and that many a generation will rise
and pass beyond earthly concerns be
fore any approximate equilibrium of
population viii be established Indeed
1t is probable that so long as the
world stands economic opportunity
will call peoples, as well as 1ndlV1d-
ualS, to move from country to cOun-
A study Of the map OF the world re
Veals how unequally distributed are
the people of the earth, even when
measured by the opportunities. of get
ting a living. For instance, Asia mas
a population of so per square mile
Europe has 100 people to the square
mile: North America has Is: AFRICA,
Il: South America, Z, and Australia D
Room for Hundreds of Millions.
1t must be plain to every person VINO
has a reasonable knowledge of the
tinents, that South America has the
latent ability to support 30 people 10
the square mile as easily as Europe
can support 100, and if that be true
there is room on that continent for 900
000. 900 immigrants and their descend
ants. 1t also seems to be evident from
a comparison of the relative resources
Of North America and Asia that North
America with its uptodate western
world system of agriculture, manufac-
turing and commerce. can support
which Asia supports today with its
Outofdate and antiGuated agricultural
and industrial methods. II that be
true, then North America might yet
find room for 100000 souls.
Homes In Afriea.
Africa is hot for the most part. and
somewhat inhoSpitable to civilization:
and yet the spread Of the science OF
tropical medicine makes it as avail
able place for human existence as
equatorial South America in general,
- H. Too mo rarm#
the great Sahara, 1T might support
population of at least p to the square
mile. and that would mean room for
an increase in population Of more than
150.000,O00 souls.
Australia, likewise, might accOmmo-
date at least % to the square mile, and
that would mean nearly hundred
million souls could md room on the
smallest continent. In other words,
with South America and North Amer
lea having a population half as dense
as that of Europe and equally as dense
as that of Asia: and with Australia
and Africa having a population only
fourth as dense as that of Europe
and half as dense as that of Asia to-
day. there would be room for an i'm
mi grafton to those continents of near
" nine hundred million souls. AS
with about two-fifths of the worlds
area. support four-fifths of the worlds
Canal Aids Pacific States.
able development in human migratory
matters for the early future is the in
dicated tide that gives promise soon
to be sweeping through the Panama
canal All the world looks for boom
the Americas as a result
Of the opening of the great water
Of the Pacific sides Of the two con-
tinents. Suddenly all this vast region
is to be brought 5000 miles nearer to
the immigrant embarking ports of
hnnTsG closer
the interchange of commerce Instead
Of San Francisco being as far by wa
ter from Liverpool as Sitka is from
New York, the city of the Golden Gate
will be brought as near to Liverpool
as New York now is TO Bombay.
Already the big steamship lines are
planning to take advantage of the sit
uatiOn. They will have large fleets
Of immigrant carrying ships, equipped
with the excellent accOmmO datiOnS
which the new steerage provides.
lies to these new fields of abundant
for work and good pay.
The labor centers Of Europe are watch
ing with interest the approaching
completion of the canal. since the tide
Of immigration that will set through 1t
VIII mean not only better wages for
those who go, but likewise for those
who stay behind. The cutting down
Of the labor supply in Europe has con-
helped the wage Garner who
remained behind to get a better wage
than he could command before his
brethren answered the WanderluSt be-
gotten of economic conditions which
called upon them TO take up their pos
sessions and join the great caravan
Of humanity bound for the new world.
Room in Central America.
An mixing of what the west coast
mately TO do in the way of furnish
ing homes for a new population is to
gathered from Salvador. This little
Is countries like it could be tucked
away within the confines of the single
state of California, has a population
while California today has a popula-
ton of 1881, 600, according to the Sal
vadOrean standard it could support
some 4O,O0O,OOO. ANY one who has
vadOr,7 and from San Salvador via
SonSOnate to Acajutla and Zacapa, and
who has beheld the hundreds Of square
miles taken up with volcanic noun
tainS, knows that salvador has no
greater proportion Of arabic land than
California Furthermore, having seen
Industry. he knows that California can
match product with product and re-
source with resource. The Salvador
cans are the most prosperous people
Of the west coast, in spite of the re
narkable density of population found
there
Duplicating the population OF saliva
dor, the other countries Of Central
America could find room for upward
Of 30,OO0.0O souls above their present
population. Mexico could furnish an
abiding place for nearly 100000, 900
additional people. Measured according
to the Salvadorean standard. the
Americas ultimately could accommo-
date a total population equivalent to
twice the estimated population of the
entire earth today. OF course such a
time may never come and certainly
viii not come for many centuries, but
1t demonstrates the possibilities Of the
west coast
It seems certain that the opening of
the Panama canal viii give new truth
to the saying that westward the
course of empire takes its way. But
that age-lOng tendency of the unceas-
ing drift of humanity will stop with
the Pacific shores of the Americas.
for beyond that lies Asia, where the
movement began, and where there is
no room for new immigration. The
all point to the Americas
and Australia as the regions to which
the footsteps of the immigrant viii
lead for at least a century more. Asia
will be shut up within herself neither
offering her hospitality to immigrant
races, nor being offered that Of the
other continents.
Tomorrow-The Congressional Di-
rectory.
PRISONER ADMITS HE IS
COUSIN OF SIDNA ALLEN
Seattle lar Q-PaT0On Is ewes.