The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-13
XVII

downright 1918 By Herbert Quiel) -
Let us assume pair OF guinea pigs In the AIA,
and her voyage so long to bring into play ths
forces that nlled with young guinea pigs the e anu
the vicinity OF the hero OF Pigs Is rigs -,
This would have presented a problem 10 our elanu
sira Noah would A. not? We can imasnethe veneer
able prophet troubled at the growing scouise V
guinea pigs The provisions would have Deeh -"
Bur suppose the Noah family themselves had So
multiplied? Would the have been any De e.
than IL the famine had come from guinea pes, ,
tigers or serpents? Would IL not have Deen tue "os'
case uosstble II the increase had beeh In human
beings? For guinea pigs lions, tigers OF setpenss
could have been killed and thrown oVeso0a aaS,nd
eaten; while against the thinning out OF the reaun
amt passengers there was set the commandment
Thou shalt not kill.
! have been trying TO get some light on the very
problem | have imagined confronting the Moan
FAMILY For our Good ship Earth seems to be In some
of her decks already overpopulated-not Win kliaoe
brute beasts but with men and women ana cnluren
This overpopulation, have suggested Is the cause %
the poverty the masses In China, Japan ana o'ng
Oriental parts Many readers protest saying.
noyerty comes from the irresistible forces OF nature
urging living beings to multipy-forces which rule
man as imperiousy brutes and plants, tnen why
try to justify the ways OF Coo 10 man, ol " "a
7 novertvP WHY not let loose the dogs or war; and
close the medical research laboratories and the hean
bureaus? Is 1t not better to keep the Passengeis
thnned out by war than for them to perish by pest
lenceY And is not quick defamation by pesuience
better than that slow killing OF the soul as wei a
the body which comes from povertyF
These are questions which cannot be evaoed' Out
must he met shall meet them fairly in good time
The poverty OF the masses In the Orient Is iu =.
awful interest to us-of awful warning and OF sor'
OF fearful hope 1t shows us the dread conoluon
which comes from overpopulation--whicn Is ms'ee
for fear 1t informs OF the long long roau We =,
have TO travel before we reach that point-wncn 10
food for hope-hope that We may In the Journey nnu
some way out Of the tolls OF our own iecunuiS
Those who say that such poverty as we Caucasians
now suffer from Is in manner caused by oyerpopu-
lation are right We have in these United States
sti more than 20 for the sustenance OF every
person In Japan there IL but third OF an acre.
Some Japanese however. supported by trade and
manufacturers and draw their support from other
acres Than those Of japan. But In the Shantung
province of China, DR.. King found lands supporting
3S4O people of a strictly rural population to the
square mile, or 240 to 40-acre farm. The island
of Chungming with 27o square miles, has 1900 peo-
ple to the square MILE and only large city any
part of people could draw sustenance from out
side the island Is safe to therefore that until
our population doubles once or twice. such poverty
as we have must be laid to other doors than that OF
the increase OF population.
Even China and Japan may by collective govern
mental energy bring into lands which the very
agony individual struggle for existence has not
been able to utilize. Engineering and hood proven
ton may make for tens Of millions more In
China Mining OF fertlsing rocks may increase