The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-03-12

waste territory than any great coun-
try Of the world, except China. In
short, in size and possibilities Of in
ternal development it is placed for
earth's greatest power.
Add together the eighteen provin-
ces of China proper, Japan, Euro
pean Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece,
Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain,
Germany, Austria, Portugal, Italy,
France, Denmark and Great Britain,
and they equal only about the same
era as the United States, not count
ing Alaska and our Island posses
sions. In the countries named there
are more than TOO, 100000 people.
There are only three States West
of the Mississippi as small as all
New England. California is three
fourths as large as France, and there
are 40,000,000 people in France, and
only about 2,350,0O0 in California.
Arizona is about the size of Italy,
and New Mexico is nearly as large as
Great Britain. Oregon has only about
100000 population now, but if it
were as densely populated as New
Jersey there would be 100000 Of
people in Oregon. If the United
States were as densely populated as
the Island Of Java, we should have
in this country one and one-half
times the population Of the whole
earth, and still the United States
would not be more densely populated
than Belgium is now.
To illustrate further; If France
were an island and Texas q sea, and
the island France were placed in the
midst of the sea Texas, the people
of the island would be out Of the
sight of land from every point Of the
compass. Counting the population
of the world today at 100000, 900,
if all the millions of Africa, Asia, Eu-
rope, South America, and North
America were placed in the one State
of Texas alone, not man, woman,
or child anywhere else in the world,
there would be only ten to the acre.
Look now at the mineral resources
of the United States. The United
States today furnishes the world
with siXty-three per cent of the pc
troleum of the world. Fifty-seyen
per cent of the worlds copper comes
from America. All Europe has only
one-fourth as much coal as the Uni
ted States, and the output of gold in
this country is many times that of
any other country except the Trans
val in Africa.
BY the statistics of the Bureau of
the Department of Commerce and
Labor, the wealth Of the United
States equals forty-two per cent Of
the total wealth of Europe. The
trade of the United States with for
eign lands and it's Island possessions
for the year ending June 80, 1912,
reached 100000, 1000. Statistics
of the Government show that the peo-
pie of this country are saving money
at the rate Of 100000 per day.
The agricultural products of the Uni
ted States three years ago amounted
to $4,000, 100000 in one year, and
the wealth of the United States in
1910 was computed at $3.50, 0,000.-
600.
Now, in order to understand these
stupendous facts we must try to find
their equivalent in the moral and
spiritual sphere of human life. For
LIFE, both in individuals and ma
tions, consists not in the amount of
material possessions owned by them,
but in their mental, ethical and
spiritual forces, and these eVentuate
in their civil and religious freedom,
or serfdom, So, let us try to strike
the equation.
In the United States we have about
100000 of population. About
100000 of these people are Ro-
no oh n