Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-20
SOUTH AMERICA
AND ITS PEG
LOW IN NOR AIS
CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING HuN.
DREDs or MILLIONS OF
HUMAN BEINGS.
Wonderfully Rich in Natural Rescurc-
es, Rut Lacking IN Moral Con.
ceptions and Religion.

ceptions and Religion.
Bishop Homer G. Stuntz, in his adj
dress before the chautauqua in Wa
tertown, RECALLED his auditors with
much information concerning South
| America and South Americans.
The great movement Of the human
race from one country to another, said
1.-THE bishop, has heretofore been large
fly towards North America, and much
of 1t towards the United States, That
is to say, for the past few centuries
people have been coming from eastern
shores to North America
But hereafter said Bishop Stuntz,
lowing to the fact that North America
LIS tolerahly we'll filled with people,
no more free hnmesteads being avail
1 able, no more room for expansion ex-
4 cepting such as would naturally re-
suit from the increase OF the people
d already in considerable part Of the Il
i United States, the movement Of the
4 peoples of the earth will be towards
q South America.
Rich in Natural Resources. ~.
! In climate and natural resources.
South America was pictured as par
{ excellent A large section OF South
J, America was declared to have soil
4 equal to any that of the best sections
of North America, for the production
OF agricultural crops, while in the
I matter Of minerals it is unsurpassed
!. In the world, I, !, -
! This applies, however. only ta the.
major portion of South America, for
like other resiSnE, II c0istainiE
Ell land that Is not desirable and in some
t parts the climate Is zaot inviting.
I $4,000 goo People. d
Throughout South America there is
a population Of only about $4,000 ,0oe
!, souls, as against approximately three
3 times that number in North America.
Brazil, one Of the richest OF the
South American states, has about
2o,ooo,ooo, or population only about
I'll 'anafifth as denge as that of the
a United States.
Il South America, according to the
views Of Bishop stuntz, could readily
support many times the population it
t, has today, without cramping. The re-
e sources are ample to maintain sew
ID eral times the population of the IN
d tied States.
Education and Religion.
e The people of South America are Of
n mixed blood, the Indian and the Span
e ish and other races having intermixed
Some Of the tribal peoples are yet in
a savage, or semi-sayage, state.
y With the exception of a few of the
g South American countries education,
{ has been almost wholly neglected. In
: some states but a small percentage Of.
the people can either read or write,
Argentine, however, and some OF
I the other governments, have become
imbued with the spirit of progress,
and have set about to establish edu-
! cational facilities.
: The United States has been drawn
= upon for teachers and educators Of
! experience, and in some sections the
i Improvement has been marked The
y educational system of the United
j States is taken. for the most part,
. where interest in such matters has
!. been evinced, as the model.
In regard TO religion, but very
{ small percentage Of South Americans
entertain favorable opinions of the
4 Christian religion, or any other relig-
4 ion. Even among the educated class,
there is lacking any especial respect
4 for the teachings Of the Christian Re.
4 ligion.
Low III Morals.
AS in education and religion, the
4 South Americans, as rule, have but
Islignt regard for neral precept
/ As an Illustration, BISHOP Stuntx
/ called attention 70 the percentage of
4 illegi gitimate births ID one of the cities
Of approximately 100000 population.
4 Out Of every one hundred births, nix
4 ty-two were Legitimate.
Possibly the ratio may not be- as ss
great throughout thecc conntry; but ~
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