The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-10
BY. M. G. HOFFMAN.

called Florida was Inhabited by the
Seminole Indians and another trile
called the Mobilians were clustered
arorr1 what now is known as Mobile
Bay, the immutable laws of supply
and demand obtained as now.
The Seminole found that the game
On their hunting grouds was becoming;
exhausted and ventured further from
home in quest of venison. The bravest
migrated farthest west and there
found more game.
At the same time, the Mobilians also
experienced about the same economic
effects of supply and d. mand. They
moved furtherd east.
Finally the outposts OF these tribes
coming nearer to each ither, met In
economic competition on the border
hunting grounds. Each Indian hunter
claimed the ground he hunted on as
belonging to his tribe Finally one hum
ter killed the competing other hunter
and reporting the situation to the
members of his tribe, IL was agreed In
tribal council that ard Mobilian hum
ter found east of Pensacola Bay.
should be killed by any Seminole who
might catch him trespassing.
The trespasser was found He was
killed.
which a large percentage Of warriors
were killed. The result was that there
were less mouths to feed and less
Indian babies born and game ther be-
came more plentiful and it was not
neces sary for hunters to encroach up
On the hunting grounds of ether tr'bes
for some years at least, until the
human population again Increased in
greater ration than the game.
In Northern Wisconsin. the wolf
family and the deer family live side
by side The deer has thin legs and
a small hoof The wolf has COM
parativeIy Iar"e spreading paw. When
The snow is deep, the deer must keep
N beaten tracks or perish, because he
cannot stand on the top Of tw" or
three feet OF soft snow for his small
feet break into the soft snow and he
drops down into the deep snow at
every plunge. Walking IN deep snow
is like walking in deep water-slo y,
very slow and eXha ustive. The wolves
know this aud waylay the deer on his
trail and have feasts during seasons
If deep snow. The result is the dee"
family decreases and the wolf family
increases. The next following winter
may not have such a deep snow fall
and the deer are able to run any
wfore and escape the carnivOrous ep-
petite of the wolf family and then the
wolf family decreases by starvation.
SO the law OF supply and demand
not Only regulates TIE HI man family
bat animals and in fact all life, includ-
ing animal and ageteble.
The practical farmer recognizes this
principle and does away with the
struggle soon after it begins by think
ing "ut his corn, pulling the weak
Iings OF and letting the most vigoro s
stanl for permanent growtf.
We have assumed superior wisdom
and thought that the Indian wars were
"nolis., and should have been avoided
But unless they would have dOpted
Il system of making living in a way
requiring less ground than IT required
To sustain life on the chase. such rs
l,erding. agriculture. manufacturing IT
commercial activity, their wars were
absolute economical necessities to be
voi1ed only by migration rs long
as there was room to migrate to I'M
occupied territory.
WhC1 tho Franco Prussian war was
fought France had apr jXimately SO
millions of people and Germany about
the same.
But since 1871, Fran3e's population
has pra CticallY not increased Wnlte lnlt
of Germany was about so millions
when this war began. Besides t:.at
Germany has. furnished almost one
million emigrants per year to the
Americas and other countries. In 1871,
Germany was essentially an agricul-
tural country; but, to find work and
room for It's increasing population. il
bernn manufe curing and entered conf
merce on n large scale and in so doing
encroached upon activities and hap
py hunting grounds of the Engli II
people.
The struggle IS now on. It's remote
and fundamental cause in principle is
the same as was the cause of tie In
dian wars. It's the struggle for ex-
istence.
ouaere: Is there no solution, no do
ing away of these terrible cataclysms.
brought about by these Establishments
of nature?
think there is. II the population
Of Germany had not increased and the
old status of conditions had not been
disturbed, there would not have been a
world war. If that be true, then the
solution will be found in a restricted
birth rate. No people have learned
50 well to restrict that excessive birth