The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-09
each Nation in Position to Contribute
Something and Each Would
Benefit from This
Lesson.
SECOND FROM ANDERSON
One International Panic Prevented
Would Compensate for Total
Cost Of Erecting World
Center.
fry Hendrix C. Andersen, Written
ear the limited Press ]


Editors note: This is the second
If a series Of four articles in which
Hendrix C. Andersen, American
architect and scholar, sets forth his
IDEAS about the founding of capital
CITY and administrative center for
the league of nations.
In tomorrow's article the writer
will describe some of the institutions
International city.l
Agriculture was one of the first oc-
capations of humanity. but it still re-
mains one of mans activities the con-
dition of which is most backward.
Scientific production Is world
problem. On this subject there is
need for more and more informa ton
and better distribution. Each nation
Is in a position TO contribute some
thing and each nation would benefit
by others contributions.
Until recently, particularly in the
newer countries, little thought has
been given to soil fertility, crop rota
ton, animal and plant breeding; in
PRODUCTION Of newer types of plants.
Or the Improvement of those already
cultivated The result has been that
many farms have been exhausted and
abandoned.
The International Institute of Agri-
culture, situated in Rome, is state
Institution. and is so proclaimed in
the treaty OF 1905. The founders
realized the advantages of state con-
troll, one of the greatest of which is
the obligation for the adhering states
TO carry out. each in it's own sphere,
decisions made by general assemblies
OF by permanent committees. A sup
irrational will has come into exist
ence superseding, in matters within
its scope, the various national wills.
The aim of the institute is, in brief.
the betterment OF agricultural condi-
tons in the different countries in the
interest of world agriculture.
One of the best ways of improving
agricultural products Is TO demon
Ss;rate what has been done and how
1t has been accomplished. The
farmer, either alone or through his
association or his government has
held large place at local. national
and great international exhibits and
worlds fairs. 1t has been paying
Investment. The world administra-
tive center would offer an even great
'er incentive and a greater oppor-
tunity. Even alone, though more
often through their associations and
their governments. the farmers could
maintain a continuous exhibit at this
permanent world center. To those
who exhibited it would mean new
markets for their seeds and grains.
their animal and vegetable products;
and to those who viewed the exhibit
L would mean an incentive to. Inn
prove their products.
Abundant testimony can be pro-
duced to show what can be accom-
plished through more organized pro
duction. Denmark in particular is
good example. Half a century ago.
Denmark was a barren waste of sand
dunes and many of her people were
IN poverty. Since then she has I'M
dergone an agricultural evolution and
today is one of the most prosperous
countries Of all Europe. Her farms
are fertile and productive, her people
are well educated, industrious and
prosperous.
In no country in the world do in
sects impose heavier tax on farm
Products than in the United States.
The losses resulting from the depre-
cations Of insects on all the plant
products of the soil, both in their
growing and in their stored state,
together with those on live stock, ex-
ceed the entire expenditures of the
national government, including the
pension roll and the maintenance of
Inc army and navy in peace.
When the pest or evil has been
established and has destroyed or
proved Its capacity to destroy mil
nons OF dollars worth OF grain and
FRUITS, the country in question passes
cessation forbidding the importation
u, injected substances and products.
ms only goes to prove the lack of
success which attends any attempt
~ improve the situation by combining
attention to one country alone. In
.,.e matter of the farm insect as we'll
as IN meeting other Agricultural
problems, the most thorough co-oper
auon between different countries Is