Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-27
White Man in Tropics
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.Washhgsn, D. C., Js.. n.-CAn u.
wniss man nve In tie tsUpsnf Can b
1re ne children tAse without drtri
naent 10 thsh hsaltA and tha4 ii suceserii,,
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This b oos q u important fmest;nru
which viii probably be cor,sidcrrd by I
congress Of DISTINGUISHED scnntnts ir
Hswsii next sumnss, according 10 IIer.
and1 Hume Ford, head Of tho Pan
| Pacific Unios,, WITH heAdm,artrrs 3
Honolulu. He = now In the United States
arrsng1ng for tho ssisnti3c conference.
Il will probably Be organised by Professor
IL r. Gregory d Yale, who viii be given
An sppropriatioa a $1,000 for the pur-
pose q ealing Together about 40 scicnt tists
YiALfaad 10 study and discuss tho prob
Iems cou1sunting NJ iands which border
upon The Pacific.
Although . great deal has bcen said and
Written on the subject of the white man :
henith In tropical lands, it hAs never been
determined exactly what effects. rood or
bad, the tropical climate has on the man
with light skin, nor 10 what those effects
are dsso, nor how they may be guarded
nsainsA And tho question, n Becoming
more important one cvrry day, because the
man who wants 70 own land and establish
himself IN . new country Is looking more
and moro to tbs tropics Take the sit,ia-
tion in thu country. Our own Wcst no
longer offers 10 the home seeker any con-
siderable botlics Of free or cheap agri
cultural lands. On tho other hand in
Central and South America, in Mexico
and such islands ~ Santo Domingo usre
is vast undevelopcd wealth OF the very
kind that drew adventurous men to the
West so years ago--rich land that has
never been pio~ed, undiscovered mineral
w'nlth, virgin forests.
Americans have bccn going 70 these
countries ~ salesmcn, promoters, and
especially ~ investors Of capital seeking
concessions, for great many years. But
they hAvo not been going NJ home seekers.
In the fiS1t place, unscttlcd political con-
ditions have krpt them cslt, and in the
second place, they have feared the climate
and the tropical diseaees.
Now the countries to the sosrth of M nYe
becoming steadiiy k8 friendly TO cx-
plotting capital, but they are not shutting
tho eioors 70 the man who wants home
Mexico, for example. If the present gov-
had IT'S way, would make il
nearly impossible Tor large capital to tx
plot Mcoucan resUlroes, but il would rot
make It impossible or even difficult for A
man to get farm and establish home.
Of the same tendency may be |
noted IN other Carribean countries. In |
VI OF these countries political conditions |
Lre pretty sure - be stabilized in the |
near future, and there . some /
eaeen 10 believe that they win he saabiliz- /
q IN way moro accepkabse TO the little /
nan looking for . home than to tho big /
nan looking for fortune.
1t shouid be said at once that there =
much evidence against the tropics ~ a
'lsoe Tor white men TO live. The white
nan who goes TO tho tropics 70 live With
mt very carefully considering the condi
ions be u 70 face and how he NAV bsst
uard against them, i very likely to meet
nth disaster. And be should be s.in more
about taking his wife and
bildren - the southern countries.
1t ord TO be the weIlrecoeuized
'oPhsi diseAses that Kept white men
way from the equatorial wealth. Yellow
,ver and malaria long closed many
'opicA countries to Europeans. They
efeated the French IN Panama. Then
olonei Goryas went down there and