New Britain herald., 1925-04-25
WHEN POPULATION REACHES 100000, 900


 gional Plan of New York and Its Enyirons, has been delving into the situation that will confront the na- ton at that time and concludes that a population of 2O0,O00,OOO will re- quire that 96,0OO,00O of the num- Der will have to be employed in providing the necessary foodstuffs.
 The [. s. Bureau of Agricultural Economics is relied upon for sta tistics following survey made by the bureau a few years age, Acre age available at present, including potential acreage that can be de- voted to farm purposes, will yield enough food for population of 150,00O,000 persons. If the present ratio of food importatons are sus- taincd. population of 150,000,000 would require that each purchaser would have to use 27 per cent less and that each available acre for food supply would have to provide 27 per cent more. A population Of 200, O,0O00 0O0 would require 35 per cent decrease in consumption per individual and a B percent increase in production, according to the de- ductions of MT. Goodrich.
 At such a time we naturally will not be a food exporting nation any more. Instead of desiring to engage in supplying the needs of foreign markets, our agricultural classes will have all they can do to supply the domestic needs. In fact, the possibility is that we may be food importing nation on large scale' if by that time there is any nation with surplus of food to export. They may all be in the same fix recurring all they can raise for home consumption.
 Of course, such anticipations will not much interest persons who are of the opinion that no matter ho" great the population, Providence will always generously supply the food demands of the people. They retain such views in spite Of fam- ines that figure in historic narra- lives, some of quite recent memory Providence has failed to provide a generous supply of food in the past in various parts of the world, but this fact frequently is overlooked in inc face of blind optimism.
 The large cities, according to NIT Goodrich, will not grow as rapidly as the smaller ones within the neXl century. Manufacturing has already hecome widely disseminated, ane will be even more disseminated 1T tho future New York, he ayers, II not likely to grow more than 9' ner cont during the century, an' most of this growth will be in th' suburban districts. The latter state mont seems emincntly logical as is difficult 10 see where there | room for much greater growth II population on Manhattan isIand'
 The next 100 years, from th'S deductions by a man who appear opaIifoI to give as intelligent al nninion as almost anyone, will D inc century Of the smaller cite and the agricultural classes - tn former in the realm of manufactur ing and inc latter in the realm o siopIving enough loodstuffs to kee the increased population alive
 As for the total number of auto mobiles in use when the popuIalo
 g.,, around 2oo,oOo,ooo, the com
 mentator admits traffic will D greatly congestcd if more posi'N
 methods arc not utilized to contr( r, lie mentions improvements streets thc removal of trolley track and elevated railroad structures the large cities, widening of road
 ways, double-drckcr streets, an
 other things yet dimly referred t < as possibly necessary some time, bt . not yet attempted. He thinks root Q can be devised to take care of twic f the number Of automobiles in us { at present, but makes no commer y jary as to the supply Of gasoIir V necessary 10 propel all these veh - clrs 100 years hence, The gasolir $ supply is mol expected to last mol . than 25 years sRless new regioi