Show agriculture t the he basis of the Great greatness fiess and stability of modern nations by FRANK 0 LOWDEN ex governor of illinois the common dirt from which vegetation aprin sprin springs s becomes tile the mena tire of the gro grouth th and 0 greatness of any civilization and in less than halt half a century americans will have reached the saturation point of in population when we shall bo be pressing upon our own means of sub si eiste stence at the present standard of living the present difficulties of england are due to the fact that she is a country over industrialized anti and un unable able to f feed eed itself with no more virgin spaces in the world from which she ran can import unlimited cheap foods in exchange for her manufactured products in the early lays days of what we now call the industrial age england engrand was supreme she was producing more economically than any other nation ti on in the world and yet after the lapse of a little while for what is IP nation the most thoughtful men in england a century in ili the life of a I 1 are to today lay wondering if that policy was not a mistake I 1 if f 1 england 1 1 ng larid with her unrivaled advantages already has haa come upon evil days is as a result of lier her policy would we not in america do well to stop and reflect before we adopt a similar policy the problem of today anti and tomorrow is to balance agriculture with industrial progress it becomes m more ore and more apparent that a nati nation u if if only secure in ill tinie time of peace as aa well as war when it is able to feed itself agriculture therefore henceforth must be the chief concern of any nation which would flourish and endure |