Show I s 1111 Conservation Notes b by By W. W Earl Rhinehart 1111 In his address at the opening i session of the Soil Conservation j Society of America in Chicago December 12 Dr B Byrd rd President President dent of the University of Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- Maryland land made some interesting statements regarding the world 1 food problem He states in part that It tt i inot inot is s not fetched far-fetched to consider that thaI t tn we shall have more people tha that than n t f our land can feed I am told that tha t the awful poverty in Japan and d China today rests upon this fac fac- l tor Recently I had a letter fro fromY from m my daughter in which was the th e t following sentence Until th the e ship docked at Japan they pu puk put t k garbage cans over the tho side an anI and andI d I I saw saw sav hundreds of people literally literal literal- ly fight to get at those garbage e i I cans for food I never knew what i poverty meant China I understand ha has hast 3 t 1 starving millions entirely because e such a small portion of its lands land landsI s 1 I are under cultivation n. n Japan Japa n reached out for more land in i n order to feed its millions Japar Japan Japa n r ne was thwarted but it is inevitable e that millions must be fed because e when people are starving they the y will do anything for food foode y We 1 e do not want depleted I lands In tilts this nation to develop p such a n condition here and w we e R want our government to continue e r- r r- r In its present form No nation I no people ever flourished since tho the beginning of recorded history history history his his- tory after food and vital necessities necessities necessities begin to disappear Then The n It is those who control food stuffs t distribution become rulers If that time comes our people no longer will be free Russia calls 1 it communism Italy called It fascism Germany called it Nazism we may call it regimentation regimentation regimentation regi regi- but whatever er it maybe may maybe maybe be if this condition comes to pass it will not be democracy as we understand it You agree with me I know that we do not want our soil resources re resources resources re- re sources to vanish whether It be through over cultivation through failure to return to the soil minerals minerals min min- minerals which plants take tako from th the e ei soil or whether it be through i soil erosion or an any other reason We Ve cannot countenance depletion t r of our soil unless at the same 1 time we coun countenance the destruction deo destruction destruction de de- o of those factors that tha t are basic in our national life W We cannot maintain a high livin living g standard If our productive lands land s are allowed to disappear while whit e at the same time our people become become become be- be come more numerous i |