| Show n THE PLAGUES OF TH THE E EARTH Grasshoppers lma ha have e been so thick In Texas this summer the people ha hae e had to fIght tight them with ar- ar arsenic ar arsenic by the trainload In South Africa the government t has just ap- ap appropriated appropriated ap appropriated to fight a plague of locusts the worst on rec- rec record record rec record ord In one district near the Orange river a single swarm or of locusts extending in an cn en mass miles mills In length Is reported to have devoured every bit of ot green vegetation The peculiar weather ot or the last feW years has been very favor favor- favorable favorable favorable able to insects ot of all kinds Army Armyworms Armyworms Armyworms worms have been destroying crops In tho Middle West West Grasshopper plagues Further progress by bl the boll weevil So on Insect enemies countless billions ot of o them Ing farmers nearly frantic Reputable scientists frequently point out that a battle Is on be- be be between tweet tween men and Insects for tor supremacy macy macy on earth oarth Some len even be- be believe believe be believe lieve that the insects will ill winIt win In winIt It wouldn't take man many insect vie vic victories tories tones on the scale of ot the ot of the boll holl v weevil which Is wreck wreck- wreckIng wrecking wrecking ing the American can cotton growing Industry to bring men close to starvation It lC f the corn borer for tor Instance gets as far be ond con con- control con as the bolt boU weevil It would eventually be II a a greater national loss than the mone money Uncle Sam spent in the world war Fortunately man wins in the thelong thelong thelong long run Take the disease car mosquito It has not been heen vanquished but lt It bas has been driven driven en curbed back back curbed Everything In has its de- de de er and is In turn a destroyer itself Man kills the Insect The Insect kills man by conveying die die- dis disease ease lase and also destroys his crops Falling FaIling water valer destros destroys the moun moun- mountain mountain tam tain gradually by washing It a away ay The mountain destroys the valley I slowlY filling tilling It I Grasshoppers ers eat at the crops Chickens enl eat ei the grasshoppers Man eats cats the chickens Destruction balances or equals construction The destroying dl and constructing are tho the manifestations ot of the he activity known as life lICe Noth- Noth Nothing Noth Nothing ing is permanent in our existence ot of three dimensions Life is an ex a a journey a succession ot of changes It would 1 after all li be a dull life lIro it IC we didn t have these changes changes- changes changes- Including Insects to battle hattie Wed We'd win ag against the Insects easily Ir if tte e were as united and active against them em a as when we wa destroy each other in war |
