Show THIS FAST GROWING COUNTRY it is estimated that the united states will have a population of in 1930 considering that immigration has been sharply restricted it will seem very remarkable it these figures prove correct A good many people have felt now that the best of the public lands have been largely taken up that there is not the chance for growth that there was up to a recent date yet the fact that the population keeps on expanding at a tremendous rate proves that in the main people are prospering and contented some folks will leel feel the united states has population enough now that further additions mean more crowding greater congestion in cities more competition for the limited ted food supply and higher prices and more difficult living all around yet this country has not reached its limits as a food producer improved methods of agriculture are constantly demonstrating the ability of the land to turn out more products our farmers suffered business depression for more than a year because the european demand for their surplus had fallen off even if europe tails fails to buy our food stuffs if our population is increasing nearly 15 per cent every 10 years it will be only a short time before the demands of our own people absorb whatever surplus will not sell abroad probably the food production of our soils could be doubled if it were possible to get methods of crop culture as scientific as the methods of production used in turning our factory stuff so there is no person living who need suffer because this country is overcrowded the main thing is to provide such fine civic and educational institutions that all this thronging population will maintain the old standards of patriotism and americanism |