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| PROPHET . of surplus people
In the year 1798 a young man
of 22, named, Robert Thomas Mal
thas, wrote a little book which
has influenced political economy
for nearly 140 years. His "Essay
on "Population" pointed out that
the human race was increasing
faster than the means of subsist
ence.
What Mai thus tried to tell the
world was that Its economic sal
vation depended upon a more
rational and intelligent organiza
tion of society, to increase the
production of the necessaries of
life and work out a better system
of distribution to make more
| available to everybody.
In Mai thus' day famine and
disease killed off more people
than war. They still do in many
countries, but the civilized world
of today has abolished famine and
made great headway toward abol
ishing disease. Population is still
increasing faster than the means
of subsistence in many countries,
and nations still go to war in the
hope of getting more food for
their surplus people. If war kills
off enough to reduce the surplus
the result may be the same as if
new territories had been conquer
ed.
FACTS . . sentimentalists believe
Most people do not like to face
uncomfortable facts. They prefer
to believe in pleasant things.
Most of us live in a dream world,
regarding what we wish were true
r as being the truth. Malthus
brought down upon himself a
storm of criticism from sentimen
talists who refused to believe that
humanity must forever face a
struggle for existence.
Polk who preach that there is
some easy way of life for every
body can always get a hearing for
people want to believe that. Jean
Jacques Rousseau preached that
doctrine to the French people 150
years ago. The Revolution was
going to end poverty and distress.
Instead, it pltnged France and
most of the rest o; the world into
chaos and despair.
Only sentimentalists believe
that mankind can lift itself by
its bootstraps into a life of uni
versal comfort and ease. All that
society can do, in the long run.
Is to see that nobody is deprived I
by others of his opportunity for'
hard work, or of the Just reward
of his individual effort.
PROOFS . Malthus, real prophet
Proof that Malthus was a real
prophet is visible all over the
world today. Japan occupies
Manchuria, Italy seizes Ethiopia,
both overpopulated nations seek
ing more room and more food for
their surplus people. Germany
threatens anther war to insure
Vthat its increasing people shall
not starve. Malthus' own little
England was foresighted enough
to grab off and hang on to great
colonial areas which will feed its
increasing population for a long
time to come. France has kept it
self out of the race for more land
by keeping its population at a
stationary level for generations.
Our own America can still feed
all our present inhabitants ami
to spare. We bought from France
and took from Mexico everything
from the Mississippi to the Pa-1
cific, and invited the whole world
to make itself at horife. They
came, and our food resources are
still ample, but we've had to with
draw our standing Invitation to
immigrants and are beginning $o
wonder how long we can continue
to feed ourselves. For our birth
rate is still higher than our
death rate.
As I read history, it has been
mainly a ceaseless migration of
peoples in search of food, with
the stronger killing the weak who
stand between them and a better
food supply.
SCIENCE . . nukes life easier
Science has done much to
the straggle for life easier, since
Malthus wrote. We have learned
how to produce more food with
i less labor, and how to create other
forms of wealth which are read
ily exchangeable for food. At the
same time medical science has
stimulated the growth of popu
lation and the demand for food,
by keeping more babies alive and
eliminating epidemic diseases.
Offsetting that to some extent
are the achievements of engineer-
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(food will kill many times more
people, and so reduce the surplus
! warfare could do.
Some Oriental peoples solve
their food problem by drowning
surplus babies, especially girls,
and savage tribes in Africa and
the south seas still continue the
| practice of killing the did folks
who can no longer fend for them
selves. We are revolted by such
practices, but our own ancestors,
only three or four generations
ago, had to survive or perish by
the rule that only the hardiest
: had a chance. If they survived the
slow voyage in sailing ships, and
Indians, malaria, yellow-Jack or
northern Winters didn't pick
them off, they lived to become
good Americans—if they worked
hard enough.
Science has made life easier for
us, their descendants. I wonder if
it hasn't weakened our moral and
physical stamina, too.
NEW"G-E MODELS
NOW ON DISPLAY
Many New Features Presented by
1938 General-Eleetrl Electric
al Refrigerators
The Elkin Plumbing and Heat
ing Co., of this city, dealers for
General Electric refrigerators,
now has on display in their show
room on East Main street the new
1937 General Electric models.
The General Electric refriger
ator may be obtained in a variety
of styles, Including the monitor
top and flat top types. All styles
are equipped with the "ageless"
sealed-in-steel mechanism that
requires no attention. A five-year
guarantee goes with each refrig
erator sold.
The new models have many
| new features in addition to cab
inets of modern and beautiful de
sign. Everyone interested in the
purchase of a refrigerator should
see them before they buy.
GRAHAM & CLICK
FEATURE VALUES
Local Five and Ten-cent Store is
Loaded With Worthwhile Sav
ings in Every Department
The Graham & Click 5c & 10c
Store, of this city, is featuring a
J store completely filled with many
hundreds of bargains for Elkin
Bargain Days Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
Due to the fact that so many
values will be on sale for th? three
days, no special items have been
singled out. However, everyone
who visits Elkin is urged to visit
the store if they would make
maximum savings on every pur
chase.
SURRY HARDWARE
CO. COOPERATING
Entire Store and Warehouses Are
Stocked With Values for Vis
itors Here Bargain Days
Surry Hardware company, a
mec 'a for the hardware and
building material needs of this
entire section, is cooperating with
other Elkin stores in making El
kin Bargain Days three days to
be long remembered for the peo
ple of Surry, Alleghany, Wilkes
and Yadkin counties.
The store is featuring many
I money-saving values for toe
three special days, and everyone
Is invited to visit them when here.
LIQUIDATOR HAS
FARMS FOR SALE
A. L. Fine, Liquidating Agent,
Elkin National Bank, Offer
ing Seal Buys on Property
A. L. Fine, liquidating agent of
the Elkin National Bank here is
offering several valuable farms
for sale in an advertisement lo
cated elsewhere in this issue of
The Tribune.
The ad. lists three farms, giv
ing complete details as to location,
etc., and anyone interested in
real estate values should call on
Mr. Fine at the beuak.
18,192 TAR HEELS IN
STATE INSTITUTIONS
Raleigh.—The division of insti
tutions reports that 18,182 per
sons were in penal, charitable
and correctional institutions of
the state on February 31, com
pared with 18,182 persons on
January 81 and 17,987 on De
cember 31.
The five insane hospitals re
ported 6,860 inmates last month,
a gain of 31 over the January to
tal. while the total number of
state prisoners droped from 9.002
to 8,973.
County jails listed 84 insane
persons held during February,
compered with 114 in January,, £
and 31 jails reported 100 children 11
under 16 years of age held in I
them while 40 jails reported 136 I
held in January.
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