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laborer in the country with the same social and educa- 

 tional life which we provide the laborer in the city, at 

 the end of the year the country man would be distinctly 

 ahead. If the movement to bring the city back to the 

 country succeeds, an opening, it seems to me, would 

 be made for the employment of those who might be left 

 without an occupation if " nationalism," rather than 

 " socialism," were extended to the distribution of the 

 necessities of life. 



There may be other and better ways of correcting 

 the evils which undoubtedly exist. The above is only 

 a suggestion of ways that have already been tried, and 

 with success. When people come back from the city 

 to the farm, as I picture the farm in the future, it will 

 not be to lead a life of dreary labor, but rather to en- 

 gage in an occupation which will command intelligence 

 and the best business capacity. The problems of bi- 

 ology, for instance, which farm life presents are of un- 

 dying interest. 



When the city comes back to the country, it will come 

 with culture, with intelligence, and with knowledge. 

 The science and art of agriculture, drafting into its 

 service, as it is doing at the present time, every other 

 science, will so increase productivity that no Malthus 

 nor Sir William Crookes will ever rise again and 

 prophesy starvation for humanity. While the needs 

 of the human mouth remain constant, the skill of hu- 

 man hands, and their ability to produce, are becoming 

 greater and greater. As a rule there are two hands to 

 each mouth, and these hands in the far future, as far as 

 philosophy dares look, will be able to supply the wants 

 of the mouth. 



