DEVELOP OUR OWN RESOURCES. 



BY O. H. CURTIS. 



That God formed this great earth as a source of sustenance for all 

 His creatures living upon it, no one will for a moment deny. It there- 

 fore follows that upon its surface, or within it, can be found every- 

 thing desirable for the true needs of all the beings now existing here. 

 This fact, then, proves all that is necessary is that the resources 

 already placed here should be thoroughly developed and carefully 

 utilized in order that every creature be supplied with all his personal 

 wants. The question then arises, are all resources being now faith- 

 fully developed by mankind everywhere to the best advantage, and 

 if not, what can be done in order to bring about this great result? 

 Unquestionably each region should be utilized to produce whatever its 

 own natural resources will best accomplish, for then the desired re- 

 sult can be attained with the least cost of labor. 



No result in life is reached except at the cost of effort on the part 

 of someone, which is perfectly right andjjust, but that labor is oft- 

 times lessened by the inventive genius of someone else, who produces 

 appliances that make the work more easily accomplished. 



It is largely through this means that the present generation so 

 greatly excels those preceding it, and the future will undoubtedly 

 show far greater surprises than have been seen anywhere in the past 

 ages of humanity. 



We are, of course, most interested -in the prosperity of our own 

 grand country, and the thorough development of all its resources, 

 and we are constantly seeking new means whereby this desired result 

 can be more easily and quickly accomplished. This attribute and 

 tendency of our people is wherein we chiefly differ from the inhab- 

 itants of all other countries, and the results are seen in those depart- 

 ments wherein we excel all other nations. 



Look back in history only one short century, and compare the 

 condition and wealth of our country then with the various nations of 

 the entire world at that time, and we must admit that we were indeed 

 weak and insignificant as compared with the rest of them. From 

 almost nothing at that time, in only one short century we have out- 

 stripped the other nations, some of whom were already several cen- 

 turies old when ours began, until today we stand far and away the 

 wealthiest nation now existing upon the face of the whole earth. Our 

 nation's value is now estimated at over $80,000,000,000 or over $1,000 

 for every man, woman and child in our whole country. Only a few 



