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now the case. The desire to gain wealth is so great 

 that we see about us a feverish eagerness to develop 

 the resources of the country, and far too little regard 

 for the state of culture of the human organisms 

 operating as the agents in this extension. This is 

 doubtless the natural policy for a relatively new 

 country, but it is a thoughtless one, and one fraught 

 with danger to the state if allowed to dominate 

 unrestrainedly. The danger is that which threatens 

 every community that allows a large untutored 

 and undisciplined element to arise in its midst. In 

 times of prosperity and extension this element may 

 be relatively governable, but in times of stagnation 

 it will easily be led by the appeals of demagogues 

 toward acts of violence and disorganization, which 

 block real progress by provoking reactionary senti- 

 ments in a large part of the community. 



In the case of a country like the United States 

 which has a large and wealthy population as com- 

 pared with other world powers, and which, owing to 

 its geographical position, is largely protected from 

 the attacks of militant states, the problem of popu- 

 lation seems relatively simple, at least in so far as 

 ideals are concerned. For such a country it is a 

 mistake to encourage an increasing population of 

 unskilled labor, however great its resources may be 

 in mineral and agricultural wealth. Far preferable 

 would be a policy which should have for its object 

 the restriction of the lowest class of labor to the 

 needs of a moderate material development. Such 



