The Foundations of National Prosperity 



BY RICHARD T. ELY, RALPH H. HESS, CHARLES 

 K. LEITH, AND THOMAS NIXON CARVER 



Cloth, 8vo, $2.00 



"A most useful assembling of closely related problems and the facts 

 about them highly stimulating to constructive thought on some of the 

 most vital issues of to-day and to-morrow." Duluth Herald. 



This book emphasizes the thought that conservation is to be regarded as 

 a treatment of the foundation of national prosperity. It deals with the 

 permanent causes of the wealth of nations. The titanic war struggle in 

 which we are now involved makes it important to emphasize the fact that 

 in conservation we have to do with national preparedness both for war and 

 peace. There is danger that in our various measures we may direct our 

 attention too exclusively to the needs of to-day and to-morrow, whereas 

 nothing is more evident than that this preparedness must be a lasting all- 

 around condition. While this volume treats primarily of prosperity and 

 preparedness from the standpoint of permanency, it also has lessons for 

 the immediate moment. 



Part I deals with the more general aspects of the subject, bringing it 

 particularly into relation to economic theory. Conservation policies are 

 considered and the fact that these are chiefly land policies is brought out. 



Part II discusses the relation of conservation to economic evolution, 

 showing that each stage in economic evolution must have its own conser- 

 vation policies. 



Part III gives an authoritative presentation of the minerals which play 

 a peculiar part in conservation. 



And Part IV deals with the human resources for which the natural re- 

 sources exist. This section is critical and leads to a very careful examina- 

 tion of remedies for social evils, because it looks below the phenomena of 

 the day to the permanent effects of our methods in dealing with human 

 beings. 



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