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fice some selective process of locating people upon the land 

 is needed. It is said that the farmers in the countries 

 bordering upon the Mediterranean Sea are now saving their 

 money against the time of the opening of the Panama Canal. 

 When the thrifty Mediterranean folk come to our shore it 

 will be the first time in the history of the world that these 

 races have migrated to a country which was similar in 

 its possibilities to their own. To entice these people upon 

 land by means of "decoys" would be a social and economic 

 crime. We need to study the history and adaptation of 

 the peoples who now live in regions with natural conditions 

 similar to our own. Instead of alluring the off-scourings 

 we should by some selective process secure the intelligent, 

 thrifty, moral countryman whose generations of experience 

 will help to develop this country. When he arrives he 

 should be located among natural conditions with which he 

 has been familiar and protected until he has his industry 

 upon its feet. It would be a form of protection that would 

 protect. If you wish to compete with the peoples of the 

 world you must develop in every locality that industry 

 which naturally does best in that particular region, and 

 you must put it in the hands of people who are the most 

 expert in that particular industry. By no other process 

 can a state be developed to its highest efficiency. 



The President and Board of Regents will be asked to 

 establish a department in the College of Agriculture to be 

 known as the Department of New Agricultural Industries. 

 Already the United States Department of Agriculture and 

 the State Experiment Stations have done splendid work in 

 Plant Introduction. The introduction of a plant and the 

 establishment of an industry upon that plant, however, 

 are two widely different things. This department of New 

 Agricultural Industries will not bear research nor a teach- 

 ing department in the ordinary sense of the term. Its 

 duty will be to study the agricultural industries of regions 

 having conditions similar to California and to study our 

 own State with reference to any industries which investi- 



