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brich, or the whole family can take an occa- 

 sional joy ride. 



We have those things to-day because food 

 does cost less than it did generations ago. Then 

 it took the farmer's family and their united 

 efforts to raise enough food for themselves, 

 with very little to spare. It required weeks 

 for the New Hampshire farmer to haul a single 

 load of produce to the Boston market. It is 

 obvious that there was not much time to devote 

 to luxuries 



The Chinese do not have these luxuries be- 

 cause they are too busy raising food to support 

 life. The production per man is so low that 

 seventy-five per cent, of the population are 

 farmers. Only one man out of every four is 

 left free to do other work, and that will not 

 supply an abundance of automobiles or build 

 many miles of railroad. 



In a few years only fifteen per cent, of Amer- 

 icans will be farmers. That is, six out of every 

 seven will be free for other business. In China 

 each farmer has two acres of land. In America 

 each farm has one hundred and forty acres. 



