Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1878 — The Future of the United States. [ARTICLE]

The Future of the United States.

It is Hot generally known, even in cultivated circles, that the amount of arable soil in America is greater than in Europe, Asia and Africa put together, and can therefore sustain more lives. This is no rash conclusion. I speak from a scientific basis, and I will show you what that basis is: Our continent is narrow, and therefore the winds of the ocean water it well. The mountain chains on the east side of the American continent are low; on the east side of the Old World, are high. From this it results that the trade winds, Jaden with the wetness of the sea, are attracted to our land. The breadth of the Old World and* its high eastern ranges cause the rainless interiors of Asia and Africa. Again, America is the land of fertile plains; the Old World of scorched plains. Our plains run north and south, and so attract and receive the rains. America is high under the equator, the Old World is wide; hence, with us a small surface is exposed to the scorching sun, The result is that the productive soil in the Old Worldis 10,000,000 square miles, and in the New 11,000,000. Thus bursts upon us in all the light of scientific truth the fact that America can sustain a greater population than the Old World; and, if she can, it is unquestionable that some day she will.— Coal Trade Journal.