AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SCIENCE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1410, 18 November 1886, Page 3

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SCIENCE.

In an article < n “ The study of Pci-in-’e wh ch appeared in the August number of he Contemporary Review Sir J bn Lu' - bock «»)B Them it perhaps no .'nation ■he future happnois and prm-p F'y o< which depend more on scieuoth n -mr own (ti e B it. h). Our population is tflven at present it- is far 'arget- our a reage o n support. Few people ;who»business does not lie in t'te study i f #t ttsitica rea tie «b»t wa i »v-> to pay f-’reigu oountriefl no lesi than £l4O OCO.OOt* a year for food. This, of county, we puiohase mainly by tnn'ufac urod r-ytic - J s Wi hear now a great deal about depres ■on of trade, and foreign, especial! Ameriosn, c.mpsti ion, whio I', 1 ', et me observe, will be m ,; cH koooor a few years hence, when shei has paid off her debt, and consequently has reduced hir taxation Bat !ot us look forward 100 years—no long time wi the hia ory of a naiioa. Our c 'ftl suppueH will thei be nei-ly * exhausted ” The population of Gres.t B ltam diublea at the present r t > of increase in about oO years, se that wa should then, if the prerent rate of inc e-.-e continue*, require to import over £4CD 030,000 a—year in food flow, then, is that to bo raid for ? We have bo f ore us, as umal, three courses. Tr.e natural rate <4 increase tray be stopped, which means si flaring and outrage ; or the population may Increase, only to vegetate in rnf e-y and destitution ; or lastly, by the development of scientific training and appliances, they may probab'y be maintaii ei In hsppin.ssand comfort, Weh-vo in facto make our cholco between science and suffering.”