ON POPULATION.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18402, 8 June 1925, Page 9

ON POPULATION.

TO TH**H»TOB •» **!■» WW*" Sir,—"H.Q.H." has a thooght-amot-ing letter on tho above perplexing problem. In the days of my youth. I well remember the gloomy shadow that ta« axiom—that population tends to press on tho means of existence—east across tho futuro of even this young empty country. Many things happened to shift, if not disperse, this shadow. Somo folk blamed tho inadequacy or gold as a monetary basis. The eyaaWe process helped to relieve this situatioa a bit, and squash bimetallism. The thousands of acres man was burst np, the smaller frozen lamb man taking his place. These changes and others meant that more women had the chance, to becomo mothers. It is through acien* tine motherhood that the unseen forces are going'to push humanity along to the next step: whether through the white, black, brown, or yellow race* remains to be seen. It' is to bo hoped the white race won't try to eomatit suicide again, whether by birth control or war. Lord Northeliffe and othqp, foreseeing the effects that follow causes that we aro liable to set going through our ignorance, are trying to put us in touch with the wisdom of their side of life, which can be summed up in oae word—brotherhood;— Yours, etc., PETER TBOLOVE.