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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1910.
M ATHENS B«
H. J. ROWE. •
Editor and Proprietor.
TrIE ATHENS DAILY BANNER la
•llvared by earriara in tha city, or
nailed, pottage free, to any addreea
at the following ratea: $5.00 par year;
IBM for elx montha; $1.25 for tnree
montha, or 10 centa a weak.
Remittance! may be made by ex
press, poatofflca money order or regie-
•a rad latter.
The people of Athens should turn
out in large numbers to greet the
dairymen and stock breeders this
morning.
The Athens Music Festival Associa
lion is to be congratulated upon bring
ing to the city the greatest of all
Italian bands—Treatore's.
THE PEOPLE ARE “ON.’
It is more ‘han amusing to the people of Cleorgia to read news items and |
some editorial comments in some of the toe papers in the state favorable to
Governor-elect Hoke Smith regarding his attitude in the senatorial contest.!
face the music and provide for the prompt payment of tfce salaries of the
common school teachers. It is mere folly for a legislator to say that it can
not be done, it can be done and if the legislature will take the bull by
the horns and work at this problem until a settlement Is reached, It can ac-
a . .. .. .. . . k f. . I compliah much more than one might at first think.
Some of his organs are predicting that he will not be a candidate before the |
It is simply up to the legislature to provide the way. The people of
Georgia have the money and they really do not wish the teachers to be
treated in the way In which they have been treated for so many years. They
have, It is true, manifested no general interest in the prompt payment of the
teachers, but they would approve anything the legislature might do to put
this question on a sound business basis and do justice to a class of public
legislature for the senatorship. This is. no doubt, true. He will not be a
candidate any more than be was a candidate for the office of governor, but
he will be forced into the race by friends in the legislature. This game was
worked in the !ast primary for governor. Tt is threadbare now and will not
work again. The people will not be deceived by this effort to muddy the
waters In order* to complicate conditions and deprive the people of Georgia
_ , « u, . .t. j. l,i I servants who ire poorly paid at best and who are then made to wait for their
of a primary in which they could be given an. opportunity to cast their bal- I
lots for their choice for senator. Every voter in the state Is well aware that
the primary is being held off in order to save the governor-elect fom defeat
before the people of the state, and this dilly-dallying will not work this time.
The governor-elect was a candidate for the office of governor from the
money long after it ha* been earned.
CALIFORNIA AND THE JAPANESE.
Thera may be tome Interesting developments In regard lo the Japanese
day he met defeat until the day of hl3 election, but it was thought to be good I question before the California legislature gets through with eertaln measures
polities to holr. off and deeiare time and again that he would not be a can
didate. That was all for effect and It did deceive some of the voters, but the |
bearing thereon.
Some time since there was introduced Into the legislature of California I
Montclair, N. J.. has started a school In a tent, which has attracted
wide newspaper attention. In Orange, N. J., the new open-air school
Is run under the Joint auspices of the board of education, the health
department and the bureau of associated charities. These supply
respectively teacher, medical inspection, and supervision of the spe
cial diet which it Is customary to give the children ia these schools.
A somewhat similar plan is being started in Philadelpha.
Washington, D. C„ Milwaukee, Wla., Albany and Buffalo N. Y-,
and Oakland, Cal., have recently adopted the new gospel of fresh
air for school children. In Detroit Superintendent Martindale has
ordered that on pleasant days all classes in schools with large
enough playgrounds shall be held outdoors.
A host of cities are seriously considering the opening of fresh-
air schools, among which.are Atlanta, Brocton, Columbus, Erie,
Grand Rapids, Mich., Minneapolis, Newark, Toledo and Wllkesbarre.
Pittsburg has an open-air school supported by private funds and
Philadelphia a private tuition school for normal pupils conducted out
of doors.
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CHAMP CLARK SAYS A WORD.
We will match the weather for th
past week with any In any section of
any country on the face of the earth
at Ibis season of the year.
The announcement of the appoint
ment of a postmaster at (Athens, Ga
tins not been made as yet, though it
is looked for almost any day.
The new governor of Alabama has
made an open speech against prohibi
tion In that state. But there's a river
between Georgia and Alabama.
We've been lislening unconsciously
for the past tew days for the song
of either the whlpporwill or the
ploughman lo be heard in the land
The teachers of Atlanta do not re
celve us good salaries as the teachers
of thirty-live years ago received. And
yet Atlanta is balking at raising their
•Upends.
The slot machines, which have In
fested Athens, with their tendencies
to gambling, mint go. In practice
they do not give value received In
the playing of them. •
The Ohio republicans are admitting
that It looks now like Harmon will be
nominated by the democrats for the
presidency. They are admitting also
that Hannon will most likely be elect
ed.
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Mlllen, the capital of the newly
created county of Jenkins, has beat
all the other cities of the state In
percentage of Increase—showing in
this year's census a gain of 293 per
|rent.
The "Black Mammy Memorial
stltute being established In Athens
wilt be a monument to those fsltbful
characters of the old South In which
their virtues and tbelr skill will be
preserved. It will mean more than
any shaft of marble or granite.
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The conclusion of the great union
meetings In which nine of the evan
gellcal churches of the city In con
Junction with the V. M. C. A. took
part has left an Impression for good
that will be years In wearing away—
and eternity alone wilt determine the
real harvest.
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The Itinerant agricultural school on
wheels will start out from Athens
about the last of the first week In
February. For nearly a month It will
spread tbs practical gospel of better
farming—of raising more on less
acreage, of mixing bralna with brawn,
of learning to live and love the work
of farming.
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Four important conventlnni are to
meet at the 8tate College of Agricul
lure In this city thU week: The Geor
gla Dairy and Lire Slock Association,
the Horticultural Conference, the For
estry Conference, and the Georgia
Seed Breeders' Convention. The re
sults of these conferences cannot fail
to be of great benefit to all who at
tend or who get the minutes and pa
pers of those programs.
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♦ POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. 4
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The national committee of the pro
hibition party will meet In Chicago
next week to adopt plans for the next
presidential' campaign.
old trick will ?ot work again. The people know why the primary has not | a j,m to segreea t e t |j e Japanese school children in order that they might not
been called arid they will hold those in authority responsible for It not be-1 attfnd the game schools as t he white children of that state. This caused a I Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri, who will no doubt be the next speaker
Ing held If they ever have the opportunity of easting their ballots. These I great desI of a t the time and there was some talk of a hostile na- lot the house of representatives of the American congress, does not like the
men have played a strong political game In the past on the pretense of bav- ture on , he other s , d(( of (he Pasclfi< .. President Roosevelt took a hand in
Ing their candidate forced Into the race, but the real truth of the situation is, | tl]e gig^ggi,,,, and prevailed on the California legislature to drop the matter
and to withdraw the proposed bill. Then everything was smoothed over and |
In that condition It has rested until now.
Two b'lls are rtow being prepared to be Introduced in the California leg-
the candidate forced the people,
The administration which goes into office In June committed itself on
leaving the filling of all offices, both state and national, to a t»te of the peo-
way in which the press has been referring to the action of the democrats In
voting to sustain Speaker Cannon the other day. Th* press has referred to
the incident In terms that charged the democrats with reversing the posl- •
tion taken by the members of that party over a year ago when the speaker
as taken from the committee on rules by vote of the bouse. To this Mr.
pie and now the time has come for the test and the same men who formulat- | 8lature Qne prohibits aliens from acquiring land in that state. The other I Clark enters a-t objection and says that the democrats have voted consist
ed the platform of the steam roller convention are the same men who «ra I wegate , lhc race , ln , he publlc , choo i,. The j apa nese consul-general at
preventing the calling of the primary.
I San Francisco has entered a vigorous protest against these measures. He
Chairman Wright Is not responsible. He Is Jn the position of the man I ggj,, tb# j apane , e are decreasing in numbers on the Pacific slope and that
In Jail and cannot get out. He has been elected chairman, but the chairman- tbere ,, n0 Beed for alarm or the part of the whlte peopIe of Ca ,|f 0 rnia that
ship does not carry with it authority. He must wait for instructions from | the Japttnese wln ever beoome so numerous In that section of the country
higher up the line. Until that order comes, the primary proposition will rest I to become any way a monace . He als0 objertg to the Japanese
drn being excluded from the schools where the white children attend.
and there Is nc use In urging the chairman.
Mark a prediction; when the legislature meets In June, the first dash out I
of the t>ox will be a lot of sidestepping by the little sparrows; Covington, to cultivate the most friendly relations with the United States and that he
Hardwick and the like, but before the session is far advanced, the real bird | b0 p e , that there will be taken no step by the California legislature that
of the flock will be forced from his nest and his name put forward. It may j would In any way strain the present pleasant relations existing betw*een the
be that he wilt be elected, but It is quite certain that there are a number of I tw0 countries,
representatives and senators who supported the governor-elect for the office
of governor who will not support him for the office of United States sena
This situation Is not out of the ordinary. The state of California cer
tainly has the right to say whether Japanese shall attend the schools. -This
right exists Just as much with the state of California as it does with Georgia
The game of being "forced" has been worked too often to deceive the I , n the s( , p aratl;n of the blacks and whites In the state schools. It may bring ]
people any mote. The people believe In fair play and Justice to all and the ab011t trouble with Japan sooner or later. It Is to be hoped that no serious
only Just and fair way to select a senator Is to leave the question to a prl- I complications will arise, but in any event the people of California have a
ently on this proposition all along, that he and other democrats did not con
tend In the first instance that their action was in line with precedents but
on the other hand that they stated that they were acting In a revolutionary
manner ln order to rid the house of the absolute domination of the speaker.
Regardless of what Mr. Clark may think about It, the majority of the
people of the country will regard the recent vote of the democrats to sustain
Speaker Cannon as a reversal of the former position. The last vote was the
He points out that there has been made every effort on the part of Japan | correct vote and In line with precedents. Not only was it In line with pre
cedents but it was also for the best Interests of the party and of the country,
for It would be very detrimental to both to establish a custom under which
the house might select Its own committees.
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mary and ydli may be assured that the people will do the right thing.
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I right to pass 3tich laws as they see fit to pass in regard to their schools.
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QETTINQ BACK TO SOUND BASIS.
The democrats of the house have refused to Join with the insurgents on I some of the members of the committee were from Mlasourl.
THE EDUCATIONAL TRAIN.
Early next month the State College of Agriculture will start Its education
al train on the tour of the state. The outlook is that this train win this
year reach a larger number of the farmers of the state than It did a few
years since when It reached more than one hundred thousand people.
The efforts of President Soule and his efficient co-worker* have been | tbcy hastily In setting a precedent In Regard to the selection of house I one to follow ills path,
directed to the bringing together of the most useful and Instructive exhibits | committees that now comes back to plague them as they are on the verge
of returning to power ln the house.
CAPTAIN PEARY AND THE 'NORTH POLE.
Capt. Robert E. Peary la generally regarded at the discoverer of the
North Pole, but the 'American congress is not yet ready to accord to him that
honor In a way that will remove all doubts. It may be that auch will be the
final action of congress, but It will not be taken until after the present Inves
tigation Is over.
The bouse committee on naval affair* la sifting the question with great
thoroughness. It has had Capt. Peary give his testimony before It and from
the questions that were fired at the North Pole discoverer It appeared that
| the very point on which they agreed during the last session of congress and I They wanted to know If he could tell anyone else how he got there and
which caused a revolution against Speaker Cannon. The democrats havel point out any way ln which they could go there If they desired to do so. He
been thinking a II! tie since that time and have come to the conclusion that I frankly replied that he had made no chart of his voyage that would enable
and the providing of the most Instructive literature possible.
The train will be under the direction of President Soule and a number
A member of the committee asked why he had taken no white man along
with him on bis final dash for the pole. He said he had gone through hell
Charles F. Johnson, the successor
of Eugene Hale In the United States
senate, Is one of the most prominent
members of the Masonic fraternity ln
New England.
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Senator Robert M. La Foilette of
Wisconsin Is preparing to publish his
public addresses and a biographical
■ketch of himself ln book form.
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The National Woman Suffrage Asso
ciation has sent a letter of thanks to
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut for
the stand he took ln his Inaugural ad
dress on the question of equal suff
rage.
... , It required some little nerve to swallow the pill and to hear "Uncle Joe'|to get to the pole and he did not want another white man to have any of the
of experl teacher, who will explain to th. farmer, at th. different place. (]M( oTM . „„ Wnd|catlon „ the hand , of lhe democratf . The , peaker dld L. of reachin( , , hat p]af(t
where the train Will stop all that 1. possible concerning a nnnlboi'of^ very I h „ ltate t0 have thc utte rance, of Mr. Clark, of Missouri, read to the I C apt. Peary in his testimony impressed the committee as If he knew
Important questions that affect vita ly t o su s I ( )OU8e> and took Bpeo lal trouble to show that the point at issue at this time I what he was talking about and yet there
Scores of places have Insisted on being Included In lhe Itinerary of the
wap the same In effect as that at Issue before.
Mr. Clark, Mr. Underwood and others came across handsomely and ad-
trip and X. far a, possible th. wishes of the people have been regarded. The ^ „ ,, be>t , 0 fo „ ow the o)d precedent, in the house and conse
train will make Juat as many stops as possible and wl reach as many farm 1^^^ re f UBe( « to T0 t 0 with the Insurgents. The insurgents very naurally
was a tendency to hold back some
Information that the committee thought was necessary.
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INCREASING THE YIELD OF CORN.
ers as possible. | dld „ ot reI | ib tb |, cban ge of attitude on the part of the democrats, but thky I Th ® Prosperity of the Southern farmer depends upon the Increased yield
This kind of work is telling In Georgia. It affords rare opportunities lo I had t<) fUBd „ They g tood to thelr gling and went down No , all the demo , I per acre of his crops more than upon anything else. He Is a pretty successful
thousands who cannot otherwise get the Information that Is necessary to the I cra j a itood apar t from the Insurgents, however, twenty-six of them voting | ^ arnlpr In many ways, but he has not yet become as successful a. he should
scientific management of their crops. The people appreciate this work of | w|(h , h# ln g„ rgentl aga | n ,t the speaker,
the State College of Agriculture and turn out by the thousands to see the
exhibit* and to hear the lecture! thjt are delivered.
No better work can be done In thii state to bring agriculture up to the
highest standard of efficiency.
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I be, because he does not get out of his land all that he could get out of it, and
» Thl* action of the democrats In the house Is a good Indication of the I* 1 tbe ,am * time leave It In good condition for other crops.
I position they are to take when the new congress meets. There! I"* 1 ® fecenr contests between the young boys In this state and In other
will be no revolutionary methods of selecting committees and the demo-1 ®° utb * rn a,atea shows what can be done ln the way of corn cultivation. It
cratlc party and the country will be better off on that account.
TAX RETURNS PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Few citizens realize In giving In their tax returni of personal property
the obligation resting on them to make returns ln keeping with the value of
the property. Personal property cannot bo assessed by the assessors of real
. . the I he should rightfully hold the seat. There is a cloud on bis title, to sny thel corn acre, but there are many who can make one hundred bushels to
estate and no value can be arrived at by those ln charge of receiving tne | •_ _ | (1> _ ,
might be that other, would fall to make the big yields that these prixe win
ners achieved on their farms, but If the yield could be made to even distantly
approximate these record-breaking yields, then the South would he much
richer.
Not every farmer can Jump right In and make a hundred bushels of corn
IS LORIMER'S SEAT IN THE SENATE TAINTED?
Senator Lorfmer, of Illinois, may retain his seat In the United States sen-
ate, but there will always be a doubt ln the mind of the public as to whether I *° tbe acre. Not every one can go ahead and make forty or fifty bushels of
tax returns except from the Information given by the property owner, who Is
under oath to make a fair and Just return of all property In bis possession.
If personal property should be returned for its fair value taxes would
least of It, and a coat of whitewash will not efface the stain.
the acre and many more who can make forty and fifty bushels to the acre, If
The Investigating committee, by a majority vote, has declared that there I t^ey will got down to scientific farming.
We are not competent to tell the farmers how to increase the yield of
Is no evidence to show that Senator I-orlmer was guilty of any act of bribery I
be Increased largely and the Income to the city would be sufficient to war- |° r ‘ ba ‘ »• kne * o( the brlber 7 tbat wa * * oin * °» ln hl » beha,f ' The minority corn on their acres, but there are people in thl, state who are competent to
rant the making of rnmy Improvement. In the various department, of the of lb * committee think, otherwise and doe. not hesitate to say so to theso. The .tale ha. a magnificent college of agriculture and eleven dl.trlct
* senate. - I Sffvicultural schools. These Institutions are telling the young men and the
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, although a member of lhe same political I °' <ier one * ae well how to Increase the yield of their crops, and the lesson*
party, does not hesitate to score I-orlmer and attack his right to yie seat he I ,bal are l>*lng taught by the eminent educator* In this state are bearing
now holds In the senate. He points out very strongly that the evidence I * 00| 1 fruit.
city government.
There are §o many things In the nature of personal property which
never reach the tax book, that that class of property Is in a measure reliev
ed from taxation. But the citizen who owns the properly Is directly re-
sponsible for the shortcoming. It Is the eworn du{y of the citizen to make | conclusively that the election of I-orlmer was aecured by bribery,
returni In keying with the value of his property and If tbla Is not done,
then that citizen has violated the law and has not done his duly as a good
citizen.
Georgia car double the corn production on the same number of acres If
Those who have followed the developments In this case are quite con-l ber fanners Improve their methods and take advantage of the beat Informs-
vlnced that there waa bribery of the worst kind. There have been a number | t,on ,,lat lg to be gained on the subject. It may take a little more fertilizer, a
The Banner hope* to zee a Urge increase in the returns of personal
.... ... . ,u„ . m .n ... I that was going on and should not be held accountable for It.
property this year. It la interesting to note through the digest the small re-1 * *
turns made o.t this class of property, tai-gely, nc doubt, through oversight
and thoughtlosspess on the part of the tax payer.
Now that ibe time has arrived to make returns every citizen giving in
of confessions to this bribery. On this point there seems to be no escape fori NtU® more care, a little more labor and the like, but the net result will bS <
Lorimer. But bis friends Insist that he knew nothing about the crooked workl°f Rt-eat benefit and of increasing wealth.
SCHOOLS IN THE OPEN AIR.
THE 0R0WTH OF 0EOR0IA CITIES.
The census figures show that during the past ten year, the cities in
At a conference to be held ln New
York City the middle of February the
Brat stepa will be taken to form a
national organization to protect voters
of foreign birth In tlfelr rights to
suffrage.
Have yon a weak throat? It so, you
cannot be to careful. You cannot be
gin treatment too early. Each cold
m.ifM you more liable to another and
tha last la alwaya the harder to cure.
If goo will taka Chamberlain's Cough
at tha oqt*et yon wUl be
I much trouble. Sold by all deal
. During the past few years there has been a distinct tendency to give I Georgia with a population of mo-e than five thousand have grown remark-
tbls das, of property should prepare carefully bis returns on a aa , upon I ic j W0 | children more fresh air and more physical exercise, and the results I ably. Their percentage of increase in population was 48. The largest per-
which he would be willing to have assessors make his returns, t s one, e | hay# been bettor health for the children and better teaching in every way. Icentage of Increase wa, that of Waycross, which achieved the remarkable
In a number of Instance, the school buildings have been abandoned In I growth of 144.7 per cent^ The lowest was that of Augusta, only 4.1 per cent.
which he would be willing
receipts flowing from th*.t source into thc city's treasury would be increased
wonderfully.
. , weather where the children could be carried out of doors, and this too has I This growth show, that the cities of the state are going forward steadily.
Tb'.nk it over before making your returni an you a\e no een g v l pr0Te(j (0 bc of adTantage- The holding of school, In the open air has been I The groffth dne, not only apply to the population, either, for an examina-
Ing In according to the value of your property, do so this year.
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I shown to be most advantageous in many ways.
I tlon of the figures as to the business growth of these cities will show that
PAY FOR THE SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Georgia 1, a great atate and has wealth enough to meet all ner obliga-
It Is believed that within the next few years thei great majority of [along commercial lines the srowth has been very large.
These figure, show, however, that the growth of the rural sections of
schools will conduct their classes In the open air, and that the school build
ings will be used only In case of very severe weather. Athens has not yet | the state has not kept pace with that of the cities and this is a rlgn
ttons without heavily burdening the people of the state with taxation. She I reached the point where her school children can be taught In the open air, I does not apeak well for the future. There must some day come a cessation j
meets all her obligations with absolute promptness except the payment of I but if the population of the city continues to Increase as rapidly aa it has lot the movement to the cities and the farms must present more attractions/
her teachers In the common schools. Herein lie, a disgrace to the atate I dur | Dg the past few years and no other buildings are erected, it will soon I so that the drift will be back to the country. It la not wo!! for the
become necessary to have open Mr schools here In order to accommodate | to be leaving the'farms In such large numbers.
that should be wiped out.
Years and years ago the state got behind with the common school teach
ers and began to be slow In payjng Oiem their salaries. From year to year
this has gone on and the teachers have waited patiently for the time to
come when the situation would be changed, but It has never come.
The teachers In the common schools of the stale are not paid raunillcent
salaries to atari with and when those salaries do not come regularly and
promptly the teachers must of necessity experience trouble ln the payment
of their expenses. They are therefore forced to discount their salaries at
high rates of Interest In order to get the money on which to live.
This Is a situation that would not be tolerated a moment In a first-class
business bouse. If a firm Is on the verge of Insolvency It sometimes has to
delay payment of salaries, but If Its credit Is good and there are various
ways In which the money can be secured, the salaries are always paid
promptly. It pays all Us other debts promptly, therefore why not pay the
teachers promptly.
There are ways In which Ibis can be done and the legislature should
| the pupils who ask for admission.
The Macon Telegraph, commenting on this subject, says:
A recent Jssue of The Survey relate, some of the history of lhe
Innovation of opening the windows In a Providence school not quite
three years ago which was so novel a feat that the whole country
watched. Newspapers reported It at length and committees came to
Inspect, lhe example set by Providence has been followed from
coast to coast. Now the open-air school Is almost taken for grant
ed. In 1998 three cities had outdoor schools, In 1909, five; at present
there are twenty-seven schools and some fifteen or sixteen cities
have adopted this new feature of an educational system.
Boston. New York, Chicago, Hartford and Rocbeiter, the pion
eers after Frovldence, have bad a number or Imitators In the last
few months. Pawtucket, R. I., besides establishing a very fine open-
air school, haa adopted the progressive policy, which also prevails
In Boston, ol Including an opeu-alr room In each new school building.
The growth of the rural districts of the state baa been gratifying,
I not so fast as It should have been. We believe the next ten years will
noss a greater relative growth on, the part of the rural communities, i
improvement In agricultural methods I, very marked and will become
| so as the years pass.
The city of Athens increased 45.5 per cent during the past decade
I Ing under the new census 14,913 people. The census did not give
[as many people as we had expected and there are good reaxons
I that a recount would somewhat increase the census figures, but
| figures aa they come from the government officials, this city has
] be proud of the showing. An increase of almost fifty per cent In
la a record wertb having, and the next ten years will show an ev<
I Increase. Athens will have twenty-five thousand people ten years
I without the least trouble. The city la growfng as never before In
I and the addition of ten thousand people within the next ten yean
I more than la to be expected.