say； the career of the Western nations is going to be short。 The city folk； those who remain； will never hold their own in the world — not only because of the weakened physique and changed character； but because of another and more final reason。 Gentlemen； children are not bred in the cities。 There will e a time when the children bred there are too few — it is ing now。 And if the children are not bred； if there is not the supply of healthy children to carry on the nation； how can the nation stand？ With the people on the land it is different。 Self…interest es into play。
A large family is a valuable asset to the small…holder； in the city it is nothing but a drawback。 Let any one of you gentlemen think of himself with a home consisting of a single room in a tenement in New York or a back slum in London； and with six or eight children； and then think of the contrast with those six children upon the land and able to assist in your business of caring for the cattle or carrying on many of the other operations of the farm。 We must look at facts。 With dwellers on the land self…interest es in； on the land alone will the supply of children be available that is necessary to carrying on our white races。 And if they are not carried on in sufficient numbers what of it？ Of course； you have all heard of what they call the yellow peril； and many people have laughed at it as a bogey。 Is it a bogey？ Does Russia； for instance； consider that Japan is a mere nightmare？ I think not； I think Russia has very definite and distinct ideas as to the prowess of Japan today。 Japan is a small nation。 Forty years ago the Japanese dressed themselves up in scale armour； like lobsters； and fought with bows and arrows。 And look at them today； knocking Russia around the ring。
Imagine the state