Carde argued colonial development must proceed in a disciplined geometric progression

Evidence

The mise en valeur of a new country like West Africa must, in effect, take place according to a geometric progression. Local conditions subject this progression to an unvarying law, which must be discovered, then integrally applied without overstepping it. Those who are too impatient will not, as they think, restore the economic and financial health of our country. They will be cruelly deceived at the expense of criminal waste. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 769

Categorization

• DEFINE: Mise en valeur — the French colonial doctrine of rationally developing colonial resources — is here being defined against impatient overreach.
• QUESTION: Who was Carde and which year did he make this argument — worth pinning down this governor-general’s role precisely.