Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-13
THE HUMAN RACE.

j. J. Owens, of the San Jose Mercury, de-
livsrsd lecture on Sunday evening on the
Evils Of Over Population. The lecturer tsok
the view that at the present time tho earth
was tso densely populated, so vastly peopled
in fact that the soil did not furnish sufficient
nutrfn ent for human existence
While it is true that the great cities are
Gllsd with thousands who are suffering from
the globe, notably India and Asia, famine has
devastated the population to the extent of
millions this does not necessarily imply that the
vsrld is over populated People suffer poverty
and want, not because the earth cannot produce
enough for their nourishment but because too
many people are crowded into the same local
ity. Men remain in large cities living in
idlensss and sloth while they produce nothing
In spite of their inability or lack of disposition
10 support themselves they are constantly
adding to the population Of the world. While
tho result Of this constant swelling of the
ranks of non producers cannot be denied and
The plan of Mr.. Owen of limiting the increase
Of population can not be hastily condemned,
remedies for the evils which he so ably des-
eribes But q very small portion of the earth =
surface is under cultivation, and if the men
who are living in idleness, and producing large
families in crowded cities, would seek the open
country and till the soil, the demand for food
would not exceed the supply. There are
thousands of men on this coast sut of employ
ment and there are thousands of acres of land
unemployed" The land monepolist who
owns 10, 900 acres of tillable land sd only al
lows hundred acres to be cul ~ ted is an
enemy to the development of the country.
Mr.. Owen also holds that there is not enough
attention paid to the science of propagation
Of species, aud that physical advancement in
man is left entirely to take care Of itself
This is fact that can not be gainssid. The
grand question Of creation, the sublime prob
lens governing our life and being, is less dis
cusssd and less Investigated than almost any
other subject. The greatest possible care is
bestowed upon the breeding of horses, cattle
and swine and the intelligence and experience
bestowed upon the subject results in high
standard of physical excellence, Horses, if
left to the blind instincts of nature, would
have never produced an Eclipse, Dex-
tor" or "St. Julian" Only careful breed
ing brings great results. In this respect nan
is left to take care of himself, and when men
physically and mentally great men are pro-
ducsd it is the result Of accident. The masses
Of people frown down investigation ON these
subjects, and a discussion of their merits is
considered vulgar. 1t is time such prudery
came to an end. Nothing which leads to
the physical, mental and moral elevation or
the race can be considered vulgar in any sense,
and the questions which in ediately relate to
the creation of beings should DO scientifically
and inteligently considered. All light thrown
upon so vital question will benefit the whole
human race. Every child bern into the world
has the right to be well born, and if he is not
50 bora, his condition is the result either OF
ignorance or crime, and ignorance in so On
lightensd an age as the present one is criminal
in itself.