Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-26

pressing the productivity OF the worst
The latter, as n wen known has been
suggested by some philosophers.
Mr. Cation speaking OF The english
people, divided them into number al
classes, each with rs "civic worth \
Highest In the scale he placed thosd
who work with their brains, and low
est the loafefs, degenerates, ana criml
mails, Between these extremes he lol
Gated the rest OF the working bees M
the human hive. Then he went ON ID
say.
"rhe brains OF the British nation
lie In the higher OF our classes. n
such people could be dlstinguishable al
children and procurable by money "a
order to be reared as lcrhllshmen, A
would be n cheap boWain for the natioA
to buy them at the rate OF many hum
dreds or some thousands of pounds pe,
head, Some such talented folk
fail but most succeed, and many wicI
coed greatly. They found great Indus
tries, establish vast undertakings mi
crease the wealth OF multltudov and
amass large fortunes for themsclyed
Others, whether they be rich or poor
are the guides and light Of the nation
raising It's tone, enlightening It's dim
culties and imposing It's ideals"
One trouble now Is, Mr.. Cation ext
plains, that the lntcrmarrlages thai
take place In the clhsses Of lowest civil
worth, produce most undesirable ri
suits He quoted Charles Booth on thI
condition OF London's poor as an illus
tration.
Their life Ia the life OF savages, witt
vIcissltudes OF extreme hardship and
occasional excess. From them COM
the battered figures who sloucl
through the streets and play the begga
or the bully, They render no usefi
service, they create no wealth. mos
often they destroy II. They degrad
whatever thcy touch and az individ.
uas are perhaps Incapable OF Improve
ment; but | do not mean TO sal
that there are not individuals Of event
sort 10 be found In the mass Thos,
who are able TO wash the mud MAJ,
find some gems in IT,"
The lecturer had some practical sus
gestlons on the subject, In the fir,l
place he advocated the segregation 4
habitual criminals and denying theii
the opportunity Of producing offsprini
In the second place he thought mar
riages In the higher classes should v.
encouraged, Dowrjes. he though
should be given to them to whom mod
crate sums OF money are important
They should be assured Of help durins
the early years Of married life. Health
homes should also be placed within
their reach
RE further suggested early marriage
because no had noticed that, as a rub
large and thriving families were thc
offspring Of mothers who married
young. Healthy homes conductt
to fertility. ana towns sterlllzed run
vigor. Those who left the country 10
the town might produce large families
but these dwindled away In succeedinl
generations. He thought It no absur,
idea that outside Influences would B,
beneficial in inducing early marriage
and marriages OF the best. I'm a com
munlty deeply impressed with the desir'
Of encouraging marriages between per
sons of equally high ability, the socla
pressure he said, directed to produc'
the desired end would be so great as 4
insure notable amount Of success
These are practical suggestions, an
they are timely. There is very gen.
eral complaint, that the family Is On
the decline, and that the race itself =
degenerating. But very few remedies
OF practical nature are offered. The
question of the Improvement OF the rae
IL too important TO be left to chanfe
when the laws Of hcredity and the inlla'
ence Of surroundings are understood
We take care OF stock for It's I'M
movement; we take infinite pains wiz
nlante. but the human race is more oil
less neglected. Moral degenerates ar'
left free TO propagate their kind. NUT
derers are sometimes let loose on go
ciety TO become the fathers and motnfr'
OF murderers while noble women o'
circumstances for which society alone Is
responsible. are prevented from hllina
the measure OF their creation, NO wch
der II the human race is not progress
ing very fast toward perfection In'
question Is one OF the greatest import
ance. It should concern not only an
thropologists and philanthropists, pu
also legislators and statesmen.