Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-03-21

regarded as one oil, the brightest prac-
titioners at the Chicago bar.
Mr.. Chris Il. O'Brien. the popular
manager for George Il. Heidbrink ut
liz North Clark street, Is among the
hest known and most influential Demo.
Gratis OH the North Side.
Mr.. Virgil NJ. Brand, great of the
Brand Brewing Company. is man
who has made a splendid reputation as
successful business man and as
public-spirited and useful citizen.
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Mr.. Ephraim Banning. of the we'll
ming. Is man well verscd in the law
and would make a fine judge. There is
no more respected citizen in Chicago.
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Mr.. Edwin !. thinner. recently APP
pointed receiver of the Chicago Gen
eral Hallway Company. has the conf
dence and respect of the entire bust
ness community. He Is Il good law
yer and Il first class citizen.
Albert y. Roscnegk. the well-known
ana able manager of the Pabst Brew
ing Company. is u most successful and
capable business man. The great Mil
wnukee brewery could not have u bet
ter or more competent man in charge
of its affairs.
Mr.. Harry Il. Gibbons. head of the wei
known box manufacturing firm, IL rec.
ognized as one of the very beat citi-
zens and progressive business men In
Chicago.
Mr.. George Mills Rogers has the re-.
spcct and admiration of every men,
her Of the bar. As a citizen he IL
broad gagged ana public spirited. No
stronger man could he named for
judgcshlp on the Democratic ticket.
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General Joseph II. Leake Is promi.
ncntly mentioned for one Of the Re
publican judicial nominations. He
would add greatly to the strength of
the ticket.
Hon. John J. Hanberg IL Il good and
useful official of Cook County. AS
County Treasurer he Is maintaining
the splendid reputation he won as
President of the Board of County Com
missiOn,rs.
In all the discussion of the size Of
families which has been provoked by
subject, it Is somewhat surprising that
no one has gone back to Herbert Spen.
Ger and Walter Bagehot. both Of whom
considered the question with much
care. Both concluded that rs men
ana women became more intellectual,
that as their brains ana nervous sys-
TENS grew larger and more complex.
they would tend to have fewer chill.
dren. II Is not argued that Intelligent
| parents may not or do not have large
families. but simply that with incrcas.
ing intellectually the tendency Is de-
cidedly toward small families. The
| theory seems to be that with the strain
of modern life and the pressure OF the
struggle for existence the brain has
grown far larger, ana that with this
increasing brain there Is decreasing
fertility. Doubtless this Il a correct
analysis. But It may be that the strain
of life and the struggle for existence
operate directly on the prudential fac
u,lcs, as well as through the effect Of
the increased brain development. At
any rate. there seems to be Il natural
| law at work that we must acknOwl.
edge. But Mr.. Bagehot goes further
and insists that In an age Of discus
sion--such as that which we have aud
are likely to have from now On-fam.
lilies are likely to be small. He agrees
with Spencer that increasing intellect.
ual power has tendency to check re.
production, but he goes beyond and
back OF this ana argues that nothing
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power rs to live In a country where
government by discussion prevails. II
all this Is true, 1t surprising that
there should be some decrease In the
size OF American families? For wheth.
er we are markedly intelligent or not.
we are certainly prone to discussion.
Possibly this matter Of race preserva.
ton Is being very well attended to.
Multiplication should be on diminish.
Ing scale. And with the substantial
disappearance Of the old checks on
population, such as war. famine and
pestilence. which formerly operated
with u deadliness that we cannot now
conceive Of. and with the saving of life
through better medical and surgical
care. 1t may be that there Is not such
great need for large families rs there
once was. Nor Is 1t bad idea to have
society recruited from what We speak
of as the lower classes, which Is what
now seems TO he going on. There are
no indications that this country Is soon
to suffer from u lack of people to do
its work. On the whole. therefore, 1t
may be doubted whether there Is any
such problem before us us that which
the President ana those who agree
with him speak of. Certainly the ad-
miratiOn of large families simply be.