Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-12
LIMITATION OF OFFSPRING.

violently put forward, against the con-
tinuance Of plural family relations
among "Mormons" who had contracted
them previous to the manifesto for The
suppression OF further polygamous
marriages, came from people who were
against having large numbers Of chill
dren. They we're aghast when they
learned Of the family incrcagc among
the "Nlormons, and inyeIghed against
1t from their own standpoint Of limito-
ton The San Francisco Cali took up
the question without meeting II on the
ground presented. ana spoke OF persons
who did not believe IN race suicide
but who We're yet hostile to polygomy.
The Deseret News, I'm making the re-
marks alluded to, ala not intimate in
any way that such persons as those
referred to by the Call were opposed
20 plural marriage for the reason rug-
gested, but the other class, which num-
bers great multitude Of both sexes,
We knew what we were talking about
The Gail surely cannot be ignorant OF
the facts. Follow mp the evidence ana
It viii be made clear and certain that
the bulk OF the most fervent agitators
against the "Mormons,' are urging
and practising the suppression Of of.
spring Aud we regard that with at
least as much adherence and detesta-
ton az any Of them can feel towards
Mormon polygamy
We direct the attention Of the Call
TO an article In the New York hide
pendent OF April IA, by Lydia H. Com.
mander. II contains an array Of oyi.
dence, gathered from tho most au-
thentic sources, showing the dcca-
dence Of American stock. the decline
in the American hlrth-rate, and the
open nvowal Of physicians and 9TH
ers as TO the suppression OF offspring
The calculation of Benjamin Frank
lin, who was one Of fourteen children,
as to what would be the population In
1900, is quoted. that Is 100 900,
which was based on the average
family OF his time namely eight, while.
the actual population is but 760OO,OOO
Of whom II ,0OO 900 are foreign born and
100000 the offspring Of foreign born
parentsloa but 900 for Amer
lean stock, or little more than half the
number predicted.
Investigating the effect Of the an
nounoed prejudice OF landlords in New
York against renting houses and FATS
TO people having children, the writer
of that article found that IN large mum
bers OF families renting there We're no
children at all ana in many others but
one child. Pursuing the inquiries, for
ty-six physicians were visited; several
declined to discuss the matter but
thirty.slx responded, and out Of them
thirty answered the question. what
do you consider the ideal American
family by saying, "Two children,
girl and a boy" one Of them ne.
tually declared that Having a fami-
IS Is not an American Ideal" And
further remarked Among my patti
ents I find that the majority do not
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N""' N'' Nn''u''"' O''''''S Hot more
than one. / should say that as a rule
The second IS AN accident, the third is n
misfortune, and the fourth a tragedy"
announcer physician sad 'Ihe desire
TO limit or eliminate family is uuiyor-
sal Children are no moro or scorcol,
,,oro dosf,od o,,o,,. a.. y.
"''''' ""'O"H ''' P"'I IMAM
among the ron though the poor are
often less successful I'm avoiding Them.
an, oors,,i,.t ,,,..c.,.,.,, ana.
.,. 80 81"
~ t'''S Every my N"olher remarked,
Whenever the woman of the poorer
classes ia the most bit ,to,.o tho io,,..,.
,.yoi sbo d.,,ro. ~ o.a., 80. .,', WV,
800 ~ ''''' W. ''"e' '''''S 'h''-
uIeh' NO request Is made Of me often
er IN the clinic than for advice along
these lines" Fourteen oths,. nbysi,t,,,
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H"''"s ''i''l' cNpcI''"'e confirmed
those opinions. We have not space or
inclination to quote the numerous in-
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