The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21
.ce SUICIDE a BoGEY-
Las No Fear Of American
Stock Dying Out.

NJ bsa oto extinction Of the race
nj " .oca suicide On the con
t0rsa 4rds that the greatest hope
s ,se future Of tie Aasl2,oa ., race ace
~ .rner;ca lie in precisely that fea
" life which has given rise to
& e s"eb gloom iore5oains.
= na'n in q declining birth rate,
we charles 4. /. Reed. professor
Of b q s1 gc gyneeoto2y n the University
'onfd ta a.nainrati. in AZ address, jHst PUB
eat 81 dt4''r =, The American Family
for i, ~ natural and cvointional adjust
K, Con. vi ~, roce 10 enyironmcnt-an al
or III ra' y ~ that insures rather than
-ss, the perpctuation q our hlnd
OF Y, favorng conditions.
i've vi ra r. 5js;nclination Of American
add o.. y. u hear more children than
r cup pSns.. rropsrly educate and sup
Of d ra aarrinnes Dr. Reed, lis based
ofw ~. N intelligent ami conscientious
ing .arI d the RIGHTS ana n .,. ts,s
Ns.o,ceiyed offspring rather than
aversion to the sacred olhce
OF did q@ horbood If reduced to its last
fnNfll
70 ~ r W., # does not Indicate a loss,
crot " -.,ber a Development, II not an
c aak n,I ayatation. Of the maternal
sasp0s '.rion American women recognize,
u ny 'n,..nsciously possibly, certainly not
~ sen ,ssrita terms, but they neverthe-
.oooqnize, the force Of the law
-. annotated oy Mr. Spencer that whar
ora spr conduces 70 the hlshes' welfare
oa o#.nring must more and more es-
Sa4 .r-b itself since children Of in
i, ~ es '%ar n,rants reared in inferior ways
nus ps - oror he renlaced By children OF
Nas .ror parents reared in better ways.
Il. arbov do not interpret the com
mi 10 multiply and replenish the
YY ~ az an Injunction to abandon
: aa s.uroIves 10 an existence of unre-
i, ~ sriped fecundity, particularly IN view
a.! ny ! no fact that the earth is already
.,,c,pably well replonished. They do,
Svpver act upon the principle that
\ furnishing a less numerous but
: f srDr endowed, better conditioned,
hstar eolip9ed-in short, filter
49, ,nseBy thev best furnish leaders for |
=, sciety that from its very nature is !
4 =. roS in need Of leadership. 1t is these I
r,s ,ssiderations that force Us 10 the |
d.. ,nelusoa that possibly the lessened |
hmm NTH rate may work the salvation
Or !. n.ber than the destruction OF the dis
9 NJ fuctlv American element in our popu,
10 ,r siou and of the dinstinctly Anglo
rot ! Saxon feature of our civilization.
Oaa amuch greater damage to American
'ne ID uiety and The American fanny VA
D,n fiat CT race suicide. according to DR..
n Reed is the danger Of over-popula-
fC
The oyer-peoplng Of our land" he
49,. nys, is destined to be very practi-
- cl indeed very perpleIing, problem
the not remote future. The rate OF
Increase in the destiny Of the popula-
wv ton in Great Britain for the seventy
yars from 1920 to 1890 was $50 per.
cent, and in France, Belgium and
nal Naly Il was less than 100 percent. In
co he United States for the same period
It was $50 percent, and for the sue
s-n feeding fifteen years the rate of in
hG crease in this country has greatly
soap accelerated Take these in association
er \ with the additional fact that much Of
aa our great area cannot contribute to the
Il Nd sustentaton Of the people. and it re-
' nd quires no vivid Imagination, no pro-
pheic vision, to foresee the time not
IA many generations hence when the
4 M amly Institution here will be sub
red feed to the disintegrating socialistic
yir nHlences that are today assailing it
under pressure Of overcroWding in the
countries of Europe"
N Or. Reed does, however, discover
our one influences inimical to the Ameri
Dair an family. Among these he classes
tvea everything that tends to the early
INK Nd vide dispersion Of its members
iach as the development Of residen-
aim "a schools, the rapid extension Of
h preaching transportation facilities,
Is N INVESTIGATION Of industries, the
IN naustrial employment Of women, the
his alaiiOn Of distinct industrial groups,
SID E character CT political parties, the
palarzation of hotels and apart
:, us ior residential purposes, and,
/, 'uaV The Development of clubs for
NJ ia men and women at the expense
=. tie home"
n u the looseness Of the marriage
b ne also finds elements Of danger.
eaaeheles which worked the ruin OF
I'D 'stce and Rome he finds threaten
ts me lie Of the American common
"a aA and he thinks that the annals
rs divorce courts might reveal ex-
oh pss OF eonjugal infdelity almost
I'll saei to the case cited by St. Jer-
S u woman married to her twen-
ID aIa husband, she being his TWEEN.