Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-15
PLAN IMPROVE:
MEVT OF RACE
BREEDING o. ME.BERs OF NJ
NAN FAMILY 70 O. DIS
cussED ~ ASSOCIATION.
BLONDES MUST GO
Viii stscy Hos stsreessy aad EnstF-
onmens Affect fhe Development Of
Human Beings.

Columbus, O.. Jan. l3-Sngges~
finns for Improvement In the breed
ing of members Of the human race.
o. sell as animals and plants. will
b. considered Al the annual ooayea-
ton a the American Breeders asso
citation whieh opened today. A com
snltaee of six seienststs, appointed BY
Or. W n Hays. assistant secretary
Of agriculture. has been inVessieas'
In the subject and will present it,
report to the convention. which ts
expected 10 authorize u series OF
practical tests. DT. Hays. the orig
inator u the plan. has long been
noted a. a breeder of animals and
plants. and before becoming con"
nected with the federal agricultural
department vas I'm charge of the
Minnesota experiment station. An
other famous member of the Breed"
ers' association 10 Luther Burbank,
the California plant wizard. The A.
soeiation has a membership Of over
1000. including some Of the foremost
scientists of the country.
one % the members OF the commit.
tee 10 DIR. Alexander Graham Dell. the
inventor OF the telephone. who sub.
mitted q report ON the intermarriage
OF deaf mutes. Professor Bell de.
clares that such unions result I'm de-
fleient progeny and the association
will probably ask for the passage of
laws prohibiting such marriages. The
union of blind persons or those 9TH
erwise deprived OF their senses 10 also
condemned by Professor Bell.
Major Charles Z. Woodruff. a sur.
geon Of the United States army. is an
other member Of che committee and
has submitted a report On the effects
Of immigration. Major Woodruff de-
clares that statistics prove that the
blonde races cannot exist In this
country and will soon die out entire.
iy. Nervous diseases, consumption.
and cancer. are the foes Of American
blondes. according to Dr. Woodruff,
and will In short time accomplish
their utter annihilation. He also de.
clares that all Europeans who have
lived among simple and primitive
surroundings soon degenerate after
coming TO America. The Europeans
best suited 10 thrive In this country
are the Greeks, slavs. Armenians,
Huns, servians and Bulgarians. Two
thirds Of the insane and eonsumptives
OF this country. according to DR..
Woodruff. are found among the
blonde peoples who have come here
from northern Europe or their direct
descendants. He declares that TO-.
coo. 900 citizens OF the United States
are doomed to succumb 10 the ravages
OF consumption.
Other members Of the committee
of six are President David Starr Jor'
dan Of Leland Stanford university,
Professor Charles r. Henderson OF
the University OF Chicago, Professor
C. W. Ward Of New York and the
Rev. ]. E. Gilbert of Washington.
The delegates to the convention ex.
pect TO learn, from the reports pre-
scented by these distinguished scien'
fists, how heredity and environment
affect the development OF human be-
ings, particularly with reference to
physical defects. II the matter is
considered serious enough laws pro-
hibiting the marriage OF detectives
will be recommended and the men,
bers will attempt to secure their
passage by the legislatures OF all
states.
The convention will last through
tomorrow and Thursday.