Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-03-09

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destroyed, Mr.. simpsons paper goes
deeply into the scientific details. but
IN pointing out the resemblance be.
tween recognized bacteria and these
chromosomes he says.
I'VE find that one sort OF bacteria
in starch solution makes red pig
ment. another makes black, and yet
another white. Some of them throw
down sulphur. which with other pro-
ducts would grow hair, hoof and
horn Some cause albumin to form
in sheets, which with lime phos'
phatt would form bone"
In discussing an extreme case or
chromos ONES, Mr. Simpson says;
"Dahlgrea and Kepner have inves-
tlgated the ink factory of squid.
where the cells were overspecialized
as pigment formers. making an abund.
ance and storing II in a sack. so that
when there was danger from an en-.
envy the squid could color the wa
ter all about and conceal itself This
was a pigment gland. colony Or
extra specialized pigment cells, for
protective purpose ev6!"ttion. These
histologists show how the pigment Is
made with layer Of cells contain,
ing chromosomes. and they SAT The
pigment was formed inside the cells
In discussing with a Sunday Post
reporter the practical significance. OF
his theory, Mr. Simpson explained:
The pigment OF negroes is some
times destroyed BIZ natural action |
have seen such examples oceasl y.
ally, and the most recent was on my
trip to Boston to attend the meet
Ing Of the American Association for
the Advancement OF Science stop
ped off in Chicago, and there, on
State street. saw a spotted woman
with two spotted children found
they were exhibiting themselves In
museum, anu there | inquired into
their heridity / found that the wo
mans mother and grandmother. had
been white and black That was as
far back as she could trace her pro-
gentors I'm each generation the
spotted mother had married brown
man-not a pure black negro This
was proof of Mendel's Law. True TO
the law, this woman, whose husband
was brown man, had borne spot
ted children,
In this connection the Mendelian
law is of interest TO show how IN
generation after generation the chrc
mosomes remain attenuated BY that
token, too 1t will be possible to take
a negro and treat him. perhaps by
diet, perhaps, as ! have said by in
lection or immersion, so that his
will be attenuated TO
such degree that his children for
generations afterward win be white.
for generations afterward will be
although stil retaining ne phys.
ical structure OF the negro 1t IS
inconceiyable. OF course. that white
man should ever want 10 be treated
so that the chromosomes in his cells
would become strengthened until his
children would be black Still. stu
dents OF tropical diseases nave ue-
clared that the men Of northern white
blood IN the tropics degenerate after
a few generations because of the ac-
ton Of the suns actinic rays. The
Of the negro and the dark
skinned peoples generally is their
protection from the action of these
rays Now. it may be long look
into the future. but If white natiCAs
are to continue TO hold colonies in
the tropics would II not be an ad-
vantage II the skin of the descend
ants Of the permanent colonists could
be darkened enough to save them
the degeneration from actinic rays
that has already been noted and
proved?
Il consider the study of chrome
some. with a view to establishing IS
life history. a branch Of research that
viii make for inealculable improve
ment in the great question of peopl-
ing the world and distributing safely
the overcrowded population in the
ages to come"