The Dolores star., 1910-10-21

J n has besn asserted By soas that ~
coAea b 3 bsns6cent agent for raee
eslturs h that Il 10 constantly elm
mating inferior stocks. The answer
70 this y that. % d.. sullivan says:
In Tie ultimate result alcoholism may
b countsd on to sake . good many
more degsneratsa than II h likely to
Destroy" writer DR.. C. w. Salssby. an
eminent English authority. We must
enleavor 10 understand. - 20 many
students u hsrsdity-some Of them By
no means undistlnsuished -fail TO un-
dssstand. what 10 really meant by the
doctrine Of the non-transmissibility Of
acquirsd characters. This means. for
instance. that the chronic innamma-
tios Of the lining membranes Of the
brain produced BY alcohol cannot Be
transmitted 10 child: II does not
meas that the germ-plasm, the racial
elements Of the body. are incapable
Of suffering injury BY any poison circu-
lating In the blood BY which they are
nourished. still less does II mean that
the sxpectant mother 10 not poisoning
her child when she pours alcohol into
the blood whereby she nourishes It. Al
hes been already stated. alcohol Is
beyoad doubt capable Of causing true
racial degeneration. whether through
father or mother. and In the case Of
The ootAss. whsthsr BY its influence
upon the gsrm-plasm or BY it, infiu-
ence On the unborn child.
n 4. - lcu~>v cc~. A. x,.>ssS~. shst
the amount Of drinking By the women
u Great Britain to-day ID greater than
ever heretofore; and to say BY the wo-
meo b. unfortunately. to say. by the
mothers. present and prospective. Ra-
cial poisoning 10 being practised In
Great Britain to-day to an extent
whlGA b certainly unprecedented In
our history. This Ii really BY far the
mest serious aspect Of the alcohol
question. II b. also. In some ways the
nosa capable remedy: and the busi-
nese Of the eugenist ID to rouse public
oplnion % this matter. Drunkenness
o the part Of the woman Of 90 may
o. 0ay not be . private vice with
Which Il u not the duty Of public Law
10 intsrfsre:, bat drinking on the part
a ~ factory girl who will marry ere
loae and become Z mother. and will Il.
neet certainly continue the habit &C.
eulssl before marriage-this concerns
not herself alone.
q nay b. said. and not without truth.
- - have already quoted, that In .
lev generations alcohol will extsrmin.
ats he alcoholic stock. leaving the un-
poiseasd In possession Of the field. Il
nay thus b. Questioned whether the
race b Injured IN the long run. hut In
any ease what moral being can con.
template with content the spectacle Of
this ruin. even u Il be comparatively
confined and limited IN time? And. fur.
tAer. 10 what extent ID this process to
b permitted? What n Il extends 70
oas-tenth or one-fourth or one-haf a
TIE productive stocks Of the commu.
nityf WIN II not then be thought time
10 arrest II? We have 10 remember the
evidence furnished BY native races.
Which reminds NJ that. suiAciently
widespread. the abuse OF alcohol makes
ios racial extinction: and its abuse In
daily becoming more Widespread
anoasst the young mothers Of what are
q present our fertile CLASSES. Palpable
Drunkenness they may never exhibit:
but drunkenness might wholly cease
from hsnceforth In Great Britain. and
alcohol yet defeat the aims Of race-cul.
turs. A woman may well be sober
sneugA. and Der unborn child intoxl.
catsd. ! leave these questions to the
coosidsfation Of the reader. and not the
lsast q HIN who calls himself patriot
~ ~ imperialist.
ea'eenksspsr Must Pay.
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