La Junta tribune., 1910-03-19

Man and on page l26 he says.
"ayHized populations have been
known. under favorable conditions. as
in the United States. to double their
number in twenty-five years; and ac-
cordlng to a calculation BY Euler. this
might occur in little over twelve
years At the former rate the pres
ent population OF the United States,
namely. thirty millions, would In 6o7
years cover the whole terraqueous
globe 30 thlekly that four men would
have to stand on each square yard OF
surface. The primary or fundamental
check to the increase Of man Is the
difficulty Of gaining subsistence and
OF living in comfort"
Air Darwin then proceeds to men
tion other checks, viz the greater
death rate Of infants among the
poorer classes" the greater mortal
ity at all ages and from various di-
soascs Of the inhabitants OF crowded
aud miserable houses" severe cpl
denies and wars
II is now well known that one Of
the most fruitful causes OF the late
war between Japan and Russia was
the crowded or oyer-population Of
Japan. And the government Of Japan
in order to prevent ciyil war at
home turned the wrath OF the people
towards Russia. and when the war
was over. tens and hundreds OF thous-
ands Of Japanese and Russians were
slain. but then Japan got Corea and
Manchuria over which she could
spread herself
Now. to my mind. this whole bust
ness-this Wholesale slaughter Of the
innocents from all OF the above men
toned causes is perfectly horrible an
ought to be stopped or mitigatod in
some way. The question that puz-
zles my brain Is this: Why bring
people into this world and then
allow them 10 suffer and die from
causes too numerous TO mention. Is
not non-eNistcnce better than a short
existence with suffering and sorrow
thrown In for good measure. hut one
man says. "Oh, the governments are
responsible for all the sufforings OF
the people" Fudge! Fiddlesticks'
FoI-de-rol. Governments cannot do
everything They cannot reverse the
laws Of nature or repeal the decrecs
of God.
Some time ago ! read In the pa
pers OF a man eighty years old who
Dragged and boasted that he Was the
progcnitor OF i27 descendants-chil-
dren. grand children and great grand
children He did not boast OF the
quality or character Of his descend.
ants but simply that he was a pro-
genitor OF the first order. When
read the story | though II pity that
this man was not locked up In some
nice warm place and kept there be
fore he entered upon his work of
populating and rcplcnishing the
earth. Men like this man ought to
remember Acsop's fable OF the SOW
and the lioness because she had but
one cub at time while she (the
sow had sixteen at brood. The
lioncss replied. Yes, but mine Is a
lion. while yours are only pigs"
. What society needs at the present
time is more lions aud less pigs
quality rather than quantity. II so
clety would take as much pains In
raising children as farmers now take
In raising horses. cattle and pigs. the
general average of the human race
would be far superior TO what Il IL
now. There Is great need. plenty Of
room and much work IN the world at
the present time for the "supcrman ''
Our prosperity as n nation Is 80 great
already that We have not Intelligence
enough to handle II.
I have theory that would mitigate
many OF the evils above referred to.
IL IL were adopted. would by Law
limit or restrict marriages would
refuse marriage licenses
fIrst-To those who are afflicted
with uncurable diseases. such as Ger
tain forms OF consumption and cef-
tain forms OF blood diseases.
second--To all confirmed drunkards
and professional criminals.
Third-To those who are mentally
unbalanced-hair.braincd and rattle.
Drained people, who have wheels In
their heads.
fourth-To those who are not able
or not In n position to support n
family In reasonable comfort