The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-12
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Last year at the Dallas Poultry show
a single hen was exhibited, valued at
$4,000. Recently there was Que ex
hibitcd there valued ut . 1000 wearing
gold bracelets aud its coop lined with
shy blue silk.
This IL all right aud commendable,
but 1t serves to bring into contrast the
neglect Ia producing aud exhibiting
hat which is most valued, boys aud
urls. Until the people Of this nation
pi>e the same care and selection to
roaring thoroughbred children that
they do to the production Of thorough
bred cattle, horses, dogs, hogs, chickens,
etc, the country may expect to be bur
dened with third and fourth class non
n all the activities of life, taxed for
] the maintenance VI asylums, almshouses,
aud Jails, aud the court dockeis crowd
ed with salaeious divorce proceedings
There are thousands Of people sub
scribing for books and journals relat'
lng to the breeding, care and value OF
every Kind Of animal useful To man 10
one who spends a dollar for any in
formation regarding the rearing VI his
own flesh and blood. They will build
line barns aud strodg fences TO keep
their tine horses, cattle aud hogs from
scrub association, yet allow children to
..-...V. ..,yl ~. .UAt.a WaEaNuaNa hard
exhibitions are held aud prizes offered
tor the best productions VI animals aud
fowls, yet there il never any rivalry
for the rearing OF the bsst, strongest,
must intelligent boys and girls. II
blood, care and training will tell among
the lower animals, how much more
strongly aud quickly 1t should toll ~
man, who 10 subject ~ the same physi
cal laws plus intelligenee-the ability
to improve his own conditions.
Smaller Families
There is now a well defined trend oi
scientific opinion to the conclusion
that large families are only better than
none at all; that to- the average father
aud mother the bringing up vi u Iarg,
number of children Is accompanied by
many hardships and depriyations. They
cannot be reared aud educated under
the most favorable conditions. Fewer
children, but better, stronger, more IN
tclligent aud better prepared to do fol
themselves, rs the hope Tor the genera
Improvement Of the race.
lndIscfiminate marriage has beer
one vi the greatest sources vi EVIL &
regulate, either BY law VI social custom
iieIc again, the natural law that "hk,
begels lAe, Ia wholly and criIsinaIl,
d~isresarded.
Marriage Commission
There In need vi marriage commits
sion, created by the state, composed VI
fathers and mothers who have success
FULLY reared families vi their own. Be
fore this commission all PERSONS desir
my 10 marry should DO compelled Il
appear, and show cause why the! shout,
be allowed to mary. That they bot
were sound III body, mind aud morals
VI discreet age, cOngenIa t~empcfments
with a sense vi soIemnity and apprecia
ton Of the duties and responsibilities
of the married state, and possessed u
u home oT is equivalent, as well Us
reasonable prospect VI being able Il
support aud educate u family. II the,
could not show these qualifications, the.
should be refused u permit aud eIhorte,
to try again.
Perhaps 1t Is safe to say that will
a majority Of the marriages, one mont
Of illness OF idleness would bring tn,
} persons to real want; not one. fourtl
Of them own a home or the means {,
provide a home, and restitution hang
above their heads.
Proper rearing and training shout,
carry with an appreciation Of the i'm
portanee and responsibility Of marriage
Education along this line las been woe
FULLY neglected. The records Of the di
voree courts have their beginning il
raising tine horses, dogs and Belgiai
hares and allowing the children Of tn,
family the reach the age VI maIriAg,
like Topsy, who just growed."
would not abate one particle O
the interest Or pride in the raising .
$1,000 hens, with gold bracelets an,
silk lined coops, but / would insis
that Ms much selection In breeding, car,
IN raising, training and pride in eXhi
bItion, be given to the children. 1
would pay ten thousand fold; not alon,
IN stronger, healthier, more intelligon
young men and women, but In the mora
and spiritual uplift Of the race as well
IL only the strong in body, sound IL
morals and capable in mind we're rearo,
and only the ut and c~ongeniai shout,
marry, the utopIan dream Of the hna
abolition Of poverty on the earth woul,
no longer be a fantasty.
Selection Of Mates
As further tending to the indiffer
cnce to rearing children with the IAN,
selection is employed In raising I'm,
stock, social laws, more rigidly enforce,