Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14

formed, y idiottc, choreic or cpl
leptlc, % non visble. aud ouly 10 or
II per cent Of the whole we're nor.
NAL. The ten normal families pro-
duced 81 children, two OF whom we're
deformed, 2 pronounced "back ward''
though not suffering from disease.
aud 3 non .viable, leaving 81 or about
SO. 8 per cent normal.
DR.. Spratiing, superintendent of
the Craig Colony for Epileptios, at
Donyea, New York, reports history
OF alcoholism 10 the parents OF 313
out OF $50 recent cases. More than
80 per cent Of these unfortunates are
thus suffering from the mistakes Of
their parents. Nor does this by any
means tell the whole story, for the
report shows that b77 additional
cases more than 60 per cent OF the
whole-auffer from homeopathic her
edity which means that the pareuts
were themselves the victim OF one or
another OF those neurosis that are Pc
culiarly heritable and that unques-
tionably tell In @ large number Of
cases Of alcoholic indulgence on the
part of their progenitors. even 10
tho third and fourth generation" said
the wise Hebrew OF old, and the laws
Of heredity have not changed since
J then.
MANS LIFE SHORTENED BY
THE USE OF ALCOHOL.
1t 10 doubtless conceded by al
that the mortality occurring amous
> those who habitually indulge to ex
cess is above the normal average, but
that it exceeds the mortality of those
who partake In what Ia termed mod
Grafton 10 very generally denied
: Many think that alcohol prolongI
life and enables one to do more worl
when taken In moderation. To shos
this 10 not true, data from life iusur
ancs companies must be used for 1t
obtainable no where else. Much ties
u timony has been collected aud pus
y lished by the United Kingdom Ten
o perance and General Provident Inst
tuition of London, by its Actuary
q Sir Roderick M. Moore, aud by 1,
o general manager, Mr.. whitaker. Al
q though the work was begun during
J. period when, to he total abstains
10 was equivalent to being stigmatize
10 as a crank, yet 1t demonstrates Ii
10 truth for which the founders OF ii
he institution commended, viz. that ss
class, total abstainers are bett'
" risks for life insurance than non al
as stainers. 1t llkewise shows clear
g, that the average longevity OF non a
D. tanners varies with the amount Of q
H. cohol consumed. It is also interes
ID Ing to know that the average longev
t. ty of total abstainers insured In Il
at company named has gradually be,
Il. increasing for the past twenty yea
er and over, owing, 1t 10 believed,
or the fact that q considerable percen
n age of rhe new memb ers is compos
o. Of tho of spring Of total abstaine
y and that the influence of heredity
DIV becoming manifest.
lie The company named was organic
he In 1910, although its first policy "
as. not issued till Jan. IA, lS41.
OF that time the companies doing bu
ms ness in England, believing that I
ge life expectancy (The probable al
he duration of a group OF individual
IN of non .abstainers WAS prolonged
BAR the moderate use OF alcoholic liquo
- charged an extra premium OF ten 7
Is cent above the ordinary rates for
suIing the lives OF total sbstainers.
me A Mr.. Warner, mem Der Of the s
'Rs ciety of Friends, desiring to proof
oil q policy Of insurance on bis life, '
ers informed that because of him beinI
I'm total abstsinsr the usual extra ratl
4 would be charged. To this, how
al. or. he dsmurred. and In coDjuncti