The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-30
RAISE EFFICIENCY
 OF HUMAN RACE
Hays Advocates the Plan
 Before Scientists
GIVE EACH A NUMBER
High Cost of Living Problem Dis cussed By Senators Lodge, Shoot and BurtOn-Cosmetics
 Are Denounced

Washington, December 29.-Classifica- ton of all the peoples of the world in great international census giving eaen person a number in a single world series, to the end that the human race may be improved. by scientific marriage, was the plan advocated tonight by Assistant See retary of Agriculture w. NJ. Hays, fin an address before the American Breeders as sociation, one of the organizations mak- ing up the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
 As a means of proving the heredity Of the human family MT. Hays proposed a classification of all human beings, both as to mental aptitude and geneuc eftl- cfencv. Based on such knowledge as this census would give he said, A racial re- ligous" the requiring genetic to produce families larger than the average. The world numbers. said MT. Hays, would serve to join Geneologics into one numeri- cal system so that all relationships could be traced. Each person would have number that could be averaged so as to give the family values of each person.
 Modern science and charity work against the law of the survival of the tit- test" he declared, 'by comparing alive many persons who inherit weaknesses such as feeble mindedness or insanity. By paving attention to genetic efficiency a race may make itself stronger for the economic contests among the races of the world.
 "The proposed plan would somewhat di- vide the people into classes but the clas- sihcations would be beneficial because 1t would be based on racial efficiency. The wholesome consideration of genetic facts will lead to less divorce, greater temper ance and better morals Raising the av- craze efficiency of the human race prob ably would also increase the number or genuis and leaders"
 Discussion of the reasons for high prlces the tendency of immigration, the de- velopment of better labor conditions and the progress of civic improvements and social settlement work held attention among the various meetings today Tn the numerous meetings here.
 Senators Burton, Lodge and Shoot dis cussed the high cost of livRg problem Senator Burton declared that rising standard of living. an increasing supply Of gold and a tardy development ot agricultural resources and obsolete ana expensive methods of distribution of food and other products were the factors con- tributing to the higher cost of living. Prof Irving Fisher of Yale urged the appointment of an international commits sion to study the problem.
 The use of dangerous chemicals in hair tonics and cosmetics came in for denun- ciation by pr. L. F. Kebler, chief of the drug division of the bureau of chemistry before the American Chemical society. Be declared the standard for drugs should be made uniform and that manufacturers should not have power to establish stand ards of their own.
 pr. Joseph A. Holmes, director of the federal bureau of mines, startled the chemists with declaration that of all the coal mined in the United States, fully one half was wasted The waste he esti- mated reached the striking sum of $500- 00O,00O annually Others dwelt on the waste of minerals to the extent of mil lions a year and referred especially to the failure of the United States to develop it's potash deposits instead of paying heavy tribute to Germany.
 Efficiency methods in education. similar to those already applied to industry was advocated before the education section of the association by Dr. A. o. Norton, pro- lessor of education in Harvard univer- sity. Dr. Norton declared that educa- tlOndl nlellDQS dS lOW 6ilpiOStu WNAN guess work" He declared there was distinct need for the employment of an efficiency expert in education to be as- sistant to every school superintendent. Dr. Harlan Upton of the federal bureau of education answered that the bureau had prepared plans for such a system and was merely awaiting appropriation by Congress-
 William Hard of New York, in an ad dress before the American Association for Labor Legislation, said that "unemploy- ment is no longer a joke
 "The funny paper jokes about tramps and hoboes are dying out" he said. For every man who does not want work there are scores who cannot get work There are 100000 more jobs in the industries of New York state in October than there are in January in any year"
 Washington, December 29.-The American Association for the Advance ment of Science, a the annual meet ing tonight, elected the following of fcers:
 President, l. C.. Pickering. Harvard university; general secretary, H. E. Summers. Iowa Agricultural college, and H. w. Sprintree, secretary of the council Cleveland. Ohio. was selected as the next meeting place on December 30, 1912.
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