Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-31
WANTS SCIENTIFIC MARRIAGE
Hays Would Classify Peoples Of
World by Efficiency.
LAWS OF HERED1TY VIOLATED
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture,
I'm Address before Scientists,
Advocates Keeping Record
OF ReIatiOnships.


WARRINGTON, Dec. s0.-The classifi-
cation Of ali the peoples OF the world In
great International census, giving each
person number I'm single world series.
to the end that the human race may bo
improved by scientific marriage, was the
plan advocated tonight by Assistant Sec
Rotary Of Agriculture W. NJ. Hays in an
address before the American Breeders
association, one Of the organizations maxi
ing up the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
As means of improving the heredity
Of the human family Mr. Hays proposed
a classification of all human beings, both
as to mental aptitude and genetic eff
cheney Based on such knowledge as thig
census would give. he said. would de-
velop racial religion requiring the
genetically efficient to produce families
larger than the average, and those less
efficient to produce families smaller than
the average"
The world numbers, said Mr.. HAYS.
would serve TO join genealogies into one
numerical system so that all relation
ships could be traced. Zach person would
nave number or percentage that could
be averaged so as to give the gently or
family value OF each person.
Natures Law Overcome.
Modern science and charity works
against the law OF the survival of the
nttest," he declared, "by keeping alive
many persons who inherit weaknesses
such as feeble-mindedness or insanity
BY paying attention to genetic efficiency
race may make itself stronger for the
economic contests among the races of the
world
The proposed plan would somewhat
divide people into classes, but the claSsi-
rcation would be beneficent because II
would be based on racial efficiency. The
wholesome consideration of genetic facts
VIII iead to less divorce, greater temper
ance and better morals. Raising the
average efficiency OF the human race
proDaDiy would also increase the number
OF geniuses and leaders"
discussion OF the reasons for high
prices. the tendency OF immigration. the
development of better labor conditions
and the progress OF civic improvements
and social settlement work held attention
among the various meetings today in the
meeting here under the auspices OF the
American Association for the Advance.
ment Of Science
senators Burton, Lodge and Smoot dis
eussed the high cost of living problem
Senator Burton declared that a rising
standard of living. an increasing SUNNY
OF gold and tardy development OF agri-
cultural resources and obsolete and az
pensive 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.
For Uniform Drug standard.
The use of dangerous chemicals In hair
tonics and cosmetics came in for de-
by Dr. L. F. KebIer, chief Of
the drug division of the bureau of chem
istry, before the American Chemical So
ciety. He declared the standard for drugs
should be made uniform and that manu-
should not have the authority
or the power to establish standards of
their own.
William Hard of New York in an ad-
dress before the American Association
for Labor Legislation, said that "unem-
ployment is no longer a joke
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