The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
HOW TO IMPROVE
RACE IN MORALS
DR.. Hutchinson Discusses Gre
alton of Higher Standard Of
Citizenship.

W aSnlnKtOn, SeplcuOST Sv-4 nc t0'
tieth annual convention OF the Ameri-
can Public Health Association which
has been in session here the past three
! days tonight adjourned to meet next
year at Colorado Springs. Colo. The
convention unanimously elected the
following officers: president. DR.. i:u-
dolph Herring, of New York; vice.
presidents, Drs. w. r. Bait, OF Harris
burg, Pa. James Roberts. Of Hamilton.
Ont. and J. 4. Monjaraz. OF Mexico;
secretary and treasurer. d. z. L'vinss-
ton.
How TO improve the race in morals
ana thereby create a higher standard
OF citizenship was discussed Tonight
by DR.. Woods Hutchinson, OF New
York, whose address on The import
ance of Negative Eugenics OF the FREE
vention of lll-Born," featured the
closing session.
Pointing out the impracticability OF
the plan OF Sir Francis Cation. OF Lon
don. who advocated the inter-marr!ass
only of those persons who represented
the highest development IN physieu'
moral, and intellectual powers as the
BEST method OF improving the race
DIR. Hutchinson urged that the ques-
lion was no, how to produce the really
i'll but how to prevent the production
NJ the UNIT. lie said the time To start
the plan was i'll childhood ana tnat
symnroms OF feeble mindedness. IN
sanity, and criminali,y could De ue-
,ectsd in the child between the ages
Of three to ten years.
All children who were founo In th's
class, he said, should be segregated
into open-air colonies. and every at
tention given to bring them up 10 40
high a standard as possible. He sas-
nf
sons in this class as a means OK pre-
van,ion of the ill-born. He added that
the greatest reservoirs for degenerates
were colonies where feudists. outlaws.
moonshiners, etc. thrive under AMI
NAL conditions in moral communities
and ,hs conditions under which the idle
rich live in this country.
The doctor asserted from 50 10 oo
Der cent OF the drunkenness. ana from
10 to so per cent OF EVIL hFlhS "as
caused BY mental defects.
prevent the ill-born and wou Will
have no use for your asylums. Jails.
criminal courts and police OfhceTs'
he concluded.
A living comparison Of the ehcieney
Of the tight being waged in the sou'h
agains> the hookworm disease was
nresented TO the American PUBIC
Health Association to-day by OE'
Charles w. Stiles, in charge OF the
work being done by the RockeIeiief
Sanitary Committee.
Luther Mcpherson. frail. thin anu
waxen Of hue. suffering from a severe
case OF hookkorm. was placed on the
platform by the side OF Selma Ellis
strong and healthy looking. but VINO
looked l,se post-mortem material OF
which was badly in need. when we
discovered him." said DR.. Stiles Inc
question of Kidding the South OF the
hookworm, he declared, has passed the
medical stage and has become So
Geological problem.
As an example OF cooperation De-
tween State and local health authori-
ties. and social workers. highest praise
was given to the battle against the
bookworm BY John NJ. eileen. general
director OF the Russell Sage Founda-
zion and by DR.. ". F. Snow. secretary
of the California Board of Health the
,at,er Maid high tribute to the efficiency
as health administrator Of DR.. Rupert
Rlue OF the public health service.
Good health administration Is worm
more to city than a low tax ra.e,
declared Mr.. Glenn one hunnreo uoi
lars spent in health ADMINISTRATOR Is
easily Of 100000 value In practicai
bsnetit to the community. the PUBIC
should be taught to know that the
health department is as important 10
welfare and progress as any o'he'
branch of government. The heai'h
ofscer should be we'll paid and free
from, political influences and chahse-