Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-26

faulty COMBINATIONS They must be free
, from draft blood" and from bone
SPAWN" ring bone" ''lameness of any
kind" side bone" "heayes,' spring
halt" roaring" moon blindness" or
other blindness.
OF course. the sires have been carefully
selected. and are pure in blood and free
from all dsqualifying flaws.
II is by such persistent and scientific
flesh are produced
In opposition to these methods, Mr.
Peddleton places the harum-scarum
methods. as he calls them. governing sle
reproduction of the human species.
Prof Brewer Of Yale tells Of a case In
Connecticut. some years ago, where a
feeble-minded pauper woman, kept at a
public ward. was admired by half
witted farmer living in an adjoining
town. A selectman OF the town main
tanning the woman, ito get rid OF her
support" encouraged the marriage. His
short-sightedness, even from the stand
point OF immediate money economy, to
say nothing of racial economy. became
apparent when, few years later. she
and her husband and three idiotic child
rem drifted into the poorhouse OF the
husbands town.
Interesting records exist OF two families
of criminals, the so-called "Jukes" and
the Tribe of Ishmael." From the one
man who founded the luke" family
came LOO descendants in seventy-five
years: out of these 80 were professional
paupers, who spent an aggregate OF
1850 years in poor houses; fifty were evil
women, seven murderers. sixty habitual
thieves and 100 common criminals.
Dugdale has estimated that the luke"
family was an economic loss to the state,
measured in terms Of potential useful
ness wasted. costs Of prosecution. ex-
penses OF maintenance in jail. hospital
and asylums. and Of private loss through
thefts and robberies OF l.3Oo.Ooo in seven
ty-five years. or over 5000 for each men,
Der OF the family.
Similarly the Tribe of Ishmael' num-
bering 1,s92 individuals in six genera
lions. has produced 12i known evil
women, and has bred hundreds of petty
thieves, Migrants and murderers. The
history OF the tribe is swiftly moving
picture OF social degeneration and gross
parasitlsm, extending from its seven
teenth-century convict ancestry to the
present-day horde Of wandering and
criminal descendants.
Prof Irving Fisher OF Yale says in his
-.s.+ tr.rro.gFr.r h,,rf.tfn raparf on tsNra-
tional Vitality. Its Wastes and Conserya-
tons: s-4.
1T is well known that cultivated plants
and animals have been greatly changed
and developed by breeding. The original
apple. as offered by nature to mankind,
was the small. sour. bitter crab of the
forest, unpleasant indigestible, innutri-
tious' In no Or. Daysnant. a writer OF
political economy. estimated that the
average weight Of dressed cattle did not
exceed 80 pounds. In 1876 Mecullock
stated that at present the average weight
Of cattle is estimated at or about 500
pounds
Human heredity is now dependent on
haphazard selection. Little attention is
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to the question OF how much stamina
will be transmitted to the next genera
ton. The story was told Of famous
dog fancier who. when asked why he
raid so much attention TO his dogs but
delegated the care Of his children 10
nurses. replied: Ny dogs have a ped,-
gree" Human pedigrees. no less than
canine. rest On a physical basis: yet
genealogical records Of human beings.
while they have much TO say on social
practice. have very little 10 say OF physi-
cal capacity OF intellectual ability.
Those who. like Cation and Pearson. be-
lieve in a science OF sugenics. hope that
the day viii come when pride Of Inherit
anee win include as important IL not as
the chief items. physical. mental and
moral stsm'n ma. tendency in this diree-
ton can Be tIscerzed. When the nobility
commanded e. rsveTencs OF al CLASSES.
quite Irrespective Of ability. commoners.
l.oweysf Well-endows e nature. could
never obtain the same espect. d. t.