Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-09

Ellle Island, Observation-Disclosures OF anna
grants each year pass between the mill
tt.n,ss Of tie public health service thu
the at may bs tsepAsated from the unfit
Thus is the if,itnfe4 Of tth, American rae,
safe.guaideL at the very portals of tn,
country ard s,ysa handful Of experts.
The test tlsat these immigrants mus
pass through ID not ssuch an easy one
Nor is 1T one laseds upon. the Theoretical
knowledge only During sthe years thu
the oreigner has come to the shores. o
the sUnitsa Staass seeking admission shil
examination to establish his fitness to be
come an AnAslean citizen has heeh H,aA,
more stringent. 49,
Indeed. out OF this has gradually grown
that marvellous system OF practical eugen
les. Whtch~is t&sllAigh infsi1bls IN pre;
venting the entrance Of On alien who !!
not flt to coalesce with tho nav and Wiz.
lie race Of the western 4hsaaisphsfea Men.
tally and othettSe. detective Immigrant.
who might proye q menace to- American
manhood ana Wpnanlaoed are t,spncd bach
to the country from which !thoy came i
In the last few days there has ariser
movement II fssIch Il may be called, Ii
the country for. the Improvement Of 1.-The
human. race through the application d
tho doctrine OF practical eugenics. The
movement is not confined to. any one geo.
graphical section or group 81 persons. II
apparently is widespread. sfs4,
Its most recent manifestation ID the
declaration by ministers Of various de.
nominations that they will not perform
marriage ceremonies where health and
general fitness certificate is not ptOduosd
BY those contemplating matrimohy:fy WIDE
comment has resulted, just a. itseugen.
les was a new thing. sgse
: AS q matter Of fact the doctrine OF
eugenics Is not new. Its practical appllca-
ton probably is, 10 most people. But not
to those actively engaged in the.Sworls
Of the public health. service at the ssArioul
. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sof the country: that
1t has $50 very. recently become q cub.
jaat foripcpular discussion is due 10 doisAs
to the fact that hitherto the popular mind
has faile. TO grasp its necessity. In pro.
ducing a people able to cope with tie con.
ditiohst of a higher and more complex civ.
ilfzation. 49, %.sfsZ ~ 3554
health service officers have guarded the
portals Of 1.-The United States they. have
made practical e,igencs a dailyastuty.
Nearly all o. the tests they apply to sus-
pectcd detectives are their own inven-
Ito nand. are based ;unon recognized funda-
mental principles. They are. the result OF
many years lof practice in herding the
sheen from the goats 2. IA. ;,,ggit i u
Dr. Knox was asked;to express his views
on the contention 3of many students Of
the in1rnigratio problem i that all mems
tai detectives snould not be excluded. 4
IAN extrernist HAS id.., sreplied aDr.
Knox. st.'that!s.i lis, ! mistake ,toA exclude
all eccentric. queer or even sm4ldiy lin
sane persons from the country. do not
agree with him. 1t has been said that
good sense is the absence Of every strong
passion, and only men Of strong passions
can be great, and that good sense tray
els on the wen worn psths; genius never
insanity ana genius seem to go hand
II, hand. Lunatics have had talented par
ents. and men Of great ability and gem
itiscs have had parents or children who
were insane or criminal! Luther's son was
unruly and violent The son of Cicero was
q drunkArd. The son u Marcus Aurelius
was; a cruer monster: II we study the his
tory of Peter the Great or Of the Caesars
we see q progressive decline into crime
and insanity, rather than the increase OF
ability and genius. s.$t;;,.,,,
The genius OF some. Of these cases
seems hardly to compensate for the ter
rible conditions that have accompanied or
followed 1t. A little less genius and more
sanity might sometimes be better The
stable. plou4ing draft horse type. of man
undoubtedly makes the best type of citi-
zen ana produces. the least number Of
criminal and worthless children.
All OF the work Of the examiners has
to be done through the nlsdtuin Of in
terpreters, since 1t is not to be- expect.
g dthat the tmedical examiners should
know aaaof the languages and their var
ious dialects that are. spnkensbyg the i'm.
migrants. Frequently its3appens that even
the large number Of Interpreters. is not
sufficient to cope with a new dialect that
has not hitherto been met .Ssss
III must be understood. = said DR.
A1AOAs la VuSuAAAl6 LIE Po0ASAOA u LAC
public health service ~ Its examination
y aliens, thatgthe aAanining officers
position Is wholly a judicial one.s ana they
ate neither for or agatnaf aths Immigrant
The country is the plaintiff, and the alien
isstffc Northumberland he 10 innocsat un-
til, prove j guilty. The burden q proof ID
upon the {eonntry ana its repsesentativea
rather than the immigrant. Perhaps il
is, well that this is SO. X 81 MI
The uninitiated person at first sight
may protest against the influx Of ragged
and very .,inco.ith forsishers, hut these
ars5 Qualities and nots4ctdmes, provoked
tbs alien possesses no psychopathic OF
other degenerate traits. Some smust come
in frosn4 other lands TO ;prevehtS radical
tnhreeding !, which. prodsces, degenerates
partly.as the fresultPof y long line Of edu-
cated psogenitors. .ss ,s-;ss s--
Extreme care always w. used In ex-
aniNing aliens for mental diseases. since
to them att is an extremely vital question.
It may b. they have sold everything they
posses.;to make the trip ard often may
isave borrowed money sbestdes. TO them
it sis indeed a. hardship to. be depofted
to the port whence they sca1le, and per-
faps to- walk many: miles 70 their native
village with the prospect o. prosecution
foGs debt staring them ina:tiie face.
33'tkor is this all. Perhaps the deported
siien H. the last Of his family and there
is nothing ahead Of shisus INT sadness and
poverty. and sufferiBE. no this, must De
added the brand q stools that has been