White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-23

IN the acreage mar Of today Is nesii-
zihle.
The point OF view IS entirely
wrong Purity in the oma s neees-
saFy for the preservation Of ne fami-
y relation and TO establish The legiti-
macy Of the children; bur purity may
De maintained as well b the nan.
not only without injury but With
benefit. physically and mentally.
This would indicate that remedial
measures must be moral rather than
physical. and that they must have
their foundation in the practice Of
self-eontroI on the part Of the man.
There must be aroused in the boY
that sense Of honor, that seed Of an
bit.on. that pride OF race which vii
bring him from puberty through
youth 10 manhood and marriage IN
tainted. and will keep him faithful
after marriage. His reward vii be
q long life of strength and happiness
for himself. for his wife and for MS
children.
Woman. the innocent victim. must
fight for her ~inalienable right 70
health and happiness. a clean mar
rage. an unsullied home and bright
children.
First and foremost among remedial
measures should be destruction OF
the criminal conspiracy of silence and
a spreading of the light OF knowledge
50 that every man, woman and child
may recognize the peril and do his
part in guarding against It. Il Is
not conceivable that most men, or
even many men. with their eyes open.
would rush on to probable destrue-
ton. or deliberately jeopardize the
lives Of wife and children, or hat
parents would give their daughter in
marriage TO a mar whose freedom
from faint has not been actually
demonstrated; or that young women
would fail 10 protect themselves from
clearly defined danger.
The state board OF health should
distribute free TO all inquirers fun
information and warning on this sub
Jet. as is done in Indiana. munich
pallties should teach il b. public
lectures: the school children a. they
approach puberty should learn from
competent authority: the Womens
clubs. and Y. VI. c. 4. and Y. v. {.
A. should be particularly active IN
disseminating information: parents
should study the matter that they
NAV instruct their children. and
school teachers that they may ad-
wise their pupils. 1t should indeed.
be part Of the subject required in a
teachers examination.
The double standard OF morals
should be abolished and society
should demand from the mar the
same clean life that is expected Of
the woman.
The use of the public drinking cup.
the common towel and the general
use of articles which can carry in
lection should be forbidden by law.
with severe penalties.
Those known to be infected and
capable of conveying infection should
be barred from public places. They
are MOI dangerous far than on
sumptives to public health.
Every male infant should be cir
cumeised. Aside from the general
sanitary conditions to be thereby
secured. DR.. William T. Bedford.
secretary of the Chicago Society of
Social Hygiene. holds that If the
practice were universal in the United
States the scourge of syphilis would
be largely lifted from the country
in forty years. 1t Is not, however. a
preventive for gonorrhea.
The question the American people
are facing today is: Shall We close
our eyes and permit the destruction
OF the race to go on, or shall We
resoIutely conhne the evil and mean
while inauguTate a movement 10
bring about conditions which may in
time largely eliminate it,
This is an issue which can no
longer be eyaded, and the man and
woman with conscience must meet il.
1t Is their children. their grandchil-
dren. their posterity. who are DOOM
ed to destruction If society persists
in It's present attitude; and they will
be responsible therefor to eternity.
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