The Detroit times., 1913-07-28
use KNIFE TO
GET HEALTHY
MARRIAGES,
Surgeon General Gives Statistics
On Alarming Growth of
Detectives
DRUNKEN WOMAN WEDS.
FIGURES SHOW RESULTS
Lauds "Pure Marriage" Law
But Declares Same is In
effective

WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Highly
sin state legislature in passing bills
requiring health certificates from both
parties to a nuptlal agreement, and
for the sterilization of detectives, Sur
geon-General Rupert Blue, of the pub
lie health service, today, in an inter
view with the United Press, declared
that this country must stem the prop
agation of detectives. Surgeon Blue
said there were four methods OF pre-
neutrality-suspicious. education, segre-
cation, and surgery.
Education" he explained would
have to be confined 20 the bet'ec
classes or detectives, whose deticieu Cies
are superficial and can be remedied by
mental training. Legislation is excel
lent. but all laws are violated and the
remedy afforded by il can only be a
partial one. Segregation ls imprac-
ticable. but surgery is the complete
remedy 1t is simple, II IS safe and II
is effective. II absolutely guarantees
Egainst the propagation. by detectives
or more more detectives.
"This country faces vital question
in the problem Of regulating marriages
and the propa cation OF the human
species. Surgery. l believe, is it's only
adequate solution.
statistics show that there are hail
million Insane, epileptic. blind anc
deaf people in asylums; 10000 prison
ers and 100000 paupers In this coun
try, that are costing sl0OqOO.Ooo az.
nually TO support. And there IL ar
alarmingly rapid increase OF the unhr
from defective families.
"As an example OF how rapidly and
how terribly the offspring Of defecIYe;
fasten themselves on the nation,
might cite one example. that O. a
drunken woman, who had two dauEh
ters. From these daughters have
sprung five generations. with 500 de-
Ecendants. We have traced 7O9 or the 81
and found 107 were illegitlmate, O.
were IN almshouses. l62 were prOfes
sional beggars; "a were common char
acters; II were procurers; 76 wero IN
prison serving sentences that ag2ro-
gated 1l6 years, and seven were con
demned for homicide Remember these
from one woman, who was drunkRrd
and is but typical ease of the result
OF the propagation OF the mentally and
morally unfit
"To the layman. eugenics represents
something scientific that In connect tion
with love and marriage is too material
II is, however the fundamental prin-
ciple upon which | believe we must
build our future generations. II is the
science OF making the future geEeia-
tions well born, providing for them a
"This should be slogan for oil
parents who have sons and daughters
they want 10 see well ana happllN ual-
ried with mentally and morally stror <
children to carry out the normal func-
tions s~Nf life. No one is At 20 be MAJ
ried who is UNIT to be an ancestor
The ailments. diseases and defeC
ttons that fasten themselves on the
progeny OF detectives are manifold
ipeaf-mutism. color blindness. bT"ly-
dactylism or Joint detection. myopia.
epilepsy, lmbecility delinquency and
INSANITY are a few OF the penalties ma
ture inflects on her children who mls-
mate or who are unit 70 be the father
and mothers Of new generations