El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-18

I determination OF the race, but to the
production OF lower types.
The problem is being studied in its
relation to immigration. Take for in
! stance the matter OF feeble minded
| ness Many feeble miRded aliens are
| landed upon our shores, despite all
/ arrives from Russia or ROumania-the
/ parents and five children. Two of the
| children, being found TO be feeble
/ minded, are sent back. But the par
ents; being admitted, produce more
! feeble-minded offspring later on; and
/ the three children that are allowed to
come in are themselves the destined
ancestors Of many feeble-minded per-
sons It is in their blood; for moth
ing that We know is more surely
handed down by Inheritance than the
! tendency to mental deficiency.
The object Of breeding plants and
animals is to discard the undesirable
ana perpetuate only the desirable. But
our boosted civilization works Just the
opposite way. Defective individuals
and families which could not survive
under the conditions of society in
earlier periods are now protected. Ten
percent Of the human race are de-
tectlFes- The problem is to reduce this
percentage and to improve the 80 per
cents Of efficents. There are now $780,
OOOOOO people IN the world BY the
year 1000 there viii be 100000 900,
and eventually, it is estimated. the
population of the earth viii be 10000
GOO, GEO. Shall encOurag cement be given
to the indefinite propagation Of in
feriOr types?
Efficiency Record BOr Families Needed
It is urged that there ought to be a
general efficiency record for every
family and for every person Of special
efficiency in any line. Quite possibly
the government may eventually take
up the business of making and Dre-
serving such records. 1t would be an
enormous task, but It would pay To
every individual might be given
Lineage number and a percentae-e /
@genetic rating" in order that the en-
genie value Of every family and of
every person might be available to all
who had occasion to estimate the
probable efficiency of offspring
Families with high ratings would
realize the Importance OF mating with
those Of equal genetic standing 1t is
by no means impossible, indeed, that
families OF especial purpose" DeOnTe
might be evolved with certain definite
aptitudes highly developed As a re-
suit Of the proper breeding of human
beings, says the assistant secretary Of /
agriculture, Dr. Willet NJ. Havs s.F,J-e~,, /
man VIII be more nearly equal to every ]
other man. Democratic forms of busi
ness, as well as democratic forms Of l
government VIII be more practicable /
The Improvement beyond the present /
may be as great as the present ss
beyond the Dark Ages"
Nest Men 8IOnGreIs.
me average man or woman is q mon I
grel-bearing the same relation to fba .
ideal type of humanity as that borne 1
by the harnyard chicken and the dCe-
of dubious ancestry to the high-brs5 4
Plymouth Rock and the noble St Rer-
nard- Left to mate as they choose the
finest domestic fowls soon degenersfe
to the barnyard type diminishing in
size and losing their beauty. Dors
under like conditions, become ragged
unshapely, and wOlfish- They lose
not only their physical exce0enCa
but their keen intelligence and hirb
moral qualities Human beings as /
governed by the same laws. Thus it /
comes about that the average man fs /
not a creature beautiful to the I've
A great majority Of men and women
are understood hOmely of connie
nance, and more or less unsOund of Z
body.
What is wanted is the human thor