The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-18

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families well known In c"riminology.
Early In the eighteenth century a
hard drinker living In northern New
York became the original prOgenltor
OF the notorious family known In hiss
tory under the fictitious name OF
century the know descendants OF this
man numbered twelve hundred per-
sOna. OF these, over 500 received
pauper support equivalent TO 230O
years % pauper support TO one per
SOM, 140 we're criminal offenders;
there were $50 arrests and trials; so
were habituei thieves. were muir
dercrs, nnS 30 were prostitutes. OF
the twentI who acquired useful trades
ten leaned them In states prisons,
with terms a~sgresnting lte years for
one person, The aggregate cost To
the state was known e have been
~, a0s. 600, 600. n. l.. bugdnle, the
author of this classic inNeatlgation,
closes with the remark. 1t II getting
time To- ask, do our courts, our laws,
our aimEhouses and ialis deal
with the question presented. since
these diverse streams of contaminated
germlpiasm are today flowing on
through the generations without let
or kindrance from society OF the
stateg"
In contrast to this hideous record
We have the case OF Elizabeth Tuttle,
Ia woman physically and mentally SUI
perior. who married "A Connecticut
lawyer. Richard Edwards, IN 1851.
Among her descendants there have
been more than 500 college gracu'
atcs. fourteen college presidents, u
hundred college professors, thirty
Judges. sixty physicians. one hundred
| ciergYmcn, missionaries and thcolog-
leaf professors, siNty-iive authors OF
one hundred and thirty-hVe books
numerous editors and leaders Of IN
1 ltNuN EN.n A. H.NAnH Ar AHH NnNnRnNH
In his progeny " the fact mat her
husband married later a mediocre
woman. average In talent and char
acter n Of ordinary appearance
who gave birth 90 ave sons and a
| daughter, am0ug whose progeny none
rose above m~cdiOcTity or gained abid-
ing regulations.
From these striking examples Of
the results Of hcredigy. We see That
the problem b. not only q personal
one. but from the standpoint Of SO
lCfrtY involves the burden Of incfh-
cheney, vice, ~Gegenracy and crime that
today forms the chief expense Of suN-
eminent and mennce the progress
OF the race.
Ia order to study the racial phase
we viii consider each individual as
made up Of a bundle Of character
units. each 81 which II susceptible OF
transmission TO offspring In accord"
luncc with certain now definitely de-
tcrmined laws OF human genetics,
embracing all the laws beth good and
bad concerned in human breeding
These are OF two ciHrtcs. !. Those
that tend To Improve the race. called
eugcnic units. :. Those that g 20
ldctcriorate or destroy the race. called
ageuic units. Among cugenic units
We have strong physique, including
weight n stature, mental abtitty,
aptitude for music, art. literary COM
position and mechanical skill. nom
Tory. morality and temperament. The
results of the blending and dominance
VI Of these traite we ind in schools col
III lafca, churches and executive ofii-
ces and legislative halls. u honest
labor and finally. In the highest func-
ton tina man may exercise. the
establishment of happy homes asd
the rearing Of well-bred familics,
Among ngenic units are defective
physique. feeble mindedness. epilepsy,
insanity, %raaperlsm, alcoholism and
drug h~abituation, syphilis, criminal
ity and certain nervous Diseases. de-
feCts of speech and deaf-mutism.
The result OF contamination with
these strains IN found not only IN the
deterioration 81 previously whole
some families. but In the accelerated
-degencracy % those families pre-
vlousiy tainted. Tho victims OF
breeding with these classes are found
IN the thousands Of homes which
I'll hniN AMINfa NWNAfAu WI nNfNNI III INV
penitentarica. reformatortea insane
asyiums, schools Tor feeble minded.
II hospitals for c~pileptiCs, n homes
for blind and deaf-mutcs, county juils.
etc. The maintenance OF these insii-
%tutions IL the chief burden of govern
mcnt.
The race problem IL therefore IN
the observance of the laws of human
breeding and by legislative measures
10 rcpress ~ no eliminate hereditary
strains that tend To degcneracy and
to eject as far as possible the domi-
nance Of hereditary strains which
tend to the uplifting or the ace
In studying the question Of her
E itancc We hnd that the gcfmplasm In
. the individual represents the surVlv-
! ing chnraCtcrist4cs Of that indiyid-
e. uars ancestors. This implies that In
! the transmission OF traits something
Is lost ana something has survived,
II this were not true We Wiuld have
a an automatically progressive aC7um
ulation 81 character units What re-
= ally occurs -. I. When u character
D unit from one parent and q like char
2 apter unit from the other parent co..
exist In the germplnsm OF the on
= rpfing hey cumulattNelN qualify the
! resulting inherited faculty. or 2
When "a character unit from one par
I ant and an unlike OF antagoniHtic
D character unit from the other parent
J, ~coeSiEt. they are manifested by tht
dominance Of one n the recession
Of the other corresponding modinCa-
? ton OF h faculty.
We thus see that human faculties
b are modified, bnt not multiplied. II
/ Was this fact which led Francis Gal
I ton To formulate his laws ~ Inherit
ance years before others reached
c similar cunelusitu s. These laws are
h NJ follows. 4. The two parents be
I tween them contribute on the average
4 one-half OF each Inherited faculty
each uf them contributing onc-fourth
=. The four grandparents contribute
= among them one-fourth or each one
sixteenth. 3. The eight great-graHd
: parents contribute onrrighih or eaci
one -sixty-Ioufth, and so on. I Tit
( sum Of the fraction thu forming tbs
Infinite series Is AlSayg one, and eaCf
b fraction of the series II always cgua
q Ia the sum OF the fraction following
ylit.
The application Of this law has two
j. fundamentally important conceptions
II. The germ cell IA the summation oil
h It's racial a~Btecedents derived In mors
or less definite proportions iron