El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-09
CARE FOR BABIES
AS Do FOR PIGS
S. S. Mcclure Says U. S.
Has 10 Times More Muir
ders Than Has Europe.

when the world has learned to give
its babies the same amount OF alleu-
ton that IS given to PIGS ana S .s...-i
there will be no need Tor peniteI-
tiaries.~ said :. :. Mcclure in an to-
dress before the students Of the hlSn
school Tuesday morning Mr. Mcclure
spoke on the comparison OF civil COY =,
eminent in the United States and IN
the other countries of the world
AR Mcclure vii speak tonight IN the
high school auditorium on the unda-
rentaIs Of Education" The Lecture
viii begin at 1:l5 o'clock. There VIII
be no admission charge and all the
parents Of school children. teachers
and any Interested in educational prob
lens are invited
Good Government
Good government is the most diff
cult TO achieve Of any problem CON
fronting any people he said 5000
government means the amount OF pro-
lection IL gives TO the lives and prop
erty Of the citizens. When ] FOUND
that the murder rate in the United
States was an average OF 5000 year
with the murder rate only tenth
of that in every other country IN the
world. when I found that the fire per
cent Of the United States far surpassed
that Of any other civilized nation, Wnen
We burned alive annually 1000 persons
through Inadequate fire protection 1
BEGAN 10 want TO find some reason why
crime abounds so much more in the
United States than i'm other countries
Wonderful City Governments
The reason that the murder rate,
fire loss rate and baby death rate IS
SO much lower in the countries or
Europe. and especially of Germany. is
due to the marvellous city government
OF Europe. In cities of Denmark ana
Germany the streets are in perfect
condition. the money is spent honestly
and human property is safe. The peo-
ple never elect any city official out
they have the most perfect form OF
democratic self government The peo-
ME Of these cities elect a board OF
directors 10 serve for five or SIX years
This council finds. on coming INTO
office. a staff of trained and expert
enced workers Every ofticer Is hlred
by this council
Germany's Greatness
The greatness Of Germany comes
from the marvellous efficiency OF its
local self government Germany =
great because il has the best and most
perfect self government in the world
combined with the best leadership
This perfect self government plan
OF Germany's cities has made Germany
{ the suuerman OF the nations Ger
+ many is in this respect TO the Onlted
states what the United states IS %
Mexico. We have tried to get a self
governing system in the Introduction
of the comm Ssion form or govern
ment but this viii never be good until
the commissioned employ the mayor
and CITY officers.
Protect Babies.
"Tu Germany the babies are better
protected than any other nation in the
world Pigs and calves are givul bet
Ter care than babies i'm the United
states We permit babies to be born
/ In the United States in conditions
where they die like flies. In France
| there is one town where not baby has
died for ten years Our government
D statistics show that in fssnilies where
+ the income is so a week. twice as
many babies die as in families where
I babies cannot have the right food and
environment"
Praises MontesSOri.
I Mr.. Mcclure then read brief eN-
tract from madam MOutessoris books
i which he declared contained the best
] material found in any book written
since the gospel Of Christ He was
I introduced to the students by superin-
. tendent r j. Tighe-