Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-14
University Dean Says Too Many Children Mean Wars and

large degree responsible for excessive births.
Children born of alcoholics are generally weak
physically and defective mentally. Children
should be born of good stock. Marshall Field
came OF poor New England parents. But he
Inherited the vitality and rugged strength that
ran In their veins. He succeeded. The trouble
with the poor ana unframed in our great
centres is that they have been physically and
mentally depleted through generations or pow
erty, inefficiency and disease
At the same time, the diseases that arise
from social conditions and kill the poor are
ANALOGOUS to the fungi diseases that attack
vegetation. In forests we find fierce fight
going on. in vegetation and among animals.
with the weak being crushed and exterminated
and the strong surviving The survival OF the
fttest applies to all life.
To solve the evils OF overpopnaion we must
begin TO educate parents. We must remove the
artificial halo about marriage and motherhood.
We must teach couples how TO live In restraint.
We must begin. by education. to make people
skilled workers, We must get away from the
idea that the teaching of the Three Rs Ia
enough in our public schools. and realize that
children should be educated TO become self.
supporting producers. Instead OF teaching the
young to toy in manual training schools. there
should be the teaching of trades.
would 70 even further and have the State
require that every child should learn q useful
trade or be headed toward profession. This
can be done only slowly. A Car could not I'm.
mediately put this into practice. We must de,
velop concentrated public conscience regard.
ing the family, which should be governed by
the prosperity OF parents-the more prosper.
Gus. the more children; the poorer. the less, II
any. II has been suggested that we might tax
men according to the number of their children.
and thus discourage overproduction among
people Of limited circumstances.
Germany's Oyerpopulation
the Cause of the War.
believe that the oyerproduction OF children
In Germany was fundamentally the cause of
the European war With the welding OF the
German Empire by Bismarck the idea OF
strength, power and might became dominant
this was the strength, power and might of
numbers. The greater the number of trained
men the better, The Kaiser extolled tho pro-
pagation of children. Germany multiplied and
increased Within her boundaries population
eongested. There developed the Inevitable
desire for expansion. Germans emigrated to
the United States. but they ceased to remain
Germans. With its wonderful development
commercially, Germany became convinced that
her civilization was superior to all others on
earth, TO any of history.
They wanted to spread ont and disseminate
at the same time German civilization or "kul.
tnp." They looked about and felt themselves
surrounded. They looked across the waters
and saw England holding up her hand like an
Irish policeman on Fifth avenue holding back
traffic. The desire for expansion, the pressure
OF population from within became stronger and
stronger: II finally became strong that
Germany had to blow up and how over. So
we behold the great war. The unfortunate
thing about this war is that II will not cause
decrease In the population OF the UNFIT which
would be desirable. Those who are falling. on
the German side and the side of the allies, are
the strongest. finest and best.
!. We have an example OF the evil caused by
over-population In the war SO far as the con-
iicts of nations are concerned. Within our
own society we have war also devastating
and weakening. The strength and wellbeng
or society depends not upon the strong entirely.
but upon the weak. The weak initiate against
the efficient To attain an ideal civilization
free Of present evils. we must begin reform at
the racial source-birth.