Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-14

slider what large families mean SO far as our
economic system is concerned? In centres OF
congestion low wages always exist There Is
close connection between wages and the num-
Der of men applying for jobs The law OF ad.
iustment, in supply and demand, governs human
life as we'll business life.
III the Southern cotton planters raise 20 900 600
bales OF cotton in a season they are poorer than
II they raised only 10000 900 bales, They make
less selling 10000. 900 bales at ) or 6 cents
pound than 10000 900 at IA cents. for the reason
that the larger crop exceeds the worlds needs
Gods bounty under our system sometimes works
harm, and an unexpected prodigality of nature
may make men poor. Thus an oyerSuppy OF
girls, OF inferior mentality, capable of being
only incompetent salegirls in shops, accounts
for the low wages paid. With fewer girls OF
that class there would be higher wages.
The United States was originally a sort or
Garden of Eden. As centres became congested
people moved westward, and up 70 the middle
of the nineteenth century the evils from which
we suffered were due more to thriftessness
than to overpopulation. Now. however. the
population in the centres IL increasing in ex.
cess OF The demand for new labor. and the
people congregating there won't 80 to the
country. They prefer to work in a factory
rather than upon a farm.
Were all children born In this country prop.
erly trained TO make earning and productive
citizens, and to utilize the raw materials here
to the best misunderstanding. for instance
rs they do In France by intensive cultivation
the United States could support twice our pop-
ulation, and more. for from two to four hun.
dred years to come. That would mean, how.
ever, an ideal civilization, with au ideal educa-
uonal and economic system. You cannot at
tain that IN flash. So must do the best
we can to remove the causes of existing evils
IN working toward n better future.
Babies are now brought into the world in
large numbers by parents who themselves are
not skilled workers and who cannot teach their
offspring 10 become skilled workers. For
skilled workers, mechanics, statesmen technical
experts, men trained In banking, there is a de.
mand exceeding the supply. But there is an
excess now in the supply OF cheap. mentally In.
eHieient and unframed statesmen; consequently
these work for SIS week. There is an excess
of SO and So week shopgirls.
The wellto-do. as rule don't indulge In
excessive breeding But the poor who are
poor because of the reeklessness OF their an
cestors, are going on in the same reckless way.
II II were possible. parenthood should be re.
stricted to these alone who are equipped to
train children to perform useful service. | sup
pose that many reading this win say that a
poor man has a right to marry and enjoy parent.
hood. and that here cold.blooded professor
comes along who denies that right. They win
maintain the poor have right to marry: and
uphold Roosevelt. the Kaiser and many OF the
clergy who tell the people to have all the
children God sends. I do not consider II an
insult to God IL | do not plant wheat In a stony
field from which could not get good CROP
II would be poor farming economy to do So
think poor married couples should be taught
not to have children unless they care for
them. They are like the unfertile. uncultivated
field, where grain raised would be meagre and
OF poor quality. Neglect Of children Is the &C.
tual insult to the Creator. SO far as this matter
goes and Ia crime against nature and society.
Marriage Often an Occasion
for MourninC