The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-02
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 fsrr home must receiv the sane tention as that of the city h e. 0ntIvinp districts without availab medical or nursing services can be nrovided for by state health depart p,ents The motor truck, laboratory, renfogen-ray, plant, surgical and medical equipment as used in France ara inst as available for the needs of our neople. People are watching more closely the distribution of nec- essary government expenditures: They note and appreciate the fact of each dollar of our taxation to pay the , cost of past wars and to prepare for future wars, and that out of small re- mainder only 1.3 cents was used to promote our national health and to aid in education, research and gen. eral development, which so largely contribute to our general efficiency and happiness.
 Good Foundation
 We are a heterogeneous body of people with a primary good founda- 1 tion, but relaxed immigration laws have brought to us, with some good, much of the scum of the earth, re- sulting in the exploitation of labor by large concerns. Greater restric- tions must be placed on immigrants; tests for mental efficiency should be carried out as they are now for sore eyes, and the examination must be given in the immigrants own coun- try. Such mental tests as have been made in scattered areas of our coun- try have shown that we were slipping backwards in mental ability It is of the greatest interest and is indeed necessary that as nation we take recognition of our mental state by a consideration of the report of the ex- animation of nearly two million of our soldiers. These tests showed that class A was composed of 5 per cent of persons with superior mines who were proved by test to be of a men, tai age of eighteen years of morei class B constitutes of 10 per cent of persons with a mental age of sixteen to eighteen years; these 15 per cent of our superior people give less evil dence of cohesion or coordinate work neither organize nor submit to lead ership; their voting largely depends on the V. ather; and they are full of criticisms, yet make little personal effort to improve conditions. From them, however, we secure ideas and ideals of local and national benefit. Our democracy rests on the 63 per cent of persons in Classes GIG, and C., who are of average intelli- gence. This includes IS per cent of persons in Class C+ (mental age fourteen to sixteen years), 25 per cent of persons in Class c (mental age thirteen to fourteen years), and 20 per cent of persons in Class C. (mental age eleven to thirteen years). In the final judgment these persons may be considered the best friends of progress, and while they must be taught they are less in- fluenced by prejudices and more re- captive of innovations. Our danger ous groups are the Is per cent of persons in Class D (mental age nine to eleven years) in which there are many morons who are exceedingly prolific, and persons with minds of children are probably more trouble some than the per cent of the popu- lation in Class D. (mental age seven to nine years), many of whom should be in institutions. This 22 per cent of persons are uneducated in greater part and evidence little judgment if educated at all. Like children they love organization and are easily led by organizers and swayed by leaders; they form the dangerous elements of mobs, at times even destroying their own interests. These latter groups, who have learned of the ease of talk ing human life, have increased the criminal class, developing the present manifest wave of crime turnout our country. Such an analysis of our people explains the rapid growth of our institutions for the feeble minded and insane.