The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-02-03

less Appreciated by the INHABITANTS ut
Tour cities. with ting result that farm,
life has bee6fne almost unbearable to-
| our youth. It IL said that 6SiOO9, T4fniA ii
lin New England h@ye been abandbhedsl
u, 900. within the last ysAF..:; TO; = less
degree this is going on throughout our
country, notw1thstanding the fact that
the foundation Of bur national lffe:ds~
ponds on. agricultural products. Within
fAfty years. the. Number Of persons on
farms compared with the total has
Iteen reduced from go. per cent to 80
! IeT cent: Special commissions have set
y living wage for miners and other
such laborers: Tho farmers .1nvsst-
| nlent. III placed in q city commercial
business would entitle him to good
living and 4 good homie with <conimu.
nifty life. pleasant surroundings, aud.
la few hcurs' work = day instead Of
fourteen in summer and twelve in the
winter for the entire family. '.@
In many farm communities CONSOLE
dated schools and health centers must
be established. and the hygiene of the
farm home must receive! the same at
tention as that Of the. city home. yut-'
II
cal or nursing services. can be. pre-
vided, for by state health departments.
| The motor truck. laboratory. roentgen-
ray plant. surgical and medical equip
/ ment as used i'm. FRANCE are. just, as
available for the needs. of. our people.
People are watching more closely the
distributicn of necessary government
| expenditures: They note and appre-
ciate the fact that in 1920 we spent
92.6 cents Of each dollar of our taxa.
ton to pay the cost Of past wars and
to prepare for future wars, and that
out Of the small remainder only 1.3
| cents ives used. tc' promote our ma
tiona1 health and to aid in education.
| research and general development.
which so .larEe]y contribute. ia on:
| general efficiency and happiness :.
| We are a Heterogeneous body Of peo-
Pile with a primary good foundation.
but relaxed immigration laws have
brought to u.s. with some good, much
Of the scum OF the earth. resulting In
the exploitation of labor by large com
Germs. Greater Restrictions must be
laced on immigrants: tests for mem
tai efficiency should be carried out as
they are now for sore eyes. and the
examination must be given in the i'm
migrants own country. Such mental
tests as have been made in scattered
areas Of our country have Shown that
we were slipping backwards in mcn-
tai ability. 1t is CT the greatest in
Eterest and is indeed necessary that as
la nation We. take recognition of our
mental state by consideration of tho
/ report Of the examination Of nearly
1.-TWO miliiontCf our soldiers: These tests
| shower that class a was composed OF
5 per cent of persons with supcrie"
! minds who were proved by test to be
lrf a mental age Of eighteen years 81
more; class Il. constitutes Hopper cep.
tof persons with Ii mental age of six-
teen to eighteen years: these Is per
cent of our SUPERIOR people give less
| evidence of cohesion. or, co-ordinatc
work than do the; lower. classes They
neither organize. nor submit to Lead
| ership: their voting largely depends
| on the. weather; and they are fun OF
|criticism yet. make little personal cf:-
! fort to improve conditions ,From them,
however. we secure ideas and Ideals
Of local and NATIONAL benefit. Our de
! mocracy rests on the G3 per cent 81
persons in Classes &C, and C. who
are of average Intelligence. This TN
dudes IS per cent of persons in Class
lC-- ,mcntal age fourteen to sixteen
years.. 20 per cent 81 :pelaoHs:ii, Glass
re tmental age thirteen to-. fourtesn
! years) and 90 per cent of persons IN
Glass c. tmental age. eleven to thir:
teen: years). In the final judgmeiF
( these persons may be considered tht
best friends Of progress, and while
they must be taught they arc less in
.fuenced by prejudices and more m
l ceptfve OF Innovations. Our dangerous
groups sre,the Is .per cent of persons
in Glass y (mentul ase- nine ia" eleve:
ycarsl In which there are many NOR
6ns. who are exceedingly prolific, am
Ipersons' with minds of children arg
probably more troublesome than ~
IL per, cent "f the; population IN Clas:
I'D (mental age seven to nine years
many Of whom should be in institu
>, TONS This 90 per cent Of persons ar
, funstlucated in greater par, and 'evi
: dence little judgment if educated a
) all, Like children they love organiza
I ticn and are easily led by organizer
, and swayed by leaders; they form TIL
I dangerous elements of mobs. at time
e even destroying their own interests
. These EtteE groups. who have learre
i vi CUS ease VI tdhiuS I'IC' iO v
increased the criminal class. develoO
ing the present manifest wave
J crime throughout cur country. SUE
: an analysis of our people explains tn
: rapid growth Of our institutions fe
h the feeble minded and insane, -
l. The press',has become n great powe
: in the general education of cur pee
n pie and, for the most part the news
+ papers and magazines are conducts
I" with the greatest wisdom. The editor
n should realize the Importance of tt
Il press in the development of our n:
C tional life: In considering the mer
s. tality of our people it is distressing
:, note the special consideration the pre-:
y1is giving to the salacious details I
- divorce proceedings of marital misftt
n and to- full descriptions Of all kint
- of crime with pictures of the murder'
IS and victim. and detailed drawings
J. the scene. There Is rarely sufficiel
IN news of educational interest or In
Is portance to call for an extra editio