New Britain herald., 1927-09-29
REV. NICE AND HIS IDEAS


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 REV. NICE AND HIS IDEAS
 The Very Reverend William F. Inge, dean of St. Pauls in London, has little hope for the future Of the human race if one may judge from the picture he paints of posterity. This gentleman. known as the gloomy dean" saw fit to unburden himself of his views in an interview with the press the other day and predicted conditions that are to exist In less than twenty-five years which might be faced by the average jazz mad youngster of today with antici- patton and by the average individual with a sense of duty to the future with a feeling akin to horror, pro- vided he believed the forecast was true.
 Rev. 1nge believes that the races of the globe are slipping ever fast CT into the rut Of standardization and laziness, with a slackening of the feeling of responsibility 10 so- ciety. At least that is what we gather from his description of the home of the future, and the near future at that. The whole face of the country will be spotted with small homes where childless couples will sleep after racing about the countryside in their little motor cars" Homes will be servantless, meals brought from the delicatessen shop and warmed over in a gas or electric cooker, while the ordinary needs of humanity will be supplied through the simple eXpedient of pressing a button. The population will start to decrease in 1850, with the death rate per thousand exceeding the birth rate. The dean, however, sees some consolation in the reduction as he believes that the unemployment situation will be thereby relieved.
 There probably is growing tendency today among nations which we call civilized to avoid child birth, to take advantage of opportunities to make life easier through mechanical inventions and the housework light CT via the delicatessen shop. The chances are that the same tendency has always existed, that man, as he invented articles which would light en his burden made use of them. The practice of child sacrifice as it existed in some pagan religions was probably due to lean years when the population became too great for the supply Of food,
 We can imagine grandfather Stoneax, used to chasing his food on the hoof and subduing it with his bare hands deploring the advent of the bow and arrow and spear as evidences of the degeneration of race which always sought the easiest way 10 an end. And the user of the bow and arrow probably felt the same way about the fhnt-lock gun when it was first put 10 use Certain ly 1t took far less effort to employ a gun In supplying food than it did to run down an animal until it could be brought into the radius Of a spear.
 If the coming generation can find more time 10 play in it's motor cars, by he use of mechanical advantages. there is no reason why it should not. Members will certainly have to pro- duce at some toll in order 10 earn the money to enjoy their leisure. That is s it should be.
 And benefiCent nature is inclined to take care of the childbirth prob- lem, do what We mortals may 10 regulate it. If there is over-popula- ton and lack of employment the birth rate will automatically de- crease through the inability of par ents 10 rear children. Otherwise. we doubt very much whether the birth rate will decline percoptibly. Even humanity is subject to the law of supply and demand