The Omaha guide., 1936-11-07
MRS. SCHUYLER SAYS
By Mrs. Josephine Schulyes
FOR THE CALVIN SERVICE


Fay the war debts Since then
with two depressions, several drou-
ghts and prospects Of new, unwant-
ed wars. the birthrate has steadily
declined. If it keeps on. thirty years
hence will see the start of a perman-
ent depression from which we'n
never recover.
More Babies, More Industry
When we are unable to maintain
our present level of population no
more building on a large scale will
be possible Real estate which has
been rising in value since 1920 will
constantly decline. So will all other
industry, including farming. teach
ing, medicine and law. But between
now and this distrastrous date pro-
badly lies our period of greatest
building expansion. These three mil
Ion 1921 infants are growing up
and will soon be married and de-
mand homes of their own. So all
We wicked land spectators get your
profits soon or never.
The City's To Blame
Cities have always been blamed
for every major evil. Now, accord
ing to o. E Baker. u. s.. Depart
ment of Agriculture, cities are to
blame for a falling birthrate. In
the city, children are an economic
liability, not an asset On the farm
children pay for their keep from an
early age. So with the industrian-
cation of all western countries has
come the steady birth decline.
Europe, of course, suffers far
more from this trend than we. She
is more urbanized. Italy put a tax
on bachelors, pays for the honey
moon and offers bonuses for babies.
Germany has a marriage loan and
all kinds of state privileges for
large families. But these are crut-
ches and have not actually increas-
ed their birthrates a lot. What
would do it Immediately would be
a rising standard of living Humans
like animals respond to a greater
food supply by immediate natural
increase. What is the only country
in the world today with a rising
standard of living? Soviet Russia
Fascism's bugaboo! Russia has the
largest and only steadily rising
birthrate anywhere The Fascists
know that Time is on the side of
the Russians; hence, their haste for
war. It's now or never for them,
too.
Hope: A Midwife
What else has Russia they have
MT? Hope A future for the deve-
lopment of their culture. If it were
fear of war alone which blighted
! populations. as some experts say.
Russia with two enemies, Germany
and japan. snarling at her from
either side. would be blighted. But
Russia is as we were in u war
with England in 1912 She is fear
less because her future is unlimit-
ed now. She has room to expand.
In Allahabad, India. sextuplets
were recently born to a poor woman
OF the most depressed class One
died but the other five are doing well
But they will never rival the Dion
mes. They will not become the
shrine of a whole continent the
ideal of a whole culture. The Pow
ers That Be do not desire to en-
courage the darker folk Of the
world to increase. 1t is too danger
Gus. In the long run, Ger a period
of centuries, it is the nations of the
most people who survive (however
wretchedly).
Aframericas' Birthrate
Lowest Here
The birthrate of colored America
is going down fastest of all Amer
leans. Hopelessness is the reason.
With the movement of greater num-
bers of Negroes to the cities, the
decline will increase. Though cities.
in me way, offer greater freedom to
Negroes. they have their own forms
of severe slavery. (This goes for
whites, too). As long as people
have the earth and the sky to them
selves, they can better endure hui
man bondage. because these offer
avenue of escape to the spirit A
bad diet in the country where sun
shine is free and air pure, does not
ravage the body as bad as a city
diet. The city diet is killing color
ed America. You have to become
food conscious, select your diet de-
liberately and scientifically to sur
vive city life. Most Aframericans
don't do this.
The birthrate of those on relief
here rose in the beginning. That