The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-16
BY Roger W. Babson

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New York city, July l6-This
week | will write about my own
line of business, namely, statistics.
There are four things that this
country should learn from statis-
tics. | hope parents will cut this
column out and save il for their
children to read
We Need More Good Babies
It is true that the birth rate has
jumped up since the draft went
into effect. hut all these babies are
not the kind the country needs.
In many instances they have been
sired by timid fathers who are hop
ing a baby will get them eXemp-
lion, The truth is that the |, S.
birth rate has been going down for
years. Even more serious Is the
fact that the decline is greatest
among those more fit to raise good
children. This tendency must be
stopped or America will some day
be conquered by some other race.
Higher education Is raising havoc
with our birth rate. Take two sis
ters for instance, one sister goes
10 college and usually either has
no children or perhaps one; while
the other. who does not 90 to col
lege. raises a good family of three
or four Women have not been
allowed TO fight in the battle lines.
, during the past centuries because
they are far more valuable in rails
ing fighters This is a hint TO the
WACS. WAVES and SPARS,
We Need More Good Soil
The real difficulty with our food
situation is the improverishment of
our soils. For years, the cutting
down of forests has caused sol
erosion which is basic cause Of
the farmers troubles. Then our
big cities began TO grow and they
added TO the difficulty. The beef
and crops which contained the
necessary minerals were shipped
on the farm TO the cities. Follow
ing their consumption these neces-
sary minerals went down the sew
ers OF these cities into the ocean.
Farms have also suffered from
automobiles since farmers began to
buy gasoline Thus there is no
refuse from the horses and the
necessary cover crops OF hay and
oats were lost, all Of which had
heretofore built ny the soil
Now the country has gone crazy
over synthetics and is Dragging
about the manufacture of synthe-
tic rubber, synthetic plsstics and
synthetic textiles. all OF which will
rob the soil still further. The
farmers are fighting to have the
rubber made from alcohol. while
the oil men want to sell petroleum.
For every ton Of rubber made
either from alcohol or petroleum
We are robbing our grandchildren
At criminal rate. This craze for
synthetics may easily become an
impotsnt factor in the downfall of
America
We Need More Manual Workers
| have great many letters from
young people wanting jobs, but
very few want TO work with their
hands except to press the keys
of a typewriter or some other ma
chine. AS a result, we are getting
TO an actual shortage OF manual
workers. The real reason that
John l.. Lewis has been able to
hold up 1856 500 900 people is be-
cause his union is made up exclus-
lively of manual workers. namely,
the miners. No labor union. con-
gisttng Of thnsa doiuU uvorL .a-hich
we can do for ourselves, could
hold MS up. Hence, we should get
hack to the soil and be less de-
pendent upon the labor OF others.
The simple truth is that all of
us were designed to do some man
ual work in order to live healthy.
courageous and useful lives. In
the longrun. We people cannot hire
others to exercise for us and do
all our manual work any more than
We can hire others to eat nor us. F.
sleep for US or breathe for us. if&
you want further advice on this |
subject read the eleventh verse of /.
the fourth chapter OF | Thessalon- /.
isns and the tenth verse OF the third /
chapter OF II .Thessalonians, which |
were the first books written for the /
New Testament. Whether our edu- |
oations system is to blame for
todsys dangerous tendencies, do !
not know but they must he correct
ed or We will end up with John l..
Lewis, or someone else who con-
trolls manual sbor. the dictator OF |
America Labor union control can /
he prevented only as We become .
less dependent upon their mem. .
bers.
We Need More Good Bombers
am NO Army or Navy expert. hut .