Show Other Po Points ts of View The b butth th rte rate per thousand persons living 11 England and anel Vales Wales ln In isis 1918 was 7 In tho the sixties th the birth rote rate per thou an was 3 J 3 41 1 That Is a reduction o of practically ally 50 o 0 per cent I In Ih c generations Before DeCoro U U- f wr r Prance France was believed cd to be bc a c country dying out b b- b breason x reason of ot Its low birth rate In tho the last year Franco Franca has shown a sharp advance England Engli on the other hand has continued to go so backward In America tho the condition thou though h less appalling thanIn than thanin in England is very Y bad Amon Among the tho so called upper classes contrary to the thc usual supposition the rato rate Is in- in cre s1 slowly Ir In n the families of or working men it is decreasing decreasing slowly Among Amone- the tho middle classes It Is decreasIng decreasing ing steadily and rapidly rho Tho reasons are arc part partly parti I creditable and partly discredItable Tho The creditable reasons have e to do with a sense of ot family responsibility In the frt fret t place largo large families are aro hard on women in tho the second place with our our American Amen Ameri can determination to give our children more advantages than wo the seem to rl demand mand more than they use used to from un The less lass creditable reasons have e to do with the tho passion passion passion pas pas- sion for pleasure If It Lord Bryco Bryce were rewriting his fa famous famous fa- fa amous a- a chapter on the tho characteristics of thy the American people peo pl pie he would have to add a a. paragraph beginning They are an loving entertainment people The national question is Where shall we go 50 tonight 7 T The e national insistence Is on enjoyment Wo We work hard we are arc confident In our own powers and wo we spend like drunken sailors The Tho natural result Is i that we do to not care to be be- bothered b by family cares canes We Ve are not bankrupt of or l babies yet But wo we are aro on L I tho the down grade nevertheless less And whether we wo choose as individuals or as a nation to do anything about it or not wo we ma may as aa well remember that the future futuro is to the nations na na- na that grow In numbers San San Francisco Examiner I I |