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Show pENDS POLYGAMY I (III MORAL GROUND tO TV" mi igj J. K. Lester of Mt. Pleasant, n.i Utah, Gives Sensational In- PLURALITY OF WIVES HELPS RAGE, HE SAYS I Believes Church Can Thus "Im- prove the Breed," by Careful I Selection. Speclnl'to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. J. K. Lester Les-ter of Mount Pleasant, Utah, registered regis-tered at the National hotel, gavo an interview to the "Washington Herald last night that has aroused much interest here. Ho is quoted as saying: "Porypj-amy, "Porypj-amy, according to Bishop Niblcy, runs all through tho Bible, and the bishop ought to know. Furthermore, all log- ical reasons are in favor of polygamy, . which solves not a few of our social ', problems, supplanting all other solutions. solu-tions. ; "Polygamy means control of the in-' in-' crease of the human race. Taho the " forest cities, for example, whoro does 'j tho incrcaso in population come from 7 -' It comes from the scum of creation. T Slap at tho Eich. jf "The New England stock does not Multiply, nor do the rich and tho poo iplo who arc best able to caro for off-"., off-"., spring. Take Cleveland, there are hard-. hard-. ; y any children on Euclid avenue, where 3 Rockefeller has his home. In tho poorer I sections of tho cit-, however, children ' tare ver3' numerous. Can 3-ou not. sno that in time tins rapid gain among tho J poorer classes and the lack of rapid in- urease among tho best of our popula- jtion are bound to have a bad effect "Mupon our civilization? i 'f Peculiar Logic, j. "Under polygamy this can bo con- (trolled. There is no reason, for ex-ample, ex-ample, why a man who has boen suc- J ecssful with one lamiry should not raise 1 another. On tho other hand, if a man be rich and cultured, but weak phy-1 phy-1 aicall v and moral ly bad, tho church irould sa3r to him: ' ," 'We want none of your breed. You ' are not fit to enter the temple and, therefore, cannot cuter into the mar--j riaco relation.' ! t' "It would be a moral, rather than a Physical control of the increase of pop-; i ulation and would insuro an increase .'from llic best of our stock. It would also lead lo increasing, the percentage . of our stock from which sturdy and mornllv healthful citizens could bo raised." We take infinite pains in im- ' proving the breed of our cattle, our 3 nogs, our horses and our sheep, .but have no thought regarding the human breed b'r the future of the human race. If the church had full control of this mnt- ter, ns Bishop Niblcy says, it would bo ' S a nrcat thing for humanity." |