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Show THE FEEBLE MINDED ALLOWED TO MARRY II Columbia ,Mo., May 2. Startling conditions In Missouri alrue houbes and penal Institutions, described a a disgrace to a state so rich and prosperous, pros-perous, are contained In tho report of tho state board of charities and corrections Tho report states that thirteen institutions In tho stato are almost wholly lacking In modern facilities fa-cilities providing Tor the care of tho lninatos. Ninety per cent of the feeble minded, It Is aaldaro allowed to roam at largo and many of them marry and reproduce, thus multiplying the num-i bcr of degonerates and increasing the' state's burden. ' The blame for thov conditions set forth In the report Is laid to tho niggardly nig-gardly policy of the llglslature toward tho Institutions. |