48 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



Nature imposed on the pioneers of New 

 England such a selective eliminating proc- 

 ess as never before or since has been 

 imposed upon any people. The rigors of 

 the climate and unproductiveness of the soil 

 killed off the weak and diseased of the Ply- 

 mouth Rock Colony. From the rugged ones 

 left, there sprang up the New England 

 families, who have since played such com- 

 manding parts in American history. But 

 this virile strain is disappearing. No con- 

 scious effort has been or is being made to 

 conserve the good. Soon, it will have sunk 

 to the level of the mediocre. 



Our pure healthy New England blood 

 can no longer cross with or assimilate the 

 rotten, foreign, diseased blood of ages, 

 which the gates of our immigration laws 

 now swing wide open and allow to flow in 

 upon us. For the sake of our "American 

 baby," and the future of our American 

 people, will not our Representatives in 

 Congress pass more stringent immigration 

 laws to stop this inflow of diseased blood? 

 It is time we Americans who have patriot- 

 ism in our hearts, and gratitude to our an- 



