Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-12-05
Waste OF Cities.

Pan. throws Eve million. year into ,h,
sea Ard ,hi. without, metaphor. How
and in wha, manner day and night. With
what ,housht! withou, thinking Of it,
For what return ? Tor nothing. by mean'
% wha, organ by mean. OF its intestine.
What il its intestine MS sewer.
Five millions Is the mos, moderate OF the
approximate figures which the estimates Of
special science give.
Science, after long experiment, now
knows tha, the mos, ,er,iliIIng and the most
effective Of manure. - iha, Of man. The
Chinese. We must say to our shame, knew
II bciorc US. No Chinese peasant, Ecke-
berg tells ", goes to the city without car
ryiug back. AZ the two ends Of his bamboo,
two buckets toll Of wha, We call flth.
Thank, to human fertilization. the earth in
China i ,till as yOun; az in the days Of
Abraham. Chinese whsa, yields hundred
and twenty fold. There !. no guano com.
parable in fertility to the de,ri,u. Of n cap.
ital. \ great city i, the mos, powerful of
s,ercOrArie.. To employ the city to enrich
the plain would be sure success. II our
gold i. flth. on the other hand our 9th is
gold.
whA, i. done .i,h thi. flih. soli3 Ii
,wep, into the abyss.
We 90 oui conveys Of ship-, a, great eI.
pcnse. to gather up a, the south pole the
droppipg- Of petrol, and pensuiu.. and tho
inealeulabls element OF wealth which we
haze under our own hand, We send 10 tho
sea. Al the human and animal manure
which the world loses, restored 10 the land
instead Of being thrown into the water,
would suffice 10 nouri.h the world.
These heaps OF garbage at the corners OF
the stone blocks, the.C iumbrils Of mirc
joluns through the streets at night, these
horr,d scaVcnger,' carts, thee istid streams
oi subterransan slime which the pavemen,
hide, from you, DO you know wha, oil ihi.
is L, i, the towering mesdov, !, i' ,h.
green grass. Il j. the marjpram and thyme
Gnd cage, /, is game, il !, cattle, Ii Is the
saii.hed low Of huge oxen at evening, |, 10
pcTldmed bay. II j. golden corn. 1, i. bread
on your table, 10 Is warm blood in your
veins. II d. health, IL !. JOY, ip life. Thus
WILL, ihA, my.,eriou. creation, which Il.
transformation upon earth and tran.f:ura.
ton in heaven.
Put that into the grea, crueible your
abundance shall spring from il. The nu.
triton Of the plain. make. the nourishmOn,
Of men.
You have the power 70 throw away this
wealth. aud TO think me ridiculous into the
bargain. Tha, will cap the climax Of your
ignorance.
Statistics show that France alone make. q
liquidation Of a hundred millions every year
into the Atlantic from the mouths Of her
rivers. Mark this With ,ha, hundret mil
lion, YOU m'shi pay aquAr,er Of the eI'
psnsc Of the Government. The eleVsrness
Of man il such ,ha, he prefers 10 throw this
hundred millions into the gutter. II i' the
very substance Of the people which is car
r,eI away, here drop by drop. there in
aoot', by the wreiehsd vomiting Of our
sewers into the rivers. and the gigantic col
lection OF our rivers into the ocean. Each
hiccoush Of our e,oaca costs Us q thousand
iranc-. From thi. are two results the
land Impoverished aud the water infected.
Hunger rising from the furrow and disease
ri,in; from the river. Victor Hugo.