New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-19

.,,,v Feb 19-The Social Science AsSo-
-, ret again at griculturan Han tns morning, H.
I1ot, n the chair The first paper was oy te non 'oi
800 ood. who delivered an address on the ea'tle
disease. 49,, 80,
The necessity Of carelcl study Of subject ana thor
oughly graspng its many esS AMI nv ali Even
spbad he sailor looked twice 1T the mountain ara ne
begged his audience TO look tHce az Se tSer aten
ton lie felt that he could not overate the lmporaGS
OF this question: for was not only whether
have cheap meat but good meat also The cOnS1lnPIo
Of beef in France 10000 tuns IN I'D 66san ns
100000 tuns and in the United States 2oVgO supnly
Of cattle to the Eastern States and York was as nsa
When the broke out, Texas had 0ny Of cottie in
that state The total supposed value OF a mai ANIMAL
the United STATES sSu wes 10 head
alone there $50 100000 worth OF meat n5 ~ sea
Goo 600: 100000 pounds OF cheese, valued az
s4OOOOoo; and 100000 gallons o o S1 n WSs sueS
enormous consumption was going on win reEu-
iarity OF supply which was marvellous. tne
dereDt traders he thought therefore, that the interests
OF the community imperatvely demanded some leglsia
to them the wide margin between the prices at which
cattle could be delivered IN hid that nrce
but also had bearing on the pubic % W so the
price per head for cattle in Texas was nyerv6ps sis @
and allowing for expenses and handsome margin b VI
pron Too Whence then this apparent Inconsistency
in ths way In leaves OF the grasses In Texas
small parastical plants called cryptograms prod3ehg
spores we're found in large quantities The animals OF
course these plants as they crop tne eaS anu
long they continue healthy they may 40 30 MN ,
punity But as the blood becomes heate1 liOm
any cause, sufficiently so to raise me pulse IRON ~ 70 ~
beats per minute these spores terminate in the bodies OF
the animals and suck up the very essence Oh Ine pOS
from the cSrPnees u ts 5o outward symptoms
of the disease and its internal action and explained Jus
anatomical results, showed some diagrams OF It's eHect
on the blood and intestlnes OF me ahln ,d,
and in explaining the peculiar functional action
digestion demonstrated that the leaves Of the grasses
comprising the animals food could not under the CIR
ceration necessary to digestion aud consequently be-
come glued with their little parasites to the coats OF the
liberation As soon then as these animals came to be
driven and fever ensued the disease az once GeSsPS
Texas TO Abbyene an animal weighing dT Do pr once
ha UO se p TO the fsenng grounds where rest
will enable them TO recover and the ulceTatoh becomes
nos hut always loose 100 pounds journey from Ho
mer to NewYOrk; this loss amounting to 5oOo pounds
The speaker then alluded TO fact which was proved
by statistics crime always rises in an extent CORE
spending with the rise of wheat and said that from the
same laws, must necessarily increase with an ln-
in the price Of meat and this increase In the
cruel Overdriyng (ofen 30 miles day. OF me IeXah
tie sent East combined with want OF food and
water during journey OF four days He then gave some
rather startling statistics TO the fghtful ELECTS pro-
duced by tho consumption OF diseased meats the
public health and concluded by asking for legislation on
the subject
Mr. sanborn formerly Secretary Of the Massachusetts,
Board Of Charities read paper the adminstra
ton OF Public Charities. this being principally descrp
ton Of the operations Of public charities in the New
England States Mr. sanborn said that Massachusetts,
alono expends than $OOO,OOO per annum for her
charities He thought the expenditure for the nation
sixty millions Of this forty millions by public charities.
The speaker believed that with the exception Of
localities paupes not the increase in the United
States.
Mr. Elliott the President Of the Association then intro
duced Mr.. Charles Brace, who read paper on model
lOdgng-houses The following is summary:
CHARLES I. BRACE on MODEL LoDGING-HoUsEs.
No doubt, small farms, which each man had his
little homestead highly productive OF happiness and
IL was dcnlt To- get Land on which to build at
ALL In many places they had established building asso
but this did not touch the great OF people who
crowd the Of our larger cities In no
quarters as NowYOrk In there $4,000 persons
0S an l the aSm%Te %e This average D0o
much higher than the worst district OF London,
Overcrowdng created ndecency and prostitution, bred
crime Of oil Sorts gave great opportunity for conceal
death rate. Whereas, In the Fifteenth Ward, the rate
was only II IN Loco 10 the sixth Ward 1t was 80 IN 1000
ment houses II true that many artisans had
knew that this was unpopular with the working
who, after hard days labor, objected 10 the jour
ney by the cars England has the only country
build model lod gng houses extensive scale lie
would however speak rather OF their results than their
history In 1871 when the cholera epidemic in Lon
don the proportion Of deaths among the working classes
81 per cent but not single case OF cholera occurred
in the lodging houses. Typhus fever, darrhea and
cholera are almost unknown IN them and the ordinary
death rate which in their neighborhood "a in 1OOc
only Is in 1000 in them The great difficulty to per-
suade Of real estate shat 1t will pay TO construct
houses Of suitable character for the poor The public
advantage does with the actual erection Of the
houses, but these same houses invariably exer-
else considerable influence for good, by leading
those living in the neighborhood to endeavor TO
Improve their homes. large company had
started by Sir sydney Waterloo in London for the
sole purpose building mproy dwellings for the
1t has already erected teDemens capable Of contain
ing 5000 families The Company pays per cent interest
aud has surplus OF funds In He did not think
the Continental system successful as that OF England
The Emperor Of the French had made many efforts to
workmen unwilling TO occnpy them lie was exceedingly
anxious three four model lodging houses erected
IN New-York on the English system and he was con-
WINGED that could they be fairly tried their Importance
60 the weil;beinR Of the poor would DO quickly &C.
knOwledged by every one.
DR.. GriscOm then followed with a paper on the best
to be adopted for providing for better ventilation
our houses railway cars, churches and public build
ings lie exhibited ventilaOr, for which he claimed
special advantages. 1t is so constructed that while
portion Of is perforated to admit Of the passage air.
portion Of IT, which placed sponge Intended to
absorb the moisture Of the atmosphere and another pOr
ton furnished with piece Of lime portion lime
which TO absorb the carbonc acid gas The
ventilation very complete, and the speaker urged its
general adoption
The last paper of the morning session read by the
Rev. Dr. Wines, the subject being prison discipline.
WINES IRISH PRISON SYSTEM
DR.. Wines after speaking Of the difficulties attending
solution OF the question OF prison discipline question
OF The age said that he thought Sir wser 6sdtoD, hs
most satisfactory results yet reached and that his sys.
ten had the concurrence OF many eminent phlanthrO-
is years was derived IA points from that OF Capt
Mackunocle the Governor OF the penal settlement
Norfolk Island Under its rules prison Is converted
fufn adu rcfOr arr