Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-07
MAN A VEGETARIAN.
Has become nm OmniNorouH hhthini
ArItncInIIy-Some Alarm
Ing Theories.

Looking at vegItariaEism in the light
of comparative anatomy II is self-evi-
dent that man WAS designed TO be a
vegetarian and nothing else. Quadru-
peds are diyidCG irto classes according
to their foods. and with The single eN-
ception of man no animal rs a class
has ever varied froIL the design OF ma
ture.
These classes are the carnivorous OF
flssh-cating. the fruit-eating. the grass
eating. and the oInnivOTous. Each OF
these classes has distinctive organs
adaptable TO the digestion or the kind
Of food 1t eats and TO nc other kinds.
Man has ariiiiciuliy become an om-
nivorous animal in spite OF the fact
that aua;omically he is a fruit-eating
animal. Ii is an amusing ard signiii
can't fact that ;hc only typical cmuiv-
orous animal is the pig. Man l. trying
hard TO be 4 pig, says Prof. Leo NeIucr.
OF Harvard. il Home and Garden.
The carnivuruus animals all have
short intestine. adapted only to the
digestion Of meat. They have only one
stomach ard could no; digest grass n
the cow does. Their teeth are all Ion"
and sharp, so that they can tear meat.
but they have no tia:-iUpped teeth TO
grind vegetable foods a. mau has.
II has hteT said that the so-called
canine ipctE or mar are like those
Of the c~arHiyuTous animal. and that
this is an Indication that maj i, an
omnivorous animal. This is not correct.
These are rot canine teeth. strictly
speaking. To be- sure. they are seine
what pointed. but they are Hat also
Hat and pointed, and O round and
pointed. like those Of The c~armivoruu,
animals.
The grass-caring animals have sew
cral stumachs-from TWO 10 ;iyr-auh
long in;cs;inss. especially adapted to
the digestion Of grass. They hJvc al.o
i~Iat-,oIrrd tech far grinding.
The fruit-caliug animals are the only
ores that resemble man. They hay.
only one stomach, and 81 medium length
~aliwvn'"ry canal, half way bclwrru
tina; 81 the caguiyorous aud the gra.~.
ral.." classes. The nearest aujma.s
80 u.4u M. the monkey and the ape.
They ate ruiI-ratcrs.
No mca'-yatiug animal in the world
has the huriIoutul movement OF the
lower jaw in eating a. man has. Til,
j. proof positive that man j. not a meal.
eater. acclrLin" to toe design of M.
,urr. Ta,sr ARGUMENTS ON the ply.i.
cal SIDE Of the question prove primarily
that man H. not physically adapted To
tie eating Of meat.
From an economic ~,ianGpuiat il can
easily he sven that man mus, sooner or
later become d vegetarian. This T.,
merely Il question u!limc and a matter
u room. The iucr,asr o! civilization
and Of population gradually must Gu
away with CIrlIr.rai,iur b,cl.,r Of l,.
absolute demand for land for rul,i,a.
,Iom. IA time. ;hc demand for room will
hill the industry ,uiirvly.
When we ga meat ~ are rutiu, The.
product OF toe earth at secondhand.
The vegetation has been eaten by the
animal, and a large part of {, convert.
ed into bone aud Icucou and wasted.
and NC eat only What H. l,n and made.
into il,sh.
To RED zee the economic rr.b,, N IN
figures: One acre Of land which vou'd
furnish enough flesh to ,ripr,ri ore
man would Furnish ruol.un ,r.fr ,n
support ten l..u. Thu. van .,.. va,..
the increased iuuulaiiuu ,.ur... ,r .i..
creased demand for food Yi, in. .ts,n.
which to raise foods. if Mil b,r..-
necessary to raise ,b,, which f.. ,u,.
most cconomic-ip other words hat
which will tho INNS, nar,crr
The hygicnic argument YOU can oh
tain from any reputable physician. who
will tell YOU that meat ,niinyis irntir,
to the blood, that i; is ~,.pcrta!ly n
stimulaut rather tLuu q food. and that
there is great anger Of the transmits.
zion Of various serious diseases from
uuimal TO man.
Meat eating in the ideal s,aor is bad
enough. IT The animals -l,i NO on;
were in nil the health Win which ma.
turc cndows them. roumiun Mid and
free over the opcn fields. With uIcpty
OF exercise. and pcrmitrrl 80 rnno,c
of their own FREE, will fro,r tlc host
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