Evening journal., 1905-12-13


a laggard in the race for advancement
among our sister states. For an object
lesson, so ev,n as far as New Jersey.
Don't look beyond heF improvements OF
her pu6lic roads for inspiration. See
what the New Jersey people are doing
in this regard in advancing the inter
ests of her citizens, rich and poor
alike.
Why can't we in Delaware improve
on the humble start we have made in
this l.ne of work? Suppose we build
modern public highway through the
center of the state, from the hills OF
Brandywine to the lower borders Of
Indian River. What would be the re-
suit? Would We at once not attract
capital from outside, would we not
daily see this highway pa.oled by the
motor cars Of the rich on
pleasure or business bent? This
is no visionary sch me. Let Della.
ware buLd this highway. ana the ma
ter.al returns of the investment. in tae
inc. ease in the value of property, i'm
the increase of population. m the in
crease of the opportunity for profit
able employment for the poor. would
pay over and over again for the in
vestment.
Praise for County Workhouse.
There is another class OF detectives
having eat claims on our state /
refer to the criminal classes. These
are worthy Of our closest attention
and study, but to take up the matter
of crmIno ogy here would take up too
much time and be foreign TO my pur-
pose | will only say we are making
some progress. New Castle county has
done nobly i'm her new methods. Kent
and Sussex a.e still hiding in the dark
ness of the middle ages. ore noble
act stands to the credit of a recent
legislature. II abolished the pillory.
When that other twin relic of barbar-
ism, the whipping post, shall have been
abolished the whole christian world
will stand up and applaud the deed
and cry We done little Delaware, 1--WE
judge thee by thy soul"
Treatment Of tuberculosis.
Among the detectives the tubercu'
lous, this class predominates in num-
bers and suffering far beyond all the
Others. and those among them who
suffer most, and are most TO be pitied'
are the victims Of pulmonary consump-
tion.
Probably every seventh person VINO
dies, dies from some form Of tubercu
LOSS, and the great majority of these
die of consumption OF the lungs Prob
ably two persons die In this word
/, every minute of tuberculosis in some
form II is indeed the Great Whit.
Plague" and the average man takes Ill
tie or no account Of H. Surely there is
. an awakening going on. AMI the iighi
against these parasitic diseases is onl,
beginning. II is within the power Of
man to Danish them from the world
and in one hundred years, yes in iift,
q years. if the battle IS properly wage,
d and the weapons IN our hands properl,
: used. we may see the coming of the
end of these horrors.
Disease is curabIe.
Consumption is as much social az
it is an individual affiiction, and it be
hooves tho state to act for It's suppress
/ sion as a menace to human happiness
and human existence. Consumption Ii
an infectious disease, and Is undoubted
q ly commun cable from one human be
ing to another. and I believe every
thing points TO its cOmmunicabilit,
from the lower animals to the humal
race How far have we progressed il
the treatment of consumption as to III
cure? Well, thus far. consumption Il
undoubtedly a curabe disease.
Its Terrible RaVage.
From the statistics of our State
Boa.d of Health, there were in 1891
min teen hundred and fifty-one deaths
IN Delaware. OF these nlnetyfOuI
were reported as from consumption
/ Iseventy-four from tuberculosis, and
ffty-sevcn from phthisis. making in all
two hundred and twenty-five deaths
from tuberculosis. Undoubtedly near
~ all of these deaths we're from pull
monary tuberculosis, or consumption
and show more than one death in eight
from tuberculous troubles. In 1900 the
population in Delaware was: New Gas
tie county, 109,697; Kent county, 32,
7G2: and Sussex county, 1926, making
the total population of the state lS4,
735. In 1892. with a population of Gl,
43l. Wilmington City reported 12l
deaths from tuberculosis. In 1892
New Caste county reported 100 deaths
Here is a bad showing for the congest
cd centre, and in these congested cen
tres our fight must be waged the
. hardest. In 1882, there were reported
253 deaths from consumption. In 1889
, 237 deaths we're reported. In 1890
, there were 239 deaths reported. II
: an address before the Delaware Stat
, Medical Society, delivered by its Pres
I ident. DR.. Alexander Lowber, last OC
, tober, he showed that the mortalit,
, from tuberculosis in Delaware wa
: higher than in many other of the state
, of the Union. l quote these statistic
! to show the necessity of acton on tn
part Of our people to stay this terribl
scourge.
Boston statistics show that the moi
+. tality from consumption has decrease
!. six per cent in the last twenty year.
, This is as encouraging as the stats
tics of Delaware are discouraginl
Now see the reason of this. Boston
i away up head as Massachusetts
o away up head i'm her fight against COZ
n sumption. Delaware is far back in he
fight. and thus her citizens suffer an
die lacking public conscience, an
o both ignorant and unmindful Of advan'
. ed methods What is the modern metl
i cd of fighting consumption? Firs
& commence the fight in the incipien
r stages. and keep it up bravely TIL
q great remedies arc fresh and pure ali
q sunlight. amusement and employmer