The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-23

out OF the water. he second ANNA
was still swimming after seventeen
minutes, but after twenty minutes be-
came exhausted. Resting for a few
minutes, floating on the surface of the
water, it commenced 10 swim again,
and after half an hour locked appar-
/ entity dead. 1t, however, soon revived
after being taken out of the water.
In this experiment il was found that
. the first animal had swum SO feet.
/ and the second 490 feet. So we can
! come to the conclusion that the aver
age ras can swim from sixteen to
/ twenty-five feet in one minute.
(Concluslon)
As long as life exists on this earth.
| disease viii always accompany il, but
no disease, however infectious or con-
tagious it may be, can be compared
with that of plague in its severity and
horror.
Plague is not only the enemy of the
| people of one locality or of one coun-
try, but it is the common enemy of
all mankind. 1t is the disease that at
tacks not only the poor and ignorant.
but the rich and intelligent as we'll
| with equal severity and horror. It
attacks the people of all nationalities,
regardless of age. sex or occupation.
IN the epidemic of the city Of
Osaka. even the kind physicians, the
only ray of hope for the suffering pa
tients, who went to soothe and relieve
the terrible sufferings of the doomed,
were not spared from the dreadful
clutches of the disease.
The origin of the plague at the pres
ent time seems to be the regions of
India and Southern China. but it IS
rapidly spreading out to the distant
parts of the world. 1t has spread to
Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, and now
has appeared on the western coast Of
the mainland of the United States.
How far and wide it win spread out in
the future. we do not know.
Wherever it appears, it's detrimental
effect on public health and the COM
merce of the country is beyond esti-
nation. Each infected country is do
ing its utmost to stamp out the
disease. and spends thousands and
hundreds of thousands OF dollars every
year.
From our past. experience, it is an
undeniable fact that country once
infected always remains infected, un-
less extraordinary measures are en-
ployed and permanent vigilance kept
up with untiring patience.
Whatever we do, and how much
money we spend, it will be a useless
task. and the effect will be only tempo
rary as long as international COM
merce is going on with the infected
countries and as long as we allow
the rat tribe to flourish on the earth.
1t will be of no avail simply to sat
fsfy ourselves by means of quarantine
and disinfeetion in our own ports, |
however strict and rigid they may be. |
THE rat tribe always gets the infec- |
ton first and when the disease COM
mences to appear among human be- |
ings, we know the epidemic is al |
ready at its height among the ro-
dents.
It, therefore, becomes necessary to
kill and examine the rats continually, |
SO as to find the existence of the |
disease at the earliest possible period. |
Human beings infected with the
disease are easy to manage by means |
of quarantine and disinfection, but it /
is utterly impossible to quarantine or
isolate the infected rats.
We must kill the animals before |
they get infected-the permanent ex-
termination of the animal from the /
face of the earth.
Civilized nations all over the world /
should come to an agreement of COM
bining their efforts and direct their
warfare against the common enemy.
I hope the time wiz soon come when
nations cease to quarrel among them
selves for selfish or aggressive pur-
poses. and combine for the common
health and welfare and happiness OF
all mankind.
And, lastly, it is my earnest desire
to show TO the rest of the world what
the Hawaiian Territory alone can do
in the matter of public health and
sanitation. A small Territory as it is,
distant from the busy parts of the
world and surrounded by the wide
expanse of the Pacific Ocean, it is
lively an easy matter to make
the place free from the evils of the
dreaded disease.
Let US join our efforts together and
make these beautiful islands on which
we live the real Paradise of the Pa
ciic.