Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-02
Investigations of Iowa Society
Fighting White Plague Re-
veals Startling Conditions
CATTLE SPREAD THE DISEASE
Legislation to be Demanded in Effort
to Free the State of infected Dairy
Herds-state Meeting Of Health Of
ficer. to be Held for School Of In
struetion.
Special to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican,.
Des Moines. Sept. FIFTY thousand
Iowa people have been told during the
last summer how to avoid tuberculosis
by the lecturer. of the Iowa Society for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
iosis. A trifie over one year has
elapsed since this, society started A.
e. ,Kepford as lecturer to tour the
state and by public lectures to spread
the informa ton Of means and methods
of fighting tuberculosis. Some OF the
territory traversed year ago mas
been reached now second time, ana
persons afflicted are reporting excel
lent progress in fighting the disease
by following the directions as to the
open air treatment.
One of the most Interesting and inn
sportant facts disclosed by the labors
of Mr.. Kepford is that tuberculosis IN
Iowa prevails most in the northern
part of the state in the dairy district,
disclosing the fact beyond dispute, that
the disease is largely contracted from
the bovine tuberculosis In milk. The
society, while attempting to spread the
Information as to the proper treatment
of the disease by the open air method,
mas been endeavoring to acquire for
itself all the information possible on,
the subject. The northern part OF the
state is way ahead of the southern part
In dairy industry. 1t is also way ahead
OF the southern part of the state In
number of cases of tuberculosis.
The disclosing Of this fact will re-
suit in the society going before the
next Legislature and asking it to en-,
act the most stringent laws possible
for the purpose OF stamping out tuber-:
culosis in cattle. ut will be neAAssary
to conduct tests on the most extensive
scale and tol quarantine and kill the
cattle infected with tuberculosis
The most hopeful discovery made
by the society is that those persons
who are following closely the open-air
treatment, and who began such treat
ment on the advice given by the So
ciety's agent in his public lectures, are
for the most part recovering.
The state board of health has arr
ranged for q meeting of the local
boards OF y. lth from over the state,
and the mays. s of the different cities,
to- meet IN Des Moines with the state
board of health on November IL and
13, at which time 1t is proposed to hold
asschool Of instruction on the new rules
issuedlby the board, and it is also pro-
posed Ito rave addresses on sanitation
by the leading men of the country. II
is expected that DR.. Melvin, of the de-
partment Of animal industry OF the de-.
partment of agriculture at Washing
ton as one of the speakers on that
occasion will take up extensively the
subject of local inspection Of meat and
dairies. Colonel Francis, who is rec
ognized as an authority, will speak on
sewerage, and Professor Kinney, OF
.Des Moines, who Is chemist to the
board, will talk on water purifioation.
Governor Cummins will deliver an adj
dress of welcome and will talk on gen
eral matters Of health.
One of the things that the state
board of health proposes to do or
hopes to do is, to stop splitting on
street cars and railway trains and in
other public places andSto better the
care generally. One of the new rules
promulgated by the board is for that
purpose The board is convinced that
a great deal of disease in these latter
days of much travel is spread about
the country by the unsanitary condi-
tions of trains and street ~cairs which
have. been allowed to go pretty much
unregulated thus far.
In the hope OF compromising the
warning factions the name of Howard
Clarke, of Des Moines, is being mem
toned for the position of congress-
man from the Seventh district. It is
being argued that unless some COM
promise Is effected Capt. j. A. T. Hull
will be reelected to congress easily.
Prouty. Dowell and Coffin remain at
outs with every indication that II one
is candidate all will be. which gives
no hope of the defeat of Hull. How
ard Clarke has recently formed a law
partnership with Attorney General By
ers and has thus far frowned down all
suggestions of himself as candidate
IOf any pOiltlCdl poSltloIl. II is dUOul
conceded that to defeat Hull the sue
cessful candidate must get the most
votes at the primary both in Polk
county and the outside as there will
be no chance to defeat him in the
convention for Hull will probably get
more than 35 per cent and there will
be no convention.
The merchant millers Of Iowa have
petitioned the state railroad commits
sion to reduce the minimum weight of
"a carload OF -four to $4,000 pounds.
claiming that under the 10000 pound
rule they are at disadvantage with
Hhe miliers of Minnesota, Wisconsin
nd Illinois. The minimum was al "a.
till recently when at the urgsD
net OF the railroads it~Ealn