New-York tribune., 1908-05-24
WORSE THAN MOSQUITO.

~. dancers o- the mosquito have been pretty
vel advertised No doubt the mosquito Is bao
citizen IN the yellow fever belt In this LATITUDE
r. merely conveys malaria. which was responsible
g. o,v s5e reported cases and afty-two deaths IN
-he -netropolitan district three years ago The nv
IS mans greatest insect enemy In the united sun
Fze g tust getting his deserts Of recognition as le
leading villain in the pathological drama He be-
rims 10 loom up g. problem. me soIutloh ol
which will require not only local but national
efforts He does not seem small and insigninczlnt
when we measure the stature OF his oeeos ana
N. means that VIII be necessary 10 exteTI11El,aie
ht-n In destroy all the wolves and grizzly De
IN North America would be easier Plenty OF mes
a.. killed by tho present methods OF traps ciuos
and sticky paper. vet allowing e. sfausHoI VI i"
hundred 81 q season for every man. "Oli1>a anu
eo.ld in tho United States the total ny I1H'aIiy
does not moro than equal the progeny OF nam d
49,, ,,.ects Iannsus observed long ago 1hat
three carnlverous flies and their multiplying on
,p-+ns would eat tho carcass OF an OK as l"st
,s q lion He meant Il literally, that the kins oI
hso.-. would not have the bones OF the OK hckeo
-, -..-s q matter OF three days-sooner than
80 su1-t Matching swarrns Of larVre ~oulo CON
.,,r,e The flesh and get down TO The skeleton oe @
.4re to6ied house fly. laying her 1irst pa'cn ol ~
s 3, The beginning OF May, Will nave more
.se0 - - ++e end Of September than Adam
8. - blessed with since the shutting OF the
Sc, gate Her progeny will reach into me
textf1lions- -, ,, -, -,
hy
,-a-.s thousand on sticky paper Inc olly h"p~
q, - es IN the war against mosquitoes, is 10
.. e.,e- The breeding place and TO remove une
-. ,r,e-. the hy loads himself with oacreria
:. 5..eese for dissemination among MANKIND lns
a. =, ~, ~ the Merchants Associazions com
-. IN ronu.io7 Of New York waters Inc
.....e under the enthusiastic chalrrraIslip
r. F5vard Hatch. jr-, wishes TO arouse INC
.. ,,,,,---- 70 the great fly menace ana 10 oO-
-.,- s,+eble state and national leg1slauon as3i".
.t. -,.e- Meanwhile Offering local measures vi
pslstion. - sro,.,;nes
el,oa eies breed principally in huse-oio ioptss'
o., h-eadfng places should be lookfad ar'er WIN
,-f,-A means and since the maSn source oI
-. infection by the agency OF mes Is 't7
-...z of rewer filth floating in the waters SUI
t-,-,,at,x Kew York 5he present day sewers must
* sltrnjnated says the committed Inc atteh-
-, or Governor Hughes. President RooseVel''
s,s.t.r Cannon and many Representatives al IHo
s.s.-.t oa-s-ai has been called 10 the need OF
l.rs-,.-on against river pollution which causes
| a. to-,s disease Governor Hughes has been IN
.n-5 -bs- -be violation Of the health law on the
o.. =. ,,a c+v Of New York in the period OF four
vs-s IN IN September l. 1900, incurred peha4''
- a.. TX and the penalty for not abating the
svye- sa nee is increasing at the rate OF @ol'''
| -, IT,. .eseral government IS poweress to IN
Co. 80, local conditions. but 1t is held lhal
ts authority may be extended 10 prohnolt uhe co
,sr,,-s-t,y NJ interstate rivers by sewage factoiy
| ,,5 III, mill r.efuse and any other dangerous
4 W.