The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18
,oRLp WAR ON RATS.
a,i,,. lifetime Campaign Against
the Pest.

III. lifetime Campaign Against
the Pest.
.ociety in Copenhagen, aided ana
...d by the Danish government ana
,.u,e is perfecting the machin-
Z, a war which will ultimately
.u the whole civilized world. II
"a only with the utter extermin-
= the enemy. 1t will be fought
N the aids that the ingenuity OF
.sn supply; the enemy will be
trapped, poisoned, and price
no set on his head.
AL at any rate, is the avowed OBJ
u the society engineering this
liz title is "L'Association Inter-
.....le pour Ia Destruction Ration
a. ~ Rats" Though it has only
!. existence a few years it has
IN exercised a great influence not
A 4 Denmark, but also in other
tries.
! not so very long ago that even
n.oenhagen the seriousness OF the
I'M was far from being under
n Nv the man in the street. But
nan did understand the rat and
4 evil ways, and worked the bet
u Of lifetime to make them IN
,snod By others. He was a civil
a.eer. called Zuschlag, whose hob
q the study Of economic zoology.
srtisular the life history Of mans
- in the animal world. He not
nt while other pests special
- - It were, combining their unso-
~ attention to certain circum-
"a spheres, the rat was ubiqui-
Agriculture and shipping, in
frjessa and trades, country mansions
z arm cottages, palaces and slums
81 suffered from the depredations OF
mt He began to gather statistics
= lbund that the rat appeared to be
Fsyvhere, to eat everything, to de-
~ everything, excepting stone
y iron. His information told of
vlole acres of corn laid low, Of raids
- upon poultry farms, Of nightly
htions in grocers', bakers, and
IAars' shops; Of water pipes gnaw-
ftlfough, and places in consequence
-, causing hundreds of pounds
Manage. He was enabled to state
! Re rats cost his country every
= q least 6 100000 in preyentable
ne.
~ Ast count in Zuschlag's indict-
= against the rat is the terrible
R Dlayed by it In the dissemination
hDpnic plague. He published his
Mn 1908 in a book which may be
- % the standard work on the
~, and the official declaration Of
Sensational war against the rat.
nw weeks ago he had the great
hction Of seeing this theory &C
l IN the report issued by the
e committee appointed by the
eGf1ry Of State for India.
= provide an object lesson for the
e It home and abroad in the ra-
- obstruction of rats the commit
elected Copenhagen and the
eming Fredericksburg. The to-
NJ obtained in eighteen weeks
ted to 103, 900 rats, at a cost of
; noner (about s73G). paid for
me and cremating, or ! 1-2d q
Now" said Zuschlag and his
lftee, you will all agree that
- eats and destroys each day at
- farthing's worth Of food and
- One hundred and three
- rats would have cost you
u $4,000. Having spent E736
Ing them. we have saved you
eleoe odd"
way Of reasoning appealed to
nQmical Dane. Campaigns
pdertaken In other places with
satisfactory results. and so
~ zuschlag's scheme impress.
- public mind with its practical
0at in the following year first
MINERS Union, then the Property
Society. and then all the Dor.
eeuncils presented petitions to
4ernment and Riksdag asking
Achlxg's proposals should be
~ In a law without delay. Sew
" we're subsequently brought
dropped, but last year the
eecretary introduced measure
Nes passed unanimously by
hoases Of Parliament and be.
~ last March.
fat law is now Z, full swing.
u act the state undertakes to
l.s00 annually for three years
lpsls teh county and borough
: to spend IS. Sd. a year for
70 Inhabitants, on the society