Smyrna times., 1908-03-04
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ma Canal Zone to clean up Guayaquil
and give an object lesson to the rest
of the country. OF course this is not
likely to happen. There is work
enough for Col. Gorgas in the Canal
Zone and he is going to stay there and
finish it. One of his assistants may
90 to Ecuador and others may go to
some of the other South American
countries. The mere fact that the
epidemic of cleanliness has started is
the interesting part of the story. 1t
is an Indication that the Panama Canal
may do more than furnish a great
new trade route to the world and re-
main a monumental engineering work.
1t has already aroused the wonder of
South America at the possibilities OF |
sanitation and is apt to be of quite as |
much use in that direction as it will |
be to the trade of the world. The |
awakening of the continent is long
story, but it may be briefly put in
this wise. The United States found
that it had to fight almost impossible
conditions when it was first called on
to administer Cuban affairs after the
war with Spain. Yellow fever was
the curse of the island, and had been
a medical mystery as it had been
scourge for three centuries. The yell
low Fever Commission of which DR..
Walter Reed was the head solved the
riddle of mosquito transmission of yell
low fever. 1t found that the tropics
could be made as safe to live in as
the temperate zone. The system of
sanitation was applied in Cuba and
was a success. 1t was applied in
Panama and made the digging of the
canal possible where the French had
been beaten not by the engineering
difficulties but by the climate. Now
South America has walked up to the
fact that it is possible to clean up any
tropic region and kill off yellow fever,
malaria and bubonic plague so that
white people can live there in safety
and comfort. South America knows
that to develop her immense natural
resources, she must make herself a
possible place of residence for foreign
ers with foreign capital. The indica-
tions are that South America is going
to "clean up" If she does it will
be owing to the object lesson of Pan
ANA. And thus the Panama Cana
NAV do more for the world than fur.
nishing it with a new artery of trade
1t would seem that the Hon. Will
liam Jennings Bryan had gotten no
only his second but his third wind.
Of course the President may com
to the Senate from New York, but
doubtless will be lasting regret wit
him that he cannot succeed some on
from Ohio instead.
. The cold storage plants continue
supply eggs slowly enough to prever
bearing the nog market.
Going dry in spots does not seel
to have any effect on Kentucky's ger
eral output of lawlessness.
A London Journal now breaches IL
question of prohibiting kissing by Law
This opens up again the old discussiC
of "Does prohibition prohibit"
Washington's Birthday was cell
brated in London with about the san
degree of enthusiasm that will maj
the recognition of the Mikado's brit
day in St. Petersburg.
Senator Jeff Davis is telling h
admiring friends in Arkansas g
about his last speech in the Senat
So long as it continues to be his la
speech, nobody in the Senate is goil
to complain.
1t is a little late for New Year
resolutions, but it is safe to say tn
if the malefactors of great wealth W
resolve to quit for the future, t
muck rakers will soon cease from ra
ing and everyone can settle down
business and be happy.
Wonder if there is any relation /
. tween the recent floods and all Il
water recently squeezed out of w
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