The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-11
He Wonders if Whitewater
Water Was Used for Drink
ing II Citizens Would Still
Cry Out Economy.
HE REGARDS MEASURE
PERFECTLY FAIR ONE
Secretary E. N. Haas Of the
Commercial Club Still In
sists the Bill Will Be Costly
One Locally.

One Locally.
Yesterday DR.. ]. N. Hurry. secre-
tary OF the state board of health, tele-
phoned the Palladium stating that the
Commercial club members and other
Richmond people are needlessly alarm
ed over the probable passage of the
stream pollution bill. He said that this
city would not be effected by the bill
rs the Whitewater river water was not
used for drinking purposes. Secretary
e. M. Haas of the Commercial club
contends that even II such be the case
under the provisions of the act any cit
1zen, IL he regards the dumping Of
sewage In the river as unsanitary can
make complaint and stand an excellent
chance Of making the city go to an
enormous expense.
This morning the Palladium was In
receipt of the following communication
from DR.. Hurry:
Hurty's Contentious.
II have read with interest your ac-
count In your issue of Feb. 8, and the
discussion of your Commercial club Of
the anti-pollution bill, which has pass
ed the house and is now before the
senate. A careful reading of this bill
will discover to any one that 1t will
not work a hardship in any instance.
In the case of Richmond, it does not
apply. simply because Richmond does
not pour her sewage into stream
which is used for domestic water sup
ply. Even IL she did. surely the. good
people of Richmond would recognize
that they have no right to poison peo-
pie on the stream below them, even IL
It did cost them money. II the bust
ness men Of Richmond should land l
can not conceive such a situation) de-
sire for the mere matter of saving
money. to poison people, then they are
poor indeed.
Regards Bill 40 Fair.
II say again, that a careful reading
Of the bill shows that in no instance
will hardship be made to any city,
firm or corporation. It provides that
the state board Of health shall investi-
gate the situation and shall discuss it
with the offending parties, il they are
offenders. and every offender will have
his day in court before anything final
is done. What more could be asked
than this? How perfectly fair it is and
how right in every respect.
"A few words as to the pollution of
our streams. It certainly does not
become a Christian people, nor is it
business to bef0ul the streams of the
state. Ultimately, they must be de-
pended upon for domestic supplies.
simply because the ground supply is
giving out At Indianapolis. where 70
years ago flowing wells existed. the
ground water level is 125 feet below
the surface. At Muncie, where flowing
wells existed only twelve years ago,
the water Is 50 feet below the surface
The United States photographic sur
vey has shown that the average fall OF
the water level all over the state of In
diana In the last ten years, has been
eight feet. This means the state is dry
ing up and II the people Of Indiana do
not wish to make a desert Of this fair
state. they must return some of the
forests which they have so avaricious-
" destroyed. and must stop polluting
the surface streams upon which they
must eventually depend for water.
' Certainly Not Economy.
II certainly can not be called econ
omy, It certainly can not be called bus
mess for the people to destroy their
patrimony. We have inhabited a beau
tiful land, which formerly had upon
It an abundance Of forests. The forests
we have destroyed and called it bust
ness and called 1t development For
ests are essential for our life, our
health and our happiness. We have ex-
-hausted the gas supply, utilizing 10 per
cent. and wasting 80. And this was
business, but It was really foolishness
Tho whole supply which it took mil
lions OF years to make, has been ex-
hausted In ten years. Now, we are
exhausting our water supply and will
wake up some day to find out how fool
ish and extravagant we have been.
Warning the People.
The state board of health is now try
ing to warn the people against this
coming. condition, and business men
will not. II they consult their own best
interests, oppose the conservation of
the streams and the lakes.
s.If there are few sentences OF the
bill which do not read right let us
change them, but surely do not let us
kill this beneficent economic measure"
Very sincerely yours.
u IN. HURTY, Secretary.
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giniA Are. Indianapolis. Ind. writes:
n was % weak from kidney trouble
that could hardly walk hundred
feet. Four bottles Of Foley's Kidney
Remedy cleared my complexion. cured
my backache and the irregularities
disappeared. and l can now attend to