Weekly journal-miner., 1910-03-23
TUCSON WOMEN
 INSTITUTE CRUSADE


 by a desire to preserve the essential cleanliness of the food supplies upon which they rely for sustaining life, and conscious that radical changes in the character of their handling is needed to insure means of prevent ing disease from sources beyond their immediate personal supervision, the Civic Committee of the Woman's Club of Tucson has sent the follow ing communication to the Mayor and City Council, together with the draft of an ordinance prepared by Hon. John T. Wright, asking that the au- thorities pass the same at once, and enforce the same consistently:
 To the Honorable Mayor and Common
 Council, City of Tucson:
 Gentlemen:
 The Civic Committee of the woman's Club of Tucson, Arizona, in meeting assembled, and by a unani- nous vote of those present, desire to bring to your attention certain evils existing in the said city, and to point out what in their belief is a neees- sary ordinance to correct the same, The abuses referred to are the fol lowing:
 Shops Are Insanitary.
 Many of the wholesale and retail grocery stores, butcher shops and fruit stores within the city allow their merchandise to lie in open box es about the floors of their establish ment as well as on and about the sidewalks in front thereof; that many persons, some of whom are afflicted with contagious or infectious dis eases, handled the same at will in their efforts to select the best in the stock; that the floors and sidewalks are swept frequently, and the dust from said sweepings aeeumulates on the merchandise aforesaid; that this dust is very often impregnated with
  character to life and health. That by reason thereof flies and other yer min collect on the said merchandise.
 That dogs roaming about the streets of the city eonraminate the merchandise aforesaid, and in various other ways the conditions existing aforesaid inure to an unhealthy and unsanitary condition of the people of the entire city of Tucson.
 Asks Ordinance.
 We believe that the remedy for this is that adopted in many other cities of our nation; namely, the passage of an ordinance which will compel merchants, such as those above referred to, to place all of their merchandise at an altitpde of not less than two feet from the floor and that the same be covered with glass, wood, tin, iron, or some other suitable covering, which will prevent the existence of the conditions afore- | said
 We therefore petition you to pass an ordinance in the nature of that | hereto attached, subject to such al- terations or amendments as your City | Attorney may suggest, believing that the same will cure the evils without | any material inconvenience or ex- pense to the merchants interested.
 We would request that the Health | Board of the City of Tucson be con vened and that such Health Board pass a resolution under the powers granted it in the nature of the reso- lutions hereto attached.
 Respectfully submitted, Civic Committee of the Woman's Club. |
 MRS. R. H. FORBES,
 President
 In discussing the communication | with a reporter for the Citizen, this morning, Mrs. Forbes said, in sub stance: "Nothing in Tucson can be more important than the health of our families. Our children, particularly, | who come along by fruit stands and pick up fruit which has been ex- posed to contamination, may be in- feeted despite the most rigorous pre-