The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-17

OF new department oi the govern /
mcnt with cautious dclibtratiou 1t is .
piciudiccd against such projects large.
iy % the belief tha, they tend 10 IN
crease the pay-rOlls and because sed,-
tered appropriation Tor bureaus In DIFF
ioront departments do .ot bulk so
largely before the public eye as when
combined. Consequently the American
Medical Association aud the other al
yoca.os cf the owen bill which creates f.
the department. OF Public Health are
not finding its path as smooth as they
would like Yet. rs the necessity for
sucn apartment is obvious and the
demand is practically unanimous, there
Is little question that eventually this
or some similar bll will pass 1t is
claimed that GOO.0o0 people die each
year aud 5000 900 are sick from pre-
von,ab'e diseases. It would appear
that the conservation ol ,heir health
and lives is as important as that of
an equal number OF farm animals
Without infringing upon the duties
and functions OF the sta.es health de
pai,mcnts. II is recognized that there
are many matters requiring handling
ON % large and extended scale AN of.
te. involving states ghts, iurisdic-
lions aud rcspons biltics that require
/ fc cral supervision These Dureaua
now engaged In such Nark are accom-
/ plishing much within their limitations.
but i, Is often u delicate task TO de-
/ tcrmino their scope and powers, cspe-
cially when their fu.ctioLs clash or
their work oyerlaps. as Is often the
case. one OF the anomalies presented
is the charging of the enforcement of
tre Pure Food law upon the secretary
of Agriculture whose department has
otherwise nothing to do with the ques-
tions involved. Congress did this he
cause Of the fact that the department
of agriculture was the only one which
had a bureau of chemistry equipped
for the purpose. Otherwise the work
would have been intrusted 10 the Dc.
partment of Commerce and Labor. the
department. of the interior. or the
treasury department. any OF which
would be more suitable. On this point
the brief of the American Medical As
sociation says individually the pres.
ent bureaus and other sanitary and
IN Itt,
AIRY functions satisfactorily. but viii
lack of cooperation as to greatly MAJ
results. while IN the emergency of cpl
denies or In dealing with vast inter
. csts where the strain of Commercial
: pressure falls upon them. they almos'
uniformly fail or are greatly crippled
a. their sanitary functions. This Z,
the history OF even 50 strong a move
mcnt rs that Of the enforcement of IN,
d Pure Food and Drug Act"
At present eight Of the nine cabin
ct officers employ medical men anC
all the departments have medical an,
sanitary problems to solve. The wa
and treasury departments are nov
crossing and duplicating their work il
Porto Rico. Cuba. Panama and tn,
Philippines. The war, navy, treasur!
ana agricultural departments eac.
maintain medical schools. and thes,
two, rs well as the treasury depart
ment. have hospitals and each lep
rosy hospital. Il is proposed that IN,
war and navy departments, for obvious
crops but that the following importan
bureaus and divisions shall be consol
idatcd into one department.; the bu
rcau of public health and marine hos
pitll service; the medical off GERS O
4 the revenue cutter service; the med
cal referee. assistant medical refore
surgeons and medical examiners uf tn
Indian bureau. which include the ply
sic'ans at Indian agencies and schools
all other physicians of the Department
Of the Interior. including the reclama
tiou service, the soldiers Homes. hos
pitals for the insane. etc; the Bureau
of Entomology, Chemistry and Nuima
Industry from the Department of Agr
culture; the hospitals of the lrmdgra
l ton Bureau Of the Department %, Con
mcrrc ar Labor; the emcrg '"vy =,
lief In the governments printing o''ic,
"and every other agency of the Ua,tr
i 'tntcs Cor me urotection OF tlc ncalt
| of tho people of the United State. G
/ Cf animal life."
Il has been advocated by som
THAI the above bureau should 5o o5i
solidatcd into bureau of publi
4 health" but it would appear that IN
scpoo of work is both too importar
| and far reachipe to be covered by
| bureau of a department. The Amer