The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-09
PUBLIC OPINION

In your issue of Dec. End. inform that are planned for the benefit of the community in furnishing it with new kind of doctored water l fear you d.d not give consideration enough to the statements made in your arti- cle.
 You tell us that this new dope" kills all the germs in the water. this includes of course harmless as well as the harmful germs which are al- ways found in healthy water and are an essential element of 1t.
 What wll be the character of this new dope stuff after you have changed it's nature.
 II think the better way to secure the public from danger of contamina- be guarded carefully at the source of it's supply or filtered, and in the event of that not being done by those In cha. se of the work it might be well to give Q couple of them six months in the County Jail twice wear as sure guarantee of the faith full performance of their duty. This came of shirking responsibility Ia be- ing worked by these soulless corpora tions all over the country. trusting to the indifference, or ignorance. of the pubic to stand for 1t and they prOb- ably will until some epidemic mani- fests itself and then our very effi- cient Health authorities not being able to GUESS the cause. will wake up to the fact that something may be wrong with the water.
 What with the advanced system of saving the human family from perm anent death by squirting various kinds of vaccine and serums. and water companies seeking to kill us by whole sale what is the use of anyone ac- nuainting himself with the laws of hygiene.
 There may be some justification for using guinea pigs and mice for ex- per ments for the amusement of that fool element of the medical profes- sion who practice vivisection. but when it comes to allowing water com panies to practice on an entire com- munity. 1t Is about time to call a halt. If we as a city are to be made the subject of this kind of experimenting I suggest that the directors Of the Wa ter Con pany in a body be first used as subject of the test for six months and If they survive then 1t may be justifahle to compel the rest of the would also favor the project as 1t would furnish an increased business which would lead them to perform tne1r uSeIul junction at FeOuCeO rates and 1t might be that we would all die happier
 The following by a medical man in recent number of a medical maga- zine Is quite apropos in this connec- ton:
 If the regular" profession can se- cure the police power for which 1t is pra ving. the human family will be con vinced. before the next two or three decades have passed. that most eyes and brains were not made to be used. warned not to do so except by the intervention of glasses. The success Of the great and glorious medical pro- fession will be pointed to as a proof of what evolution can do for class when thinking becomes a crime.
 When the profession succeeds In hay ing society evolved into Its ideal there will be health officers to attend and supervise all cases of confinement to see that such unnecessary organs as the appendix and the large intestines are removed from newborn children. The brain will be treated to dose of perpetual youth which will keep Ii in statu quo Glasses will be Atted to the eyes and ear trumpets to the ears. and for fear the child will some time die of cancer of the stomach. ed; the lungs will be done up in microhe killer to prevent consumption. and the organs generally will be trim med off as a precautionary measure. to secure health and long life.
 The fact of the matter Is. the pro- fession knows hut one way to antidote disease. and that Is to bottle its vic tims Tn alcohol or place them in anti- es,TW.ErT.r =. !" r1 fTp rop UNDERNEATH,