Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-04-11
USING TOO MUCH DOPE"
We're the Drug Habit Nation, Says Or
Wiley,

WHcIs
Recent remarks by Prof. H. w. WI
ley, chief chemist of the department
of agriculture. to the effect that Amer
leans are the drug habit nation" and
that the national vigor is being sapped
by our consumption Of almost every
form of drug, has aroused much in
terest. DR.. Wiley was addressing a
political club in New York city, his
subject being national health, and said:
The most Indifferent kind of indif-
ference is the Indifference of the aver
age man toward his health. The eff
cheney of every human being depends
upon the state of his health. What
steps do the people Of New York take
to avoid death, except to be careful in
crossing street?
The question of the public health
consider to he the greatest Of our ma
tional problems, yet it occupies little
attention compared with what is being
done in the way of conservation or
other resources, such as coal fields, the
forests and water supply. l would
rather have good health than own the
largest coal field in Alaska. Even in
the matter of dollars and cents the
public health is worth millions more
than the country's coal supply. II
costs more to kill men and take care
of them after they are dead than 1t
does to build all the battleships in the
world.
why should men die at all, except
to make way for younger men? My
opinion is that we are even better than
the younger men. The best way to do
is to obey the laws of hygiene and
preserve our vitality that we die all
at once instead of by piecemeal
Another thing Is the large infant
mortality. We cannot afford to let our
babies die, even from a commercial
| standpoint. 1t costs too much to bring
| them into the world. Yet from 100 to
$50 babies out Of every 1000 die In
| this country before they are years
| Of age | want to see the child live,
| so that it will grow into its inheritance
| as a citizen of these United States.
| There is no greater problem in any
city than that of infant mortality.
| In order To improve public health.
| we have got to devise q scheme to de-
congest the great cities. We have got
| tn live under better conditions than
are possible in cities today. Manu-
| featuring establishments have no busi-
ness in a city, they should be taken out
| in the country. where they will be
| near their raw material supply. The
| country is big enough to let every
| workingman have plot of ground
| with flowers, vegetables and plenty of
| fresh air.
The people are nocking by the
| thousands to the cities from the coun-
| try and exposing themselves to all the
dangers of city life. 1t is also a great
problem how to feed these large COM
munities. The problem of the food
supply is intimately related TO the
public health. 1t gets more compli-
Gated every day.
The food has got to come great
| distances. and it cannot he as pure as
il ii were grown close at home. No
| food products are improved by Drescr-
vatiou. These matters lie at the very
founCation of public health. The hu-
man machine cannot do good work II
| the fuel is bad.
| IF people go on eating bad food
there will come a time when their or
| ganiZatinn is going to break down
| Age is not Il matter of years. but of
| the lmpidity of the prOtoplasm. II
YOU keep your nrOtOplasm young there
is no reason why you cannot live Ia
hr old as MethuSelah.
| THE only way to keep young and
| strong is tO eat wholesome food. Ii
will hurt YOU i'm the long run If you
do otherwise. Every man who in
dulges too much i'm cigars and liquors
simply limits the years of his life.
1T would he better for this country
if there was no alcohol i'm 1t. The
medical profession doesn't supply ii as
it once did. I shall he glad to see the
day of universal prohibition. Even
n" German emperor has warned his
army Of the dangers Of beer drinking
II would he a great benefit to human
ity if all the saloons and breweries
were closed up.
| But alcohol is only kind of drug
| There are plenty of other drugs that
! are undermining the health of the