The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30

iery forces of the state, namely, Mai J.
 
 instead of rough barn boards stripped with batens. This would avoid the neces- sity of pasting newspapers over the cracks to exclude wind and rain and per haps might induce your wife to make home more attractive by hanging few pictures upon the wall Perhaps you would insist that a coat of paint would improve the interior and exterior effects, in addition to acting a disinfectant. You would have your yard enclosed by a fence, permitting you to decrease the cost of living by raising garden truck, in- stead of buying groceries and green stuff at the commissary. Incidentally, this would eliminate unsightly, ash-covered. can-strewn back yards. The elimination fin this simple way of the mosquito breed ing tin can would aid not a little in the suppression of malaria. Properly built closets receiving the weekly or semi weekly attentions of the sanitary man. would assure proper final disposition of feces, marking the first step in a general attack upon typhoid fever, which would be further supplemented by providing suitable water for drinking purposes throughout the camp. All meats, cheese. bread and candies would be properly screened in the commissary. The employer would arrange for the sale of a cheap and suitable supply of screens for the doors and windows of the employees house, excluding the fly and mosquito, in this manner barring the doors, os to speak, against typhoid and malaria, and assisting in maintaining the physically sound man.
 Another important step, which l believe will be more fully appreciated in succeed ing years, is a physical examination or &l.1 G., 1,1t, IT. roads observe this precaution to a limited extent today, the army and navy to a much greater degree. Why should we, in an industrial army. permit anyone to join the ranks who, from some physical defect of sight or hearing, is apt to jeop- al dize his life, or the lives of many oth- CTS when occupying d position of respon- s.biity. 1t is unfair to the individual and his co-laborers.
 Similarly, if a man is known or even suspected to have the smallpox, he Is promptly quarantined, but a member of the industrial army affected with con- tagious or infectious disease, is permitted to associate daily with perhaps 100 fel- low workmen. Is this right? In correct ing the matter it may work hardship upon the individual, but in matters of this sort it sems to me we should be gov erned by that policy which makes for the greatest benefit to the largest num- Der This feature will be, perhaps, more fully amplifed by some of the papers scheduled for discussion later during the season.
 It is not only necessary to have these conditions making for healthy body, but we must also observe the precautions required to maintain the integrity of limb.
 New Mining Law
 The new mining law provides certain safeguards designed to protect the miner from injury underground, but there are many operating conditions which can not be covered by any general law, and wnlch denlgrd the attention of a local safety inspector or safety department. It IS also a well. Known fact that there are many ac- cidents which are fortuitous-apsoiuteiy non-preyentable-in which responsibility attaches to neither party. Some of the mos; ommon causes of preventable ac- ciden;s are.
 1. Exposed gears, which in the greater number of cases may be shielded by proper guards.
 2 Protecting set screws. These nave caused .he death of scores or workmen and injury to many. A shirt sleeve or coat becoming entangled with a rapidly re volving set screw, the accident quickly follows.
 There are two remedies: Q) collar guard and the other a counter-sunk or non-projecting set screw.
 8. Belts and pulleys on or near the floor, all of which should be either boxed or raiied. Frequently, there is not sufficient clearance between the pulley and hanger, in which the hanger or countershaft IS liable to be pulled down if the belt should slip off the pulley.
 l. Circular and bandsaws, for the guard ing of which number of satisfactory schemes are now available.
 5. Emery wheels and grlndstones. These tools are driven at high speed, and not infreQuently burst, hurling the disruptured wheel with most destructive violence. This danger can be almost entirely avoided by the use of the safety wheel in which very large clampine collars grip both sides of the wheel.
 6. Overhanging material. such as lum- Der carelessly piled upon the lower chord of roof truss. Defective stairways and lack of railing for same; uncovered valve pits etc., tho+remedy for which is only too obvious.
 7 General uncleanliness. in which every