The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
VIE WS AND
INTERVIEWS
Dfspssal of Sewage.

Dfsposal of Sewage.
By disposing of the sewage Of this city
through cremation the health of the pub
lie and sanitary conditions in general
would be greatly improved. is the opinion
of Richard Heard, Of Boston, who is at
the Shoreham. Mr.. Heard is interested
in the problem Of the scientific and sanf-
tary disposal and utilization of sewage.
garbage. and other wastes. He advocates
system which converts the heat value
Of the material into power and secures
valuable by-products. The residuum or
ash, according to Mr.. Heard's explana-
ton. contains elements of fertilizing value
without the addition Of other ingredients.
and the process Is odorless, smokeless,
and sanitary.
This process" said Mr.. Heard. would
at once transform the flats of the East
ern Branch-breeding places Of disease by
reason of the sewage which flows into
that stream-into sanitary stretch of
valuable land.t The fundamental consid-
erations in the disposal of city wastes
are those of public health, public COM
fort. and puu.ic convenience. II these
considerations did not exist, the munich
pality might regard with comparative
indifference the accumulations, by individ-
uals. families. manufacturers. or trades
men. Of ashes and combustfble refuse.
These accumulations. however. not only
block the public highways and otherwise
interfere with the public comfort, but
they are also liable to be sources of
infection from which disease may be dis
seminated throughout communities by in
III oIs- hNr tndc hN- inS Sa-fC md in
other ways Ashes under the best con-
ditions are seldom free from suspicion.
because the admiXture of garbage and
dirt makes them only a little less OBJ
jectionable than material more obviously
contaminated
Japan and Its Growth.
Baron Kkuchi. president of the Impe-
rial University Of Tokyo. who during his
recent tour Of this country delivered lee
lures on Japan, when seen at the New
willard. said that Japan has something
peculiarly its own which is not found
here Almost fifty years ago Admiral
Perry opened up Japan to Western civ
ilization. That brought the country face
to face with the Occidental powers. They
were Immediately recognized as superior
in many respects, and the japanese re-
solved to be equal to them.
They had first to learn the arts which
should give them equality" said Baron
Kikuchi. 1.-The result as shown by the
late war has surprised many. A friend
once asked how the Japanese had man.
aged to jump out of their skins. They
have not done so. They have something
peculiarly their own. They have always
been eager to learn, but they have always
been Japanese at heart
There have been two definite stages
in japanese civilization. About the fifth
or sixth century the Chinese civilization
was adopted almost bodily. Art. litera-
ture, and science. as well as religion. were
taken over. This was much as Western
nations have always studied the Roman
and Greek classics. But underneath all
these radical changes Japan then, as
now, has preserved certain traits funda-
mentally japanese. These are summed
up in the term Japanese spirit or va
mato damisn.' ;"
Senator Smith Never Forgets.
1t has been said Of Senator william Al
den Smith. of Michigan. that he never for
gets his friends or anybody else.
He was visiting in Michigan City and
was taken down q line Of 800 persons to
be introduced. He looked them ali In
the eyes, and every one Of them was
tabulated and card-indexed in his brain.
One of the strangers was George Lor-
ing, a civil war veteran.
How are you. Mr.. Loring?" asked
Senator Smith.
Poorly; got some rheumatism was
the quick answer, as Smith proceeded
down the line.
Four years later, when Smith was
making the fight for the Senatorship. he
was at Lansing, and Loring went to see
the fun. As he came out Of the hotel
Alden came in. He glanced around
caught the eye of the veteran, ant
went up to shake hands with him with
out hesitation.
| How are you. Loring?" he said. cor
daily. 1.-The day we last met you were
complaining OF rheumatism"
Canada's Duty.
Walter B. Norman Of Montreal. Can
| ada, a prominent business man of that
place, is at the Raleigh. Speaking OF
the proposed Canadian navy, Mr.. Nor
man said:
noughts ready for action will number
thirty-three. Only vessels of this char
acter now count in the battle line. Great
Britain has within the United Kingdom
| q food supply that will carry her for two
| months, or perhaps less. On the hazard
of one battle. then, the fate of Great
| Britain and the empire depends. Should
| that battle be decided against the en-
| pire. starvation will be the enemy's mos
powerful ally. Without invasion and by
| merely closing the trade routes, the
British empire may be brought low.
I'm such an event." continued Mr.
Norman. where will we be? Effective
cooperation in the battle line from tht
oversee dominions, such as Canada
cooperation of the character asked fol
| by Great Britain-would help preserve
the empire"
| Tennessee . Republican state"
Representative Richard Wilson Austin
| of Tennessee, is at the Riggs. He ''cam'
| back" from the Knoxville district with
vengeance and said recently that Ten
nessec will before many years be a Re
publican State.
| IT have hope that the Republican mem
bers of the new legislature will get to
gether with the fusion Democrats AM
| elect a Senator said Representative
Austin. 1T may be that a stalwart Re
| publican will not be elected. but il tn
| choice should fall on Democrat, 1t vii
not be one of the old-time variety.
number Of good men have been men
toned. There Is Secretary Dickinson
Col. L. D. Tyson, OF Knoxville, and may
| be another. OF course. you know tina
| Tennessee elected Republican governor
and we are assured q thoroughly bust
nesslike administration. in which polite
will not be much Of factor"