Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-27
DR.. Wiley Puts it at $500 a
Year for the Individual
and Then Makes a Rather
Interesting Calcula
tion.
THE TOTAL SUM Is
$4,000, 900, 10000
w h i C h Represents tn e
Amount Uncle SamW ould
Lose Yearly if all His
Family Should be Sick at
Once.

KANSAS CITY, No. Sept. 26.-Dr.
Harvey w. Wiley, of Washington, d.
c.. chief Of the federal agriculture de-
partment chemistry bureau and ex-
onerated star figure in the so-called
Wiley Pure Food controversy, told the
National Conservation cOngrs today
that the health of the nation was
worth $40. 600. 600 900 He made this
estimate on the basis of $500 per CAPT
ia average annual earning of adults.
This declaration was made in an ad-
dress in which he advocated limitation
Of marriages To normal and healthy in
dividual segregation of tUbercular and
typhoid fever patients as in smallpox,
yellow fever and leper cases, estab-
lishment Of a national department Of
health and rigid enforcement Of pure
food and drug laws
DR. Wiley said that IF in the re-
mote future, coal. iron. gold and sill
Yer should become extinct. science
would provide substitutes" and that
science would secure the maintenance
and increase Of the wealth in forest,
field and stream"
But there is another natural asset"
he continued Lying at the very basis
Of the prosperity Of the country which
| is sometimes overlooked. namely the
normal functioning of the human ma
chine, commonly expressed by the term
| health This has more TO do with the
happiness. prosperity and utility of the
human organism than any Of the 9TH
or natural assets which | have men
| toned" The dangers which confront
this vast asset of the nation. he said.
We're the inheritance of disease or of
weakened bodies, poor nutrition, I'M
balanced and adulterated food. the TAX
| ing Of disease by infection and unsani-
| tary conditions the latter caused by
overcroWding in big cities and by lack
of hygienic knowledge in the country
districts.
In order To unity the national and
state activities making for the public
health" he declared. the establish
ment Of n national department of
health is almost a necessity. Do not
| be deferred by the cry which goes up
Of doctors trust. The wise physi-
clans are in favor Of such a depart
ment not because it is Il physicians
trust, but because it is for the good
of the people.
THE selfish physician will be glad
to see the present condition of affairs
continue because il tends to produce
disease and thus throws into his hands
an increased practice. The alturistic
| physician believes in prOphylaXis
rather than in therapeutics. He is
willing to sacrifice his own income in
his devotion to the public service.
| Congress should take early steps
towards securing in the councils of the
nation an advisor to the president
charged with the protection of the
health Of the people and the proper
| education Of the people in matters re-
lating to their well being. both moral
and physical. What is needed is to
| bring together all the activities of the
national government into one depart
ment having the prestige and power
of presidential advisement."
Vigorously did DR.. Wiley attack as n
thief and a corrupter of public NOR
ais" the manufacturer who sells
adulterated foods and drugs. The hu
man animal, he declared. is entitled to
a pure and wholesome diet. The drug
store and the grocery store" he said.
should be distinct concerns and not
sell each others wares. The man who
converts peanut shells into pepper. on
the ground that the poor man is not
able to buy pure pepper is thief and
a corrupter of public morals. The rich
| man possibly may be able to afford
lpeanut shells but the poor man never.
The man who dilutes the milk waters
the stock of the wealthiest company in
the world
Especially is this principle true" he
declared "as regards children and no
penalty is too severe for the man who
deliberately puts a poisonous dye into
candy to sell the stick for penny and
puts two-thirds of the penny into his
own pocket. when children of a larger
growth are able to frequent the ubi-
iquitious soda fountain why should they
be permitted to freely purchase in
furious alkaloids or fraudulent substi-
tutes for sugar used as a sweetening
lagent?
Again. by what principle of poll
tical economy can the practice be JUS
titled of keeping wholesome food in
storage until it's taste has vanished
land poisonous degradation products
have been produced?
Advocating prohibition of marriage
Of persons afflicted with incurable
diseases or imbecile or otherwise griev-
ously beset he declared the power of
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