The Harrison times., 1911-08-12

x ~ Nm "a his relatives, thereby i
AgsSf&2g& causing six or eight ILL 4
M &N ~ 1esses and one death, we
- stood aghast, called the
physician a murderer, and n
cfapIxsS him into prison for life. And n
ubes. s5NEing the SpanishAmerican war,
suyze sxgenty-fiVe hundred of the boys
I'm hsali were needlessIy slaughtered,
1rany sS them by typhoid, we denounced
In scafllsng terms those officials whose
cxRelsS1Sns=sB and incompetency caused n
ske frzxaNiy. But we hear with abso n
Infn E9diference the statement that
.Hsrfy the pollution of our water
a0ursszg neeiIessy causes more than
rsS96G typhoid illnesses and $1,000
fisafhE- We pay heed to the fact q
chat Yszr after year in the United Il
$sta1ss sg,gen times as many people are
,neesiie<SNty I'll of typhoid fever as there
Sscsss sOAdsers wounded in the battle of
xsettysdzSz and three times as many krr
SsszsnDE HeedIessly die from typhoid
Newer met death in that tragic strug.
ESeA
1T iE She old, old story of the mote ~
ssnd tic Aeam. We do not see the enor-
rniav Gg this terrible wrong, because we
are onrsEEyes the authors of It, We are just
sAss pszEszsxible Cor those 5000 yearly deaths
sass GEE army officers were for the tragedies
I'm nHr Spanish war camps. And our motive
ss ilEsS AS mercenaTy as was that of the physi-
G.Ssn shS gave typhoid germs to gain her
ErsRsg- Fer We too, are actuated by financial
rrssauaxz= we are unwilling to pay the price
ssE UrExssx purifcation. So we continue to smite
The r1xAt Sg polluted water supply and there
xrs{es farth sewage. And when our children
nsyx firr water we give them poison
es TIN srss snitabe-that is, to be potable and
E&f I'm domestic use-water must be practi-
<.zlIy Free from pathogenic germs, color sedi-
rnsssE oGOT, taste and turbidity. Hardness
xnzgIsex Wandering difficult. Iron spoils linen.
GszrDGwSf,~arid gas turns water pipes brown.
Assssa Srzke water taste bad Water supplies
SlSfYax widely human beings, pure, whole
sogpsS wafer" the term set forth in so many
wafsr contracts, is, then, wholly a relative
ternx- RszIly pure water is a rare thing, be-
e.atxse ffsEre hardly exists in nature water that
efnex rug contain some foreign ingredients
Not all OK these are harmful, however, so that
ws2aer CNnt Is ht to drink Is as common as
rraity pure water is rare So that, generally
eTanainsy. the question of a good water supply
Tx mervIy n question of being willing to spend
tho EzmSey necessary to obtain It, Hence
there oxsy.ht to be no community in the United
S}fsatnn Cast does not have a plentiful supply
Gf perfectly wholesome water.
AnGCn8n% out WnOeSOme, however, ls lHe
slnxlfty Of the water that all too often we
zrfsr1Sly get DIR. +, w. Shumway, reporting
ou water conditions in Michigan, says in part:
"-Ur the minetynine replies received 70 per
cent rsported the water as good, II per cent
as FaSr, and 10 per cent as of bad quality,
Tive repllcs from l24 localities indicate that
I'm 4I pSv cent Of these localities the public
waiter sUpplies are in danger Of contamina
tiuxt~ xSr. O. 0. Sutherland, discussing water
CunditiCns sn Wisconsin, says that in his state
nearly every stream used for any kind Of
supply Is contaminated to some extent by
srwasyg~ Health Commissioner G. A, Bading,
speaking uS Milwaukees water supply says
that uDst OF the citys water comes from Lake
Michigan, but that there are still 5000 wells
sn exiSaHzace, 81 per cent of which have been
sss1ou7n to be contaminated Lake Michigan
fz the snurre of water for many other towns
rssmr TX ono Of the tributaries of Lake Michl'
9sa US Ghe Grand Calumet river. And here Is
xisaG Wealth Commissioner w. A. Evans Of
Scfis.zsyr0 has to say Of the Grand Calumet:
'a'rfap xra1ter part Of the sewage from the
RHsnzGss and residential districts (of Ham.
hDusi Gnd empties into the Grand Calumet,
Nfssf MS II flows through Hammond, is al
r1cSt uBgpeakably vile and putrescent And
tbfs stream empties into the lake only 5000
feet Gruru the waterworks intake" DR. Ed
Nsssrtf EsREtow analyzing conditions In Illinois,
ssays T1a3 ~an examination of the untreated
Iale wuSssr shows that unsatisfactory water Is
frnunerfIy delivered at Evanston, Lake For
est. Gslcneoe, North Chicago Waukegan, Will
npeffG aDd Winnetka. And that the wa.
tfT slpg1}bes of all cities which use unfltered
aahe, wafNT are shown TO be impure at times"
Ard fbfn condition of the water supply may
kiss fa2DrU typical Of the entire country, A
vgry considerable proportion Of our drinking
NxuStn- Sa absolutely unfit for human consump.
Giua.
6yqTaImnl negligence Is the sole and only
4ranzxs Gg such condition. We dig cesspool
and AZ Ugli in the same yard, and the contents
s1R tiis ome seep through the earth into the
safyBH-- TRe place privy vault few feet from
ssnr- wei hole, and the rams wash the filth
fusra 1lAs Former into the latter. We denle the
nS1s-zA-s- CO ehe ground so that every rainstorm
sswssz1s Gnr defement into our streams, Did
y,,ri ever stand at the edge Of barnyard and
watch ahe rain falling from the roof Of the
barn and pig pen to the manure piles below,
,sslrgsyy accommodating In pools OF reddish black,
and draining away into n nearby stream, and
sn cra INTO some ones drinking water Or
E,gvuv ynu ever stood by n river bank and
xy-,frxs-H n sewer beching forth its infinitely
urnre hzrEnful human corruption? The idea
s,g Cir7uGrErE such nauseating stun Is not pleas