Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-15
OKLAHOMA SENATOR ASKS AID
FOR BILL TO ESTABLISH
DEPARTMENT.
VITA! STATISTICS QUOTED
At COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
Laxity Shown by Government in Pr {
tectins Livestock and Plant life =
NesIecting Human Beings -
ernor. Day at Meeting Of II
Mississippi Congress. 2

Kansas City. Nov. To- Unitec YES
Senator Robert L. owen, OF @la-
homa, created a sensation at today's
session Of the ranSMiSsissippi COM
mercial congress when he declared he
had every reason to believe that tne
same people who tough: DIR. Harvey w.
Wiley, chief of the bureau of chem's-
try, were now furnishing money to op-
rose the movement looking to the es-
,ablishment of q national department.
of health.
Senator owen had delivered set
speech. strongly rging the necessity OF
the new department. Finally he de-
parted from his written address to as
sert that vast sums of money were be-
ing spent by those antagonistic to the
idea.
Senator Owens remarks were ap-
plauded and at the conclusion a resolu-
proposed department of health was
PRESENTED and read. Action Will be
| taken later.
Alva Adams, former governor OF
Colorado. introduced resolution de-
claring that all public lands in the
United States should be ccded to the
1T is time" said Mr. Adams. for
the United States to go out of the land
business" Action on the resolution
was deferred.
Kansas City. Nov 15.-Today was
governors day" at the Trans Missis-
sippi commercial congress. the state
executives-Harmon. Of Ohio: Aldrich.
Of Nebraska: and Stubhs. of Kansas,
addressing the delegates. In addition
United States Senator owen, of Okla :
homa, delivered an eloquent plea for
the conservation of the national health
| and the establishment of government
| health bureau. T..
| Senator Owen said:
| The United States loses annually
| from preventable causes over 63o.0Oo
people, men women and children
These lives might be saved Estimat
ing a human being worth $4,000, and
| this is q low estimate, the loss from
preventable deaths annually amounts
! to twice the expense Of conducting the
! United States government. approN :
| mately a loss of two billion dollars. !:
| human life can be prolonged eight and
| one half years on an average in the
! United States. almost Immediately by
| the establishment OF a department OF
health, which would inform the peonle
how to protect themselves against dis
ease"
! So far as securing aid from the gov
| ernment was concerned, Senator owen
said he would rather be a fat hog SUI
fering from the cholera than the moth
er Of n large family in the first stas'
| OF disease. for If the government was
notified by the owner OF the hog II
| would hasten aid in the form OF bot
! tie Of serum while If the mother asked
| aid she would receive none FOR there Is
| no government bureau to help her.
| There is something radically wrong
with a country that has bureau con-
serving animal life and plant life. and
no department adequately conserving
human life" continued the senator. he
closed with plea for support for sen
| ate bill No. l." creating n national de-
| partment Of health.
| Governor Harmon had been ASSIGNED
to sneak ut the morning session OF
| the congress but said he preferred tc
address the night session in conven-
ton hall on his subject. WATERWAYS.
| Governor Aldrich gave his talk or
the subject of THE Regulation OF In
| terstate Rates and Their r lation t
the Producer and Consumer while
| Governor Stuhbs told the delegates
What he thought of the rate question
| renerally