Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-01

to discuss The calamity. % intsnssnly
news oe the su6os1n4 anA death. -
financial loss. Governmental authoSi.
ties Of the uat1ea acted . iaalviduals.
donating public money and directing
personal aid. and this u ~ ws all
would wish & 10 b. Only BY compare
son with some such can the human
mind b aroused 70 The awfulnsss and
the dsstructivensas Of human life that
II being sacrificed daily from prevent
able causes In our own country and
state. only one OF which shall use a.
this II sufficient TO sta1Esr human In
telligencs. Will Il help you 20 grasp. Il
more clearly ana fasten the figures and
facts in your mind to compare some
figures OF wasted life to the population
Of some small cities or towns Of our
state that you may be familiar with !?
The population of Belle PLANE IL ut
tie over S.000-that Of Glenwood 5000:
Abba 1000: Anamosa 5000: Emmets-
burg $500. During the past four years
every man. woman and child would
have been, carried to the cemetery In
any two such sized towns. II the deaths
from tuberculosis had occurred in any
one locality instead Of being scattered
over the state.
II it Will further illustrate the fear
full death rate and needless waste of
life, I will ask your attention to some
further comparisons. Every nine years
at the death rate that Is now going
on In the state. and which has been
going on for many years past from this
one disease, the entire popula ton
every man. woman and child In any
one Of such cities as Fl. Dodge. Mus
catine. Marshalitown, Keokuk. or Os-
kaloosa would have died and their
names would appear In the register OF
the clerks office and under the entry Of
Of a preventative Observation-Disclosures
under the same conditions, as before
mentioned.
Alarming Dsath Rate.
Isn't It sufficiently alarming to think
this death rate is goinx on in our state
from year to year-with the only ex-
ception that 1t does not all happen in
any one city? For this reason only can
be reconciled the do-nothing attitude
OF our legislature In such matters as
providing every means for the protec-
| ton of human life. am calling your
attention to only one preventahle dis
| ease and its fatal results. The avera &c
| legislature In making appropriations
seems to only look at the immediate
amount Of cost Of any measures pro-
posed In the interest Of public health.
This is Judged by former appropria-
TORS and the insignificant sums pla ced
at the disposal Of the state board Of
health. usually with restrictions which
/ handican or ties the hands OF the
board. If members Of the board are
/ sufficiently equipped by training and
knowledge in their professions to deal
With sickness and epidemics Of con-
tagious disease. give them. sufficient
funds to carry out the work. Five thou
sand dollars has been the limit j be-
lieve that has been appropriated to the
use of the state board Of health as a
lump sum for use in protecting the
citizens of the entire state from condi-
lions detrimental to publ" health.
| On first thought you might be led to
think this a fair amount. hut on fur
ther inquiry. however. you will see that
this amount IS altogether too sqnall
for the benefit, it is expected to be
tEained by. It's use. a sum OF money so
tcompara lively insignificant to that used
| in caring for donest &c animals. that It
is unworthy report from the great
state OF Jowa--it amounts to $3S to the
county (fOr the secretary's salary.
81 200 is included In this.) This sum is
| expected to meet the expense of the
state board Of health in matters per-
tanning to and Investigation Of all dis
/ eases. CONTAGIOUS and Infectious and
the conditions that ttrenten the public
Givsn Preference Over Man.
hearth. Should hog cholera. tick fever.
hoof rot or CHAMBERS appear in any part
Of the state threatening the life OF a
few hogs, cattle or horses. startled
cry goes out over the state. and the
machinery Of the state veterinary's
office would &c very busy with quar-
antine manifestoes which would be set
in motion. for by law he IS given the
power to "Establis quarantine against
diseased or exposed animals. to estab-
hsh rules ard regulations TO- the pre-
venticn and suppression OF conta gious
or infectious diseases among the AMI
! mails OF the state. and among those be-
. ing transported thru the state" No re-
striction stands in the way OF protect
, ing domestic animals when disease
threatens. How different in this regard
when disease threatens the life OF the
citizens OF the state. as was so forcibly
when, last year. the disease known as
infantile paralysis invaded the state
and the homes Of its citizens. The
board Of health had been restricted in
its usefulness by the legislature Of the
previous year, In designating what dis
eases only could be quarantined. so the
power and protection that is afforded
by quarantine could not be invoked. In
this disease. It seems In looking over
the transactions OF the average legis-
lature. there appears more concern
about the domestic animals of the state
than the human. Why, even fish are
protected by law and watched over by
state warden at salary Of $1,000 per
year, who Is assisted by over 200 depu-
!, ties scattered turnout the state. This
seemed so important a matter that a
member Of the present legislature has
introduced bill to increase the salary
BY 5000. Just the other day an item OF
news In daily paper reported that 6 9
fellow who had taken flsh from the
iowa river out Of season was brought
before Justice Of the peace and was
fined $25. 1 have failed to discover any
provision of law enacted by our legis-
lature requiring the testing Of dairy
herds or milk cows in general.wtth such
a well known test a. the tuberculin test