The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-04
We Are Beng Short Circui,cd
Into Eternity, Says DIR.
Wiley
TUBERCULOSIS
Expert Believes Efficient Laws
VIII Eliminate White Plague
and Typhoid

mat the timc has arrived for inc
municipal and state governments by
ehactlnS stringent laws touching foon
ana sanitation. TO pu; an end to lnss
or nc from prevsntabic disease was
IN noSnel preached by Dr Harvey
Washington Wiley I'm his second and
inai lecture at Richmond College las,
night In an age when tho best though,
IS directed 10 tho conservation OF ma
tionnl resources OF every kind 4, Is
indcfcnsible. said DR.. Wiley, to rcfual n
iniineren, TO the mos, vital OF Conscr !.
walton problems shat oil conserving
tho public health,
maintain h, said. that, barring
accidents. every man u entitled TO live
out his allotted time on earth. IL con :.
fiuons were right. every single person
would live to hale old age. Yet tile
average age to-day, based on dat.
gathered By those States which main
tain bureaus or vital statistics rs
somewhere between forty-two and
forty-hvc years. We are actually ali
Of US dying Of poisonous diseases.
Eevry single ono OF US is being shor,
circuited into eternity"
LnrEc Audience Present
Tho college chanel in which tho Ice
turc was held. was crowded 10 the
doors ntt.en minutes before speaking
on the platform and Il portion OF the
overflow cared for in this manner The
lecture, public Iicalth--Our Greatest
National Asset" was the last on. OF
the thirry- second series given under
the James Thomas endowment. and vas
one Of the best attended tn tn, history
OF the institution. Dr.. Wiley when
introduced By Presidca, Boatwrisht az
upon Tuesday evening. vas greeted
with d,afenins applause.
Tho former chief chemist OF the De-
partincnt OF Agriculture spoke on i
theme 20 which nc has devoted the
labor OF a lifetime, and brought 10 his
subject the fire and conviction for
which he IS feared By his cncmtcs lie
exhibited 10 the audience the Lastly
of tho government IN matters OF near
es, concern TO human lie and wei
fare, and compared IL with the vigor-
Gus policy i, pursued when !t was n
question o. safeguarding the health
OF It's earle The machinery Of gov
eminent. il seemed was at all times
ready to b. employed in tac interest
OF the inan!rnatc aud ,hs brute, bu,
no governmental remedy Is YET pro
v1ded 70 night disease among humans
Jnbs Mt Men "Iiirhcr Up"
Although Or. Wiley, throughout the
entire course Of mis- lecture las; night.
stcered clear OF illusions TO SPECIFIC
men or inca surcs, ne digressed for a
short moment 10 take a d.c Mt ocr-
tain men whom nc did no; name. but
In regard 10 whom no one present Who
was familiar with recent Washington
history was in doubt lie had ar
raiSn1d the State and city govern-
mcn,s for permitting the reckless
slaughter OF infants 10 go unchecked
because OF their failure to lay down
stringent laws In regard to the milk
which IS sold to he fed 10 babies. md
told OF the increasing number OF little
| collins required yearly as the price Of
this negligence.
- have no horror of collins" .aid
Or. Wiley. "whcn they are used TO
take care Of men and women who,
| after spending long and useful lives,
lny down their burdens In old age.
They nrc 10 me symbols Of joy ratfle r
thHn of sorrow. They signify that
these men and women have entered
Into their rest. don't object TO cof-
fns-in fnct, there nrc ono or two
unused ones which should Ike csnc-
cialIy to sec used"
The numerical power of DR.. Wiley's
wish. together with the manner in
which he expressed 1t. left no doubt in
the minds Of his hearers as TO the
persons the chemist would be likely
! to cons'gn to the coffins. and a storm,
of applause which followed indicated
that the wish was shared pretty gen
orally.
Typhoid PrcvcntahIc.
No properly safeguarded community.
said DR.. Wiley. should have within
It's midst any typhoid fever. Its pres
encc indicated invariably that sani-
tary laws were not in force, and that
the government was criminally neg
liiGcnt.
When man dies OF typhoid few
! en-" said DR.. Wiley che Is either an
unwilling suicide Or the city in which
he lives has murdered him. II means
either that nc has not exercised the
proper care in selecting his water
and food. or that the city, by criminal
negligence, permitted conditions which
| left him no choice"
| More and better laws are needed.