The Washington times., 1912-09-19

awakening to the need Of giving money
literally to fight disease.
Here we have Congress" Dr.
Wiley said, which appropriates annual
ly for various purposes more than ST.
OO,ooO,00o and few years ago It voted
to the nealth officer OF the District the
magnificent sum Of 800 to equip his
laboratories for the study and preven-
ton of contagious diseases. This year
Congress did better. It gave, I under
stand. Sl75 to fight contagious diseases
for one year"
DR.. Wiley, In beginning his talk, said
he d Id not know why he had heer asked
to give the. address OF welcome, .yxcept
that both he and the president nf the
association, DR.. John n. Hurt, are
Ioosiers.
Place for Missionary Work.
Il have been chosen to welcome you
TO city in the government of which
I have no voice." continued the speak
er. THE people here live under the
sway OF appointed governors. Welcom-
ing you would practically iall upon
those governors. Yet why should they
welcome you to this city when thay are
not of this city?
II do not know where you can DO bet
ter missionary work than here. We
lead the country in good many re-
spects. For instance. we. have one Of
the highest typhoid fever death rates,
and the general death rate ie also very
high--though not SO high in some quar-
ters as I would like to see it,
Changing his tone little, DR.. Wiley
high. in Washington, and that the rate
promised to be fearful very soon.
After responses to the address Of well
come co ne had been made by representatives
ada, President Hurty delivered his an
nual address. DR.. Hurty showed how
attempts at cure are economic folly
compared to prevention of disease.
Little Cash for Prevention.
The fact that right now said Presi-
dent Hurry. "our practical business men
are willing to spend millions for cure,
and can with difficulty be induced to
spend an insignificant sum for preven-
ton Is evidence of lack of information
on the real nature of the situation.
IF an archangel with credentials to
prove his power were to come to WASH
ington and during a lull IN the political
hubbub were to tell us that for $780,
100000 he would cure all the diseases and
would leave the medicine or its formula
to cure them as fast as they appeared
after he was gone, we would raise the
SlOOOOO 900 in no time. Congress, all the
State legislatures boards or trade. com
mercial clubs. and bankers organiza-
tlons would tremble with activity in
their eagerness to produce the hundred
millions.
ITO hope to overcome disease by cure
Is simply ridiculous. To try to sweep
back the sea would be a more hopeful
task. That prevention Is practical, ra-
tional. businesslike, scientific, Is plain
even to a child
A reception and musical program fol-
lowed DR.. Hurty's address.
Free Moving Pictures.
Free moving pictures began at Ii
o'clock today at the Red Cross building
at Seventeenth and b streets in con-
nection with the exposition of the Hy-
giene and Demography Congress. These
motion pictures teach health lessons are
taught under the guise of some story.
For instance, The Awakeing of John
Bond" shows a wealthy politician who
ignores the tenement inspectors warn
ing to make the necessary repairs to
conform with the city's laws and who
refuses his support to the tuberculosis
committee when asked to assist in get
ting remedial legislation passed.