The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-17

'the mosfterribIe diseases Of tue blood
sil save the lives oE millions upon
millions ii human beings u DAYS e
come. n
me iigit agai inst milk carry dis
ease germs Is q fight thai has been
carried on by Nathan StrauB Of New
York city, for quarter Of q century.
Tens Of thousands Of children owe
their lIvesfto this;one man already pc
cause be has compelled
c.iuse OF his distribution Of pure and
safe milk I9undreds Of thousands and
millions viii owe their safety TO him 4aI
tasdays t0eoihk Sbesatse NE has toti'
tpelled the world and the lawmA kers 70
redognizef kei danger q raw disease
hearing Ililk, and. put parents ON their
guard! Natkah Sraas, who has lust
tended his sixxty-fourth year, starts to-
Eday for Europe, first to visit Jerusalem.
and second 10 attend an important
milk congress- at which he will rep
resent, this country. i' n
Men OF aiiLkjnds nave visited 5efa,
salem in the centuries that, are past.
Christians Of all kinds gather there
today. Mr.. Straus' religion is not that
Of Christians, but it is yertain that, OF
all men who have visited. the city that
contains the tomb OF Christ, not one
has done more than Nathan Straus for
the children, for the weak and help
less for whom the founder of Chris
tianity worked and spoke always.
i Prevention Is the great work OF an
Intelligent mind and an Intelligent
race.
Our splendid public schools are great
agencies for prevention, killing OIL
.iitgotry, superktition, class hatred
preventing the, children from growing
l6s to tmisttlst each other and hate
each other. WeYeptt9g tpeilF minds I!
tffom becoming filed with the weeds
Epfagnorance andIpfathisd. ] !, WI,
l,a,be public ltbrarfess;.s,e use ~ Ttoo
1.-THE lfsbe to q 3spi t 3. Y in :
thssfiture agencies tof ta prevention
OF dulness in old age and mental osst
acation.
] Carnegie is a hero for prevention
For where you put a library you pre-
vent a jail. After all the extortion
and rascallty of the Steel Trust and
,of the brutal Homestead battles have
each long been forgotten Carnegie VIII
be remembered as one that prevented
ignorance and thus prevented Jails ana
4 hangings and poorhouses.
! The newspapers, when honestly AMI
ably managed; the sermons Of INTEL.
gent and enlightened clergymen, the
advice OF conscientious doctors that
prefer healthy patients to fat bills
1 the unseifsh counsels of good lawyers
4 that oppose litigation, the inpumerable
plans Of getting the, children and men
ana ana women, old and, young olt Of the
cities into the, country, tne laws laws
i against unhealthy .tenements, inc laws
\ against impure. foods, the, demand toi
Legislation holding government respon'
/, slble for the national health-all OF
Them are steps in the direction of pre-;
fvention. g
In future men win stop locking the
stable door after the horse is stolen
They will not be content with spendi1ns
\ Oh a funeral the money that poor
t8n funeral the money that would
/ Have saved the child; they VIII not
tolerate Tile thought that a poor
mother mast bear 10 ehildreit 70 raise
five. qoa
The cry Of the past has been, Nov
that the harm is done,. how can we
remedy 1t partially?"
The cry of the future Will be-
knowledge shall prevent the harm
and remedies will not be needed
ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright, 1912, by the New York
Evening Journal Publishing Company