The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-14
contains mo.aulto oil. which nu,om"'
world over is much better than ours
Vic Tropics n. the Mnrld IF the Emtmrc

man can live and work in the tropics
cutie as well as in the temperate
zone"
Yes" replied colonel Gorgas. that
has been absolutely demonstratsd. ana
believe II VIII have a great eject
u the world OF the future II would
seem that tho hrst man must have livei
in tho tropics and that that was his
natural hahitation
He was born an animal without
clothes, and at tho start ne mus, have
mad warm climate II was only when
the tropical diseases drove him awny
old mother Garth. Now that these dis
eases can be controlled. nc XII come
back. and within few centuries. in all
proba hility. the most civilized parts 81
the world will be the tropical zones
With given amount OF labor man can
produce far more there thnn IN the
have more days TO work As 1t is now.
the greater part OF the population Of
the cold lands Is idle for six months
their time IN hghtine tho cold"
Blu, Will II not cost too much to
make the night against the d.seases?
Can the ordinary man afford to 1--we in
MOSQUITO proof dwellings,"
Il think II would be very much
cheaper than to heat his home In the
sold lands Of the ;ar. north replied
here Is screen II woven wire about
the outside OF your house. You co not
! need a heating plant or fur or wool
| SiothinE Indeed the difference ~ thu
cost Is altogether IN favor OF tho trop
.cs and as the sanitation Of the tro7-
| les Is improved tho diseases VIII be so
eliminated that the cost ot nghuns
chem will grow less and lese
| You must also remember" continued
| Colonel Gorgas. that tho great unde-
veloped lands OF the future are those
| near the equator Take Brazil That
| country is NJ larga az tho United state 5
and has vast deal more culnvatahle
| land. The whole northern part OF
! South America VIII evnetunly be the
! home OF a great people. and v'r may
! Vet have the Congo valley as :he centre
! OF race OF white men Moreover. tho
! hahitahlc parts or the colder lands are
already crowded. and the world must
| have room believe that tn. white
mans emigration to whit Is the SO
called torrid zone ia only It questioa Of
sanitation in BrnzIi.
But how about the tropical rcoI'!e s
OF to-day Colonel Gorsas? DO They re-
alize the possibilities that might como
, TO them ny improved sanitation Have
they learned any Lessons from Fan
anna O.
end by this moan the olvilizei na :
lions. have henc watching with great
interest the govcrnment work ns-o az
Panama. and many % them arc iakinG
recent years as TO malariol nd Yellow
fever mosquitoes. They nave adopted
the methods or eliminating those pest.
which NC introduced at Havana. and
have found TO work 80 we'll here ::
a result. yellow fever has been alnlos'
eliminated from Rio Ianeiro and San
the pest holes OF the world Il ha:
hcne practically wiped ont OF Mexico
and IT has been reduced greatly ~
other places.
And ir-t here I would saw con
tinued Colonel Gorgas that grea
MISREPRESENTATION obtains as 10 the dan
gers of the tropics. II YOU can keel
away from the mosquitoes. the eli
mate is no more deleterious than tina
OF any other part OF the world. TAX
ing care OF ones health here is no
unlike taking care Of an orchard. Ap
pies and peaches are injured more b
the insect pests which attack the tree
than by lack OF cultivation or inferlo
soil. II YOU can keep OFF the Insects
quantities. II is the Same with ma
In the tropics. II YOU can keep tn
parasites out OF him he setms TO thirty
quite as well In the temporal
zone
\ Cost OF Cent Per Day.
But DR.. Gorgas. are not the method
costly that no nation could afford t
adopt thcm?"
40 They are cheap. Tho avcrag
cost Of Keeping the population Of Tn
Isthmus in its present sanitary con
dition tx Just about cent per day pc
capita. ana that sum is we'll within tn
means OF any trOplCnl country.
great deal OF misstatement has bee
made concerning that matter 1t ha
| been said that we we're spending como
thing like s2.000.000 per ycnr on san
itation. and certain ima ginative news
paper men have figured out that at tn
same ratio II would cost vast sum I
keep the United states healthy. rhos
figures did not come from this bureau
Our actual cost OF sanitation has ne
amounted to more than s3s5.OO0 %
year. and this is for population :
100000. 1t would amount to consit
erably less than l cent per day %
man If YOU take the ratio OF the cos
as compared with that OF Chicago {
others of the United States cities, w
will find that No are spending compai
n that We arc spending here only 10 pc
= cent. more per capita than Is spci
~ the United States over"
The Deadly Mosquitoes.
- Tho conversation here turned to II
I'd two kinds or MOSQUITOES which MOI
- than the lions and tigers OF the jung
have driven the white men from II
cs tropics. and asked Colonel Gore,
to tell me something about these te
rible insects. In the conversatiC
which followed he said:
o. There arc altogether about 400 di
y. ferent kinds OF mosquitoes. each
ut which has It's own habitat and pee
Of llarities. Take the Jersey mosquit
Is That breeds in salt water and WI
=, sometimes fly thirty miles during Il
81 night. 1t is far more ferocious this
az the malarial or yellow fever mosquit
On and It's bite is more painful The m
ne larial mosquito Is known as tho an
az phele. II bites during the daytin
lie but Its chief feeding time is at Nigh
ia It is an out-of- door mosquito. and ua
- | ally lives in the country
M ut breeds In fresh water and see
fresh streams with long grasa at t