South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-18
CAN'T HELP HIMSELF.
By Herbert Quick.


Author Of ION Board the Good Ship
Earth. virginia OF the Air Lanes.
Etc.
Copyright 1913. by the newspaper En-
terprise AssOciation.)
John d. Rockefeller Is sure 10 die
the worlds greatest philanthropist.
lie has given a hundred millions TO
the Rockefeller Foundation. one Of
the tasks of this foundation is TO find
a cure for cancer. There is scarcely
a disease on the trail Of which the
Rockefeller researches are not camp
ing. Men like Carrel and Flexner
march in this war under Rockefellers
banner.
The work OF this great Foundation
in combating the hookworm is of it
self the greatest OF all philanthropies,
judged by It's results.
HoOkworm Is probably mans worst
enemy. Few will believe this on the
first statement. but a survey of the
world shows that from the latitude Of
% degrees north TO so south all the
world is infected with hookworm.
Hookworm In nearly a third of the
United states. all Mexico and Central
America.
Hookworm in nine-tenths of South
America, all of Africa, the most popu-
lous part OF Asia and three-fourths of
Australia.
Hookworm in practically all the
rich lands of the South Seas and in
the West Indies.
HOokworm, in short, in four-fifths
this: Reac the list Of infested coun-
tries and you call the roll Of the back
ward. debilitated. benighted. indolent.
inefficient peoples
Rockefeller's money has already
cured scores Of thousands of hook
worm victims in the United States.
The medicine costs less than ten cents
a cure. and never fails. To the extent
that the unprogressiveness. Incidence
and inefficiency Of the tropical peo-
pies are owing 10 hookworm infection,
Rockefeller's money can redeem these
millions from the curse Of tropical in
feriority. 1 have no doubt that this
inferiority is owing. not to the heat
OF these chimes. but TO infestatiOns of
hookworm malaria. yellow fever and
a few other plaques Of less conse-
quence. Rockefeller with his millions
is on the trail of them all.
And yet so miserable is the plight
OF a Mi6as that even his most sacred
aspirations serve his pocketbOok
Mid. Lo1 ~ oo11a,, to,,oh tb.t +,,,,,
ed everything TO gOld-the flowers
when he tried to smell them. the food
that entered his lips the very ringlets
On the head of his beloved.
So it is with Rockefeller. lie has
cured a hundred thousand people of
hookwOrm. They at once became act
i've. industrious citizens They read
by kerosene lamps. They clean up
with gasoline. They spray their or
chards-with power sprayers driven
by gasoline or motor spirit They
travel-On railways Every one of
these new activities pay tribute to
Rockefeller.
So it will be all over the world.
Eockefeller's money Will redeem from
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him and his heirs richer.
He has no longer the power to make
sacrifices. He can no longer do good
30 others. on n large scale without at
the same time reaping money bene-
fits for himself. He has the Midas
touch which turns TO gold the things
which would make him much happier
II they could remain flesh and blood
The tramp under the railway water
tank hasone power which Rockefeller
has lost. He can give away the crust
he has begged. Rockefeller can give
nothing away. Like Stevenson's bot
tie Imp. il comes back.
OF all men who ever lived. the
status OF John d. Rockefeller is
strangest and most pitiable.
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