Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-09
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IT has often happened that the dead
lest time in connection with Il battle is
the time after the battle is Oyer-thc
time Immediately following it. That this
time Of danger has been reached both III
Matamoros and Brownsville. no one who
observes conditions in both places can
dubt. In MatamoroS. now Sheltcring Il
considerable army of men. there are the
usual dangers Of epidemic diseases which
belong to army cncampmcnts.
That. however~is a relatively small
element of the danger. The streets Of
the city are in 4 most ~unsanitary condi-
ton, and as there do not appear to be
anv one officially bound TO look after
the streets and alleys they promise 70
become worse.
The worst feature Of it al however
is the fact that the work Of burning the
dead was i~nadequately d0ne-Or rather
it was not done ut all. People who visit
ed Matam0roS yesterday found tester
ing limbs Of dead bodies in great num-
bers at one place where an attempt
had been made t. burn the bodies. III
some instances the bodies had hardly
been more than sc0rched. Shoes and
fragments of clothing still remained on
the lead men.
This spells contagion. For This ehaSt-
" heap If mortality was black with
flies. Flies spread typhoid as well as
Ill 1. w . H..
ger for MatamOrOS. and because il
means danger there it means daTgor
here. Flies. when the wind is right. may
travel far: and if an edidemic OF typhoid
breaks out and spreads in MatamOrCS.
the distance 10 travel need not be far.
Right in this connection the Herald
wishes to remind the Brownsville PEG
pie that the sanitary conditions here
are not god and are rapidly growing
worse. The great influx Of strangers into
the city. and the difficulty of housing
them properly has not tended to create
the best sanitary conditions. Those en-
ditiOns are rapidly growing worse. When
we take into account the state Of things
across the river, we can understand
that we cannot afford to be careless
in this side. The Herald suggests that
citizens here cooperate with local health
officers and bring 10 their attention my
unhealthful state Of things they may
discover. we are III! interested in this.
and il IN oar business as well a. the
business of the city authorities. This is
no time to wait for the other fellow.
AS to NatamorOS. we are in no condi-
ton to control things there. No doubt.
a properly framed, courteous rcprcScn-
tation made to the military authorities
there would be ~court6OuSly received and
would meet with prompt response. Gen
erai RlancO is doubtless a busy man
these GAYS, with many things to engage
bis attention which the civilian mind eau
not grasp If pressed upon his attention
he would doubtless take up the question
and sec that the dead are property dis
p sed Of. and also that the work Of san
itation is pushed throughout the city.
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If amy soft drink dealer in Browns
Vile has any miSgiying rs to the guam
tity Of alcohol there may be i'm any of
the beverages he diSpenScs, better have
them analyzed. Comptroller Lane prom
iSes to 90 on mn alcohol hunt among the
SIT drink parlOrs. However, the Her
aid has no reason to suspect that amy
soft-drink dispenser Of Brownsville is
in the least infringing the law.
That was 4 bright idea Of King
George when he turned the white pig
cons Loose in his dining room the day
he entertained the peace cnvovs. Let us