The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-27
FIRST GARBAGE
DISPOSAL ARTICLE
Opening Of Campaign for Sanitation
Started by the Industrial
Association Com
mittee,
TYPICAL DUMP GROUND
Conditions Against Which Committee
Will Fight is Shown in Typical
Letter to the Com
nittee.

This is the first Of series of ar.
ticles in connection with the cam
paign for sanitation just started by the
committee on public health of the In
dustrial Association Investigation and
education is the program. The garbage
question and It's relation to health will
be taken up in detail.-Editor.]
by VIII P. Green.l
1t is common statement, emphasiz-
ed by authorities who have made a
study of the subject, that one of the
most difficult problems in dealing with
city garbage is found in the neglect
and carelessness of the people them
selves. 1t is fact, we'll developed by
experience and observation on the part
of health officials in the larger cities,
that people do not give such matters
the necessary attention until the
odor from the decayed vegetable mat
ter, dead animals or other refuse is
brought directly home to a neighbor-
hood. People are too apt to be neglect
full in such matters without due regard
for the rights of those around
Let the other fellow take such pre-
cautions is the cause of TOO much In
convenience, and worse still, Of dis
ease, in dealing with the garbage situa-
ton
To prove that such a statement is
not overdrawn, attention is called to a
letter recently received by commit
fan r,f hn olyt,l- I,,J c@y;,
ton from the Taber Lumber Company,
which is situation typical of those
with which the public health commit
tee will have to deal. The letter was
written in reply to an inquiry directed
to the company by C. F. Mcfarland,
chairman of a special committee of the
Industrial Association Following are
number of extracts from the Taber
company's reports:
The ground on the river bank Just
below our yard has been called the
city dumping ground for probably fif
teen years. Dead animals, decayed
vegetable matter, and everything else
have been dumped there There was
at one time sign on the ground, stat
ing that all of this stuff must be COW
cred with three feet of dirt. A very
few people complied with this require
ment. Some of them put thin coy
ering of earth over the dump; a good
many put no covering at ALL We had
trouble of this sort for many years
The men in our yards We're making
constant complaint against the unsani
tary conditions. They said that they
could not work there. We have no
had so much trouble in late years, be
cause the dumping ground in question
is not used SO much as formerly. Thu
city should adopt some means of en-
forcing regulations that will requir,
all garbage to be covered with earth
regardless of where 1t is dumped"
That is only one of the many letter
/ received dealing with the matter. w
| are anxious to get the situation Il
! Keokuk thoroughly in hand All in
! formation will receive the attention O
the public health committee, and t
! that end ! shall be glad to receive lie.
/ tiers from people in any part of tn
4 city who possess information that Wi
be of value either to the members 0
! the public health committee or to tn
publicity department of the Industrial
Association, relative to the garbag
question. Address Will P. Green, In
dustrial Association Keokuk, Iowa.
The second of this series of article
will appear in this paper Wednesda.
evening.