The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-06

DR.. H. w. Wiley's lecture is full of
telling truths and striking epigrams.
From a recent lecture delivered in
Denver, the following extracts are
taken, giving an idea of his method
of presenting the topic The Public
Health Our Greatest National Asset"
Ignorance Kills Millions.
4gnorance, poverty and misplaced
affection nave taken babies lives by
,Ae countless mll4lons. July n Au-
gust are the worst periods Wnlle
vus.ueos men rest from the ear
grind OF office routine IN some sum-
Iuer watering place and their wives
ENJOY the gay social Wnlrl, 1t Will be
wei that l,VUU homes are
VlSlt~u by death Indt day and LOCO
little lives nave been laid upon the
altar OF our failure to conserve u
pubic health.
Nv e all heard a lot about the tariff.
I'm a low tariff man myself, but |
want to lower the tariff on human
lie. One-ndlt the people died from
disease which can be traced to the
tomac or some OF It's functions, or
improper nourlsnment or lack Of any
nourlshment at all.
Mother Feeding Babe Poison.
ON the train which brought me to
Denver yesterday | saw a woman with
Il child of 10 months. The child was
crying. | Winked at the child, having
an interest at present in children
about that age, but it soon tired OF
my attentions. 1t cried again and it's
mother extracted a piece of pink
candy and gay it to her baby. The
mother was killing the child, but she
didn't know it. 1he candy was clear
poison, fit only to throw away.
"A mOnth ago l saw a woman in
West Virginia, the wife of a miner,
feeding her child of seven or eight
months, bakers cake. Now, most all
bakers cake is made from eggs which
are not cooked until the chickens are
ready to step from the shells. The
mother was killing her child, but, of
course, she didn't know it.
The conservation Of health is the
the nation. Yet, if a prizefight had
pttI SldSth II tlilo dtlulloi iulll lDillSHl
there wouldn't have been a vacant
seat in the house.
Fights Premature Death.
L claim to be better looking than
a prize-ring expert, but his fight is no
more of a fight than mine, for I am
fighting a fight against premature
death. Still the people are Indifferent.
THE uneven distribution of wealth
strikes a blow at the very citadel of
the nations welfare - the public
health. | went to Il New York school
the other day at about the noon hour.
The pupils leaving the building pre-
scented the aspect of a funeral process
sion.
In Washington it is estimated there
are 1900 children, one-half of the
child population without enough to
eat-without enough good, wholesome
food.
Il am sure hat our present system
OF weights II measures was invented
by the devil. Fifteen per cent of the
high cost of living is getting things
you never get
Says Legislation Is Blocked.
Yet reform along those lines is be-
ing blocked as legislation for pure
food is blocked for 20 years. When
a community permits a mar to die of
contagious disease the community
commits murder.
There should be established a ma
tional board of health with a seat in
the presidents cabinet. The Panama
canal is n of the healthiest places
on the globe. Its death rate is three
in 1000. And the reason is proper SAN
itation."
DR.. Wiley fills the fifth number of
the University Lecture course next
Friday evening.