The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-10
MILLIONS FOR
PIGS; NOTHING
FOR Chill DREN N
DR.. Harvey W.Wiley Lashes
American Public for
Its Neglect.
SAYS POLITICIANS CATCH
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
Money Spent on Erie Canal
Would Have Banished Tubercu-
losis From New York State.
HOPES FOR CURE or CANCER
DIR. Kelly Says Best Results Come
From Combination of Sur
gerry With Radium.

Conservation OF the nations health
is nothing more than matter OF dol
lars and cents, said Or. Harvey w
Wiley, good food expert last night
at the public session OF the Southern
Medical Association. and the children,
IL tor no other reason than merely
for the sake OF pocketbook diplomacy.
Form the greatest asset the country
has. While he scourEed with verbal
lash the neglect the country is show
ing towards prophylac measures
ffor tho human unit at the ti:nc IL is
spending millions 10 prevent tn.
spread OF the foot and mouth disease
among the lower animals. there Was
Il vein of optimism running through
DIR. Wilcy's address. and he believes
that, ultimately. the average life of
man may be eighty eight years In
stead OF for;y-four, as It is now. And
might have 10 do. he would visit the
sins OF the father upon the children
forever. instead of merely unto tho
third ana fourth generation. though
no would make a law that onl. healthy
children should come into the world.
HOPES FOR DISCOVERY
Of CURE For CANCER
.,g Dr. Wiley was optimistic as TO
the future OF the race and the con
;inuRl lcsseninS OF infant mortality,
Or. Howard \. Kelly, of Johns Hop
kius Hospital. Baltimore. was hopeful
as TO the hnal discovery of a cure for
cancer. His investigations-for he is
one OF the leading experts on cancer
III the country-had led him TO be-
licrc that this scourge of the human
race would .lnally be overcome, though
lac had not get found radium TO be
~ solution OF the problem. II is al
I lcyiating. nc said. and has effected
many cures Of cases which, have bscr
treated In their carly stages. The
main cure now. he said, ia n conlb
nat!on OF surEery with radium. pro-
ridcd that the case IS taken in It's in
cipency.
Altogether, IL Was an evening OF
encoura cement TO those whose imag-
nation forces chem TO believe that tho
country Ii fast going 10 ruin and that
disease is more rampant than ever
The crowded auditorium was KEEP;
waiting more than half an hour. he
causc none of tho local committee
came forward TO make tho announce
ments and Introduce the speakers.
Finally DIR. Kelly came on the plat
form and called for Or. scale Ha r:is.
secretary-trcssurer of the association,
who in turn. called DR. Cunningham.
former Governor OF .Alabama. to act
rs chairman. There was not u mem
her OF any local committee, nor =
Richmond physician. or the stage.
DF. VILE SptNI<S IN
CONSEHN ALTON OF HEALTH
In opening his address. Or. Wiley
denied the imputation that the way to
4 mans heart Is through his stomach.
though he did think that good cooking
softened the asncrities of domestic in
felicity. The real and only way TO
mans heart is through his pocket
book. and. rs health has to do with
money. the conservation Of the gen
cral health Is reduced. in its nnal an
alysis. TO matter of dollars aud
cents. IF VIC can mako tho public
look at II in that way he said "we
will accomplish what we are attempt
ing to do; otherwise the statement
Will be merely an academic propa-
sanda."
Referring to tho cost OF rearing chill
dren, Or. Wiley said that tho nation
was losing S3.00o.00o ever day. and
that 1e7 out of every 1000 babies died
before they were year old. He called
that waste OF the nations wealth
Counting out sentiment" he went
on, what arc we doing with this great
wealth nc have? We arc su,landcring
reared to tho age OF twenty-ore years
represents tho interest on $1,000.
while. II he goes to college. Inc repre-.
sents all average earning capacity Of
$4,000. What arc VIC doing with this
invested capital? II il the last thing
We think of-thc protection OF the
child. There is nothing harder to get
than n dollar for tho protection OF tho
health of the country.
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
OFTEN ATTACKS POLITICIANS
What a spectacle. The Department
OF Agriculture Is spending 100000 n
year quarantin:ng against the foot and
mouth disease. Hut This disease is not
confined to animals. II often attacks
politicians, and every time one Of them
opens his mouth hc puts his foot in il.
There are ten States 1uarantined TO
protect pigs and COWS against disease.
But we could hardly ,h'nk of quar-
;rntining against cholera and the
plague. II would bring up the spectre
OF States rights Only our loved ones
would die, no, our bloodcd horses, our
registered bulls and our prized pigs.
There Us nothing so cheap as human
life. In this country 5000 men are
murdered every year: i2.00D or $4,000
( people arc killed by railroads. and In
Vulnerable hosts die from ayoidablc
diseases. Out of 1000 children there
arc 12G who never appear In school.
Only so many graves are filled and only
so many cribs are empty I have
proved to you that there is absolute
indifference to human life and to
human welfare, and yet where is there.
( anything so valuable as human life?
am believer I'm conservation. a fol.
lower Of Clifford Pinchot. for ] believe
{ In the conservation of human life as he
believes In the conservation OF running
I streams. old forests and the minerals
under the ground.
&s"But, suppose we were to cnumerate
all the wealth OF our material re-
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