Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-04-10
SCIENCE NOW To
REDEEM TROPICS.
HEIILIED SIHlC kES SECTIONS
WILL ~ SAVED FROM DIs.
EASI sCOtEGI

WASHINGTON. y. e.. April o.
When ~ see Naples. 90 the seven.
teenth century ns helpless as new
born babe In the grippe OF q blaeue
during which 3s0.u1D s0uls perish
"d 10 slg months. when We zee Con-
fiantinople. In 1912. with l43.0Ou
Death when We see London in the
d1yH ~ tine great plague. with co.
900 of ~ population carried of.
when We 10 back 10 CHINA and be-
mold a few short years In the four
ifehth century Nlth black death
mortality record ~ % million souls
and 10 Europe boz me great acDufarr
of lb14-i350. and sec 25 million poo
pie dying when We come on down
The years and aee tho untold mil.
lions who have died from the nu-
m"rous pestlleucrg which have iu-
ilictcd death up0u mankind then
and not till then. can We HrEin 10
appreciate wha. the patient man of
ho microscope has wrought In hu.
manily's behalf writes William JOS.
rph ShOwalter. in an article on
tedecminE Tue TrOpice." sent 10 the
aiional Geographic society. al
Wa hington. y g. The writer paints
glorious picture ri the future when
fh" tropics freed of raw hing discas-
g., ain be- taking their part in the
Hu.ieuauce and development OF thc
world
How can the mind conceive Of
the terrible toll epidemic disaoses
would take today With our world.
wide commerce. Nith our mstropoli-
iau and cosmopolitan citieB. and with
inc constant u'ugmiugIng 0f the
people of all lands. we're u not for
preventive meafUres2" continues Mr.
suoWaiter Fer hundreds Of years
man stood helpless and appalled, in
Tho face Of the onset 81 great epi-
denies lie mH millions Of his fel-
lpv-brinRs Visited with deaths more
horrible than ever torture chambe.
could invent. but not knowing
whence the affliotiOn came or
whittier n went. he surmised and
guessed. and finally saw certain re-
latiou between dirt and disease. aud
gradually the elimination Of dirt
checked the rayages OF some epidem-
BE- laeases."
The writer then reviews the re-
snl.s of the discovery OF the part
taken by the mosquito IN the carry
Ing OF yellow and mnlarial fever
germs. the fleas on rats and ground
lever, no dengue no fleas. no bu-
bOhic plague. n" tEetse-fly la the
carrying of sleeping sickness. and
more recently the body louise as the
typhus agent. The ordinary house
fly has been christened the typhoid
lly' Typhoid vaccination and the
publication OF the water SUPPLIES are
described Panama. Cuba. Porto /
Rice Brazil. litly. India, the Phili- f.
ppines and rydf u,her tropical coun-
tries have been redeemed from their
various scouraees
The fundamental principles OF
the liRht are eXpressiyely laid down .
iu simple terms like these. no
no malaria. no yellow
fever. no dengue. sleas. no bu-
honic plague, no lice. no typhus. no /
ts"tsc-fly. no sleeping sickness. no /
does sanitary science open mp the /
tropics for man himself. but for his /.
domestic animals a. we'll In the (
generations 20 come. there can be- no .
doubt that With sanitary science /
that b. broad enouglt to reach both I
man aud beast, The great plains of I
the highland In the tropics will be- .
converted into vast cattle ranches. I.
where cattle can be brought 20 the /.
stock cattle ,tage aud then shipped /
10 the temperate climate for feed I
ing and finishing. thus adding 90 I
me world meat supply 10 the OK /
tent OF billions OF pounds.
The discoveries tina have I
brought about this era OF control OF .
tropical diseases have deeper signi- .
iicance than would appear upon the .
.uriace Meanwhile. with the re-
trictiOns imposed By disease remoy-
d. tides of immigration might set I
INTO the tropics. populatirsg than
with people who would ceaso 10 be-
&. NlhIN NI'N wv l'Nl NNNlllfN ~ L
On" temperate zones and become,
on the contrary. contributors there
'o Tropical swamps may be- drain
ed tropical deserts irrigated. trop-
.al iuugles famed. and millions OF
acres Of rho richest land on earth
added 10 tho productive areas which .
iced and clo'ha the world.
And what benefits these times
must bring 20 the race New blood .
in the tropic, IN needed. The suns .
Of centuries nave burned out much .
af the initiative. the easy method, 1
of gaining @ livelihood have taken
out much o the thrift. and the lazy
ways OF The tropics have eliminated
much 81 N. natural love OF cleanli-
ness of The people
The National Geographic Society \
has taken @ prominent part IN these
iosease-de-iroying campaigns. The