The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-06


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Ith'e sf rosedfe has wrought In human
ityss behI writes William Joseph.
slIu alter, IN an ticie on 'Fsedeenl-
ing the Tropics. sent 70 the National
Geographic ocietys at v rs a1fi stol1 ".
IC. The writer paints . gloriots Pic
ture OF the future when the topics
freed OF rayishIng diseases, Will be
taking their part in the sUetenance
ana deyeI6pIneh OF the world
h Helpless ana Appalled,
How can the mind conceive OF the
terrible toll epidemic diseases would
take today. with our worldwide COM
lmerce, with our metropolitan and cos
ImopoIitan cities, and with the con
slant Communicating OF the people Of
all lands. were 1t not for preventive
lmeasurcs?" continues Mr. Showalter.
FOR hundreds of years man stood
helpless and Rppailed in the face OF
the onset OF great epfdemics. He saw
millions or MS felIow-beings visited
with deaths more horrible than ever
torture chamber could invent, but not
knowing whence the afHiction came or
whittier 1t went He surmised and
guessed, and finally saw certain
relation between dirt and disease, and
gradually the elimination or dirt
checked the ravages of some epidemic
diseases"
The writer then reviews the results,
Of the discovery of the part taken by
the mosquito in the carrying of yellow
and Tnalarial fever germs, the fees on
rats and ground squirrels in the trans
"a 80
LAY in the carrying of sleeping sick
mess. and more recently the, body
louise as the typhus agent The ordi-
nary house-fiy has been christened
the ..typhoid fy.p Typhoid vacefna-
tlon and the puriheHtion of the water
supplies are described. Panama, -Cubas.
Porto Rico, Brazil; Italy, India, and.
philippines and many other tropical
countries have been redeemed from
their various scourges.
To Reclkihi Vast Bands.
| THE fundamental principles of the
fight are expfessive1y laid down in
simple terms like these: No mos
diitos, no malaria, no yellow fever,
no deng1le. No feas. no bubonic pla-
que; no lice, no typhus; no tsetse-hy,
no sleeping sickness; no ticks. no
spotted fever Not only does sanitary
science open up the tropics for man
himself, but for his domestic animals
as we'll. In the generations to come,
there can be no doubt that with SAN
itary science chat is broad enough to
reach both man and beast, the great
plains OF the highlands In the tropics
VIII he converted into vast cattle
ranches. where cattle can be Brought
TO the stock cattle stage and then
shipped to the temperate climates for
feeding and finishing, thus adding to
the worlds meat supply TO the extent
I OF billions OF pounds;
1.-THE discoveries that have brought
about this era OF control OF tropical
diseases have a deeper significance
than would appear upon the surface.
Here. indeed, lies the hope of the
worlds future food supply. Mean
while. with the restrictions imposed
nv disease removed, tides Of iRmigFa-i
ton might set into the tropics, popu-
lating them with people who. would
cease to be 4 DARN upon the food supz
plies of the temperate zones and be-
come, on the contrary, contributors
thereto. Tropical s#anaps may be
drained. tropical deserts irrigated,
tropical jungles tanned, and millions
OF sores of the RICHEST lands on earth
added to the productive areas which
feed and clothe the world.
BENEFITS to che Race.
And what benefits these times must
bring to- the rsce! New blood in the
tropics is needed The suns of CEN
tufies have burned out much OF the
initiative, the easy methods. Of gaining
a livelihood have taken. out much OF
the thrift, and the lazy ways of the
tropics have eliminated. much OF the
natural love of cleanliness Of the peo-
ple'