The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-18

are causing a far more serious econo
mic loss to the American people than
Is the dangerous ailment which affects
the pork supply of the country"
This question occurred to Senator
j. e. Ransdell of Louisiana few days
ago, and the introduction of a bill pro
viding for the appropriation of $500,
OC0 for the encouragement of rural
sanitation, with special reference Ia
the eradication of malaria and typhoid
is the result of the southern members
inquiry. When the introduction of the
bill was announced briefly many per
sons wondered how the government
would spend half million dollars in
work to eradicate typhoid and malaria.
Senator Ransdell's bill provides for the
work to be done under the authority oi
the United States public health serv
Ice because, through this bureau, the
government Is already carrying on re
stricted investigations having the
same object as the legislation which is
now proposed. The work is now being
pushed as fast as funds will allow, in
few states; the new legislation will
permit it to be intensified and extend
ed into every state where the diseases
are prevalent.
For several years the federal govern
ment has been represented in malarial
Investigations by DR.. r. II. Won Ezdorf
who has been detailed by Surgeon Gen
eral Rupert Blue to work in number
n tat In w
municipal and state health authorities
Headquarters for the work were estab.
lished in Mobile, and Investigations
have been carried on in various sec
tions of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida.
South Carolina. and at the present
time a malaria survey is being made
in North Carolina.
The public health service has also
carried on various typhoid studies. and
1t is planned to continue these investi'
cations so long as the amount of
money available will permit the work
to go on. The governments health
authorities are particularly anxious to
lend aid and cooperate with state and
municipal health authorities in all
parts of the country in the work of
eradicating both malaria and typhoid
Although these two diseases are
caused by two entirely different germs
and have no relation, the work for
their eradication is similar and makes
for the Improvement OF public health
conditions generally.
To guard against malaria 1t is nee
essary to drain swamps and clean up
other places where misunderstanding
mosquitoes breed and to prevent ty'
phoid it is necessary TO purify water.
milk and food supplies in which the
typhoid bacillus may be carried, and
to improved system of sewage dis
posal. The screening of houses is ad-
vised in the work to prevent both dis
eases, keeping out mosquitoes to
guard against malaria and the germ
carrying house fly to prevent the
spread of typhoid. According to health
authorities, if every community in the
country did everything possible to
guard it's people against the two dis
eases, malaria and typhoid, the United
States would have an almost perfect
system of sanitation and greatly i'm
proved condition of the public health.
Representative O'Shaughnessy of
Rhode Island, dropped into the capital
post office the 9th
Writes to 3d. er day $4,000 let
COO Farmers. ters addressed to
his constituents in
Little Rhody. Each letter contained
a frank slip which, being returned to
the congressman properly addressed,
will be good for one package of vege-
table and garden seeds furnished by
Uncle Sam to the people through their
representatives in congress.
Mr.. O'Shaughnessy recommends in
his letter to the farmers wives the Sc
ries of farmers bulletins issued by the
agricultural department, and offers to
send them under congressional frank
to all who may apply.
One hundred and twenty-five thou
sand packets is Representative
O'Shaughnessy quota of seeds this
year and he expresses the opinion
that as a result of his campaign on
behalf of the back to the farm
movement, every seed in every packet
will be planted this year In Rhode Is
land. However successful his seed
campaign may be Mr.. O'Shaughnessy
cannot be elected president of the
United States, as according to the
congressional directory he was born
in Ireland on May l, 1868.
Senator James P. Clarke of Ar
kansas enjoys the distinction of be-
ing the only mem
This Senator ber of the senate
MIon+ n Alone who has taken the
"S' oath of office with