The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20
PUBLIC OPINION
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Or. kinnaman's Views.

\ 70 learn certain facts. 1t took more
than one hundred years for the most
/ OF the people to learn tho protective
power of vaccination. and some have
not learned 1t yet. 1t IL fact that
in the South African war the English
casualties were 1928 men out Of an
army of 100000 men, but there never
was, owing to the protective power OF
vaccination. a single case Of smallpox
among this immense army Of English
soldiers. This surely demonstrates
the protective power of vaccination
over smallpox. There is surely a
Iprophylactic protection against all
diseases and other things IL the peo-
pie really wish prophylaxis and pro-
itection. For instance, take the wide
lspread anti-tuberculosis movement.
We forget that there is sect OF peo-
iple who have a religious rite that
they follow strictly and which it in
iculcated into their children at an
early age. They know that this relig-
'ious rite is also a strictly sanitary
measure for the protection Of their
health and life and they strictly OBJ
serve it.
All doctors know that children do
not get tuberculosis. smallpox scarlet
fever, measles, whooping cough, etc,
at home and take it to school but
that they get it at school and take it
home. Why? because from the es-
cape of sewer gas, bad ventilation.
etc. their vitality is lowered and they
become susceptible to disease. For
instance. it is fact that today or any
day so to 81 per cent OF the pupils
attending our public schools have a
bacilIis in their throat that cannot be
distinguished or differentiated from
the Klebs Loeffer baciIlis ola virulent
case of diphtheria, except that it is
non-virulent. But let the vitality of
the pupil become lowered by the es-
cape of sewer gas or bad ventilation,
then this bacillis may become viruient
and you have case of diphtheria-
This applies to other diseases as well.
Every child and every person is ex-
posed to the contagion of tuberculosis
daily. If their vitality is sufficiently
high they escape and overcome it.
BY the sanitary and hygienic rite and
law Of the people mentioned their
vitality is high and remains high even
under adverse and unsanitary condi-
tions and there is seldom case of
tuberculosis among them. A blood
disease that lowers the vitality Of the
parents certainly lowers the vitality
of their children and this blood dis
ease Is extremely common among
Gentiles and extremely uncommon
among Jews. The average life OF the
Jew OF people who follow their Gus
tom in this particular is 81 years.
The average life of people who do not
is 80 years.
Six hundred and forty Gentiles die
OF tuberculosis to one Jew. Yet
with this lesson constantly before MS
We pay no attention to the root Of the
evil but make desperate efforts to
stamp it out after the disease de-
.veiopes and it cannot be done. No
case of tuberculosis is ever cured
after structural change has taken
place To do good, you must adopt
the SANITARY INV vi tHS jews. eoiAPSi
its observance and thus render the
people immune to this particular blood
disease and in few years it will
give satisfactory results. Hence. II
you really wish to exterminate tuber-
culosis you must adopt the sanftary
measure of the Jew.
The next thing is the farce OF our
state game laws for the protection OF
the prairie chicken and quail. which
are rapidly becoming exterminated
The timber and brush has been large
ly cleared OF, giving the quail less
and less cover. The grass on the
prairies and sloughs is closely cut
each year. giving the prairie chickens
less and less places to hide. Then
the automobile has been perfected,
giving the hunter vastly more range.
A hunter can take good bird dog
and with his help. exterminate a
flock of prairie chickens or quail.
Without the help of a dog he cannot
do this He may get some Of them
on the first rise but after they are ter
rortzed by being shot at they lie close
ly and unless nearly stepped upon
they will not rise. But dog will
scent and point their location and
thus with bis help they are extermin-
ated
Any sportsman can get all the quail
or prairie chickens he should have
without the use of a. dog and without
a dog he cannot exterminate them and
hence, only one game law is necessary
to protect the quail and grouse and
that IL prohibit the use OF the dog.
The expert sportsman with the auto
matte gun does not get any more birds
than the expert sportsman with the
double barrel gun. II you really wish
to protect and preserve the grouse
and quail, you must adopt this law,