The Penn's Grove record., 1915-07-23
GOOD HEALTH AN
EFFICIENCY AID
State Board Urges Importance
of Caring For Body.
BIG HELP TO INDUSTRIES.
Recommends Regular Physical Ex-
animation = Proper Diet and
Nourishment vii Prevent
Wearing Out"
BIG HELP TO INDUSTRIES.


Especial Trenton Correspondence.)
Trenton-To all the discussion con-
corning preparedness for defense the
New Jersey State department of
health adds a word concerning prepa-
ration for the pursuits of peace, which
is at the same time also preparation
for war in case of necessity. The
plan of the State department, while
involving a very fundamental matter
in regard to the preparation for war,
cannot fail to meet the approval of
the most ardent advocates of peace.
Amid all the differences between
those who favor adequate preparation
for defense and those who advocate
a peace-at-any-price policy, any plan
that meets the hearty approval Of
both factions must contain some
merit.
The State health department hopes
that the people whose health it
guards will eve be placed under the
necessity of defending their rights
by mortal combat; yet, in proposing
a method of increasing efficiency in
peaceful occupations it is not unmind-
full of the Importance of the method
In promoting of defense. It's
suggestion to the people of the State,
and to other States, is simply that far
greater attention be given to promot-
ing the health and well-being Of citi-
zens that heretofore. One Of the
great causes Of inef1ciency in indus.
try is a lack of good health. Eff
cheney can be maintained at a high
standard only when all persons en-
gagged in the industry enjoy good
health, SO that time may not be lost
by sickness and individual efficiency
may be kept at a high point.
Health Promotes Efficiency.
Not only does good health promote
efficiency in industry, but it is an abb
solute necessity for efficiency in war.
Modern methods of warfare test the
bodily strength and endurance of the
men engaged to a greater degree than
eve before. The saying that "the
battle is to the strongest" may well
give place to another saying that "the
battle is to the most enduring" Mag
ni1cent endurance may be secured
only by superb health
The State department of health be-
lieves that the first duty of the State
for either peace or war is to take such
measures as will best promote the
health of the people. These measures
must be taken not only by the State
and national governments, but also
by the municipal governments and by
individual citizens. That the people
of New Jersey and the country at
large enjoy much greater health at
the present time than they have en-
joyed in years past is known to every
one; that they may enjoy still better
health in the future is also well
known to persons familiar with the
present state of sanitary science.
One of the vulnerable points in our
armor of health is our care for the
health of children, especially of young
babies. More than 10, 900 children die
each year before reaching the age of
five years; over 1000 of these deaths
occur under the age of one year. This
is too great a loss in vital resources;
it is a loss that should be checked in
view of u present knowledge as to
the u of so many deaths.
Supreme Court Sets Judgment Aside.
Upon the ground that suit had not
been brought within ninety days, as
required by an indemnity policy, the
Supreme Court set aside a judgment
for $4,356 obtained in the Mercer
Circuit by the Philadelphia Picking
Company against the Maryland Casu-
atty Company.
The company took out a liability
policy in 1906. About a year later
n of its employees, Walter Cham
was injured at the company's plant
at Ell Dora, Cape May County. Cham.
hers obtained a Judgment against the
picking company for $4,S15, which
the Casualty Company refused Il pay.
This was followed by the action OF
the picking company against. the
Casualty Company.
Osteopaths Take Fight to Court.
Edward X. Stretch, of West Ho-
boken; Frederick Collins, of Hobok.
en-; Andrew Victor, of Elizabeth, and
j. w. Barnett, of Trenton, ~osteophatic
physicians, secured from the Supreme
Court a rule to show cause, returnable
September 16, why a mandamus
should not be issued to compel the
State board of medical examiners to
recognize them.
Plans to Issue Industrial Report.
The Bureau of Industrial Statistics
announced that it is planning an in
vestigation which will shed an inter
esting light ON the progress of indus
trial betterment work in New Jersey
factories during the past ten years
for the benefit of the w~age-earners
and other employees.
The purpose of the investigation
vii be to show the number, char
acter and scope of the various forms
of the work, together with the
growth Of this beneicient move
ment.
J. P. Sent to Prison for Extortion.
Walter Wierski. the Eighth Ward
justice of the peace who was convict
ed of extortion and embezzlement,
was sentenced to six months at the
workhouse and until the costs are
paid by Judge Marshall in Mercer
Court. Wierski was sent to the insti-
tuition on the extortion charge. and
sentence was suspended on the count