The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07


department. ,ailous activities sus
0Nrsflf fDHir iH eifuffe io altfi thf
ttmani iof muH loner nrc noted
Conformation SO the fefn ~ control
txtff spd utrf steetAhrds and rnck
inS nolsea nnaet uai noWefs T. Net,
sfNanfit recommended tnrcrnomiC
Itt aunt nr4ttNU s hNt, hefn elm
nltrd ihe Secretary SAYS the recog
h|liua Uss Nrcn tAinet of tbs ioAsihii
lt a ieltfflne maiNDt conditions iN
NtiisnE ihl departments CORPS oi
slis,ft isois wlth requisite nutho,itN
ft commenting steps 70 saciiitatc
tfi settlement In more orderly msh-
Ion tha ~ecrvtsfs emphasizes lhe Inn
rifihnct 81 cneouariug the ownet-
shln 81 farms.
As Ia hiehWAN development. hc saNs
90 upefliiNo road WORK under tho fcd-
0ft} aia act VIII hc resumed In guii
ar'aeufe and vigorously prosecuted.
Saeh work. IS suggests. should fur-
rlsa eWplesncnt for many unemployed
men
Sru'NtAr, Houston SAWS the fcdcrui
harm Loan iiank system began ops
rfsNou. nndft the troubled coudi-
,.eus 81 tht Word WAY and Us AQti-
eitie. Norr inpodtd but 10 spite Of
tNfft liiippitlcs ID nas mate remark
shio heauNay and lhrfe 81 little doubt
ibat WISH the return 81 poece iss de-
vticpmcug win BE- rapid AMI VIII more
and mone fn the expectations oi the
isesic. ile urs,s that farmers form
esatewe of personal c,~dis unions So
f.ecL4ils tor she benefit 81 individuals
Nhoso finlncial circumstances maze
il afflituit for 5hcm to secure accom-
nodatens through ordinary channels.
and hcspeaks the Interest of the husi-
ness men ~ towns and cities ia those
farmers "a rost standards oi living and
, productive ability are so low that fhcy
nifhi MOI le reeeiVed foy th- present
SOTO such associations
Tho report closes With an appeal foI
extension of the honefits OF modcru
medicine and sanitation 20 the scat.
+ tered populations OF the rural dis
tsiciss
vast deal romans 20 be done
it stvs ito control such pests Ms mos
quito and the hoob,gorm. 60 eiiminat,
b, the sources OF typhoid fever. and, even
; morp % give the country districts m,
advantages OF modern hospitals. nurs.
ing and specialized medical practice.
''rhu economic wastes from sani
tary health surroundings and from
iisease are enormous. II Is Impossible
90 estimate their extent u Is ever
nore Impossible 10 assess the nmcun
ct existing preVeatahle human miscr,
and mhappiness. The remedy g.
difficult. Many agencies. some OF then
private enterprises with large funds
/ are working for Improvement state
| aud medical societies here and Their
aye contributing. more or less cffec
| lively. Tho extension and improvement
oi agriculture. including tine drainng
| oil lands the clearing OF swamps am
| the construction OF good roads, max
| Tor bettorment The Department o
| Agriculture. through it, home-d demon
stration service. Is giving valuable al
| and the Public Health Service h I'm
creasingly extending It's functions
especially recently under an nppropri
| atlon Tor this purpose OF 100000 II
what extent the further projection q
| effort is matter for state or loca
| actipr aemains TO be determined bu
ID seems clear that hthere should b
| no cessation OF activity until there hn
| teen completed Ia every rural com
| munltS al the union an effective sani
| tary survey and. through the proyis
ION OF adequate machinery. steps tax
| On To control and eliminate the source
| OF disease ana to provide the neces
| sary modern medical and dental fn
cllities, easily accessible TO the mas
OF the people