Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-16

This conference would fAli "r
short OF iis purpose unless wh'le
Meeting here We get renewed spirit
from past achievements 10 rurnoun'
the obstacle that remain before
American coll viii be freed forever
from the cattle fever tick. II wouIh
not be worth while unles every one
Of ~ carries away with him a clear
"a Of what We plan TO do this yea,
and Q determination 10 DO ms '"''
part -
There I. no man In this meeting
who cannot be proud, nov and mere.
after, OF his share In the hEhl aGaihs'
the tick, You are doing a construe.
tive work that has met WIN pms
nomenai aucccs, especially In re-
cen, yeas, ana In tho first years as
well. conaidering the prejudice ana
Ignorance that had to be oombA,ed
Al that limo. The work that mas
been done 10 its own argument ana
the effort that remains amply
Justified by the bsnefits from past
accom- y plishments
when the work In finally complet'
I'd, when the tick has been perma'
usntiy er~dicatsd, you will have
erected your own monument and II
Il % pleases you st that time. you
are at liberty to pass on 10 the
heaven Of efficient tick eradicators.
with the full knowledge that you
have done something OF reel value
for your country and the human
rAcs.
Few. n any Of us. have had the
privilege 10 wear the khaki In the
world struGgis that has Just ended
In complete Victory Tor the allies and
the United etatsa II would be pre-.
sumptuous 10 think that any Amert-
can Who did not risk HE life fos his
country could have gtven service
comparable 10 that of the boys who
blsd ana died. But 81 the Ams time.
We we're eli weeking for uncls Sam.
and We wess ~ doing work that
was essential 10 Victory. II n not too
much 10 bsliSvs that had the var
stretched several esau more, II
would have bsen dsotdsd by the re-
Osgvee Of boel that the s0uth pos-
seeDss a. the direct result Of tich
graduation. Even with our com.
parauvSly short perticipation. the
meat tksi the ssutk ~Np ssis 20 pc.
duos bsosuse Of the Absence OF the
tick. wslghsd pcwsrfuily il W fe0d
bAianes. %, While you wott no umi-
fvrm, 6IppsA cattle withost s1ss In
spiratioh q 6rass banda Or bugls
calls, and Dsrformsd tasks that might
have seedksa hwNslrsans whsa your
heapoo wers 'over thare." You have
dOne - ycvr county Instructed, and
~ mA& ca - mOfs than tAaa. Y
v'0ut your w0rk was not fer the
WAf sDons, ana the benefits of u viii
reihain long after thu sorry horror
u autoasacy's downfall win b. re-
msmbssDA only ~ the heroes u
pseduss1. You ARE making the seuth
tiek-ffse, and whsH you have done
tAAt, the nation viii be your debtor.
hsuneas Nod Durtng WaS.
Tiok eradication In the pas; two
yeArS has made notable record, In
1917 the 1e,fst ssuAts miles released
from federal quarantine fer enr-
paaBsd the record Of sny previous
year. Again, In 1919, the rslcRss %
fs.iff suusrs miles sciipssd an pre-
vtous complishmsnts. Thess fig
urss would command attention at
any time. But they became truly
remarkable when We remember that
In 1917 and 1918 the United States
vns At war. and avery cncray OF tho
American people vas being bent to-
ward the one aim OF WHIPPING the
Hun. Many Of our bureau men
Joined ths colorn. tens Of thousands
Of men left the farms % the south
for the army, II was difficult to ship
suppllss into this section because ~
the demands OF the cantonments.
everything was submerged benea IN
the one dominating purpose. Hut
despite all that. tick eradication In
1911 broke all records. and In 1915
we found that 1917 was nearly 1000
square miles too slow.
THIS Year "Worra for Tick"
Tho achieyem cn,s OF paat years
however. now are history. We have
met here 10 plan the 1919 campaign
MY notion of what should be done
this year, what mus, he done. and
what viii he done. In thir;
Make 1919 the worst year for tho
tick
!, can be done. There are no
chnts In this fiEht Tick eradication
II well past the halfway mark, and
u sat high tide. unsnrupulous poll.
ucisnr who formerly waved the dip.
ping va, Ms red flag are now finding
that the dipping vat IL n mighty
good band wagon To climh on. Cat
tlenen who stiil oppose tick eradi-
cation are learning every day thai
'heit attitude IL taking money out
of their pockets They, too. a.,
climbing on the band wagon do
not know of n leading man In an,
community who IL against IN. can,
pslsn that has been proved henefl.
ciai by practical results In dollars
and cents
south Tck-trcc IN tsea.
with the new state. wide compul.
tory dipping law IN Texas. which be
comes effective IN the las, ZONE Of
mat state IN 1924, u u not beyond
reason to hope that the federal auar.
antine can be entirely lifted from
American territory AT the end OF
issa, We may regard "a tick free
south In 1923" ns our aim. nut to
realixo that aim, remember THAI IN.
area si'll under quarantine IL 2TO
% O3s squarr nnle~ The campa,y,
must not he allowed TO lag In any
wear, and We should start or mi.
year by setting up another record
Judging 10y what has been don. in
1917 and 1918, I believe we can o.,
the pace by cleaning up more than
10000 square miles In 1918 Thnt
VIII make 1919 The worst year Tor
hthe tick" "
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