The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-11-20

dividual resistance to bad hyglenic
conditions. His resistance to the COM
mon diseases, his acquired immunity
to many and his ability to extract
nourishment from ill-suited foods, not
his dulled intellect. have made him a
formidable competitor of the American
laboring man and have caused his ex-
clusion from our country.
The American Indian was nomadic
without knowing why. By moving
constantly from place to place he es-
capped the consequence of his filthy
ways. Many of his descendants, liv-
ing the life of the white man, died
from filth diseases. The life Of the
Indian was in direct proportion to his
hygiene after he adopted a fixed
abode
DR.. Mayo, although expressing the
belief that eventually the ban on al
cohol will be a benefit to the human
race, declares that prohibition became
possible in this country on account Of
the progress which was made in OBJ
tanning pure water for drinking pur-
poses. A water supply free from dis
ease germs had tended to prolong the
life of man and eventually throughout
the world it will decrease the demand
for strong drink.
1T is probable" he added, that
neither prohibition propaganda nor an
appeal to the conscience of man has
caused the rapid advance of the tenn
perance movement, but that pure wa
ter has made this possible. 1t is as
sumed that the drinking of s%pirituous
and fermented liquors is due to an
evil Unborn longing to be stamped out
only by the exercise of individual
se%lf-control. Is this true?
Water and Wine.
TN France and Italy the drinking
of millions of gallons of wine saved
the people from extinction; they could
mot have lived had they drunk their
polluted water. The Teuton countries
turned to beer to secure a sterile
drink, and temperance countries, such
as Turkey, had tea and coffee. The
drink habit is one Of the many indi-
vidual forms of individual protection
resorted to by nature to save man
from filth diseases which cause death,
or that which Is worse than death,
Intellectual deterioration. If one
traces the temperance movement
through the states of the union he
finds that it was not the appeal to the
self control of man but the advent of
potable water.
"Alcoholic drinks loosen the inhibi-
ton which civilization has imposed
upon the primitive impulses of man.
Crime, accidents and social diseases too
often have had their origin in the loss
through alcohol of Individual self
control. Pure water has eliminated
typhoid; wholesome food and better
living conditions which go with the
reduction of poverty will check tuber-
culosis, and better care of focal in
fections in the earlier decade will pre-
vent many deaths in later life.
Cancer Wars on Middle Age.
1.-The arch enemy of middle age and
beyond is cancer, and our measures
both for prevention and cure have not
advanced in proportion to the in
creasing need. One woman in nine
and one man in 13 die from cancer
and this proportion of cancer deaths
will be maintained in the enormously
greater number of persons who reach
the cancer age. We must spread NOR
widely the knowledge that chronic ir-
ritation is the great underlying cause
of the disease.
whenever a certain kind of can
Ger exists in a race Of men or in 8
country with great frequency as com.
pared to other races or countries it Is
due to a single cause, usually a socia
custom. Good dentistry has eliminat'
ed a percentage of cancers of the
law. due to irritation of defective
teeth. Cancer Of the lip and tongue
is on the increase as the habit o.
smoking is on the increase in botf