Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-05-21


sorbed the virus into its system.
Now, therefore. 1t follows naturally
that If there are no yellow fever pa
tients for stegomia TO bite. 1t cam
not get the yellow fever virus into it's
system and consequently cannot trans
nit 1t to any person whom 1t sub
sequently may bite.
,low Yellow Fever Spreads.
In South America there are three
places where yellow fever exists. The
way that the disease spreads to re-
moter sections is this: A mosquito
which has bitten a yellow fever pa
tient bites somebody who is going to
travel. The symptoms of the fever
do not appear for some days. and so
the bitten person may be many hun
dreds of miles from the place where
the mosquito got in its work before
the disease develops.
Then another mosquito bites this
sick person, and then bites somebody
else. In this way the disease is spread.
General Gorgas is visiting the three
yellow fever districts in South Amer
lea with a view to making arrange
ments TO stamp out the fever in each
place and to see that the work is
continued until every mosquito which
has any virus in its system is dead.
Mosquitoes are not long-lived.
When there are no more yellow
fever cases and when the last mosquito
which has bitten patient has passed
to the great beyond. there can be no
more yellow fever in the world. Such
is the work in which the former sur
geon general of the United States
army and the cleaner-up of the 18th
mus of Panama is engaged today.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue does
not claim that 1t will be possible TO
put all the diseases with which man
is afflicted out of the running, but APP
parently he believes that thousands
upon thousands of cases of sickness
can be done away with and further
cases avoided if common sense in the
ways of prevention is put to account
Planning a Tariff Bill.
At the coming extra session of
congress the Republican majority
in the house will introduce tariff
bill. Its destinies in the lower house
will be guided by Joseph w. Ford.
ney of Michigan, and in the upper
house by Boies Penrose of Pennsyl~
vGnia. Therefore the measure will be
known as the Fordney-Penrose bill.
The country had had tariff bills I'M
der various names, the more modern
ones being the Mckinley bill, the Will
son bill. the Dingley bill, the Payne
Aldrich bill and the Underwood-Sim
mons bill.
What will the Republicans do with
it and what will the president do with
1t? If Mr.. Fordney of Michigan and
Mr.. Penrose of Pennsylvania go the
full bent of their high tariff inclina
lions and their Republican following
shall support them, Mr. Wilson I'M
uuestionably will go the bent of his
inclinations and will veto tie measure.
If. however, the Republicans take
the course. which some of them urge
should be followed, of preparing a
tariff measure which is simply meas.
ure of readjustment, they probably
will get Democratic support for it and
very likely Mr.. Wilson's signature.
All Admit Changes Necessary.
! The Democrats with the Republicans
| in Washington today are admitting
| that tariff changes are necessary, but
1 of course there is as much difference
( of opinion between them as to what
kind of changes should be made as
ever there was between parties in the
/ history of tariff tinkering or tariff
making.
The Republicans differ among them
/ selves as to what should be done at
4 the coming session. Everybody knows,
of course. that Mr.. Fordney is an ex-
tremely high tariff advocate and that
Mr.. Penrose pretty nearly agrees with
him. 1t may be, however. that the Re-
publicans will consider it not only bad
policy, but bad politics. to attempt TO
frame at the coming session a tariff
measure which will lie in full sympathy
with the Republican leaders views on
the schedules.
The thought of some of the Repub-
licans is that il viii be better to pre-
sent a bill at the coming session which
will make certain tariff changes, but
which will not go to the extreme OF
the ordinary Republican doctrine on
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