Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-13
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 H. Wilson 3ltr-4 today. %fiie legislature |
 reIusep s- is recent session to put q stop |
 Ito the ge4s- ci health. even of life, and the
 dasnssa to property by the mosquito i
 and as the p-esezt summer draws to |
 elo=a, tIe-e sNtrc. never, I believe. g. !,
 many smo@qpitoss making life miserable fer the- residents or the travellers in the statq: From Hartford county to the | scanhcre the pests are swsrmins. because >f the lack of funds to drain the lands Eiieye they breed. The state is. today tgiyen over-to them while Connecticut resi- dents suffer continued and unnecessary 1 torture and visitors to the state curse the nuisance which rages unabated."
 I Mir Wilson is a former Connecticut man who has become one of the fore
 most manufacturers and public spirited Icitizens. of Chicago. He has continued I to own property in Connecticut and to I live part of the year in a state which. The said, made the mistake of its Fife in
 not tackling the mosquito problem Snd
 making sufficient legislative appropria-
 ltion to rid itaeIf of its chief hindrance the comfort of its citizens and the
 imain drawback to the prosperity and value of its; potentially beautiful sea- lshore and farmland. ss -a.
 'TThe failure of the legislature to act, :" said Mir. Wilson today, ''has been followed
 Iby summer in which the mosquito has krun riot The State Agricultural Experi- inent Station has been ready to strike ,. Its breeding places off the map but has -.ihad- no funds for extensive work Such , [cloGds and colonies of the mosquito have tnever been seen before by -rt those. of us who have endured the worst enemy.to the : lstate. $ prosperity. ,--. --
 < Boiled down ito 8 single, statement IConecticut has refused to pass. "a bill T for. itsz public health which would have 5 assessed esch citizen. a fiftieths of>a mil 2 Tor fjust.,tE,o cents on every thousand ool. e llars of property owned ,, on the grand : list of the state .-,+-,
 Meantime, health and other organiza : ftiorts are crying aloud, in their effort ], ito; cheek the disasters that, flow from tn, : ipoison thsts sis carried in the mosquitoes q I claws .Infectedh bites by the thousands \ I ares today endangerings the lives. of t. | lmosduito victims and malaria which i Q caused by its bite. ;. r~.- . s. I,1 'I> stated. a year ago that. Connection 2 lis being advertised. throughout the. Yves I as poSquito-breedin area. Now come a great insurance company, The Metro 2 pplitan Life. , and sends health circular E 3sll < over the country, placing Connect cut first on its mosquito list
 q Tn its zleahet. Malaria, and how. to Pre- e went It. 1t says that the disease occur !! 1near the coast of the United State. 's starting from Connecticut. > ,t .. What iss ma IariS? A. disease of chill 2; and fever. headache, etc. Some. peopl IS recover. from, 1t Some do mot Nor people are today suffering from it i Ls Connecticut I believe than for. man le years and failure to protect its citizen Is and. visitors from the mosquito has cause le tle existing condition
 'This is not a long drawn out articl
 to sum up what the mosquito costs th i'll state" The public and the lesisatu s. were told that last this spring when at small sum to meet the situation va le asked. But the call was not needed of T am disgusted with Connecticut, bu De lilSe the man who was beating his vii es I love her just the same"