The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
PURE SEA WATER IS
100 MILES OUT AT
ATLANTIC STATIONS
Scientists, Who Were to Provide Salt Water for
Medical Experiments, Found None Of Rea-
sonable Purity Along the Eastern Coast.
Millions Of Dollars Damage Alone Near New
York From the Pollution by Refuse Dumping.

poisons Of manufacturing plants.
There n also another bill to call
IN international conference on the
matter. % that in addition to homo
laws there ultimately WIN b In
transitional regulations.
Big liners. ~ well a. smaller vss-
sells. dump their garbage into the
coastal waters and harbors. Just ~
do the riparian municipalities. The
whole outfit should be put under
drastic regulations. Federal and
State. within the three-mfle limit,
and by interna tionai agreement.
twenty-five miles beyond the three
mile limit.
GARBAGE CAN MENACE.
The main difference against the
whole American public h the gar.
baxe can. Don't forget that when
the garbage Il cast into the Sea,
By whatever agency, and the on
waste invests Il, II becomes .
rmountainous menace, and don't
forget that. Unless this BIN or
both bills are passed It once.
your daughters and you take your
lives in your hands. or rather
your feet, the instant yen step
into salt water. But. II you must
step I'm, take . can Of gasoline
along with which 70 clean OF the
fifth with IT, Ioad Of disease
germs.
Mayor Clarence J. Houseman,
of Long Branch. says:
I'VE have . summer population
Of 100000 wanting to battle. II
Congress does not pass this
garbage-oil waste bill We win be
financially ruined"
Franklin J. Taylor, Brooklyn.
Of the Waterway League Of
America, says:
Jamaica Bay has had thirty
species of edible fish and an an
nual output Of oysters valued at
Sf.000,000. The board Of health
has condemned the sheilfish. b.
cause Of the pollution Of the
waters. and destroyed the entire
output. II Congress win pass the
regulation bill, our water front
may again bloom with oysters,
and fish be able to enter the
bay"
SHEILFISH DESTROYED.
George NJ. Mott. for the shell
fish interests Of New Jersey.
says:
1--WE have lost six miles. or
10000 acres of natural spawning
oyster beds. We want Federal
protection at once" a.-..
Harry c. Rehm. secretary Of
the Association of North Jersey
Shore Municipalities, says:
I'VE have twenty-three munic-
qualities. containing 100000 peo-
pie, one-tenth OF the entire popu-
lation OF the country. The coast
resorts are their playground. but
have been practically destroyed
by garbage-oil pollution. We
want Federal protection at once"
Congressman Schuyler o. Bland
of Virginia says:
1.-THE matter b just - vital TO
the people OF Hampton Roads -
Of the north Atlantic coast be-
cause our entire fish industry y
threatened with destruction"
Simpson Earle. engineer Of the
Maryland Conservation Commis-
sion. says:
I'VE have 200. 900 acres Of oys-
ter beds, with thousands Of en-.
ployes.. Our vast shellfish indus
try b menaced. too. Let NJ have
Federal protection before Il b too
late"
Charles wheeler, Of stratford.
representative OF the Connecticut
Oyster Growers Association. says:
Elm 1908 we produced so.ooo.ooo
bushels of oysters. sold Tor &1b,-
700, 900, or 20 per cent OF the ma
tons oyster product. Last sum-
mer we produced only . per cent
Of the crop. Our industry u on
its last legs, because Of the gar
baSe-waste oil menace, and Is
per cent Of our spawning beds
are deeply coated with garbage
oil and fifth, and destroyed. We
plead for immediate Federal pro-
lection"
I could 80 on quoting indefi-
nitely. The question Is. do you
eyer again want to battle in salt
water and have diseaseless oysters
and fish on your table7 II 90.
force Congress to act imme-
diately."
Mass. Town Has First
Death I'm Two Years