Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-15
YOUR HEALTH
a e HEALTH CURE
BY DIR. CLIFFORD C. ROBINSON

A new health cure is on the mar
ket. There are about thirteen mil
lions of this cure in the United
States. A leading automobile Off
cial is authority for the statement
that after a careful investigation,
it has been found that the automo-
bile is the cause for an increased
lease on life.
In 1908, according to this official.
the average life span in the United
States was only 1854 years. 1t has
jumped to 1856 years. I'm this con-
nection it is interesting to note that
in 1903 there were only 10,S50 auto
mobiles in the United States. In 1913
when motor cars had increased to
461, 800 the life span of the average
person had advanced to 41.01 years.
In the last ten years the motor car
population has jumped to 1~3,022,427
and the national life emergency has
risen 7.65 years" This would seem
to indicate that the automobile is
actually making life longer and hap
pier, in automobile reasoning.
Now DIR. Chas. Fl. Mayo or
Rochester, Mimi, who states that
cleanliness and intelligence are the
great aids in avoiding infection and
lengthen1ng life. The boy of today
has twelve more years coming to him
than his grandfather did. Five more
years could be added il every man
and woman would undergo a rigid
health examination when 40 years OF
age, and follow health rules.
DIR. James B. Eagleson of Seattle
says that medical science has ad-
vanced the span of life at least ten
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fury.
From the foregoing, 1t would be a
matter of choice TO decide the cause
for increased longevity. If a large
number who ride in automobiles
don't worry too much about the up
keep and where the money is coming
from to pay up the balance on the
car, all well and good. 1t certainly
takes them away from four walls
into the open air and sunshine.
But if-you are fair, fat and forty.
look out for trouble, If automobile
riding is all the health exercise you
take.
This route was used TO some extent
by traders but its long land Journey
left 1t exposed to bandit raids. Bril-
liant Venice could check the Turks
by sea with her navy, but she could
not defend the land routes against
rising Moslem power. The Turkish
barrier led Christopher Columbus
and Nasco da CANA to make their
historic voyages.
England might have been forced
to develop aerial communication
with India before this If Disraeli had
not acted in the face of English pub
lie opinion which responded to Glad
stones arguments against further
extension of the British empire. Ii
was Disraeli who bought up the
shares in the Suck canal put on the
maket by the Khedive of Egypt,
thus assuring England control of the
Panama canals twin. Although
England had established mail SER
vice with India and Australia over
the 1sthmus of Suez in 1882, Lor
Palmerston gave no announcement
to DE Lesseps when he embarked
on the great task of cutting the
ditch to connect the Mediterranean
n the indian ocean. The first
years OF the canals existence were
not as profitable as had been expect
ed, but Disraeli saw its possibilities
and lost no opportunity to take con-
troll of the water link from France,
In 1929 net tonnage to the amount
F., of 2~0,743,000 passed through the ca
nal. IT was this same De Lesseps
who made the fated attempt to
build the Panama canal"