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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913. HEALTH IS POBLIO UTILITY Money for Sanitation Not Expendi ture, bnt Loan. SUHQEON GENERAL REPORTS Itrnd of FrJfnil Health Serrlee Plend for Actlr Co-Oprrnllon netTreen Loeal and If (Innitl Snnltarr Donrd. NEW TOIIK. Dec. ll.-"PubIlr htalth Is a public Utility. A dollar laid out In earJutlon U not an expenditure, but a loan, which will be returned an hun dredfold." declared Bunretm Onerftl nupert Blue of the United State public health oervlce here today In an address before the Association of Life Insurance Tresldenta. "Any municipality, stale or nation can have public health It It vrtll but pay the price," continued the aurg-eon general. Tha moit needed reforms In public health administration ar greater co operation between publlo official, the employment of full-time worker, estab lishment of laboratories, accurate collec tion or vital statistics and the settlmr side of sufficient funds to accomplish those things. "Tha future bf sanitary administration In this country depends upon the Interest which tho cltlzes take In Its development. Them Is no better Index of tha state of civilisation of a community than the manner In which It approaches Its pub llo health problems. There Is still much room for reform In tho sanitary admin istration of many state' and mtinfclpall ties In our country, and not thff least Important duty devolving; upon the health officials erf this nation Is tho edu cation of tha general publlo to (he end that sanitary reforms will not only be accepted, but will also be earnestly sought for. Why Froa-res t Slow. "Our alow'proRrraa. In .the .direction of . perfect national health I due to the fact that the people have not ba yet fully realises 1U Importance and have not demanded tthM protection nxalhst ' pre ventable Msuue .which they have a right, to expect from their Administrative offi cials. Neither riav they demanded legis lation and appropriation .which are es rentlal to the successful Prosecution of public health work. There ar two main cause for the patlclty of sanitary legis lation, publlo Indifference and economic opposition. wpli. fat'-.k A-awv In nit a . tern which characterized the general'! publlo In tlrr of epidemic soon give way to lethargy and Indlffcrnce to publio health matters. Tha average Individual U -willing to take a. chance of contracting a disease when It seem a Iotk wny off, and it Is only when t 1 close upon him And In spectacular form that he appre ciates Its danger. A single ce of leprosy In a city will create wldesproad excite ment, while ft thousand case of measles, which in their final result are Infinitely more dangerous, aro permitted to occur without .remark. "Results of the past decade of (anltary activity have been to prove that the pro longation of Ufa I entirely practicable, and tht pretfmgatlem has been largely brought about by Improvement In sanitary admlKHrtratton. The time Is net leu since passed wScn the pubHo health ef ficlal who bedly pointed out the needs for sanitary Imfravefoent In I fie factories of a. .wealthy corporation A i.-lnngered hU aosttlew. TeearV ch criticism are gladly received ani promptly acted upon. Tho ffMecy Xhmr macMftary Ja aMtta as important a tho efficiency of rfcs other macMaery at the factories, and it rtUetlon of tM fact ha resulted Hi an esrtencloa of the pewera and diilies tt the wublic hUt authoritl. Ce-fieintl f Ncery. The crudity of, mctho4 and apparatus of by dya only equalled by the a4mlartrtlv laefficleBcy ei that time. T cite eoaareU eafnlea, the battle of Crtosr ut4 -Aglacourt were won through the effort mt (dividual commander sup ported by free companU having but a faint tatla to tMt armr a a whole. rm. V,tW of modem times, fMghi btwM m Japan and Ru. nians at Mukden, w, on the contrary, earrled by tha vVetoe only through the ceetcorted aaa Integrating rfeft of a ari V)r4lrftdP Va)aJ4' ffcafsHJ1 evlltf et whjkti eeua mil e terrttorr, rM with a deadly acatacy In wMch ath ad every' rwt C ta army aw dargd Kn gutlM without 4THrt far IMevMiNU brWtaaey and wKh tha (.agio aim at tatertaefctaa tffkMw-y wKh cwt Iom newer ar Urn. The saattarr meMa ef this eauatry I a vaet crgaalaMn, reachta from tha White Kum to tha hwacleat eottate In the Unttad Stata. ' The day haa eMad whan br'ladiyMMl brilliancy a. battle lnt Wiass tea may he wen without ragard .te tha awtgemtnt which are g-o-iag on uM ahaut a. We live In an age In whkh afflcloncy t the slogan. We have tearnad fren oft-repeated failure and aor dfciaapoii.tn.ent that In sanitary we-rk, a ta all the other effort of the human race, the greatrM good can N accomplished In the shortest space of time and with a minimum expenditure of fund and labor by a concentrated. co-operative effort. "The moat needed reform In the admin istration of all the variou part of the publlo health arm of, the nation la an active and generous co-operation one With the other. The publlo health service cannot succeed In the fullest extent It It la not aasltted by the state and local health authorities. The Mate department of health cannot discharge their duties' with greateat profit without the help of the coupty and municipal board of health, and all of them to succeed in the broadest way must co-operate one with the other and all a a whole. Ac-curate Statistics Xeceary. The form which thl co-operation should take I capable of endless varia tloa and untold multiplicity, but the first and one of the most Important single factors U In the collection of vital ita tie tics. The registration area for deaths at present occupies only about two-thirds of our country. An endeavor I being made to establish a registration area for morbidity, and thl U a moat needed re form In puollo health administration. "It 1 the great glory of the period In which we live that w have recognized our responsibility a our brother's keeper. That publlo official who bring physical calvation to hi fellow man haa go a long way toward the promotion of the moral welfare and general hap pi r.ta mt the community. The worker in tha fteM of aaaitatlon, does more for the matrat vUft of the nation than any other t,fzktal aceeer. "Most of the states and many of the xviMtalpaUtieB grant adequate public health authority to their official. Prc tically all are willing to do so If the mat' tcr is. placed before them In It true light. Tha great difficulty, however, lie la tha curing of appropriation. It must be said that the education of the general publlo with regard to matters sn!try haa not yet brought about a full realization of the tnterchangeablllty of publlo health and publlo wealth." Sang for Eetailers at Cabaret JgagaPPH" -' JagaW eB 'flB 6HMNT M0tO " JSthel and -Hazel Solomon. CONGRESS ON ITS OWN FEET (Continued from Page One.) came a success and we have been repaid in fact In serstng It tho success it ha become." The result was that tho personal part of the resolution relating to Omaha's activity in tho mater wu removed and the matter was adopted simply a a meas ure seeking to make the organisation self-sustaining. DlargrM (Harts Fight. T. P. fiturgess of Omaha precipitated a fight when In a long paper he charged that the state board of agriculture it run by three men, w. n, Mellor, Teter Vounger nad Charles Jludge, who have political machine whloh perpetuate them Inoffloe and In control of the board. Ho recommended a reorganization of the board which would strip there three men of their power. He also chargod that they annually distribute free ticket for the state fair to their political friends, who help to perpetuate them In office. Charles Qraff of liancroft, Jo Hob- ert of Bcrlbner and several other un dertook to defend the1 hoard. Itobort is president of the board and draff Is a member of It. It was charged that the fight Bturges was making wan a per sonal one,- backed by personal spite. BtUr Kcss Jumped to his feet and demanded of both Roberts and draff that either tne tell the congress Just how many free paasestd the state fair were printed last year and where' and how they were dis tributed. They admitted they did not know". aXurgeee told them to ask Mali or. The .tight emUuetf''U'ntll after r. o'clock. when 'It was mcessary to. take adfevrn. ment 'Mrr Robert s'fffcall J declared that ne wouia welcome an investigation of the loard's work, If the 'eongres cared to appetat a eemmlttpevfar the ' purpose. Bescnnes.' Big- rrariis, A tralnlead of gld, nl a little lee than a mMe long, wa verbally freighted before tha eye of the ' farmers at the Partners' congree by Cuthbert Vincent of the Beal-Vlncent drain company of Omaha, as representing what the farm ers getta make if they would place their money on Interest Instead of Investing It In stocks In co-operative grain ele vators In the state. Mr. Vincent said that one-fifth of the elevators In the atate belong to the farmers, and that those are capitalized at !., "Mow then," ho continued, does anybody know i what $1 will amount to at compound Interest at 10 per eeM for JM yearaT" Several guessed. Some ventured to guss as high as $10. Well, sir," exclaimed the speaker, "It will amount to exactly 114,060 If com- pufed annually at 10 per cent. That ms that tha tl.ieo.060 the farmer have Invested In oo operative farm elevator In this state, If they would take It out ef there and put It on interest, would yletd them In M0 year N.W.e.0. Now, nafeedy here know what that means. That would mean a tralnload of gold seven-eighths of a mile long." When someone thought Vincent was estimating the rate of Interest too high he became more conservative, and fol lowed hi calculations out on a basis of par cent interest compounded. "Even at thl estimate," he uid, "It would mean JCS carload of gold for you at the end of 100 year." Ilrrornmrnila Cn-Operatlon, He then recommended a system of co operative elevators In which the bonds bought by the farmers to start the ele vator would retire themselves In a series of year. After that he would have the elevator operated so that the profit could be distributed to all who patronize the Institution, In proportion to the busi ness they furnish. The resolution committee of the con. Kress i already busy framing recom mendations. Frank O. Odell Is chair man of the resolution committee. The committee consists of twenty-five mem ber and will likely Introduco a resolu tion asking the state board of control to recommend to the next legislature elimination of a lot of and commission In the atate tlon 1 also being framed opposing Im mediate congressional action In the mat ter of rural credits, and favoring state legislation In the matter. Another reso lution Is to favor tho pending constitu tional amendment In Kobraska looklrur to the removal of all taxation restric tion in the present state constitution and leaving the matter of taxation legis lation free In the hand of the legislature and the people. It is the understanding that the committee is to make no recom mendation regarding the university re moval fight, although It Is to commend the legislature for the appropriation made last winter for university extension. HEW MVEHJROPS AGAIN Stock Sells at 68 at Opening of tb Market. EFFORT AT SUPPORT FALLS I.arsre,nioclt Ar. Thrown Over II r Cfinur of I'aaalnff of Dividend Grncrnl SInrket Is ltt (1c Affertril. NEW YORK, Dec 11. Stock, of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail road broke to CT, Its lowest price on record, at the opening of the stock mar ket today. Passing Of the dividend yes terday caused excited trading and on a block of 1,000 shares the price fell 4i point. It then recovered to wi. A crowd of broker clustered about the New Haven trading post on tho floor of the exchange long before the opening. When the gong, sounded the beginning of business, the rush to sell resulted In such confusion that It was several minutes before any record could be obtained of the first transaction. Then tho opening was announced aa 5,000 share at C3V4 to &1. Not for year had such a large block of New Haven ap peared on tho ticker tape. The stock closed yesterday at 72. Kfrort nt Support Falln. Trading was on a smaller scale after the opening, transactions being chiefly In blocks of 100 to 300 shares. An effort was made to support the stock .on the break and tho next sale was at 6SH. Then It was bid up to 69tt. It failed to hold at this level, however, and by the end of half an hour's tradings had fallen back to Wi. While suspension of the New Haven dividend had not been generally expected In Wall street, Its effect was partially discounted by a severe decline earlier In the week. Rumors that directors might suspend payments caused heavy trading, and on Tuesday the stock touched what was then the lowest price In the history of the company, 7114. a drop of 6H points from last week's close. Yesterday It met with better support and after equalling Its low record ended the day at The stock market In general was little affected by the violent decline In New Haven. There were a few weak epots, but most of the leading stock were strong. Speculators bid up prices on the theory that the passing of the New Haven dividend had relieved the market of uncertainty which had lorig been holding It Under restraint. Sales Are- Extraordinary. Selling of New Haven continued through the morning and the price fell to a new low record at 67. Trading thon became quieter on a slightly higher level New Haven was the' most active stock In tho market, more than 35,000 shares changing hands during the forenoon. The volume of trading In New Havn this week exceeded the total for all of 1312. The generat market, which waa strong for a time In spite of New Haven's weakness, later became distinctly heavy. Prices were depressed by liquidation of high grade Investment stocks, especially Pennsylvania and American Telephone, which sold at the lowest for a number of years. Doatnti A Maine. BOSTON, Dec. 11. In a summary of his report on the condition of the Boston Maine railroad given out yesterday, S. M. Kclton, president of the Chicago Great Western, wo made erroneously to say that "Tho present capitalization exceeds the value of the property." Mr. Felton said today: "My exact ' words were quite to the contrary. I stated that 'no physical valuation has been made of the Boston & Maine, but It could not be claimed tho present capitalization Is greater than the valuo of the property.' My report showed that the total cost of the road and equipment of the Boston & Maine and leased lino as of June 30, 1911, was $205,915,499, and I added: 'It Is confidently asserted that the property could not bo reproduced for J250,000.000.' " Mr. Kelton's report filled 100 typewrit ten' pages and the error occurred when the matter was being hurriedly condensed for publication. Clogged Nostrils Open at Once, tate. A resolu- 00 , , , i -i i -i T T l neaa uoias ana. uatarrn vamsii New Pension Surgeon. WASHINGTON, Deo. ll.-(8poclal Tel- egram.)-Dr. O. M. Klmblo has been hp pointed ponslon surgeon at Murdo, a D. In One Minuto Your Stuffy Nose and Head Clears, Sneez ing and Nose Eunning Cease, Dull Headache Qoes. Try "Ely's Cream Balm." 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