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."
Qet a small bottle anyway, Just to try
It Apply a little In the nostrils and in
stantly your clogged noso and stopped
up air passages of the head will open;
you will breathe freely; dullness and
headache disappear, liy morntngl the
catarrh, cold-ln-head or catarrhal sor,e
throat will be gone.
Knd such misery nowl pet the small
bottle of "Ely' Cream Balm" at any
drug store. Thl sweet, fragrant balm
dissolve by tho heat of the nostrils;
penetrates and heals the Inflamed, swol
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and throat; clears the air passages; stops
nasty discharges and a feeling of cleans
ing, soothing relict comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed; nostril
closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh
or a cold, with Ita running nose, foul
mucous dropping into tho throat, and
raw dryness is distressing, but truly
needless.
Put your faith Just once In "Ely's
Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh
will surely disappear. Agents Sherman
A MoConnell Drug Cn-Advcrtisement.
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FACE BROKE OUT
IN LITTLE PIMPLES
Red and Sore. Like Little Bolls.
Would Wake Up At Night and
Scratch. Cutlcura Soap and Olnt-
' ment Cured In Three Weeks.
Tails City, Neb. "My trouble
when I wu about sixteen. My face broke
out in little pimples at fir. They vera red
and sore and then became like
little boils. XplckKUtmyfaot
eanUnually and H mad my
face red and sore lootinc and
then I would wake up at night
and scratch It. It wa a sour
of continual annoyance to me.
a my face wu always red and
splotched and burned all the
time.
' . and other, but
I could find nothing to cure lu I had been
troubled about two year before I found
Cutlcura 6cp and Ointment. I sent for a
sun pie of Cutlcura Boap and Ointment and
tried tbem and I then bought some. I
washed my face good with the Cutlcura
Boap and hot water at night and then
applied the Cutlcura Ointment. In the
morning I washed It off with the Cutlcura
Soap and hot water. In two days I noticed
a decided Improvement, while In three week
th cur wu compute." (Signed) Judd
XnowUs, Jan. 10, 1813.
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Ointment are In the treatment of poor com
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you need not buy them until you try them.
Although cold everywhere, sample of each
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dress poet-caitf Cutlcura, Dept. T. Boston."
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-I tried
1163 -FIFTY YEARS as a NATIONAL BANK 1913
SMALL DEPOSITS.
We encourage Uiem. because naar largo accounts bogln In a small way.
The small depositor ot today becomes the large one of the future. More people would bo bank
depositors If they realised how It would help In building tholr credit and their success.
.LBaxiRof Omalia
Capital .... $500,000.00
Surplus Earned $1,000,000.00
L
Faraam Street,
At Thirteenth.
Organized In 1857 as
KOU.TZE BROTUEK8
DR. HOFFMAN RE-ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF SWTZERLAND
I1EIINH, Switzerland, Dec. lL-Colonel
Dr. Arthur Hoffman of St Gall was to
day elected president ot the Swiss con
federation for 1914, the constitutional
term being one year. Ite received 180
or the IX votes of the federal assembly.
The new president, who take office on
January 1, la 00 years old and 1 now vice
president and chief of the military de
partment He Is a radical democrat
The new vice president. Dr. Clusephe
Motta, wa elected unanimously. He Is
a conservative Catholic.
Proof of Value
of the time-tested, world-tried, home
remedy proof of its power to relievo
quickly, safely, surely, the head
aches, the sour taste, the poor
spirits and the fatigue of biliousness
will bo found in every doso of
BEECHAM'S
PILLS
Sold TMTwher. la boxes, 10c 25.
Health for allNo enforced vacations
Joy for patrons, proprietor and clerks
when you office in a
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Solid stone and
brick building, vac
hum hcatlnu sys
tem, plenty of stem
Windows hermet
ically calked out
side, metal weather
strip inside.
Host natural light,
supplemented b y
latest Mazda fix
tures FREE.
Best built building
in best office location
in the city.
Rooms ensuite rooms with vaults rooms single
A few desirable ones available now
Excellent neighbors reasonable rates the best of service
Superintendent Room 103
THE BEE BUILDING
"Tf building that it alwmy new"
no'
SttSSIobOner mile
,l for improvements
a iv w -jr
the Big Men Go
Those men who "get there"
usually get there first. When
they go to St. Paul and Minneapo
lis you'll hnd them on the Great
Western's Twin City limited spend
ing a pleasant evening in the cluh
car with some live, good-natured
friends who prefer to do their hustling
amid the luxury of hr me comforts.
You get there first comfortably on the
GREAT WESTERN.
8; 80 p. m. is the leaving time; $8.10 is
the fare; you nrrivo St. Paul 7:30 a. m..
Minneapolis 8:05 a. m.
Day train leaves Omah9:30 a. ni
Ask P. F. BONORDEN.C. P. &T.A.
1522 Farnam Street Omaha, Nek.
Phone, Doufk 360
Change In Time
Rock Island Lines
Effective Sunday, December 14th
COLORADO AND CALIFORNIA EXPRESS No. 5
will arrive from Ohicako at 1:10 P. M., inatead of 1:40
P. M., and will leave for Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo at 1:20 P. M., instead of 1:50 P. M. as now.
CHICAGO-NEBRASKA LIMITED No. 13 will ar
rive from Chicago at 8:30 A. M., instead of 8:00 A. M.
No. 14 for Chicago will continue to leave at 6:08 P. ML
as now.
J. S. McNALLY, D. P. A.
14th and Farnam Sts.
Omaha, Neb.
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