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WILL REACT.
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The Currency Bill Passad by
Congress Is a Radically
VICIOUS MESS?RE.
Senate Majority Surrenders to Forces
of Plutocracy?La Toilette's Brave
Fight Ineffectual?Wisconsin May
Swing to the Democracy?Fairbanks.
True to the Trusts. $
By WILLIS J. ABBOT.
Perhaps it was because this has
teen a fighting and a singularly ill
tempered congress that it closed its
first session with a burst of hilarity
and nonpartlsan good fellowship "such
as has never before been witnessed in
the house of representatives. There
were songs, processions, wild dances
? on the part of distinguished statesmen,
general eulogy of' Speaker Cannon
even from that side of the chamber
which has been denouncing him as an
autocrat?as, of course, he is?songs
by members of the press gallery and
songs in return from the floor directed
toward the press gallery. One incident
unparalleled in the history of congress
was what might be called a battle of
the pictures. A- big photograph of the
speaker attached to a broom was
borne into the hall at the head of a
procession of members of both politi
cal faiths, who joined in singing verses
In his eulogy. Thereupon a militant
Democrat, Hefiin of Alabama, looking
upon Uncle Joe as a receptive presi
dential candidate, discovered a por
trait of Mr. Bryan in the Democratic
cloakroom, attached it to a broom and,
at the head of a procession of Demo
crats, brought It Into the chamber. A
struggle ensued between the two fac
tions, each striving to hold the por
trait of Its champion the higher. It
was settled - finally by a Republican
tossing the Cannou picture into the
press gallery, whence It was proudly
?displayed. The Democrats tried to do
the same thing with the Bryan picture,
but missed their aim, and it fell to the
speaker's desk, narrowly missing his
head. I As it was heavily framed it
might have led to a serious accident.
The scene must have been a curious
one to people uot familiar with the fa
cility with which an American legisla
tive body can turn from serious busi
ness to horseplay and back again.
Every five or ten minutes a messenger
from the senate would appear in the
center aisle to announce the passage of
a bill, and at the tap of the speaker's
gavel perfect order would be restored,
only to have pandemonium break out
again the moment the business was
ended. The speaker seemed to enjoy
it as much as any one, but asked the
press associations to send out little
concerning It, because, as he put it,
"the boys on the floor and the boys ha
the press gallery understand this sort
of thing, but there is the diplomatic
gallery crowded with . representatives
of foreign legations, and what they
must think of this sort of frolic stumps
me." v
The Last Hours of the Senate.
There was less good humor and more
dignity in the senate as its session
drew to a close. The attempt of Sena
tor La Follette to defeat the currency
bill by talking It to death left a good
deal of bitterness at that end of the
capitol. It was a gallant fight that the
Republican insurgent made, and I am
inclined to apprehend that some west
ern and southwestern Democratic sen
ators are likely to suffer among their
constituents for leaving him to make
it almost unaided. Beginning.at 12:30
p. in., he talked continuously until aft
er 7 o'clock the next morning, breaking
thereby the record for long distance
oratory. There have been other fili
busters who occupied the floor for a
longer space of time, but that was by
aid of the device of sending long docu
ments to the clerk's desk to be read,
during which time the speaker had an
opportunity to rest It was in this
way that Senator Tom Carter talked
the river and harbor bill out of exist
ence and Senator Carmack in a later
congress slaughtered the ship subsidy
bill. But this year a rule was brought
in prohibitiug this practice, and all quo
tations which La Follette desired added
to his speech had to be read by him.
The fact that he has been for nearly
two mouths a sick man made his per
formance all the more extraordiuary.
His only aid came from Senator Stone
of Missouri and from Senator Gore of
Oklahoma. The latter's speech was in
no sense a filibustering device, though,
delivered at the time it was, it aided
the effort to talk down the currency
bill. It was, in fact, one of tbe ablest
speeches delivered iu th*1 senate this
session, touching upou all present day
Issues of Democracy, and will make
one of the best campaign documents
the Democratic national committee can
circulate.
It is not probable that even had the
Democrats as a whole Joined La Fol
lette, Stone and Gore the bill could
have been beaten. A filibuster can
only be completely successful when the
day of adjournment is arbitrarily fixed,
as In the case of the short sessions of
congress. There was absolutely noth
ing to prevent this congress sitting
until next December unless it were
the anxiety of senators to get to the
Chicago convention. But a hard light
might have compelled the amendment
of a radically vicious bill and perhaps
the c '-(-ossion by the Republicans of
the p lieity bill, upon which the
Democrats are a unit.
There was a certain pathos in the In- I
cldent that terminated the filibuster. |
Senator Gore is blind. It had been ar- ?
tauged that when he ended his speech
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Senator Stone should take up the
fight once more. The Missouri senator
had stepped out of the .?hamber for a
few moments, and Senator Gore, not
being warned and being, of course, un
able to detect his absence, brought his
remarks to an end. The instant he
sat down Aldrlch sy ang to his feet,
secured the floor and demanded that
vothib begin.
Some Possible Political Effects.
The day after La Toilette's defeat
in this fight Washington was buzziug
with speculation as to whether the bit
terness which he manifested would
not result in his openly abandoning the
Republican party. This I do not be
lieve, although 1 agree with the very
generally expressed opinion that the
treatment of the Wisconsin senator by
the other Republicans in the senate and
by the. vice president will go a long
way toward making Wisconsin a doubt
ful state thu year. As a presiding
officer Mr. Fairbanks adopted tuctics
that would make the late Tom Reed
and the present Joe Cannon wonder at
their own moderation. The only sen
ator on the floor whom he seemed able
to see was Aldrieh. and he responded
to the arguments and even to the ges
tures of that somewhat notorious legis
lative agent of the trusts, monopolies
and plutocratic forces with a docility
that was amazing. He invented prec
edents and shattered old ones. Per
haps the senate never saw one of its
members so thoroughly incensed as
was Senator Heyburn of Idaho at the
cavalier fashion in which he was treat
ed. The remark was current that if
Fairbanks should be renominated for
vice president he would need to look
out for the Idaho vote.
The Chicago Contests.
Secretary Dover of the Republican
national committee reports that there
are more than '200 contested seats for
the Chicago convention. It Is to be
kept in mind that primarily these con
tests are to be settled by the present
national committee, which is notori
ously hostile to Taft. This committee
will make up the preliminary roll of
the convention, and these 200 scats
may give the auti-Tal't people control
of its organization. In passing upon
credentials politicians are peculiarly
cold blooded. Questions oil justice sel
dom enter into consideration. All the
hopes of the antl-Taft people center
upon these 200 seats. For my own
part, I do not believe that Taft can
now be beaten, and I am decidedly in
clined to the opinion that the man
who should beat him would nave a
sorrowful time in the campaign unless
that man should be Roosevelt himself,
and through a specially favored White
House correspondent the president has
put out another announcement of his
purpose not to run.
Democratic Progress.
The result of the Texas. New Hamp
shire West Virginia, New Mexico and
I Arizona conventions added sixty-two
instructed delegates, to the Bryan col
umn and eight delegates from New
Hampshire who are not instructed, but
who are all avowed advocates of the
nomination of the Nebraskan. The
name of no other candidate was men
tioned in any of these conventions.
This gives Mr. Bryan 553 absolutely
instructed votes. Furthermore, out of
the fourteen votes of Connecticut at
least six are for him. In Florida there
has been some misunderstanding not
readily explainable at this distance.
The vote in that state is by direct pri
maries and not by a convention, and
it was supposed that the delegates had
been chosen and all were for Bryan.
But it appears that owiug to some in
formality or irregularity in the proce
dure new primaries must be held in
six districts. There is no expectation.
however, that ihe reported result will
be changed. Seven out of the eight
Rhode Island votes are his and twelve
votes from Maine. In brief, the friends
of Mr. Bryan may rely today upon 596
votes to Denver, much more than a
majority, enabling, even should there
be unexpected reverses later, the Bry
an men to organize the convention.
But there is no reason to anticipate
reverses. The daily report of the ac
tion of country, conventions indicate
lisut there will be little serious hostili
ty to him in the convention of the Old
Dominion. For some time there was a
rather general opinion that Louisiana
might send un anti-Bryan delegation,
but Congressman Favrot, who returned
to that state recently, said that word
had come to him that not only would
the delegation be favorable, but that
it would be easy to secure instructions.
Congressman Pujo, who has not been
^favorable to Mr. Bryan, only the other
day gave up the fight and conceded his I
state. It has been an interesting fea
ture of the discussion, particularly here
iu Washington, that so mauy of the
"leaders" have been somewhat op
posed to this nomination, but that all
concede that it is demanded by their
constituents.
The Rival. Candidates.
There has beeu no change in the ex-1
tent of the support of either Judge
Gray or Governor Johnson. Judge j
Gray's friends ate making a canvass
for him which somewhat resembles
his own character, calm, dignified and
houoruble. Governor Johnson is in
danger of suffering from the misdirect
ed zeal of bis spokesmen. For exam
ple, the proclamation put forth from
his headquarters in Chicago that the
plan of the men who are leudlng Bry
an delegations to Denver was to nomi
nate him there and defeat him at the
polls In order to be permanently rid of
him does not come with good grace
from it supposedly Democratic source.
Every Democrat of lawful age has a
right to aspire to a presidential nomi
nation, but it is one tbiug to make a
canvass for a candidate and another to
devote all your pulitical energies to
the effort to destroy another candi
date.
Washington. D. C.
More Thorough Meat Inspection.
A uniform enforcement of the new
regulations governing meat inspec
tion is to be discussed at Chicago
this ^eek.
ONLY A SOCIAL CALL.
MR. AND MRS. WATTERSON
VISITS THE BRYANS.
The Greaft Kentuckion Says Bryan's
Nomination by Acclamation at Den
ver is Now Certain.
A dispatch from Louisville, Ky.,
says Editor Watterson, accompanied
by Mrs. Watterson, is on the way to
Lincoln, Neb., on invitation of Mr.
Bryan.
It can be stated with certainty
that Mr. Bryan and Mr. Watterson
have been in constant correspond
ence since the two came together in
New York two months ago.
Mr. Watterson was asked for an
expression of opinion on the outlook,
and in substance, said:
"I am merely going to avail my
self of a business call to Chicago to
accept Mr. Bryan's invitation to run
over to Lincoln. There will be but
one real issue in the coming struggle.
That is the case of the 'people against
predatory wealth.' It has been very
well put by Mr. Roosevelt; but Mr.
Bryan, more than any one else, rep
resents it in all its length, breadth,
and thickness.
"If Mr. Roosevelt were the candi
date of the Republicans, there might
be some question as tor the 'original
Jpcobs' between him and Mr. Bryan,
But Air. Taft can stand on no plat
form setting forth the Roosevelt poli
cies. He is far closer to the Wall
street interests than Fairbanks,
Hughes or Knox. His nomination
means the Republican party wearing
the mask of Roosevelt, but using the
claws of Harriman, Morgan and com
pany. If Bryan cannot beat this
combine, nobody can. He is its
logical candidate. All 'suggestions
to the contrary are misleading. They
are simply weak devices of the ene
my."
"You feel certain that Mr. Bryan's
nomination is already assured?"
"Mr. Bryan said Mr. Watterson,
"will be nominated by acclamation
at Denver. The only things left out
standing to be considered by Demo
crats are the second place on the tic
ket, the platform, and the chairman
ship of the national committee."
Asked about the coming conven
tion and the general outlook for
Kentucky can be relied upon not to
wreck their bark before she gets out
of port. I do not care what the
Lexington convention does except
that it shows itself fair to all parties.
This I fully appreciate. We Ken
tucky Democrats are pretty good
fighters, but in emergencies we know
how to sit down in unity, and to
smoke the pipe of peace. This is au
emergency."
KILLED HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF.
They Hud Quarreled Several Times on
Account of Jealousy.
Charles P. Corlett. a prominent
architect and head of the Corlett. En
gineering company, Tuesday night
killed his wife, Elizabeth, and then
ended his own life in a hotel iu Wil
loughby, a Cleveland, Ohio, suberb.
The double tragedy is said to have
been the result of jealousy.
Shortly after Corlett returned from
Cleveland, three shots were heard by
the guests. When the hotel proprie
tor burst into the door he found Mrs.
Corlett dead upon the floor. Near
by was the almost breathless body
of her husband. A revolver lay near
his outstretched hand. The man
died a few minutes later.
Mr. Corlett was 38 years old: his
wife was four years younger and
was a beautiful woman. The couple
had quarreled recently several times.
H.&9 S. C FRIDAY. JJJ1
WHAT CONGRESS DID.
GOV. HEYWAR? VERY SICK
Has Announced Withdrawal from
Senatorial Race.
The Columbia State says it has
been known to his most intimate
friends for two or three weeks that
Gov. Heyward's health was in a pre
carious condition. The condition,
however, was not considered serious
by any other than his immediate
family and his physician until after
his trip to Georgia last week.
It was hoped that this trip would
j entirely restore him, but it failed to
do so. On his return from Georgia
hi3 condition was found toi be seri
ous, so much so that his physicians
have been insisting for several days
on taking him to a sanitorium. He
has, however, strenuously fought
this idea.
For several days ho has been con
fined to his bed and his condition
has grown so much worse that it has
been found imperative that he go
away at once for treatment.
Gov. Hey ward was too ill to be
seen Wednesday, but it was stated on
his behalf that he will not be a can
didate for the senate since his physi
cians. Drs. Mclntosh and Guerry,
enter the campaign.
While it is hoped that rest and
i treatment will completely restore
him to health, his physicians state
that he will be unable to return home
or to engage in any active work
within less than three months or
more.
It is understood that Gov. Hey
ward will leave Thursday morning
for the Philadelphia Orthopaedic
hospital, accompanied by Dr. Mc
lntosh.
SELLS LESS BOOZE.
j Dispensary Receipts Fall Off Very
Materially.
Dispensary sales in Orangeburg and
Calhoun counties continue to decrease
as the weather gets warmer, or, per
haps, the falling off is due to the
spreading of the "prohibition wave,"
which, it is predicted by some who
claim to know, will have the entire
State in its grasp by the time the
next General Assembly convenes.
Prohibition is as confidently ex
pected as was the repeal of the lien
law before the last session of the
Legislature, but the lien law is still
on the statute books of South Caro
lina.
Liquor sales in the two counties
for May were $14,518.20, as com
pared with $15,577.70 for April, and
the April figures were about $2,000
behind those of March, which shows
a steady decrease for several months.
The sales in this city for May were
$0,208.45, against 16,941.30 for
April.
Should the Supreme Court decide
that Calhoun County is dry and pro
hibit, the Orangebnrg County board
from shipping liquors into Calhoun
the sales from this county's central,
or wholesale, dispensary will be still
further diminished to the extent of
about $5,000 per month.
Elephant Kills Horse
Seizing a horse with its trunk, an
enraged elephant in a circus which
left New Albany. Ind., Tuesday dash
ed the animal against the ground
until it had pounded the animal's
brain out. The show men were load
ing the animals on the train when
the elephant ventured too near a
horse that kicked it.
Dollar Stopped the Bullet.
Brice McLeod owes his life to the
fact that lie carried a silver dollar
in the watch pocket of his trousers.
While in Paragould. Ark., recently a
negro fired at him but the ball flat
tened against the silver and stopped
there. The negro escaped.
m 12, 1908.
?McCutcheon in Chicago Tribun
BADLY INVOLVED.
THREE SPARTANBURG INSUR
ANCE COMPANIES IN BAD SHAPE.
All the Profits Eaten Up by the Ex
penses, Which Was Mostly High
Salaries.
According to a statement of In
surance Commissioner McMaster
Tuesday, the affairs of three mutual
fire companies at Spartanburg are in
volved and on the face of the re
turns it looks as if there has been
mismanagement of the funds.
In the case of the Carolina Mutual
under control of Stanyarne Wilsou,
outstanded contested claims on July
1, 1907 .amounted to $9,367, and
adjusted claims on the same date to
$35,897. The amount that should
have been realized was $18,848, and
the actual amount -realized $10,667.
Contested claims on January 1, I90o.
amounted to $23,374 and additional
adjusted claims to $11,871. The
account that should have been realiz
ed was $10,528 and the actual
amount realized $5,485. The amount
of outstanding claims on May 25,
was $39,437.
An examination of the Carolina
Mutual's books shows that between
January 1, 1907, and June 6, 100S,
$69,342 were collected from all
sources. Losses in that period were
$38,464. The difference between the
amount received and that paid out
in losses excepting $891 was consuin
ct in expenses which were extraor
dinarily high. Mr. McMaster shows
where Wilson received a salary of
$300 a month through 1907 and up
to March of the current year. After
he resigned as president he got $200
a month as attorney. He also took
$1.000 for back salary in 1905-06.
Up to November J. M. Whatley re
ceived $100 a month and expenses as
adjuster and since then $125 a
month and expenses. In Maich
Whatley succeeded Wilson as presi
dent. The secretary, Miss D. Calla
han. drew $1,300 in salary for 1907.
Wilson's stenographer, Miss M. Ful
mer, drew $15 a week as assistant
secretary.
A. M. Alexander man"ges the Pied
mont Mutual and Palmetto Mutual
at Spartanburg. No minutes of the
Piedmont have been kept since May
6, 1907. At that, meeting the direc
tors were A. M. Alexander. I). B.
Alexander, W. G. Barnes and Dr. H.
B. Goodell. No ledger nor cash
books were kept, policy records be
ing the only account obtainable. Mr.
McMaster declares it is impossible to
find out how, why and where the
money were expended and Alexander
can not say definitely. D. B. Alexan
der drew $100 a month and expenses
as adjuster, and A. W. Whitlock $15
a week as secretary. Other items
of expense can not be given at this
time.
Judgments are on file in the of
fice of the clerk of court at Spartan
burg against both the Piedmont Mu
tual and the Palmetto Mutual. The
commissioner has not finished his
searching investigations.
BANDITS ATTACK PACK TRAIN
Four Guards Were Killed and Four
Tliosands Dollars Taken.
A dispatch from Mexico City says
word came Wednesday night that
bandits attacked a pack train on the
way to Los Grandes mines, neat
Balsa, in the State of Guerrero. Of
the escort of four men three were
killed and one wounded. Four thous
and dollars were captured. Rurales
are in pursuit of the highwaymen.
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CUT AT CHURCH DOOR
PRIEST STABBED WHILE SHAK
ING HANDS IN CHURCH.
Attack on Pastor Created a Panic in
Missouri, and Two More Were Slash
ed by Wealthy Farmer.
Standing in the doorway of his
church at Salisbury, Mo., shaking
hands with the departing members
of his congregation, the Rev. Father
Joseph F. Lubeley was twice stabbed
by Joseph Schuette, a prosperous
farmer and one of the most promin
ent members of his congregation.
One of the knife thrusts made a deep
wound in the priest's temple and the
other cut his neck iess than a half
inch from the jugular vein. The
priest was hurried to a hospital where
it was stated he has a fighting chance
for recovery.
Created a Panic.
The stabbing of the priest caused
a panic among the men and women
who were filing out of the church, as
practically all of them knew Schuette
and the members of his family, who
were standing close by when the far
mer whipped out his long knife. His
wife and- five children reached the
door in time to see a dozen men sit
ting on the raving man, trying to
subdue him. It is evident that the
farmer became suddenly insane, as
he had no reason for his attack on
Hie r.riest, and in addition had been
acting queerly for a few days previ
ous. ? ,
The police of Salisbury also are
[convinced Schuette is insane. He
has been raving almost constantly
since he was locked up. Later he
was sent to a sanitarium until he
recovers his r?ason.
Attacked From Behind.
The priest had finished his mass
and had walked to the door of the
church to shake hands with the
members of his parish as they left
the building. There were about 400
worshipers present and they were
headed toward the door in small
groups; Father Lubley was shaking
hands with a woman when Schuette
came up from behind. In his hand
there was a sharp knife and just as
the priest dropped the hand of the
woman he felt a sharp cut on the
forehead. With an exclamation of
pain Father Lubley turned around
and as be did so the knife made a
deep wound in his neck. The priest
reeled and fell to 'the floor, blood
streaming from his wounds. The
members of the congregation seemed
stunned for a moment and then wo
men screamed hysterically and rush
ed hastily to the street.
Most of the men also seemed be
wildered, but about a dozen of the
worshipers grappled with Schuette.
He struck out wildly with his knife
and cut the hand of Mrs. Barbara
Binter, who was trying to pass
through the door. John Gates, one
of those who overpowered the far
mer, was slashed on the elbow.
Schuette was one of the wealthiest
farmers of Salisbury. One of his
daughters was a chum of Father Lub
eley's cousin, who lived with the
priest. The two young women visit
ed each/other frequently, and Father
Lubeley also dined often in the home
of the man who stabbed him.
THE FIRST VICTIM
Caught in^ the Undertow and Drown
ed at Tybee.
The treacherous tides of Tybee
Beach have claimed their first vic
tim early this season. Fritz Sch
walb, a young man about 19 years
of age, was downed there Sundav
afternoon v'-,!e enjoying a su T b.iih.
He and a companion went into the
surf late in the afternoon when the
tide was going out at a great rate of
speed. The young man got into the
undertow and before he realized his
danger he was being carried out to
sea. When he found that he was iu
danger of drowning he grabbed his
companion by his bathing suit and
clung to him with desperation writ
ten nppfi his face
Mr. John Seigers, who was with
the victim of tbe surf, came near be
ing carried down with him and only
wrenched himself from the grasp of
the drowning man by the greatest
effort. His clothes were partly torn
from his back before he succeeded
in breaking the young man's hold.
After that he did all he could to
save him. but was unsuccessful.
.There were several people in I lath
ing at the time and there were large
crowds on the beach, but the drown
ing did not create a great deal of ex
citemf nt in any part of the island ex
cept in the immediate vicinity in
which it occurred. The body of the
young man was carried out to sea.
SHOT THROUGH SCREEN DOOR.
Prominent Attorney in Florida As
sassinated While at Supper.
At Arcadia. Fla., C W. Foster, a
prominent attorney, was assassinat
ed at 7 o'clock last Friday night
at the supper table with his family.
The assassin stole up to the screen
door of the house and fired a full
charge of shot from a shotgun Into
his body killing him instantly. There
is no clue to the murderer. Sheriff
Freeman has wired for bloodhounds
and the entire town is aroused and
posses have been formed, and have
started out in all directions, ff the
murderer is captured a lynching is
feared.
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$1.50 PEE ANNUM..
CAUSED BY MILK.
Eight Million People Doomed to
Be Killed by the
GREAT WHITE PLAGUE.
Costs Over $4,000,000 to Care For
and Bury Victims?League Dis"
cusses Action?Anti-Tuberculosis
Workers in Favor of Wiping Out
All Infected Cattle.
The "Great White Plague" seems
likely Lo lose some of its greatness
as the result of the national conven
tion of the American Anti-Tubercu
losis League which closed at St. Louis
recently. The principal demand of
the convention was for legislation:,
against defective cows, it being as
serted that about 99 per cent of the
consumptives in the United States
contract their tuberculosis in raw
milk.
Opposing factions, one advocating;
the isolation plan for the treatment
of consumptives and the other defend
ing the present policy of treating the*
disease in cities, were in combat at
the closing session. The controversy
assumed the form of a debate, Dr.
Walter G. Tyzzer, superintendent of
the Mayfield Sanitarium, of St. Louis,
representing the isolation advocates,,
and Dr. Joseph E. Chambers, presi
dent of the Hippocratean College of
Medicine, of St. Louis, representing:
the other faction. The subject of
the debate was:
"Resolved, That tuberculosis canu
be more effectively treated in the
isolated arid regions than in hospi
tals in cities."
?The honors were about even, but
Dr. Tyzzer had the more meritorious
side of the argument, apparently, as
the majority of the delegates not
personally interested In some city in
stitution were in his faction.
"Raw Milk" was the title of a pa
per submitted by Nathan Straus, the
New York philanthropist. It was an
able paper, covering the raw mills
subject thoroughly, and closing with
the following three deductions:
"1. That tuberculosis is nprevent
able disease.
"2. That raw milk is the common:
cause of tuberculosis.
"3. That the peril of tuherculosis
in milk can be absolutely removed by
proper pasteurization."
Ernest J. Lederle, former Com
missioner of Health of New York,
submitted a paper entitled, "Eublic
Milk Supples, with Special Reference
to the Tuberculosis Problem." He
stated that tuberculosis was now very
prevalent among milk cows and in
creasing, and urged legislation aimed
at such cousumptive cows.
C. W. Saleeby, of London, Eng
land, spoke on "Potential Homicide,
the Greatest Menace of the Humart
Race.1"
"Sterilization, valuable as it is as.
a final safeguard against tuberculosis,
is, after all," said Dr. Donohue, "only
an expedient and must not be put
into so much prominence that the
?importance of the other safeguard be
lost sight of. Beyond any puestion,
the ultimate advantage lies in ob
taining milk from cattle free from*
disease. It is a fact comparable
with the advantage of obtaining
drinking water from pure source
instead of taking it from a contami
nated one and relying upon purifica
tion afterwards."
Dr. W. H. Mayfield, general secre
tary and executive officer of the
American Anti-Tuberculosis League,
predicted in his address that "he
fore long there will be state and na
tional laws requiring that inspectors
shall duly examine every cow whose
milk is offered for human use, and
every animal ascertained to be afflict
ed even in the slightest degree witl>
the tubercle bacilli shall be marked3
for destruction.
"The mere money cost to the Unit
ed States or the plague of tubercu
losis overshadows all other expendi
tures," continued Dr. Mayfield. "The>
first five years the United States
army occupied the Philippines the
cost was about $200,000,000; the*
second five years $125,000,000. or a?
total of $325,000,000. In 1907 our
army and navy cost taxpayers $222,
000.000. and with the pension roll
lor that year added, makes out this
sum to $384,000,000. This is 67
per cent of the nation's income for
war or its expense.-. These two
amounts added together give a total
of $709,000,000. These are colossal
figures, but in comparison with the
following they are as electric light
to sunlight.
"Medical science is authority for
the statement that out of the 80,
000.000 of people belonging to the
United States 8,000,000 are doomed
to die of consumption . Without con
sidering the cost these have been ta
their parents, or thousands of help
less orphans these deaths will send
to public institutions, or computing
the profits thai would accrue if they
were allowed to live, and without re
ferring to the distress, despair and
human agony accompanying their
taking off. the amount in mere dol
lars, incident to their demise, is
simply appalling.
"Egmating that $44)0 must be
spent upon each victim so afflicted?
land the amount is often $4,000?
and reckoning the burial expenses.
at S200?which Is below the actual
average cost?we have a loss ot
$600 per capita on 8,000,000 of peo
ple, or the unthinkable amouut ot
more than $4,000,000,0001" ,_,