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' t. S. HEALTH SERVICE !| ISSUES WARNING k Increase in All Respiratory Disp eases After the Influenza Epidemic Probable. Influenza Expected to Lurk for Months. How to Guard Against Pneumonia. Common Colds Highly Catching?Importance of Suitable Clothing?Could |8ave 100,000 Lives. Washington, D. C.?With the subsidence of the epidemic of influenza the I attention of health officers is directed P to pneumonia, bronchitis and other diseases df the respiratory system which regularly cause a large number of deaths, especially during the winter season. According to Rupert Blue, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, these diseases will be especially prevalent this win ier unless tne peopie are parucuiany careful to obey health Instructions. "The present epidemic," said Surgeon General Blue, "has taught by bittar experience how readily a condition beginning apparently as a slight cold may go on to pneumonia and death. Although the worst of the epidemic Is oxer, there will continue to be a large " number of scattered cases, many of i them mild and unrecognized, which will be danger spots to be guarded / against" The Surgeon General likened the present situation to that after a great fire, saying, "No fire chief who understands his business stops playing the hose on the charred debris as soon -as the flames and visible fire have disappeared. On the contrary, he con1 throes the water for hours and even days, for he knows that there is danger of the fire rekindling from smoldering embers." "Then you fear another outbreak of influenza?" he was asked. "Not necesfef sarily another large epidemic," said W tile Surgeon General, "but unless the I people learn to realize the seriousness ' ?f the danger they will be compelled to V- piff a heavy death toll from pneumo|| nia and other respiratory diseases. w Common Colds Highly Catching. *Tt is encouraging to observe that people are beginning to learn that ordinary coughs and colds are highly x catching and are spread from person to person by means of droplets of genn laden mucus. Such droplets are prayea inio me air wuea careieoa ur ignorant people cough or sneeze withr out covering their mouth and nose. It ~ is also good to know that people have learned something about the value of t fresh air. In summer, when people ; are largely out of doors, the respiraf. tory diseases (coughs, colds, pneumo.nia, etc.) are infrequent; in the fall, as people begin to remain indoors, the ^ respiratory diseases increase; in the *v v winter, when people are prone to stay in badly ventilated, overheated rooms, tiie respirator diseases become very 1 - "prevalent Suitable Clothing Important "Still another factor in the produc-s : tion of colds, pneumonia and other re spiratory diseases is carelessness or ig/norance of the people regarding saltable1 clothing during the seasons when the weather suddenly changes, sitting L in warm rooms too heavily dressed or, t: ' what is even more common, especially among women, dressing so lightly that I'.' windows are kept closed in order to be L comfortably warm. This is a very injurious practice. Could Save 100,000 Lives. 1 believe we could easily save one & N hundred thousand lives annually in r . the United States if all the people would adopt the system of fresh air y living followed, for example, in tuberculosis sanatoria. There is nothing mysterious about it?no specific medicine, no vaccine. The important thing I is right living, good food and plenty of [ k fresh air. Droplet Infection Explained in Pictures. v "The Bureau of Public Health, Treasury Department, has just issued a striking poster drawn by Berryman, the well-known Washington cartoonist The poster exemplifies the modern method of health education. A few years ago, under similar circumstances, the health authorities would have is-* pr*' aued an official dry but, scientifically ! accurate bulletin teaching the role of , droplet infection in the spread of respiratory diseases. The only ones who \ would have understood the bulletin j would have been those who already . knew all about the subject The man | v in the street the plain citizen and the j miUfnno irhft Mil fnr thoir U vine I Ilifl I tj mil i muo nuv ivti a.v* U.(UQ v^p. would have had no time and no desire j to wade through the technical phrase- j ology." ft USE j \ j COLDS, INFLUENZA, PNEUMONIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS ARE SPREAD THIS WAY lc i Copies of this poster can be ob- j tained fr&e of charge by writing to the Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health j Service, Washington, D. C. / MUST INCREASE FOODJXPORTS America Called on by End of War to Supply Added Millions. ECONOMY STILL NEEDED. Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments Requited?Situation in Wheat and Fats Proves Government's Policy Sound. With the guns In Europe silenced, we have now to consider a new world food situation. But there can be no hope that the volume of our exports can be lightened to the slightest degree with the cessation of hostilities. Millions of people liberated from the Prussian yoke are now depending upon us for the food which will keep them from starvation. With food the United States made It possible for the forces of democracy to hold out to victory. To insure democracy in the world, we must continue to live simply in order that we may supply these liberated nations of Europe with- food. Hunger among a people inevitably breeds anarchy. American food must complete the work of making the world safe for democracy. Last year we sent 11,820,000 tons of food to Europe. For the present year, with only the European Allies to feed, ! we had originally plklged ourselves to | a program that would have increased ! our exports to 17,500,000 tons. Now, ! to feed the liberated nations, we will I have to export a total of not less than ' 20,000,000 toas?practically the limit j of loading capacity at our ports. Re- \ Viewing Lilt? WU11U 1UVU Oliuauuiif nc find that some foods will be obtainable ; in quantities sufficient to meet all world needs under a regime of eco- j nomical consumption. On the other ! hand, there will be marked world j shortages in some important commodi-! ties. 1 , I Return to Normal Bread Loaf. With the enlarged wheat crops which American farmers have grown, and the supplies of Australia, the Ar- j gentine and other markets now acces- ; sible to shipping, there are bread! grains enough to enable the nations to return to their normal wheat loaf, i provided we continue to mill flour at a high percentage of extraction and maintain economy in eating and the avoidance of waste.In fats there will be a heavy short-; age ? about 3,000,000,000 pounds ? in ! pork products, dairy products and vegetable oils. While there will be a shortage of about three million tons in rich' protein feeds for dairy ani-, mals, thefe will be sufficient supplies of other feedstuffs to allow economical consumption. i In the- matter of beef, the world's supplies are limited to the capacity of the available refrigerating ships. The supplies of beef in Australia, the Argentine and the United States are sufficient to load these ships. There will be a shortage in the importing countries, but we cannot hope to expand exports materially for the next months * ? ? * ^ n/\/k1r IT> f no. ui view uj. uitr uuiuc uc?.& uj uauoportation. i We will have a sufficient supply of sugar to allow normal consumption in this country if the other nations retain their present short rations or in-1 crease them only slightly. For the countries of Europe, however, to increase their present rations to a ma-! terial extent will necessitate our shar- i ing a part of our own supplies with them. i Twenty Million Tons of Food. Of the world total, North America will furnish more than 60 per cent. The United States, including the West Indies, will be called upon to furnish 20,000,000 tons of food of all kinds as compared with our pre-war exports of about 6,000,000 tons. WJhile we will be able to change our program in many, respects, even a! casual survey of the world supplied in comparison to world demands shows conclusively that Europe will know famine unless the American people, bring their home consumption down; to the barest minimum that will main-! tain health and strength. , There are conditions of famine In! Europe that will be beyond our power to remedy. There are 40,000,000 people in North Russia whom there is small chance of reaching with food this winter. Their transportation Is | demoralized in complete anarchy, and! shortly many of their ports will be; frozen, even if internal transport could be realized. To Preserve Civilization. At this moment Germany has no1 alone sucked the food and animals from all those masses of people sh? j has dominated and left starving, bui j she has left behind her a total wreck age of social institutions, and thii mass of people is now confronted witl absolute anarchy. If we value our own safety and th< social organization of the world, If w< value the preservation of civiHzatioi itself, we cannot permft growth of thii cancer in the world's vitals. Famine is the mother of anarchy From the inability of governments t? secure food for their people growi revolution and chaos. From an abilit; to supply their people grows stability of government and the defeat of an archy. Did we put it on no highe plane than our interests in the pro tection of our institutions, we mus bestir ourselves in solution of thi problem. I FOUR PALMETTO SENATORS. ing the President's address by four citizens of senatorial rank static, outState Well Represented WTien Presi- going and incoming. This fact was dent Wilson Spoke. the subject of interested comment in congressional circles. It is very unWashington, Dec. 2.?Senator W. usual. P. Pollock was sworn in as a mem- Mayor T. T. Hyde, of Charleston, ber of the Senate toSay, being es- was in the House gallery when Presicorted by Senator E. D. Smith. Form- dent Wilson made his address, er Senator Christie. Benet and Sena- Representative R. S. Whaley has tor-elect Dial were also present. Thus arrived in New York from Europe South Carolina was represented dur- but is not yet in Washington. M? ?i??1PI?18 W|H JB ^^H HI fl^EHHVHH^ j| VHNAI J0^r BI Bs?^BL^r jBv ?*> Announcement: m % To help meet the needs of the government, Wrigley's has ?^ *? ? ? J i-l* ??n/\ /\^ -f/vil discontinued uip use ux mi iuh as a wrapping for Hereafter all three WRIGLEY flavors will be sealed in air-tight, pink-end packages. . ^ WEflULLIJ wrapper and take your choice of fla? ^ vor. Three kinds ' to suit all tastes. 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