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BUT HOW can the board of 'works get its bluff across if the street
car company is going to talk back that way?
THE STRENGTH of a man is frequently shown by the lies they tell
about him. What a power President Wilson is!
WHO IS this man McAdoo, that the mere mention of his name causes
such a stampede among the republican and “near-democratic” editors?
THE MORE PROMISES the governor makes t cm his tour of explana
tion the more dissatisfaction there will be when he fails to carry them out.
THE REPUBLICANS of Indiana were able to shake off the "favorite
son” boom for Goodrich. Are the democrats of the state less independent?
AND NOW the Indianapolis News wants A. C. Sallee replaced as dem
ocratic state chairman. What’s the matter. Dick, can’t you control him,
either? " v
AFTER FOUR YEARS the supreme court is to hear arguments in
that Denny Bush case. Meanwhile the race horse pools are still being
openly sold in Indianapolis.
Republicans Fighting McAdoo
A noticeable demonstration of the fear of W. G. McAdoo which per
meates the camp of the republicans of Indiana as well as every other state,
is th£ alacrity with which the republican controlled press of Indiana is
seizing on every possible peg with which to hang a story that McAdoo will
not be a candidate for the presidency. -
McAdoo issued a statement in New York in which he declared that
he preferred to see the delegates at San Francisco uninstructed and in
which he declined personally to take part in preferential primaries. Im
mediately the republican papers and the "near-democratic” papers of
Indiana that have recently fallen into the hands of the organization se
lected parts of the statement to support such headlines as "McAdoo
Announces That He Is Not a Candidate,” "McAdoo Will Not Bea Can
didate,” “McAdoo Refuses to Bea Candidate,” etc.
Thereafter the Indianapolis News prints a laudatory article about
Thomas Marshall, and the Indianapolis Star uses eight-column headlines
to attempt to show that Marshall is a candidate and must have Indiana's
support. Taking the cue from this “spontaneous outburst” of republican
enthusiasm for Marshall, which was prompted wholly by fear of McAdoo,
other of republican controlled papers in Indiana that masquerade as “dem
ocratic,” have since been industriously trying to belittle the McAdoo senti
ment in Indiana.
There should be no differences between the friends of Vice President
Marshall and the friends of William G. McAdoo in Indiana. Both men are
democrats and as such are fully capable of taking care of themselves with
out the assistance of the republican party. Neither will openly assert a
candidacy for the noinination at San Francisco. Neither can consistently
interfere with what efforts are made by the- democratic voters to express
their preferences for the presidency.
In fact, about the only difference between the two men relative to the
above primaries in Indiana is that the republicans are desperately afraid
William G. McAdoo will be the choice of the democratic convention for
president, and they very much prefer Marshall.
The reason for their fear and their choice is apparent. They realize
that McAdoo can be elected. For that reason, if for no other, they prefer
to see Marshall nominated.
Another and very potent reason for the republican preference in In
diana for Marshall is that he numbers among his friends the so-called
democrats who have been conducting the affairs of their party in Indiana
sq that the republicans have been very successful in controlling tne state.
The McAdoo sentiment in Indiana does not spring from the job holders
or from the mahogany desks about which the bipartisan politicians of this
state have been gathering to select candidates. It is distinctly a move
ment from the wage earners and the real democrats of Indiana. Its
success means that the petty politicians who have always awaited the
“word” from their bosses before putting the party on record for or against
any one will no longer have that privilege.
The continuation of the bipartisan control of the democjpatic party in
Indiana which was built up during the years when the Indianapolis News
was directing democrats in accordance with the wishes of its owner, the
late Charles Warren Fairbanks, depends now on the ability of the News
and the republican organization in Indiana to continue manipulation through
the tools it has always been able to utilize.
No republican can influence William G. McAdoo’s supporters to do
that which is contrary to the welfare of the democratic party. That is
why the republican press finds it so necessary to telittle them.
It Is interesting now to note the attempt to make it appear that the
bipartisan effort to force Indiana democrats to indorse Mr. Marshall for the
presidency did not start until after the McAdoo supporters announced
their intentions to crystallize the sentiment in Indiana.
Asa matter of fact James Fry, the Marshall appointee, had arranged
for the circulation of Marshall petitions in Indiana long before The Times
announced its support of McAdoo and these petitions were actually circu
lated at Newcastle on Mr. Fry's request several weeks ago. The apathy
with which they were received was one of the factors that entered
into the determination of this newspaper to support Mr. McAdoo. The dec
laration of Mr. Marshall here on Dec. 22 that "he would not enter a presi
dential primary even if he was assured of the nomination,” was another.
The republican directed effort to make Mr. Marshall “back into” the
Indiana primaries can have but one effect in Indiana. Mr. McAdoo’s friends
must insist on his name going oh the preferential ballot and then the real
derar crats of Indiana must decide whether they will select the candidate
or will continue to allow the bipartisan politicians to make the selection
under the careful guidance of the republican leaders of Indiana.
We do not fear, but rather welcome, the outcome on this issue.
Cabinet Changes
Twenty-five different men sat in the cabinet of Theodore Roosevelt
during the time he w T as president of the United States Sixteen different
men have served with Wilson so far in his incumbency. Yet the republican
press is trying desperately to make it appear that Wilson has established
a record for cabinet changes.
The more the people of the United States study the villification and
abuse which is being heaped on President Wilson the more apparent be
comes the injustice of it.
Writing in the Saturday Blade, Chicago, W. D. Boyce says of the
resignation of Lansing:
There is nothing to worry the country in the fact that Secretary of
State Lansing is out of the cabinet or that other members have quit
President Wilson’s official family and still others may do so. It is but a
repetition of history for the last forty years. Whenever a president is
nearing the end of his second term it is but natural that there should be
upheavals. Each cabinet officer has the busy political bee buzzing in his
bonnet. He Knows when the president’s term is ended he will be out of a
job and he is looking for another. And particularly he is wondering if
he wouldn’t be the ideal man to succeed his chief. In such responsible
positions as the cabinet it is natural that there should be differences of
opinion, that the heads of departments and the president should clash
once in a while, that the cabinet officer toward the end of his incumbency
should get a little stubborn and offish. This feeling is, of course, added to
by the suggestions of friends and admirers that this particular cabinet
officer would make a good president Every member of President Wil
son’s official family has been set up by his friends as good presidential
timber. Most of the booms have been short-lived because a cabinet mem
ber can not get out and work for the nomination without violating the
conventions. Lansing probably has no idea of running for president, but
his resignation is the natural result of the restlessness which marks the
end of the second term of a president.
Neither the administration nor the country is going to suffer because
he or any other man quits. There nevef was a bookkeeper or clerk -so
good that he couldn’t bo replaced by one (equally good when he left.
Review of the Week
in Indiana Politics
—lndiana Publicity Bureau—
For the first time in this campaign
democratic politics began this week to
transcend the furore of republican ac
tivities In Indiana.
The attention of the voters was di
rected to the democratic camp by the
presentation of William Gibbs McAdoo
as a candidate for president and of
Thomas Taggart as a candidate for sena
tor. In neither Instance was there ar,
announcement by the men themselves of
any Intention of seeking the nomination.
However, this was offset by the un
qualified declaration of The Indiana
Daily Timek that neither of these mjji
would refuse to become candidates at the
call of Indiana democrats. The general
impression In Indianapolis was that the
newspaper did not give this assurance
without being fully Informed in the
premises.
Following the Introduction of these
names Into democratic affairs a meeting
i was held at Huntington at which more
! than the necessary 500 names were ob
tained to Insure the placing of McAdoo
j on the primary ballot and plans were
discussed for furthering the McAdoo
! boom.
In the meantime, renewed impetus was
given the circulation of petitions on be
half of Thomas Taggart, which had al
ready been started and which has now
become almost state-wtde.
Mr. McAdoo issued a statement tn
New York In which he said he preferred
unlnstrueted delegates at the San Fran
cisco convention and urged that the party
| make a fight for principles rather than
for men. He asserted in the statement,
howpver, that he regarded It as the "im
perative duty of any man to accept a
: nomination that came to him unsolicited.”
The supporters of Mr. McAdoo In both
Indiana and at his old home In Georgia
declined to be disturbed by this state
ment and continued efforts on his be
half, apparently with the understanding
that they would not he disappointed as
to his reception of them.
As the McAdoo boom gathered way.
1 James F. Fry, collector of customs at
Indianapolis, and an appointee, of Thomas
Marshall, launched a movement to put
[ the vtre president’s name on the primary
ballot as Indiana's choice for president.
The republican press generally seized
on the effort for ihe ptfrpose of discour
aging the Me\dco movement and the vice
president got more than his customs ry
amount ts from republican
sou rcea.
The “Marshall-tor-President” boomers
announced their intention of placing
Marshall’s name on the primary ballot
and the McAdoo supporters reiterated
tbelr Intention of doing the same. The
general Impression here was that the
■two names would go on the primary hal
lot and there would be a showdown in the
party largely between the old-time sup
porter# of Marshall and a younger el
eifient that It ts admitted is for a more
vigorous conduct of the affairs of the
party than has been general for several
yea rs.
Older politicians expressed the be
lief that #ucb a fight In Indiana would
have an excellent effort on the party,
.as It would <lo much to offset the general
apathy that has been produced by the_
republican propaganda to the effect 'that
“the democrats have no chance.’’
While the democrat# were gettinc on
their harness in preparation for a pros
pective fight, the republicans wert* be
moaning the action of Gov. Goodrich in
declaring ttint a vote for the republican
state ticket next fall must be an Indorse
ment of his administration.
Renirdleau candidates for governor
were generally seeking the storm cellar
to allow (he 111 advised noise created by
Goodrich’* ’’defei se tour” to subside
The general unseemly scramble of the
republican candidates for the president
continued without abatement. Wood Is
continuing to get the moat support In
the press, but Senator Harding of Ohio
Is doing the most quiet’ organization
work and Gov. Lowden of Illinois is
preparing for a whirl wind finish that his
friends declare will make hint tiie lender
In a preferential fight that will probably
resuit In a delegation to Chicago made
tip of Senator Watson’s friends who wilt
not be pledged to any, one.
Considerable Interest has been aroused
in the report that Will Ilayg. national
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1920.
A-Makin £ife &asy for Maw
Oh I guess if I put in the rest of my days a-trying* my best to make
Things easy for Maw I’d be doin’ but half what I should do for her
sake;
For she spent weary hours when I was a babe, a-carin’ an’ watchin’
o’er me,
She gave me a love that was richer than gold, I must pay right back,
y’ see.
When I crossed the pond to join in the fight an’ I had to kiss Maw
good-bye,
I made up my mind if I ever got back I’d somehow really try
To do what I could in the biggest way to fill her life with cheer
An’ to keep the smiles a-shinin’ on her wrinkled face so dear.
An’ it seems as I look forward now it’s a man's job for me to do;
She gave me her best that I might grow into a man, strong aid true,
An’ now as the Lord spared me from the Hun, and brought me back
home a man
It’s up to me, make life easy for Maw, to care for her all I can.
chairman, Is getting up the pin# to grab
the nomtt atlon out of .1 deadlock at Chi
cago. This report is gaining credence
with every publication of a long, laudatory
article which it is declared Hays is sup
plying to newspapers that will use it.—
Indiana Publicity Bureau.
UncleMtD
A Column Conducted Under Di
rection of Dr. Rupert Blue of
U. S. Public Health Service.
Uncle Sam. M. D,' will answer, either
tn this column or by mall, questions of
general Interest relating only to hygiene,
sanitation and the prevention of disease.
It will be impossible for him to answer
questions of a purely personal nature, or
to prescribe for Individual diseases. Ad
and ress:
INFORMATION EDITOR,
U. S. Public Health Service,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
TIIF. HI MAN EStiINBEK.
A high labor turnover has brought
many Industrial accident# In Its wake,
and. with an Increasing sense of r*|>pon
siblllty. stales have passed law# requir
ing that these be taken care of. Com
pensation lavra have greatly Increased
the demand for the industrial physlelan
and the man of medical training has thus
been calted Into rloser association with
Industry than ever before.
A eomparatlrely new field haa been
opened to the medical profession, and
some few of its members have been quick
to grasp the opportunity and to see the
possibilities that the Industrial field
holds In #tor<* for them. Compared to
the large number who have taken their
work us a matter of course, men of vision
have been few. but those few have placed
an Indelible stamp upon Industrial medi
cine and have formed a solid basis upon
which this special branch of medical
practice will be built. ' Unlike most other
medkal specialties, this one Is roofed In
the principles of preventive medicine, a#
It has to do with keeping the worker
well.
To this new specialty, uaually termed
“Industrial Medicine,” we prefer to gtve
another name, one that more clearly de
fines the real scope and possibilities of
what the work offers, the name of ’ Ha
man Engineering.”
The field activity of this work is limit
less, it has been estimated that among
the 40.000,000 industrial workers In the
United States there are 2.000,000 lost-time
accidents yearly, entailing a loss of time
of more than one day eaeh. Os this num
ber there are 750 000 workers who hub
tain a disability of more than four weeks’
duration. About 22.000 workers are
killed, and from 15.000 to 18.000 more
suffer permanent disability. This loss U
estimated to be more than 18,000,000 man
days per year, or the working time of
over 00.000 persons. Each industrial
worker ts sick on the average of eight
days per year, which amounts to the
time lost of over 1,000.000 working people
, for one year. The loss in wages is over
$1,000,000,000 per year, to say pothlng of
j the Idas In production, the coat of niedi-
I cal attention, and the cost to the com
munity of the permanently disable 1
: worker# that cease to be self-supporting.
ANSWERED.
Q. I believe I have syphilis. Can you
tell me what to do? I am unable to pay
for treatment by a private phyalelan.
A. If you will send tne your name and
address, I will send you a circular en
titled, “Important Confidential Informs
Hon,” which wilt give you some very
helpful suggestions If this circular does
not give you the information you desire,
write to the atate board of health, ad
dressing your letter to the chief, division
of venereal diseases.
How Hayes Halss Publicity!
The Pictorial Review recently printed
an Interview with Will H. Hays, much
touted chairman of the republican party.
The Interview itself contained nothing
that baa not been heralded throughout
the whole of Indiana by the republican
press time and time ago. Hut the de
scrlptlon es the Interview as told by the
Interviewer Is extraordinary. It Is so
very, very candid that It stands In
marked contrast to the usual careful way
tn which Mr. Hav# handle* h!m#e!f. It
read#: •
"Can’t we get off in a room somewhere
SO that you can talk to me as If I were
homo folk*’,” I pleaded. “Won’t you
talk to me for the women of Pictorial
Review the way you do to those Indiana
people, who, when they elevated you to
leadership, put your whole family up
with you?”
“About five seconds later the chairman
and I were alone In his private office
where the oti'y touch with the outside
world Were the private wires leading
about everywhere Here the destines of
the republican party have been, are being
and will be molded.”
THE CONSTITUTION AS A PLATFORM
Editor The Times—l am a dally reader
of your paper and have thought with
much Interest on the suggestions for
the democratic party by Mr. Risk and
others, and I, if acceptable to you, would
like to offer a platform and a few sug
gestions.
First, I wish to show that mankind
in general, while not hogs, act like
hogs toward eaeh other and both must be
restrained, or they will destroy them
selves.
Hogs, by fences, men by law. In the
fall of the year when pasturage is get
ting short, the farmer who Is not pre
ps red for properly feeding his hogs,
dumps bushels of corn into the general
feed lot and then It Is a scramble by
the whole herd for whatever they can
get Individually of these dumpings. The
strongest, quickest and trickiest gat the
most corn.
Could they vote it is not likely they,
the growing stronger, would ever vote
to change this mode of feeding. The
farmer knows this plan of feeding is
wasteful and would soon destroy the
younger part of his herd. They, being
the weaker, daily become less able to
compete with their stronger companions
and he hustles to protect each kind or
class with laws (fences! and each day
he makes It his business to see these
fences are In force. If one of them has
been broken down, undermined or
climbed by some hoggish hog, he does not
wait a year to educate him to be a good
hog and observe his fence laws, but he
sends his sheriff (dog) to grab and hold
him by the ears until he can get him by
•he legs and yank him back into his
proper plncc. I(e means business. Does
business today Saves junketing commis
sions, saves party haggling for position,
saves corn for those who need it, and
are law abiding.
So much for the four-legged hog.
Our government, on account of unex
pected war, was compelled to dump into
our human feed lot, billions of dollars
and at once a scramble began for dollars
and it continues to date. Reason, jus
tlce or law, seem to have been abandoned.
Those best prepared, tbe strongest,
quickest and trickiest, of course, are hog
ging the most dollars and growfng
stronger. The weak soon discovered they
were not getting their share of the
dumpings, and on account of this feels
when law and order come, if ever, they
would be only throwouts (culls* and only
those who could survive the winter f fol
lowing cattle) could In time have a chance
for the good things of life.
They mused, they resolved. That, since
their protection by law was no longer ob
served they, to sustain life, keep even
and If opportunity came their way to be
the greatest hog of all hogs. Could you
blame them when so far as they could
see, they could retain tbelr holdings onh
by being a stronger bog or bogs, than
these pitted against them? Our govern
ment had to have laborers and bid up
already advancing prices, and this put up
prices of all labor which. In turn, gave
reason for advancing price# on everything
produced by labor, and away went prices
Hkyward. Cost of any article has noth
lng to do with price. It 1s whatever can
be gotten for It and Infamous schemes
are gotten up to raako the article a
greater necessity.
Above 1 have hinted only of how con
dittons are today, and I fully believe
only fenelng ilaw enforcement) at once
can save this nation from ruin. Today
our law enforcement Is a f.trce. Our big
fellows compromise on it and trade on
11. It must be enforced on all alike.
No quibbling today the law is a terror
or barrier only to th- petty thief. A
poor devil who has at tjotn*- a wife and
children hungry, steals a chteken. In a
day lie is In jail, in a week Is in the
|ien, while a corporation who fixes its
own buying prices, also its selling prices,
selects Its Inspectors, hires whatever Is
necessary for Its success, law or no law
snd realizes a net profit annually of roil
lions of dollars, can stay on! of jail for
—T am an old man and don't know how
long.
Make all abide by the law and there
will be no high cost of living. There
will be no unrest, when every man can
feel he has hla just rights or. in other
word*, hi* right right# are not encroached
upon by others, big nr little. When a
man steals my coal, makes love to my
wife, makes me sell my hogs ami labor
at a forced price, makes me buy my ne
cessities at exorbitant prices, I am mad,
and if it is continued to the breaking
point without recourse, I am going to
rebel. So, to save the herd, my first
suggestion is, flgld enforcement of our
laws on all alike and at once. No dilly
dallying, no postponements not absolute
ly necesavy, etc., etc. Next I would sug
gest that every applicant for an office
be required to file an affidavit before his
election that he realizes that' he is to be
a servant of t’.e whole people, that his
time belongs - the whole people.
That while ho remains In office he
will In no way, by word or act, try
to further the individual interests of
any person, corporation or party.
That he will not In any way avoid any
law on our statute book, but will, to the
utmost of his ability, endeavor to enforce
them to tbe letter. ,
That be will, at every opportunity,
vote to make the penalty of every law
transgression so severe that no sane man
would risk the violation of one for profit.
That he realizes there can bp no
liberty except under law. That lie be
lieves in a majority rule, obtained by
an untrammeled vote, on any question
after a reasonable debate. That he be
lieves organization of voters on any ques
tion is meant to get advantage, etc.
My platform Is:
Since all men sre born free and equal,
are endowed with the right of life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness In his
own way. so long as it does not intrude
upon others, possessing these same rights.
Putting It In fewer words.
Our constitution.
L. a HOG.
The Wolves of Washington
Editor The Times—l have read with
profound satisfaction the editorial, “The
Wolves of Washington," published in
your istssue of Feb. 18.
Permit me to congratulate you, Mr.
Editor, as being one of those cham
pions of constitutional democracy who
doe* jiot take his tip from the pirated
of reaction and calumny, who in their
desperation ''for an issue stoop to rob
the gutter of Its stench or the marplot
his trade.
“Wolves," yes. wolves Indeed, who
have sat at the-door of the whltehouse,
so to speak, licking their chops as they
await the news, that has no* come to
date, tbe news of the passing of the
world's foremost citizen, Mr. Wilson. And
yet, my dear editor, 1 can not refrain
a criticism of your most logical edi
torial. since instead of dubbing those
assassins of character “wolves.” the
word “vulture, - ’ It seems to me. would
perhaps be more in keeping with their
species. For, since the regrettable day
the president was stricken, I have sat
watching, in my mind's eye, the black
flock setting on their roosts on capltol
hill, doing nothing, looking with sore
eyes down the avenue toward the wbite
hoipe anxiously waiting “the day”
when they can spread their vermin wing*
to take flight. To offer their regrets?
No. but to tear the flesh from the bones
of the emaciated body lest the dead
might return again, even a* he did when
he politely ejected the ananla* of the
state department.
Pretty commentary. Is It not? When
men will stoop to engage In the cheap
diatribe? of the exploiters at the expense
of their country, nhb’h. goes to prove
the oft repeated statement that tbe re
publican party Is long, very long on
politician*, but short on statesmanship.
So far have they carried their venom
of personal hate of the president that
they have almost destroyed the great
glory and honor our nation and the
thousands of heroic youths won on the
battle field of France. In their mad
raving they seem determined to tear out
the most remarkable page of achieve
ment that has ever been written Into
our volumes of American history. In
their Infamous attacks, belittling the
aehlevementa of the army and navy, they
have insulted the heroism and devotion
of every young man that served in either
branch, ns well as made ridiculous the
sacrifires of the brave fathers and 'moth
ers that sent them forth to battle “to
make the world safe for democracy.”
And you will pardon in". Mr. Editor,
when 1 enter herein my personal Indig
nation, at what I am pleased to call the
viles phase of treason. Since destroying
DAUGHTER, YOU SOLVED A PROBLEM!
ABIE THINKS IT NOW, ANYWAY.
ANYWAY THERE WAS A DROP.
the achievements of the nation, destroy
ing those works of accomplishment upon
which the nation stands, is bullded, is
nothing more than striking from under
the republic the foundation upon which
It is erected. And it Is becoming mlgjggil
disgusting to many of us to see
glory, reward, merit and heroism
Uttled and rendered impotent by a poljH
giot of political henchmen who wouin
drench this nation in blood to get
trol. *
Again I congratulate you and insist
that it is high time that real blooded
Americanism begins to assert itself.
BERNARD BOBBS SHIVELY.
Marion, Ind.
Here the ReaderJ
Says His Say 1
hits a loose nail. mM?'
Editor, Tbe Times-! notice
editorial page 0 f Feb. 13 ,_f
■s. hoot Terms in Indiana,” w-hldMlll
at least one of the loose na.Ts oSM
, ead .\ T Just how man y “ore there t!
to hit I can not say, only there are too
some” BUt U promptß me t 0 “ h °U<*
In the fall of 1917 our township trustees
ere Instructed to furnish tr&nsporta
lon for the high school pupils where
n„c e ssary. So we paid out quite a nice
, of m ° ney ov tbe State for this
purpose. Now a “high up” tells us it ig
unconst.tutional, and tho'se wagons ia
now- idle and, in many cases, shed J®
i* being paid for thec , , nJ n „„ ,tjg
school pupbs are left to get to
the best way they can or stay at tJWL'i
' u ,’f y thero are other than short*®
t < übles in our school system of tooH?
are , ' llv,ng ln 8 faa * Hge” ■
fast that our children are graduate!
th f gra<3ea when Quite young, an!
their education hardly begun, and tel!
them to go to high school. Yes, if they*
can get there. Some of them living six
t Ut a “ d mauy Parents have no
f. th , ey can drive and are not flaau
cially able t o pay board and room or
hire transportation for them. Without
™V XP .s ri# I JCe U 18 hard *>r one to
realize the hardships a child has, going
to school under such conditions, especial
ly girls.
This condition Is responsible for many
of the rural families moving to the cities,
£ ****■ children never attending high
Give our children more real education
in onr common or grade schools then
promote them and support them to high
i *ohool. and not turn a mere child out of
the “grades” to get to high school, ln
some cases six miles away, the best way
they can or stay at home. Many choose
the latter as it Is about the only tiring
they can do. What say you?
ALFRED SPURGEON.
Route l, Mlchlgantown, Ind.
WELL, WHT NOT?
Editor The Times—lt’s no wonder peo-1
pb- shudder and become panicky and
sometimes sick when the everlasting sub
ject for discussion is flu, flu. flu! It
seems like a crime against good ethics
for newspapers and doctora to be con
tinually dinging this thing before the
mind of a sensitive public—a public un
acquainted with the specific facte and
the pathology of disease.
Granting this epidemic were half as
bad as reported it would be better to ex
ercise prudence in the advertisement.
Any character of sore throat or ordi
nary coryza is at once labelled flu in all
its fury!
The writer does not object to intelli
gent precautionary measures to curtail
the unnecessary spread of some contagi
ous disease: however, there seems tenable
ground lor objecting to “dubbing” the
whole category of sore throats and colds,
flu. Retter use the printer’s ink in urg
ing people to rivet the attention and
mind tipon something pleasant, whole
some and useful—why not glorify health
and happiness rather than sickness and
misery.
We believe the best doctors will agre%
there is something depressing and hurt
ful ln such gloomy reports of flu—even
exaggerated flu!
Why not eliminate those sensational
publications to the world—an already
disturbed, suffering, bleeding public?
C. GENULIN, Reader.