Spanish Fork Press | 1906-08-23 | Page 6 | Money for Cattle, Notes for Babies

Money for Cattle None for Babies These college professors may hot be so very far ahead of future legislation We spend through Washington now 7000000 a year In developing plant life but not a dollar to discover a preventative pre-ventative of pneumonia In ten years tho department of agriculture has expended ex-pended nearly 50000000 in developing develop-ing products of the soil but there is no bureau with money for tho development develop-ment of tho more than 1009000 Infants In-fants every year It Is true that Drs Wiley Atwater and Benedict have done wonderful work but within a limited sphere In the preservation of infant life While they have worried for a little money to carry on experiments experi-ments a million has gone In stamping out cholera among swine Prof Norton Nor-ton estimates that during the next census period more than 6000000 of Infants under two years of ago must succumb yet with proper knowledge of preventable diseases this number could bo cut In two