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Show "HEALTH INJNIIUS-TRYJD INJNIIUS-TRYJD WAR There is food for reflection In the fact thnt tho exigencies of commerce the advantageous pursuit of industrial industri-al operations, nnd eyenth preparation prepara-tion for real or antlclpsttedwnr' may' promptly bring about hygienic re-forms re-forms which widespread , preaching nnd earnest exhortation nro at best slow in promoting tho "safety first" slogan which ono hears In nearly ov-cry ov-cry city of tho United States at tho present time Is ono aspect of a movement move-ment to Increase tho personal wol-faro wol-faro of tho Individual by 'decreasing tho llnblllty to Injury through tho carelessness of a followman. The snmo spirit crops out In tho "ten trado commandments" pf tho worker which are posted conspicuously hero and thero In factories whero person-nl person-nl Injuries nnd loss of Iffe furnish unfortunate nnd let It be frankly added unprofitable Incidents In tho conduct of manufacturing operations. Tho reminder "thou shalt not" gnlns added force when Its vnluo . Is ex. pressed In terms ot prnctlco and dally oxpcrlenco rntber thnn In tho more vnguo langungo ot ethical consideration. con-sideration. And accordingly there Is n telling force In such direct admonitions admoni-tions ns tho following, from n recent compilation for uso In a factory: "Thou shalt tako no unnecessary risks, nor try tb show off, nor piny practlcnl Jokes, for by thy ctfreloss-ness ctfreloss-ness thou mayest do Injury which will havo effect upon tho third and fourth generations to follow. "Remember thou art 'not tho only ono on tho Job, and thnt other lives aro Just as Important as thlno own. "Thou shnlt not throw matches or grensy wosto on tho floor, ns a dirty worker is a clumsy worker, and a clumsy worker Is a menace to his fellow workers." These nnd similar timely suggestions, sugges-tions, put In a form thnt Is sure to attract notice, cannot fall to promote tho mutual nnd reciprocal Interest of tho employer and tho employed. Modorn hygleno nnd preventive medicine medi-cine hnvo recognized long ago, that the Individual can no longer claim a liberty In his actions, Independent of, his neighbor. Our provisions for quarantine vncclnatlon against smnll pox, and diverse other regulations in tho Interest of tho public health havo In the past been enforced only with tho annoyance that comes from lock of cooperation nnd from personal resentments re-sentments together with the difference differ-ence for restrictive rules that Is bred In a community of "free" tieoplo. Yet now we see, In tho combined enterprise en-terprise and altruism f modern employers, em-ployers, protective devices put In op eratlon to secure, without friction or resentment, the same sort of welfare wel-fare results that tho federal government govern-ment or stato or municipality would find dlfflculty In getting under way. Tho unexpected situations created by war have in the pnst furnished tho stimulus for new Inventions and use fill processes. Tho armies and navies nav-ies of today represent tho most clue lent lighting forces that tho nntlons can command. No dovlco, no ntfenoy that will contribute to their power nnd preparedness, is willingly neglected. neg-lected. Health is a prlmo consideration considera-tion In this respect. Field Marshal Earl Kitchener Is reported to havo counseled the English soldiers to nb-stain nb-stain from drinking while abroad reminding re-minding them that their duty cannot ho done unless health Is preserved. Tho men were cautioned to keop constantly con-stantly on guard against excess. Tho German emperor Is said to havo for bidden tho "treating" ot tho soldiers Hi his armies. Tho salo of absinthe Imported by tho French In an car-Her car-Her wnr when alcohol was used to flght fever, has been restricted In 1'nrlB. . It is of slight consequence, says The Journal of tho American Medical association whether or not te ' mors are entirely correct. They rep resent tho current tendencies wblcli are undeniable by any ono who has watched tho recent decisions ot American novnl authorities h tho fnco of adverse criticism couched In S. u.ma Pl ""rTr-thrre.' al liberty. Tho truth Ib. thnt tno re St on S alcohol and fighting has icon squarely met. and tho fact ad-mined ad-mined that they aro not compatible. A recent editorial writer has express cd this by saying that a temperate army wbb something not conceived of in the old theories of war; but a drunkard Is today as much out of place In an army as ho would bo on n battleship. As ovory great conflict, con-flict, whether of church or stnto, of labor or commerco, hnB brought out somo permanent good however clouded cloud-ed It may temporarily havo been by tho major Issuos at stak.o ,so tho hor-rtblo hor-rtblo Btrlfe,' which tho world Is now experiencing may actually bo developing devel-oping n war agolnst In'trmporanco a permanent advantage of no menj; proportions. |