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Industrial Stage: 
Cities and manufacturing towns the graveyard of man. 
Constant need of fresh country blood. 
Overcrowding and lack of sanitation = prevalence of specific diseases 
Daily and constant exposure to dusty air = prevalence of coniosis. 
Excessive use of strong drink and ‘‘dope’’ = narcomania. 
The Alcohol Problem a serious one in dirty cities and complicated by the tobacco habit =the 
“Tobacco Problem.” 
The tobacco habit produces a “‘spitting habit’’ and sets a low standard of cleanliness. _ 
“Spit Dust’’ is responsible for the prevalence of so-called ‘‘American Diseases.’’ 
Catarrh, dyspepsia and nervous prostration are mainly reactions to an abnormal environment 
to ‘‘bad air.”’ 
Speeding automobiles an important factor: make clouds of dust. 
Blood pressure an important factor in the ultimate fate of the individual. 
Alcohol, sedatives and narcotics give relief and lead to “relief drinking,’ to inebriety and drug 
habits. 
Such a chart could be extended indefinitely; here are some additional 
observations : 
Pure air people are temperate people. 
People living in good air do not crave alcohol or dope, not even a 
cathartic pill. 
The number of saloons, tobacco shops. drug stores, of patent medicine 
advertisements in newspapers and of doctors, shows an unhealthy state of 
affairs. Another sign of national decay and race suicide is the reversion to 
primitive beliefs, faith and mind cures—a mode of treatment resorted to by 
people when in despair at the medical profession failing to cure or benefit. 
Many ills are incurable, they should be looked upon as reactions, not 
diseases. 
Narcomania is exceedingly prevalent in our cities and towns, but men 
who are reeling drunk are less and less in evidence. The vicious are 
rapidly eliminated. 
“A sound mind in a sound body” fails to consider the influence of 
environment, how an abnormal environment weeds out the best mentally. 
The robust teacher fails to understand the delicate child that reacts to an 
abnormal environment. The best barometer or thermometer for a school- 
room is a teacher who is not too robust. The best physician for prevalent 
ills is the one who himself is not too robust, not too immune. 
Survival of the fittest does not mean survival of the best when applied 
fo unsanitary city conditions. If this were true the people of crowded 
Chinese or Indian cities would head civilization. 
It still holds true that ‘‘the good die young” on account of unsanitary 
life conditions. Many are killed off by alcohol and narcotics. Many a 
young man of promise finds his death in the cup. 
