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source of danger and trouble to him. The wolf and the 

 hyaena had to go, and so, too, must the House Fly. Its 

 mission as a scavenger is ended. We have cleaner, better 

 and safer ways of having our scavenging done than by 

 leaving it to the House Fly. Our folk in the past have 

 been swept into premature graves in uncountable numbers 

 by various diseases over which they had no control. We 

 have now tracked most diseases to their origin, and we 

 know that they are caused by small forms of life known 

 as microbes. We are, therefore, able to locate the enemy, 

 and by studying his habits and ways we can, if we so 

 desire, attack and defeat him. 



There can be no truce with the disease microbe army. 

 It is an army which perchance cannot be annihilated, but 

 it can nevertheless be beaten back and its powers for evil 

 checked. Knowing that the House Fly is the chief carrier 

 of disease microbes in communities of men, and that it 

 is all the time busy sowing the seeds of disease and death 

 amongst us and our domestic animals, it would indeed 

 be folly to regard it with indifference. 



The various natural enemies of the House Fly are doing 

 their share in reducing the numbers of these microbe- 

 carrying insects, but wherever insanitary Man congregates, 

 House Flies breed at too rapid a rate for them to successfully 

 cope with. So long as man provides suitable breeding 

 grounds for flies, just so long will he be plagued with 

 them. The Angel of Death will continue to strike down 

 innocent babes, bonnie children, youths and maids, men 

 and women, so long as we are content to tolerate the House 

 Fly in our midst. Arise ! combine, organise your forces. 

 Then unite as one man, and smite hard and long. Do not 



