The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 25, 1915, Page 11

Wfimemfl+mnnemmu+memfleuum PAGE TWELSIE THE NO-NFAR-'HSAN I.EADER. Starvation. C ause of Pellagra Scourge Dr. Joseph Goldberger of the U. S. Public Health Servzce 'ELLAGRA is starvation! “The mysterious plague that swept the South ‘and is threatening other sections of the country is an cut- growth of poverty! “We’ve been giving our starving people medlcme, when| ALL THEY NEED IS FOOD!” This. year 75,000 people in the United States: will suffer from. pellagra. And twice 75,000 will suffer from pellagra in its. incipient stages where it has not been diagnosed as. such., “Prior to 1907, pellagra was unknow in this country Since | then it has appeared to be a steady increase. “Liast year Mississippi reported something like 12,000 cases; this year they will report 16,000, Last year they had about 1,200 deaths; they will have more this year. . “Pellagra has become a 'more: importana. health: problem and: is causmg more deaths in our Southern states than typhoid fever. In Mississippi. it ranks third on the ist of causes of death; tu- berculosis: and pneumonia; only being ahead of it. “And now we have discovered the cause, the cure and tha: method of prevention:of pellagra—absolute]y without. question. } How did I get it? Well, we started with this clue. “The rich do not ‘have pellagra; the poor do. _ “So we went into the poorhouse, and took the South, because; of the prevalence of pellagra. We went into one institution that had 225 inmates whose ages varied from 1% to 50 years.. Seventy- \four of them. had pellagra, and with practically. no exception every -case.was in children between the:ages of 6 and 13.. “We-looked into every factor of ‘living conditions, and when we got: te.diet the facts soon camerout. The little kiddies under 6 years: were redarded as: babies, and they got plenty of mitk. The people over 13 years were regarded as workers, and hepled to maintain the institution; so they were given ‘hearty food— KRUPP EARNINGS DOUBLED .year Berlin, Nov. 23.—The gross earn-| The: annual repprt explains ‘that|! ings: of ‘the Krupp. works ‘last year|the volume of home sales, owing to|: amounted to 113,000,00 marks; a-|the heavy demands for the army gaist’ 54,000,000 marks for -the pre-{reached a total of almost two and vious-year,-and: the net-earningswere | one-half times that of the aggregate 86,000,000 marks; -as- compared, -with|of home and. foreign in order to meet 33,900,00. marks for ~-the previous!the demands: for war material. il % subsidized public press; and have: been persecuted But through it all we have won. stock which sells-at-par for $50.00. - Home efiree;lf‘m'ge; N D / Anthony Waiton, Minot; ,eA W Ditmee*~ To the Gram Growers of North Dakota: In 1911, there was formed, by farmers, a ‘comi?m, for the handling, of grain on terminal- - .markets, known as the Equity Co-operative Exchange. and Superior, Wis. August 1st, 1912—a little more than three years ago. “the most strongly intrenched combine in our land—The Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. By that institution. we have been maligned and slandered from: the public platform and in the We are handling now over 500,000 bushe's of grain each ~week; and prospects are:that this will soen:be:increased to.a million. / We are building a terminal elevator in the city of St. Paul, wherein grain may be dried clipped and cleaned for the benefit of the farmers. Consign your grain to us at St. Paul and Supenor, Wis. Help us grow, grow. mth us-and become a part of our great putpose. j ; General Offlces, St. Paul an and Supenor, Wls.‘» J. M. ANDERSON, Pres. G. A. THIEL, Secy. and Treas. Board of Direetors dee Leum; Mayvxfle, N. D:; 0 H: Olson, New Rockford, N. D.; Nels Magnuson, Souris, N. D F.lB Woed,‘ o ; Deering, N. D.; J. E. Kelley, Pierre; S. D.; Louis Noltimier, Valley City, N. D. : i J. C. Berg, Hendrum, an., Magnus Jehnson, Klmball an.*J . M. Anderson, St. Paul : o Officers of North Dakota State Union American Society of Eqmty : ' - “M. P; Johnson, Donnybrook Pres.,_ ; i Board offiDirectors meat. But the. children between 6 and 13 got no meat or animal: food in their diet, because it was thought they dndn’t need it. - We changed: their diet, and gave: them the same as the grown-ups and pellagra disappeared. “Then- we went to other institutions, and where: pelagra ‘existed; we changed the: diet, with the same result. Then, we 'said; if pellagra came from this kind.of diet, then this. kind of a diet ought: to. make well people contract pellagra.. And: we wanted: to try. that. “We obtained permission from Gov Earl Brewer of Mis» sissippi: to try the diet on: the convicts in' the: state prison—with their consent, of course. -Twelve men started One; dropred out.k “We fed the 11 men on biscuits, fried. mush, grits, corn syrup, coffee; cabboge; sweet potato, rice and collards. The diet ‘was: started in the middle of April and continued for six and a half months, and the: result was that six out of 11 developed typical pellagra. “In ether words, we had tested the matter from every ‘angle and we knew the cause and' cure for pellagra. “And. the cure is to add muscle-building foods to the diet. 'If meat cannot be added, then add ‘peas and beans—in other | words, nitrogenous foods. - % “Following the depression in cotton prices last fall, causegl by the outbreak of the war, there was tremendous hardship in the cotton belt and there was a tremendous amount of pel- . ‘legra there this year—practically famine conditions among the cotton farmers. - They were. put. on- starvation ratxons, and- pel- lagra is nothing more than a form of starvation.” From 1906, where there was no reported rellagra, the cases ‘reported: have increased as follows: 1907, 1,000 cases; 1911, 25, 545 cases; 1912, 35,000 cases; 1913, 46,000 cases; 1914 57,000 case;. 1915, 75,000 cases. VILLA LEFT A TRAIL OF DEATH|after traversing. the same: coutry. Stories: of crueltiy. by the: Villa: sol- ; Douglas, -Ariz., Nov. 23:—The: route | diers were recited. by inhabitants, iwhich -the Vila. army. took on: its re-|Soldiers: and: women camp. followers icent: march from Chihuahua to Sono-|too ill to continue the march weré ‘ro is marked by bodies of men, woms- |slain, they said. ien and. animals, according to a num- 3 ‘ber of Americans. who. arrived. today | - The. Leader fights. for the farmer. It began business in Minneapolis, Minn.. It began in opposition to in the courts. We need your co-operation. Buy a share of P. M. Casey, Llsbon. Vlce-Pres