Money More Than Man

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 8, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 19.

Money More Than Man

Money more than man.—In the hands of a municipal government rests to quite an extent the health of the people in the municipality. This ought to be one of the first considerations of a city government. But so far from this being the case in some cities, there has been an utter neglect in these respects. For instance, in Chicago, it is said that 600 lives are lost annually thru defects in the sewer system, which an intercepting sewer would remedy. This could soon be done, but the president of the drainage board declares that at the present rate it will be 3½ years before the sewer is finished and the defect costing fifty lives a month is remedied. Life is regarded cheaply in these days of greed of gain.