It appears to the writers of this! memoir that the Italian plan pro-more, as a clue to the ultimate solution of the problem, than does that of the Texas city, although, in arid or semi-arid sections, the latter bbe found to suit the! local conditions.
In any event, the demands 1e8s, -modern life (with its and agriculture are too insistent to be ignored, and must each be duly) considered "by any engineer who attempts to solve the complicated problem of sanitation for'China. It wolves also questions of physics, bacteriology, and political economy. Advice and' cooperation from the highest available authorities in each' of these lines of science should be! sought by the engineer who may attempt to find a solution of the problem. To such an engineer, if suc~ lcessfal, will be due the honour and gratitude of China, and of humanity, in general. Aside from the idea of financial gain, it would seem' that' this incentive should be sufficient to spur some of the brightest engineers of the Republic to an interest in the! subject that will result in giving to} its people this means of increasing. the productivity of the land, prolonging life,.and reducing human suffering brought about by dises the germs of which now are carried from exposed human wastes to the family food.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.