Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1916 — MAN MUST LABOR AND LOVE HIS WORK TO BE HEALTHY ANO HAPPY [ARTICLE]

MAN MUST LABOR AND LOVE HIS WORK TO BE HEALTHY ANO HAPPY

By DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON,

Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania.

Man was intended to labor by the Allwise Creator. Our mental and physical make-up ia such that occupation is essential to continued wellbeing. • From the hunter, the fisherman and the rude agriculturist, man has evolved a complicated civilization. There are thousands of occupations today in place of the few primitive ones, but still the majority of these center about the fulfilling of the primary necessities, feeding and clothing mankind. - It has become impossible for the laborer to work under the conditions which originally obtained. Besides the fields and forests, we have mine, mill and mart. Man has progressed mentally to a remarkable degree., but we cannot say that of his, physical development. However, his requirements are much the same as those of our remote ancestors. Sunlight, fresh air, pure water and physical exercise are absolutely essential to the maintenance of health. If the conditions under which men and women labor do not make this possible, they are detrimental to the individual and to society at large, for upon the health of its people depends the ultimate future of any nation. No machinery can entirely replace the sinews of labor. To be healthy and happy, one must love his work.