Chapter 372 Panic in Evanston
"As the Eastern civilization says, family disgrace should not be made public. I remember that across the Great Lakes is the Canadian province of Ontario. In fact, if you just ask Ontario to express its concern about Chicago's pollution problem, it will be more effective than finding a hundred third-party funds. As long as Canadians say something, Chicagoans, if they have a little pride, will definitely pay attention to this issue. I won't say much about the rest. The headquarters of the American Medical Association is in Chicago, and you know it much better than I do."
In fact, Chicago is far away from Ontario, because it is located at the southern end of the Great Lakes, but it doesn't matter. Sheffield just deliberately led the rhythm to make Chicago people think that the British colony was scolding them.
The citizens of the United States have a strong anti-British tradition. A word from people in the British colonies is much more useful than accusations from the country, and it can also help to distance themselves from the matter.
Because there are currently two steel giants in the United States, one is the U.S. Steel Company controlled by Morgan, and the other is Rockefeller Jr. and Sheffield. The two merged all their steel mills into the Carnegie Standard Union Steel Company.
Because Carnegie Steel's original headquarters was in Pittsburgh, most of its production capacity was far from Chicago, while the factories of U.S. Steel were all near Chicago. Edith Rockefeller started with pollution. The biggest source of pollution in Chicago was steel and its derivative industries.
If Morgan knew about this, he would probably attack the U.S. Steel Corporation because it was using the pollution issue as an excuse. Because the production capacity of the Carnegie Steel Company controlled by the two companies would not be affected by such public opinion.
This is almost certain to be discovered, so if Sheffield does not come forward, Morgan may still think that it is just a simple Rockefeller family using pollution to expand its voice in the medical field. If he comes forward, the nature of the situation will change. Who is behind the Evelyn Charity Foundation? Ordinary people can't figure it out, so how can Morgan not find it out?
Since we have to borrow public opinion, why not borrow it from a wider range? British Canada can come out and make a few sarcastic remarks about the unfilial descendants of America, its former colony. The effect will definitely be very good.
"John is playing it too safe. When dealing with those folk pharmacists, no matter what the disease is, I believe regular hospitals will produce better results than those pharmacists!" When Sheffield heard Rockefeller Jr.'s confident academic style again, he didn't know what to do.
After choosing and choosing, I finally chose stone disease. It is indeed robust enough. It is so damn robust. How many folk pharmacists have experience in surgery? However, stone disease is indeed the most common disease caused by water pollution. The kidneys are like filters. The blood coming back from various parts of the body is mixed with many wastes and impurities. They are filtered by the kidneys and then excreted from the body. Drinking water is contaminated with too many impurities. At this time, some impurities will often accumulate in the body, which will cause various stone diseases over time.
Other diseases that come to mind include cholera, dysentery, typhoid fever, and hepatitis. Of course, the most common one is fluorine poisoning, which can cause bone problems. Given the combination of multiple elements in Chicago, there must be many people with bone problems.
"Pharmacists can never cure fluorosis, which requires calcium supplementation. They can't synthesize calcium tablets even if they work themselves to death. If we can cure these two diseases, we can stop these pharmacists from boasting about curing all diseases."
"Oh, I see!" Edith Rockefeller hung up the phone and still had to find a way to move the matter forward.
"It's Edith calling. She's in trouble!" Anne lay lazily with a sickly look on her face. She had been feeling a little bit without an appetite lately.
"She's amazing. She actually started with the pollution problem. I don't dare to do that." Sheffield laughed bitterly. "So I gave her an idea. Find a way to attract the attention of Canadians across the Great Lakes. Otherwise, those factory owners in Chicago who produce wastewater and thick smoke every day will definitely hate her."
This is an easy thing to do. Sheffield did it when he graduated from Austin. He didn't need to change his thesis to study the food chain. There are too many industrial cities in the upper reaches of the Mississippi River, so even the water quality in New Orleans downstream is not good. Who would pretend that this model of the Yankees polluting and the Dixies paying the bill never happened?
The slave owner decisively avoided this matter. He is still focusing on aircraft carriers and submarines, especially submarines. After all, aircraft carriers also require some technical content.
Anne also knew this, and said, "You are very interested in that kind of submersible. Are you sure you can get the people from the Navy Department to pay for it and place an order?"
"Even if it is really manufactured, I will blow it up and use practical actions to prove that the soldiers in the Navy Department are right. Submarines are unreliable." Sheffield laughed and said, "This way other shipyards will not follow suit. I will continue to research this weapon secretly. But in the eyes of others, I am just a stubborn boss."
Sheffield believes that the most difficult problem is mainly the power problem. He once heard a saying in his previous life that the essence of human industry is to boil water. Steam engines boil water, steam turbines also boil water, and nuclear energy cannot be used directly. Nuclear energy is still used to boil water. The essence of science is to boil water more efficiently.
Any weapon must avoid insufficient power, otherwise, once it is manufactured, it will suffer from a heart attack and will not be a reliable weapon. This scope is not limited to submarines. Slave owners are also secretly trying to install artillery on tractors. Water tanks are also very important.
Evanston is a satellite city of Chicago. This city is located on the shore of Lake Michigan, 24 kilometers north of Chicago. It is the source of water for Chicago. There is also a famous Northwestern University here. It is also an important source of food processing in Chicago. All of this is of course due to the convenient water supply.
Northwestern University was founded by Methodists in Chicago in 1851. It opened in 1855 with two faculty members and ten students. The nine founders of the school were all Methodists and knelt in prayer before the first organizational meeting. The university's name comes from its founders' desire to serve the people of the state established in the former Northwest Territory.
Unlike many other private universities, Northwestern University admits female students and goes to school with male students instead of having a separate women's school. Northwestern University is almost on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Neither Edith Rockefeller nor Albert thought that the escalation of the incident was caused by these students. Edith Rockefeller did not mention this on the phone. If the slave owners were told about this, they would get the answer. Students who have not been beaten by society are a group that is just like the excrement collectors who are afraid of chaos in the world.
After the Chicago Daily Times reported on the pollution of Lake Michigan, the first to react were students at Northwestern University. Originally, these students did not think anything was wrong because they were far away from the industrial areas of Chicago. Moreover, the pollution of Lake Michigan is not comparable to that of the Chicago River, and it is not something that can be seen with the naked eye.
It wasn't until someone saw the Chicago Daily Times newspaper and passed it on to the campus that the college students went wild. The Northwestern University student group immediately wanted to know if the report in the newspaper was true. They organized a team to visit the residents who had been drinking water for a long time.
The results of the visit surprised the students. Many residents in Evanston, a city known for its processed foods, were obviously not very healthy. Local residents of Evanston also recently learned about the contamination of their drinking water. Many people were looking for doctors. Most people were afraid of death and wanted to know if they were healthy.
Many residents have attributed the death of their loved ones to the pollution of Lake Michigan. If you want to know who is the most popular person in Evanston in recent days, it is undoubtedly doctors. Not only doctors, but even folk pharmacists who do not have medical qualifications are also very popular.
Because of the appeal of Northwestern University students, newspapers that had been bought by many factory owners began to discuss water pollution again, not to mention Albert who had always taken a tough stance. The college students in the poison circle were very angry about this and blamed the major factories in Chicago, causing the already somewhat extinguished public opinion to explode again.
This also surprised Edith Rockefeller. She didn't know the special attributes of her students, but she immediately recognized this opportunity. In fact, it was very easy to find a newspaper that liked to mock the United States from the other side of the Great Lakes. What's more, this time it was Chicago that took the initiative to give the other party the handle.
"Edith, what's going on?" Rockefeller Jr. called from New York, asking about the current situation.
"Don't worry, let the folk pharmacists treat the patients first. There is panic now, and ordinary doctors are definitely not enough!" Edith Rockefeller returned from studying under slave owners, and she has a better grasp of human nature. She now feels that the profession of slave owner is also very training, at least it can further improve the understanding of human nature. "The American Medical Association is in Chicago, you should calm them down first and explain the interests involved. Whether the folk pharmacists can completely lose their trust depends on this time."
Now Edith Rockefeller needed to get a newspaper from Ontario, Canada, into the hands of people in Chicago.
Evanston is now in a completely different state. In recent days, it has become a stage for folk pharmacists to show off their skills. All kinds of strange prescriptions are written by these pharmacists and handed over to residents who come to seek medical treatment. This respectful attitude is very pleasing.
(End of this chapter)
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