The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-07
THE KING OF TERRORS.
Its Strongest Ally Is Consump'
ton.
PLAN TO CHECK ITS RAvAGEs.
A Grea, sanitarium Proposed In New
Mexico The Death Rate From Lung
EMBELLISHMENTS Gailingsr Urges the
Assistance of Congress-

Mexico The Death Rate From Lun
rrouoi~s-senator Gaiiingsr Urges On
Assistance Of Congress-
WASHINGTON. April 9. - Especial. J.
Senator Gallinger OF New Hampshire. VIII
used TO be a physician, Is now trying
induce congress To give Its assistance
one of the worthiest and most interestin
projects for the public good ever brough
| 10 the attention OF our national legisll
ture IL Is plan to create In New Mexic
great sanitarium for consumptives, an
all congress Is asked 20 do Is 20 give TO til
incorporators OF the scheme military res
ervation which is OF little further use &
the government OF course the sanitariun
which has been planned Is free from al
mercantile features and Is TO be manage,
| by a society which has formed In New
England and the eastern states for tina
purpose, and which Is composed Of man,
eminent and praiseworthy men anS
women.
The Deadly scourgs.
Perhaps there are few readers Of thi,
dispatch who are not often moved TO emo
tions OF the utmost sadness by the thought
of that great army Of our population which
count OF the rayages OF consumption. Ii ID
scourge which we have always with us,
cutting OF the young and promising and
often showing the truth Of the saying that
death loves shining mark. For the we'll
to do victims OF this greatest Of modern
plaques there Is a ray Of hope. They can
go south. to those chimes most likely TO
effect a cure. But the stricken poor. who
have no money with which to pay railway
fares and hotel bills, what is their fate'
They must stay at home and die.
Ii Is In this great and constantly grow.
ing field that the Invalid Aid society pro-
poses TO operate. What opportunities 1t
has before it only physicians and those
familiar with the magnitude of the soourge
Of consumption can know. II have given
close attention to this subject. said Sen.
ator Gallinger today. land / regard 1t AS
one OF the greatest and worthiest of all the
charitable works ever proposed In this
country. According TO statistics, the an
nual death list In this country from con.
sumption Is about 100, 600 annually, and
it is certain that considerable share of
these victims could be saved IL they could
In time be taken from unfavorable locali-
ties and removed TO favorable localities.
This Is the object Of the society. New
Mexico appears TO be less afflicted with
consumption than any other part of the
country. The death rate there from lung
troubles is only to 100, this including
not only the diseases which originate there,
but all those which are carried thither by
invalids in search of health, while In New
the rate Is 20 in 100, in New York
and New Jersey IL is 20 In l00 In Mary
land, Michigan, Ohio Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Washington IL Is 10 in 100,
in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin IL is IA to 100, In the
Iowa, Oregon, Tennessee and
IL Is l2 In 100, in Illinois IL is 4
In 100, In Nebraska, Missouri and Mon.
tana 1t is 9 in 100, in Colorado, Kansas,
Louisiana and North Carolina IL IL 8 In
100, In Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and
Utah 1t is 8 in 100, in Arkansas, South
Carolina and Texas 1t is In 100, while
N New Mexico " Is only 3 In 100, includ.
ing native and imported cases.
Senator GaIlinger's Views.
THE American Invalid Aid society re-
ally asks very little of congress" contin-
ued Senator Gallinger, "and I hope we
shall be able to pass a resolution through
both houses giving 1t what 1t wants
Il asks for a gift of the military reserva-
ion at Fort Stanton, n. NJ. which has
been used as a sort Of reserve for disabled
soldiers, but its usefulness In that respect
S now reported to be- at an end, and there
S no reason why the government should
lot be willing TO devote the property to
his splendid purpose. The principal OBJ
ection thereto is that public property
'ught not be used for private purposes,
nut this Is not private purpose. 1t IL
or the good OF the people Of all the United
states. There Is nothing of creed or race
" section about IL. Its object Is as broad |
IS our land and as comprehensive and ad-
nirable as human sympathy.
II have already called the attention of |
he senate to the fact that we allowed John |
Chamberlin to build hotel on the mill
airy reservation mt Fort Monroe and
hat the method Of managing the Hot
springs OF Arkansas is on all fours with
his project. have also called their at.
ention to the fact that we have national
'arks; that we support homes for disabled
oldiers and asylums for the insane and
hind, and that no one ever thinks of cues.
ioning the constitutionality or propriety
Il such appropriations. We have spent
Millions OF dollars Of the public money for
he purpose of suppressing diseases In cat
10 and other animals and continue to
pend large sums for this purpose every
ear. This Is for the public good and |
leeds no defense. Then why should a
Proposition TO use military reservation |
hat Is not needed for anything else as q |
ome In which the lives Of thousands OF |
eople might be saved denounced as pater-
l believe the people want that /
ort OF paternalism, IL paternalism It is.
human life Is certainly as much worth /
aving as animal life.
Plan of the Aid Society.
The plan Of the aid society, ms / under
tand it, Is n very good ono," continued |
enator GnlliDger, who Is thoroughly In
arrest In his advocacy Of this measure.
The society Is already at work and has
emit away some 400 patients, many Of L
hose lives were saved thereby. All OK.
ert physicians say efforts to produce cures
cases OF consumption are useless as long
the patients remain In damp climate
hat Is why New Mexico and Arizona are
he places for consumptive patients The
ospitals and other public institutions In
'hich poor consumptives can be received
re already full to OVERLOOKING.
The society intends rs fast as Its finances
ill permit to establish colonies In New
lexico, isolating the patients on the plan
,llowed with SO much success in Bel.
ium. 1t is also proposed to carry indus
'ial operations along with the colonies,
that the assisted patients may find work
their new homes. President Diaz of
lexico has offered the society large tract
land In Mexico, but the society natu.
lilly prefers to remain In the United
tates. have strong hopes we shall be
Bile to get the Fort Stanton reservation