The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-01-11

salutary and beneficial to. the farming in
or HAS 10 to the The in
output Of binding tWine for fS the past sea e
board estimates the requirements of the
whole state At IA, At . about seventeen million
ample room for the expansion of this in
dustry, and believe that 1t can now be
safe Ike ans o osS nedens and th
In new undertakings. What has been re-
garded, justly or unjustly. as a scandal
during the last season should not prejudice
your minds against the industry on that
and NEEDED dsE for se
sale and distribution of the product among
the farmers; such occurrences can readily
subject to your careful attention.
HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE
20, On July 81 last. the insane population in
5n ms state, confined In our hospitals, was
iTo gain Ct 81 during the PRECEDING
the current biennial period was siS u'i peT
cent. while in the preceding biennial Pc
report of the board of trustees lest estimat es
sSntinae until the percentage W" Of i nssne0 S
insane person to each So i inh haSHt 1Re
maximum rate in this state ' is not ota likes
to exceed * one in 49, A careful study Of
states
yeals the fact that the superstition which
mas has galnedi. prevelancy to some extent
state f5an was 0fSer in this
cannot be. verified by investigation. The
increase has been greater here of late
and this would naturally be the tendency
In a state whose population is made up
from other states and from Europe The
pTI stnn OF prSyding for our insane pop
different ha C11rr ha
rate Of insanity or the, character Of our
for The insane that IS in marked rk q contrast
Of States p and Which, IN my 5udgmeH}t Is
unwise. and, 1 might, add. demoralizing:
admitted to our hospitals. at state ex-
ggfpse In most Of ne state the RUE is
ere The aad Of the count
estate Of the patient. or relatives bound
in a,l Law for his support. are made to to, con- l.
NOTABLY the case Oh in INC eonnectieut Ths
goyernor of that state writes me that t the
our law by which the state assumes the
entire cost of maintenance and treatment
of the insane has a tendency, to unduly in
asylums is self-evident. Anyone who has
observed its administration. In our vari-
escape the tee CONVICTION on that many many people
simply saffsring, from senilifty or some
gerous character, and who might be cared
for at home or locally to better ad yam
tically holds out a premium to the differ
With With the Ca Care e. and maintenance of the
INDECENT. who are suffering. from any
pCt n0licV
and should be reformed. Such other rec
ommesndattions as may submit being
and observation extending over limited
time and sphere. may not be entitled 1td ito to
On On It this one one question my convictions are
clear and positive and the result Of years
vt en we ADOPT for fne a hst
for the care of our insane population. it
s b The The SOLUTION abonS Ct S ee bosne
Jointly by the. state and BY the county or
municipality in which the patient Iient was was
first step to the solution of the question oa
en- this eouny or be-
to contribute to the state at the rate of
eh sete as ena an
S Sf1P Il BECAUSE that IS the amount mostly
e eSr q hsspf.sIis and the SSs5S
the v9 m6Ta to y Sour saE aeaon The
us infect aa hs sqsh in law making T2na
m nifr rtA cannot be over-estimated. An
other, feature that desire t. can to to yo@sr
e eHr hospitals The at the 1897
essSR faae ct our gE
to but ancb last dsehaqse
ms when
by three, members of the board. This
makes the concurrence Of the BOAR as as
p pursuant 70 this legislation. the superin;;
scores Of patients for dischaT;ge, but that
the trustees. for reasons when | nave
been nabs to nesd h these pafn IS
should be- + the superintendegnnta Of an an
for observation. cannot be trusted to de.
eide this, question. it seems to me that
he should be superseded.
THE WISCONSIN SYSTEM
In no sphere Of sociological inquiry has
than in the study and treatment Of insan-
ity The early practices of treating tne
as Criminals. have been Wholly discarded.
except as traces remain in the forms OF
fop is Taf Is
ease. and as such requires, treatment the
same as any other ailment. In It's acute
stage. the hospital is The proper place 10f
or chronic condition. then the patient Is
what might call mental 1h cripple ni nna
Keeping the acutely insane and the chron-
ic in the came Institution than there
come physically crippled, as the, result Of
accident or disease. in a hospital designed
ease or injury: still this is what we are
to do in this state tat crionIeS
differs in no material respect from the
Of his kind EXCEPT SS that he Is b neip esf
reliabIe information that have been able
to Obtain is that he is not subject to fits
of incorrigibility in any greater degree
iiSeIy TO be- I saw recently at one of the
nn,,nty a cvlumS in the state of Wisconsin