Arizona republican., 1901-09-06

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 The greatest burden on the people of Marlcopa county is the care of the
 sick and helpless THE poor. It is a para NONRESIDENT dox1cal situation, for POOR. practically speaking,
 Phoenix and the valley generally have no poor. There is always work for the able-bodied ani our own people are healthy. Resident paupers are almost unknown Nearly all of the great public outlay for char ity is for the bench, of nor residents. Many of these unfortunates are with out funds from the moment they ar rive, and numerous eases have been noted where passengers arriving on the siains have inquired the first thing for directions to the office of the county supervisors. From year to year the burden has grown heavier and this season is breaking the record Sep tember is hardly here and the tourist travel proper is not usually noticeable until the latter part of October, and yet the indigents are already arriving in 9 steady stream. What the situa- ton will be a few months hence gan only be imagined
 What is the remedy? There appears to be none except to make it known in the east that it Is worse than foolish for sick people to come here without funds. large proportion of the indi- gent sick are suffering from consump- ton. Many coms here in the last stages of the disease, arriving here with not enough money to pay their board for a week. We believe that much of the evil can be traced to the criminal care their consumptive patients-after their money is gone-to try Arizona This is evident from the fact that many of these sufferers candidly admit that they have come on the adivce of their physicians. Thsy come here trusting, apparently, in some fairy that will provide them with means of living. No blame can attach to them. The in stinct of preservation is their guide. and the consumptive invariably is incapable of comprehending his con dition. it seems. But the newspapers of the east owe it to the their readers i to explain that when a do.tor advises his patient to come to Arizona in the latter stages of consumption that doe ! tor Is sending his patient to a death among strangers,-and to send a suf- . ferer here without money is to condemn | him to hopeless misery until his end :. comes.
 The people of this community are open-hearted and charitable to a fault. : In addition to the great budget of pub lie expense for the indigent, the con tributions from the business men of Phoenix throughout the winter season is a serious drain. IL is a daily thing for somebody to go around among the people of Phoenix with a subscription paper for the benefit of the sick and broke"
 The record of cures of consumption by the Arizona climate is long one. But in every instance of recovery 1t has been when the patient has come here in the early stages and lived in he open air In not single case has there been u recovery where the suffer- FITS remained in town, living at hotels pr boarding houses. It can almost be aid that not a case can be cited where here was even an improvement if the disease was advanced. The long roll )f deaths each winter is a roll of un- 'ortunates who 'ca.ne too late" How much worse Is 1t, if instead of the com 'orts of hotel and boarding house and Ill else that money vii! buy, the suf- erer it without funds and a public harge? The number of such people yho are advised to come hsre by phy- 'icians would indicate that ignorance md criminal carelessness are the chief of many Go2tors in the O the conscience of such men. But perhaps something can be done in the way of assuring the general public of he east that there is limit to the biity of this community to care for he penniless sick of the whole coun- ry.
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