The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
DR.. MURRAY hits HARD :
AGAINST CONSUMPTION
Great White Plague Must Be
Fiercely Combated at Ev-
cry Source.
Tenement House Cigars Come
Direct From tuberculosis
Districts.

DR.. Murray, Duluth's most efficient
health officer, Is to be commended for
the many ways in which he is protect
ing the health of this community He
record for himself, and the Labor
World has nothing but praise to offer
for the valuable services he is render
ing the people, 49,:
His defense Of the milk ordinance has
made him many friends, even the dairy
men who first opposed him, are now
counted among his most admiring
friends. They appreciate the fact that
the ordinance will be of as much bene-
fie to them as it will be protection to
the people.
The purpose of the milk ordinance
is to fight consumption, that great
white plague that Is fast making in
roads into the health of the country
Never before has there been such cause
for alarm as there is today. Leading
magazines are devoting much of their
space to the discussion of the disease,
and are suggesting courses of treat
ment to those who have it, and ads
vising how to prevent it. Organized
labor is adopting strenuous means to
diminish the scourge and is waging
war against all unsanitary work shops.
unclean tenements and other unhealthy
places where labor is employed.
Why Cigars Are Dangerous.
DR.. Murray speaks very highly of
the anticipating ordinance, and this
with the milk ordinance is striking two
blows at causes for tuberculosis. The
disease must be cDmbatted at every
source. Statistics furnished by the
Cigar Makers International union show
that the disease is greatly increasing
In tenement houses in the larger cities
where many non union cigars are man.
ufactured. Victims continue at their
work bending over their benches,
hacking and coughing into their stock
and rolling the ends of their cigars
with thsir germ filled lips. When
close investigation is made it will be
found, we predict, that more tuberculo-
sis Is transmitted from this source than
from any other, and largely because
so little attention is paid to it,
The reason for this story is that we
want DR.. Murray to become a con-
s1stent health officer. In opposing tu-
berculosis we want him to fight it
from every source and If he cannot
have laws to- aid him in doing so, we
want him to: use his moral influence.
Tenement House Cigars Garry Tuber-,
culosis Germs.
He should not buy and distribute
among the aldermen a single tenement
house, cigar as, he did. Last Monday:
evening. We know he: did itsthouEht-
lessly, and SO we wish to be charitable
with him. Our only purpose is to show
him how he: might continue the fight
against the white plague
In view OF the fact that most Of the:
consumptives in the large cities come
from tenement house districts he can
not be- too careful about the cigars he
uses. In the absence of law we would
suggest that in the future none but
union label, home made cigars be used.
These are made in perfectly sanitary
to the physical condition of the work.
ingmen.
Now we know Of three methods for
fighting consumption, the enforcement
CT the anti-spttting ordinance, the strict
observance of the milk ordinance and
the refusal to use tenement house, germ
infected cigars. The Labor World ap-
peals to Dr. Murray to continue his
fight against consumption, and it hopes
that he will not think unkindly of US
for this very timely suggestion.