The San Francisco call., 1905-03-19

ton, is president of the Mayfield Sani-
tarum. ST. Louis. Nj. P. Moody, man
ager of the American Baptist Publica-
ton Society, to whom is given the
credit of having nursed the sanitarium
movement when ii was in its infancy,
is secretary of the religious depart
ment.
a.. this movement are enlisted all the
fraternal associations of this country,
representing about eight millions of
people. In order to start the fraternal
city. it is proposed to ask each associa-
tion to contribute 1 cent per member at
stated periods to be determined here
after, such contributions TO be collected
until the new city shall be self-sustain-
ing.
CLIMATE BENEFICIAL.
Reports presented show that the eli
mate of New Mexico is such that hun
dreds of individuals affected with lung
troubles and consumption have not
only been benefited, but cured. Not
only are the fraternities moving in this,
but many of the churches of various
denominations will take part, as will
also States, municipalities, unions and
clubs.
In many respects this fraternal city
will be the most unique community III
the United States. II will be an enor-
tions occupying upward of $4,000 acres
of the finest iand that New Mexico can
claim.
Close to an esta blished city, it will
lack meme of the formers conveniences,
yet so vast will be its dimensions that
ITS attitudes will range from 4.500 to
5000 feet, with strawberries growing at
one end of the Fraternal City and Is
inches of snow covering the other.
Twenty cities in New Mexico are bid
ding for the sanitarium. Their offers
vary from 1000 to 100. 000-acre tracts.
The influence of two rival railroads is
being pushed to the limit to secure fa-
voraple considerations. one prominent
raillo official has pledged sl0vOUU i'll
cash and land if the sanltarium be To-
Gated anywhere along his line.
With the magnitude OF the sanitari-
UNI thus outlined, and the terrors we'll
known of the great White plague"
which it is to fight. 1t can be seen tnat
the fratelnalists of the country have
undertaken the most gigantic cam
paign yet waged against consumption
Plans are being formed with the ex-
pectation of caring for $4,000 conSump-
tive patients at the sanitarium. With
the land at its command, there is prac-
ticaly no limit to the number of pa
tients who will be welcomed TO the fra
ternal city from the cities and towns
of the Middle West, South and con-
gested East.
Each patient at the sanitarium will
be the guest of the fraternal order, the
church. the club the union, the city,
or the state which shall contribute to
the maintenance of the institution.
The leaders of the Associated Frater-
mites Of America and the National Fra
ternal Congress, representing 5000, 900
fraternalists of the country, have
pledged their support to the levying of
a / cent per month per capita tax.
ONE CENT PER MEMBER.
This will give the sanitarium a work
ing endowment of not less than
$500. 900 a year from the fraternalists
alone. The Ancient Order of United
Workmen of Kansas has been the first
to demonstrate that the plan of assess
ment is not a dream. It's grand lodge
voted on March l to tax its $1,000 men,
bers one cent eacn
In return for such contributions the
organizations will be permitted to send
to the sanitarium as many patients as
their monthly tax will support. For
instance. an order. city or an indi-
yidual may contribute $500 a month
The cost per patient would be, say $50.
The contributor, therefore, would be
entitled to maintain ten patients at the
sanitarium per month. 1t is under
STOOD that these usuico dic IHtfely dn
illustration.
The individual will be under little or
no personal expense. Those consump-
tive sufferers who are not allied with
order or church and are able to pay
their way will also. be permitted to be-
come a part of the settlement In fact,
so broad is the scope of the sanitarium
that at the first opportunity that its
financial condition viii permit even
the penniless consumptives will be well
coined to the fraternal city.
Tents and cottages will be utilized as
the living quarters for patients. Camps
will be established at VARYING attitudes.
it being a well-known fact that various
stages of the disease require different
attitudes for successful treatment.
Stock raising and garden-trucking
will be the means of employment Of
fered to those who desire to work while
recovering their health. There will also
be considerable work in running the
sanitariuna which is expected will be
done by patients who seek the posi-
tions
The entire sanitarium win be on the
municipal ownership plan, and not one
penny of profit will be permitted to find
its way into private pocket The divi-
dends from the investments in the fra
ternal city will be paid in human lives
COMMITTEE VIEWS SITES.
The work of organization, location
and construction has been intrusted to
an executive committee and board OF
managers, many of whom are known
from coast to coast The majority OF
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