The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-17

upon which he depends for inspira-
ton. The Record simply regarded
the debate as closed when the sbusi-
ness men of Roswell decided what
they wished to do and the work of
raising funds had begun The Rec
ord came near losing some Of its ad-
~munication to be published; but as
the critic is not dependent upon the
advantage of us in speaking his mind
on ethical as well as financial ues-
lions. We admit being. to some ex-
tent, controlled by earthly considera-
tons. The Record could not afford,
even if it were so disposed, to oppose
an institution to which it's entire pa
tronage had contributed money and
!abor-and it would not if it could.
| The fact that the gentleman had a
paper of his own, also had some
weight in the refusal of The Record
20 publish the second communication.
1t is as we feared. The belligerent
| editor states that he will have more
to say upon the subject. We had
hoped to close the discussion, and
feel that it has gone too far already.
We hope the publication from which
we quote, after informing itself on
one or two points to be mentioned,
will not persist in making a serial
story OF its explanations. The Rec
ord also suppressed a letter from a
leading Catholic of Carlsbad thai
to a temperature too high for even
the Commercial Club to sit on the
lid" We can go v e further than the
complaining brother in expressing
our ideals on religion, and say that
the editor of The Record believes in
a universal church in which all de-
nominations are merged and secta-
rianism is forgotten as an earthly fe-
yer passed away-but this is only a
dream of heaven. and pes not help
to pay for our bread and butter.
The Sisters Hospital is not asking
support from either city or county
funds. The hospital simply agrees
to receive and care for cases of con-
tagious diseases at a rate which IS
about one-third of what it now costs
the county or city to care for such
patients. Charity cases will go to
the hospital free. thus relieving the
county and city of a heavy burden.
The hospital will take consumptive
patients and those having contagious
diseases, and they will be kept sepa-
rate from other patients. The public
will thus be better safeguarded from
these diseases than is possible in
caring for them at private houses
or allowing them to run at large on
the streets and elsewhere, endanger
ing the health of the entire communi-
ty. Take a smallpox patient. for in
stance. The employment of a guard
and nurse to care for such a case
costs the city or county from twenty
five to thirty dollars a week. The
hospital will take such cases at not
more than ten dollars a week, and
they will be better cared for and with
less danger to the public than is pos
sible under present conditions.
From a purely moral standpoint,
the county commissioners and city
officers would not be doing their du-
ty as guardians of the public funds
and the general welfare, If they did
not take advantage of an opportunity
to have patients cared for under con
tract at less than one-half what such
cases now ost.
The c of the Sisters in raising
the necessary funds for the hospital
proves that the solicitous friend of
the institution might as well have