The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-20
KICK ON peARy coNTReUTloNs.
Tive Million consumptlves IN the Uni
ted States Offer Better Field for
Hhuanhropsts Than tire
North Pole"

tcQ states OWer beLteT Ffcid Tor
Shnanthroplsts Than tire
North Pole"
speciaI to Daily Leader.
St. Louis, NO.. July 2O-The announce
ment from ;he East 'hat the cary po-
lar expedition was receiving several
thousand dollars a day IN contributions.
has thrown the executive officers Of the
National Fratcnal sanhariun. with
headquarters In the Chemical building.
this city, into q frenzy, owing TO the not
ovcr-succee1ful efforts in raising an cm-
ergency fund with which TO open the
contemplated mammoth onsumptive
colony at Las Vegas \. NJ
In the ironical jest, papers containne
telegraph reports Of the flood OF gold that
has been popring into peary were hand
ed about during the board meeting OF
Thursday, which had been called for
the purpose Of nling a report ON the re-
suits OF a recent appeal TO $500 bankers.
business men and philanthropists Of the
country tbs rerort showed that the
total donations from these appeals
scarcely reached $1,000 while The lniasl
expe.,se in making ,hem &r exceedsd
that amount.
Human nature was too weak to stand
tire pressure and. as a result the fol-
lowing unexpected official statement was
given to the reporters swaitinR routine
reports;
Here we are" state President W,
r. Edison and Secretary Chas T. Gtat-
field. with 100000 consumptives IN this
country. 5000 Of whom have appealed TO
Us TO save them from the grave trying.
MS yet unsuccessfully, to raise enough
money toht up In New Mexico tent cahps
for them to live in. while a wild goose
chase for the pole is fitted out with a
gold-lined bottom To emphasize this
point, Mr.. Hatfield waved letter from
a philapthropist who had refused assist
ance to Faternal City. and then flashed
clipping which chroniclcd the d0na-
,ion by the same man Of $4,000 to The
polar expedition.
''rho cnances are he continued. that
II ocary does ind the pole hon iind II
Infested with tuberculosis baclni. The
executive officers of this sGnitorum,
who, without exception are business Ten
WIN pres fng Interests entirely apart
from this movement, have for three years
worked increasingly towards it's compile
ion without reoei ing or expecting one
single penny In return for their servi,ts.
Our various rs have been Gooded
with callers and letter writer's an af-
hicted with tuberculosis. out OF our
own pockets we have relieved their dis
nass temporarily In many cases and IN
the same way paid the Incidental cxpen-
ses OF correspondence and onice hip.
''Our object was and is to establish In
New Mexico consumpuve scttlement
Of unlimited capacity, open TO every
man and woman In the country who can
pay the actual cost OF their keep, viz,
$40 to S25 per month Ths ncwspa 9ers
Of the country have poured the gener~
osity Of their columns on US and mater
tally assisted IN securing the magnificent
doration OF the Las Vegas Hct Springs
properly by the Santa pc railroad, valued
az Sl,o00.000. The publicity given us has
brought thousands Of Inquiries from pa
tients who are eager 10 Join the con-
sumptlve setu2ment-BUT NO CAsIl.
yet. when we make our appeal 10 the
citizens Of the country who daily are
rubbing against thousands Of consump-
tives and can see at nrst hand the frisht-
ful ravages q the Creat white Plague,
W. receive OF the s76,c9O necessary to
rert Fraterriay CITY scarcely $1,000.
Meanwhile, these same citizens are fian-
tically hlrling their dollars a; the North
Pole, which az the best, car DO little
for humanity
Perhaps the impression has gone
abroad that the Las Vegas gilt was in
cash We have done our best 10 make
t known that such was not the ease.
We have seventeen square miles Of land
and twenty buildings. incluiins $780,
coo hotel The property can be remodel
cd into perfect sanitary coHsumptlve
settlement IN two months Tent camps
can be purchased and erected in half that
time But not without money which,
u the project Is to be a lpccess. must be
forthcoming instantly. A q dab,r from
every reader would raise the necessary
fund. This emergency fund Is for ihs
sole purpose Of renting the buildings
and buying tents. We are now like lhe
machinery with no nre under the boiler.
The machinery looks good, but IL taxes
a blaze &c set il going
once started. the institution wit be
self supporting one does not need 10 be
"a fraternalist to be admitted. Three
quarters Of The applications FOR accom-
modations We have recel Cd are from in
disiduals who are not allied with fraten-
al societies. The Sanitarium - open to
everyone.
To date the supreme bodies OF the
Royal Arcanum, Modern Wooamen Of
America, Royal Neighbors. Catholic
knights Of America, and other grand
and subordinate lodges have strongly en-
doIsed the novemsnt but the rer capita
tax 10 be levied by The subordinate and
othr lodges requires time, and even then
Il mus, be used in paying for the sup-
port OF PATIENTS sent We hive asked
for funds 70 prepare the haven. No
stocks. no bonds no concessions, no
graft, has been our slogan, YET when ~e
appealed 10 the country. they handed US
the North Pole
''Notwilhstanding the a.niavonnle situ-