Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-15
snceinctly by himself:

succinctly by himself:
 'The unguarded consumptives are probably more dangerous to the com munity than the insane persons who are now under state care would be if liberated. The latter would be restrain eel to 6 certain extent by their friends, whereas the public is seldom so guard ed against eonsumptives, who are scat tering the germs of the disease in all directions.
 ''I believe wide.reaching eeonom- teal system is possible by which most, if not all, of such persons may be pro videG for, Pennsylvania has nearly million acres of forest reservation land. Most of it must be replanted in young trees. To do this work not less than l,000,000,000 seedlings must he raised and transplanted into the ground where they are to grow. It would require a large force of men to raise and trans plant annually l,000,000 trees. Even if this were done the task of reforest. ing the state would require thousand years. work so slowly done would fail utterly to meet the economic exig- encies that demand for the prosperity of the commonwealth that all of our rocky watersheds should be devoted to the growth of timber. It would be only a drop in the bucket if the state trans. planted annually 4,000000 forest seed lings, that would simply cover 1000 acres. or six and one fourth square miles.
 "Little of the labor required in rais- ing and transplanting seedlings is of a hard or exhaustive character. Most of it is very light. It is all out of belt where the air is pure.
 "l.ite under such conditions would be for the convalescent consumptives more desirable in every way than life on a farm, and believe it would also be safe for the community. In addition to this willow culture and hte manufac- ture of baskets and other wicker work could be extensively conducted. Small articles of rustic work would furnish an endless opportunity for those who had constructive turn.'
 As a practical beginning, Dr. Roth rock points to the work of the Mountain Camp sanitarium, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. There the eonsumptive unable to pay for treatment is received and treated free The proposition is to send all the eonvalescent patients to the state school of forestry, and from there to the open reservation, where the life of the forest ranger-a pure, heal thy, outdoor oeeupation-would not on ly serve to keep the eOnvalescent from falling back into the old conditions of i'll health, but would prevent danger to the public from the spreading of germs that still might be dormant in the sys- tenn of the consumptiye. Dr. Rothrock ends his plea for the consumptive with this significant argument:
 1t will cost something less than any plan proposed, and bear in mind if you will that, whether ysu cure these per sons whose poverty appeals to your generosity or whether you support them ih hospitals or county homes and finally lay them to rest in plain eofiins, you must and do ultimately bear the ex- pense. It is cheaper to cure them and restore them to the ranks of productive than to board and bury them
 1t will he an interesting sight when the nation witnesses the forests of the | country being built up by the army of | sufferers from the great white plague, who themselves in restoring the wasted | ranges to their natural state, are being | restored by the bountiful nature whose work they are assisting. Dr. Rotherick | estimates that 10000 citizens of Penn sylvania are now in the early stages of | and could be restored to | reasonable health under proper condi. tiOns. "Turn them loose in our for ests. he urges, "and let them restore | themselves while restoring the wooded | ranges. A plan so economical, safe and beneficial to all is not likely to find single opponent. "-New York | Tribune.