Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-11-08
TALK FOR
PEOPLE OF
EAST
Article In Golfers Tells Them
Truth About Sending Pen
nileSS ConSumptiyeS to Arr
zona-It Is Useless.

| PHOENIX, Nov. THE cnrren
Golfers contains an article by Pau
Renaur Ingles, "Arizona's Exiles,
dealing with the subject OF indigen
consumptiyes. The article was sub
mitted some time ago in the Life o.
Our Town contest conducted By Col
Hers u deals with aesalatfar which
has excited a great deal OF interes
in this community and is as follows
The people OF Phoenix, Arizona
are graphing with a problem OF ma
tiohai Importance The problem Is
this: What is to be done with the in
! digent eonsumptive coming 20 onl
town to protect him from the kindness
I Of his relatives and friends sending
( him here, and to save ourselves the
| enormous expense OF caring Tor him
Arizona has been blessed with an AIDE,
| quate climate throughout the winter
months, a proper elevation, and a pure
air that make it a most desirable place
for the treatment OF tuberculosis.
But climate alone does not cure.
The patient should have nourishing
food properly selected, tender care
and nursing, pleasant surroundings,
and everything that would tend TO
take his mind from himself and his
terrible affliction. If people through
out the United States could only see
the condition of poor consumptiyes
who reach Phoenix, or be made to
realize the horror of IL. they would
cease sending their relatives here
unless they had sufficient means 70
care for them. Far better that they
should die at home. were 1t ever so
humble. than die here. alone in awful
poverty.
"A consumptive comes here, and his
relatives and friends say: Jim has
gone to Arizona to rough it, and that
life will surely cure him. Fond and
foolish ones, it requires money for a
eonsumptiye TO rough it in Arizona
He comes here with little or no
money He finds no employment, for
the employment open to him is entire
ly too rough for him who comes to
rough it,
SO his 'roughing il becomes set.
ting down in an unsanitary room,
without proper care, without nourish-
ing food, without the comfort and
soothing kindness of mother, wife or
sister-forsaken, alone and dying, a
charge upon community which from
legal standpoint owes him nothing
but which out of kindness of heart
and dictates of humanity is striving TO
alleviate his suffering and taxing it
self beyond its powers in so doing.
In spite of the noble and heroic
work done here. many are dying each
year. The physicians death certifi-
cate shows the cause of death to be
tuberculosis. But why mince mat.
ters? As a matter of fact, many of
these people die from starvation. Star
walton in a double sense. First, lack
of proper and nourishing food. Second,
longing for home and friends, that ter
rible longing so feeling expressed by
the German, word, 'heimweh.' They
should have had proper food and at
tention, but the wherewithal to OBJ
tain it was not forthcoming. The coun-
~ allo.7s at the outside ten dollars
month for indigents outside Of the
poorhouse. How far will this go to-
ward providing lodging, food. medical
attendance, nursing and medicine?
How | wish every one throughout
the country could see these poor, hope
less, and helpless human beings sent
here by relatives who think they are
doing the best thing for the afflicted.
Living in one room where re-infection
is almost certain, even if they were
benefited by the climate! Dragging
themselves over TO the postoffice to
get a letter. the one link connecting
them with home, Perhaps no mail
has arrived. Then YEARLY back 70
public PARK. Tnel comes the TIIne
me cherries room or % a UenCu IN
when strength leaves them. They be-
come bedridden, and nothing remains
but to obtain sweet relief. On. the
cruelty Of it! You have committed n
crime where you sought to do only
good.
so far we have considered the mat
ter only from the standpoint Of the I'M
fortunate being placed in this most
cruel position. What of the people
here who must bear the burdens?
IN the year 1866 the board of su-
pervisors expended S12,513.42 for the
support of indigents. It is a conser-
vative estimate to say that two-thirds
of all indigents are people newly ar
rived who have no just claim upon US,
but for whom something must be
done. The Associated Charities col
Iected and disbursed in addition $500
during the year Every church in the
city supports from one to five fami-
lies. Private charity is dispensed
with an open hand. Societies and
lodges do an untold and unascertain-
able amount Of charitable work. All
dealers in necessaries of life, grocers,
butchers, bakers, druggists. are en-
forced givers of charity. owing to the
fact that they one and all must charge
off annually a large amount that has
been furnished to INDECENT consump-
tives.
Taking all these things into consid-
Grafton, il may safely be said that this
community contributes yearly $4,000
to support INDECENT consumptivec who
properly should be charge upon the
communities when they came
Two dollars per capita from the
inhabitants of this community for the
support of foreign indigents- Looked
at in this light. does it not appeal TO
every onez The expenditure is in
creasing, not diminishing and conse-
quently we are now endeavoring 10
find some relief We have almost
reached the end OF our resources
Either the government must take the
matter in hand or the individual ststes
must assist in the work By becoming
responsible for their own charges.
ct is a large problem, but feel as
sured that at once full realization OF
its Importance is brought home 70 the
American people its solution win be at
hand. Then will unnecessary suffer
ing and cruelty be saved to hundreds
- -,-ssa-ts ana . ~r;avo-Is burden and