Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-04
THE TExAs BAN ON CONsUMP-
TfON.

ing to read The comments u the pres
or The nation upon the order Of th'
Texas board Of bealth excluding GER
tain classes Of consumptiVes from the
state. some of these comments hold
lup the state Of Texas as q brutal com
monwealth. revealing in perfect health
and declining 10 allow the rest OF the
nation 10 participate therein. othel
newspapers hrutally assert that al
Iconsumptlvcs should be excluded from
everywhere and marked as was tho
leper OF old. ana that Texas has done
Fight In moving to protect her people
There has been exhibited throughout
the discussion a surprising Ignorance
Of the nature ~ this disease which
has gained such a terrifying foothold
among tire American people And i
ia has done nothing else. the order OF
the Texas board has served to prove
what practically all experts hold, that
before a successful war can be- waged
on consumption the people-aii CLASSES
Of the pcoplc-must be educated Ia
the point at which they fully realize
lis dangers and are ready to fight
them intclligcntly
The order Of the Texas board,
however. has been wholly misunder-
stood. n is not. we are Informed. for
the exclusion Of an consumptlves. but
only Of those cases which have reached
the last. or hopeless, stage; people who
are sent out from their homes in Che
north and east without hope Of re-
covcry. and who In an alarming NUM-
Der of cases become "A charge upon
the community. unable to help Thorn
selves and appealing perforce 10 a
charity which as We In Ncw Mexico
wen know, rs already overtaNcd. II y
this class OF eases which Texas pro-
poses to Keep out Of her borders, and
heartlcas as it may seem at firs.
glance to deny 10 the hopeless suffer-
er the temporary relief Of q mllder
climate the order has much to recon-
mend II. u VIII result in the first
place. in Keeping at home-or sana-
ing elsewhere tand here the matter
becomes Of interest TO New MeNicol-
those persons who have reached the
nst hopeless stage, for whom their
friends and relatives, ana the family
doctor know there 81 no hope of re-
covcry. or even Of temporary relief.
Those of US, and we have an seen It
at one tmc or another, who have witt
messed the ease of The hopeless suffer-
er. leaving u comfortable homo 10
come 10 the southwest to die among
strangers. ana often In actual want
frequently in discomfort. upon tho au-
vice Of a physician who must have
known the journey 10 be hopeless.
have all felt the need of some meas
uric which would cause physicians In
the east 60 have some care ln giving
the advice. "Go to the southwest The
great difficulty lies, of course, IN do
tcrminiug when the final Ftagc has
been reached. The Texas board, II iu
its effort To keep out the hopeless
ones. keeps out those who rave h
chance of life in assuming "a heavy
burden az responsibility. There is
much to "a iu behalf of the Texas
quarantine. as It Is coming Ga be
called. and there Is likewise much ~
DE said against a. Tcx5ts has not yet
found the remedy The one great
remedy ls lu q campaign of education
which will reach every nook and cor
nor of the nation. which viii teach an
the people the necessity of guarding
against consumption ana of fighting 30
Immediately the disease sccurca 20
hold. ID campaign which will teach enc
people how to Fight, which viii let
Them know when their friends and
relatives have anything 90 hope from
the climate of the southwest and
when thcro S. no hope III is useless.
to ,4ll lhe Texas board of health
brutal. however much one may disap-
PROV, oft Gees order. There is mo- guas-
looming tho fact that the influx of HAIR
dotd aul dying, hopclo8s consump-
lives 81 sorlouE one. and with
which tbu southwestern states and ter-
r%itories uII eventually have Goo deal.
Cor these unfortunate. when they
come. cannot be allowed to -tartc.
and the problem of earring for tlcm
900 increasingly difficult one.
Ani There b. one other |uuluwun-
l,e feature OF this Texas situation %
.s found boo the fact that the cities
which ar. crying out MOST violently
against Coz, influx of patients aro .hose
c.j.o- Iu T.Nas where tho Toast benefit
mlt h. expected from the climate This
Iu It-.If shows the need for tho came
.rlIgn SO education in the east There
tr, pIs.. uf Texas. very large parts.
which .t. ls deadi, Goo .ho Dousump-
.t, Sol. lnc swamps ol the Mississippi
ar lh. -.ums of Sew YORK. The vice
m nam Msiuc ma, g,t warm Boz uue
.f iHe .It', near thc rulf. hut Dc Dc
stays d. .u.I surely dle Ea-t Texas
sets ,H, ereat army of the suffering.
while Nt Texas which am1-.
equal Sew Mexico u it- hDtHnE
ua.e -,. e~omratatve.y few i
nem
mo- .ho snuIHv r-t -S- ihg
criminal careless physician. arSIHu-
r. mself 90 "a case In vhtDh t.