The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-05

 IS CONCLUDED Tuberculosis Congress Ends Work in City. BENEFITS TO BE PERMANENT Plans Formulated for Future Labor
 in Montgomery. Directot Routzahn Pleased With Re- suits Which He Believes VIII Be
 Lastins--Dr. Andrews Makes Address.

With grand rally at the old First Baptist Church at 8 o'clock last night the American Tuberculosis Association closed its exhibit in this city. Direc- tor Routzahn expressed himself as well pleased with the results accomplished during his stay in Montgomery, and was highly gratified with the cooper alton extended him both by the physi- clans and by the people of the city. The exhibit remained in Montgom- cry twelve days, and during that time. an attendance of 11.1o0 was registered, an average of nearly 1,000 each day. The largest attendance on any single day was that of Friday. when over 1000 people passed within the doors of the old church.
 The rally last night was attended by the entire City Council, and many of the most prominent citizens of Montgomery participated in the exer- cises of the evening.
 The meeting was presided over by Dr. B. J, Baldwin, and speeches were made by Dr. Baldwin. Rev. H. M. Edmonds, Dr. Glenn Andrews, Charles +. Moritz. F. P. Glass, Rabbi B. c. Ehrenreich and c. Grosvenor Dave. Several impromptu addresses were made by interested citizens. and both Mayor Teague and Mayor elect Gaston Gunter gave short talks.
 The principal speech was made by Dr. Andrews.
 The keynote of the addresses was the unqualified endorsement of the ex- hibit. and 1t was the declared sense of the meeting that the benefits to be derived from the exhibit could be null tiplied by taking active steps for the prevention and cure of tuberculosis while the subject remained fresh in the minds of the people, awakened to the gravity of the problem presented by the dread disease.
 To Formulate Plans for Future. Tn view of this fact. the following resolution was passed:
 Resolved That 1t is the sense of this meeting that every organization in Montgomery should select a delegate and alternate to a conference on tuber- culosis in the council chamber at D. m.. Tuesday. May 1S, with a view to formulating a working plan for com batting the ravages of the disease in this city and for interpreting into ac- tion the knowledge of the disease which has been gained through the tuberculosis exhibit now nearing its end"
 The exhibit of the American Tuber- l culosis Association was opened in Montgomery April 22 and closed last night, May {. It had been expected | that 1t would be closed May 2. but ] because of the great interest taken in l the display, and the feeling that it was of vast benefit to the city. 1t was requested that the time of the exhibit be extended until May 4. which Direc- tor Routzahn kindly permitted. Representatives of the various or ganizations of the city, school chill dren. and many citizens have visited the exhibit. The subject was treated in an ocular way. by means of photo graphs, charts and models, that made 1t particularly clear. and emphasized forcibly the dangers of the disease. as well as demonstrated in a very intel ligible manner the methods of preven ton and cure. To the negroes espe- ciaily, the exhibit has been worth more than any written or spoken discussion could possibly have been.
 That the exhibit will be conducive to increased effort to stamp out the great white plague" and increased in- telligence in directing this effort is the opinion of all who have witnessed it.
 Dr. Glenn Andrews spoke as follows:
 Tn many respects, the exhibition which has been displayed here during the past ten days Is the most important movement ever undertaken in this city. The benefit derived from 1t will be last ing both here and throu gh out the State. It has been clearly demonstrated that tub erculosis, or consumption. Is by far the greatest single cause of death in our midst and produces more pow erty and distress than any other dis ease, unless the feeble minded can be excepted It is not my purpose to dis cuss the Humanitarian side of this question tonight, but to briefly show the partial cost of this disease to Mont gomery each year. thereby demonstrat- ing how much cheaper 1t will be for us to take hold of this question in a calm business way, and put a stop to the extensive ravages of the malady.
 There were from Jan. 1st to Decem- Der 31st, inclusive. in the year 1907. ninety one deaths in this city from tu- berculosis Of these. seventeen, or about 19 per cent, we're from the white race, and seventy -four, or S1 per cent. negroes. There were S02 deaths from all causes for the same period of time,