The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-10-13
the WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS.
A Great State Mass Meeting to be Held Ia
Trenton.


New Jerseys educational campaign
for the relief and prevention of tuber
culosis will be formally opened on the
evening Of Thursday, October 2lst, in
Taylor Opera House. Trenton, when a
monster mass meeting arranged by
the State tuberculosis Commission
and under the auspices of the Com.
mission. the State Board of Health,
the State Medical Society and the
State Association for the Prevention
and Relief of tuberculosis, will be
held. The Commission, authorized
by the Legislature of 1908 and remain
ed by Governor Fort two weeks ago,
met in Trenton aud organized, elect
ing Bishop James A. McFaul, as
chairman and William G. Smallwood,
of Newark, as secretary. 1t was de.
cided at that conference to proceed
forthwith with plans for the meeting.
Mr.. Smallwood has opened offices in
the State House. and from now until
the day after the Taylor Opera House
campaign starts he will be in Trenton
practically all of his time.
Among the speakers at the meeting
will be Governor Fort, State Senator
Joseph Frelinghusen. DIR. Henry
Ballard Favill, of Chicago; DR.. Will
liam II. WEIGH, of Baltimore; DIR.
William E. Evans. of Chicago, and
DIR. Livingston Farrand, Of New York.
Bishop McFaul will introduce Cover
nor Fort, who will preside.
Drs. Favil aud Welch are two of the
six greatest tuberculosis experts in
the United States. DIR. Farrand is
secretary of the National Tuberculosis
Association. DIR. Evans is health off
Ger of Chicago. II is expected that
the Rev. DR.. Henry Van Dyke, OF
Princeton University, the noted au-
thor will pronounce the benediction.
Bishop McFaul will make the opening
prayer. Positive details of the pro.
gram, with the speakers and their
subjects, will be announced later.
This meeting in Trenton will he
made Of State importance to the tu-
berculosis movement. 1t will be
along the general lines OF the great
Albany meeting of last year under the
direction of the New York State Char
tiles Aid. That meeting, it will be
recalled, 30 thoroughly aroused New
York State to the necessity of action
in the matter of prevention and relief
of tuberculosis that establishment OF
municipal and county hospitals
through the State has since proceeded
with wonderful speed.
The Trenton meeting will be made
as dignitied and as comprehensive as
great medical mon and women of State
prominence can possibly make it. Its
object will be to arouse the State from
end to end to the importance of some
State action for the furtherance of tu-
berculosis work. which, up TO this
time, has been carried on entirely by
private movements, the most import
ant of which has been the New Jersey
State Association for the Prevention
and Relief OF tuberculosis, OF which
Mr.. Smallwood is secretary.
1t will be shown that tuberculosis is
too great a problem for private iuris.
diction, and that the whole matter il
one Of such magnitude that now is the
time for the State, rs a State, to re-
alize its responsibility and take itt
place in the universal battle to STAMP
ont the disease by general education
OF the masses along the lines of relie
and prevention.