The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16

do producer and manufacturer.
FARMING is a good business and
Will pay good, liberal profits when
intelligence goes with the daily toll.
IL won pay anything but a miser-
able llVlng when unthmft, ignorance
ana incompetence enter into it;
the Tact that it pays a living at all
under such conditions is in itself
remarkable tribute to the gener-
Gus bounty Of the soil and the
profilgate hand with which nature
distributes her favors.
BE a farmer if you know enough;
1t Is the worst trade in the world
for the idle and ignorant, but at
the worst, it will pay a living. OF
how many other trades is this true?
BARRE Tines
W. A. Eddy, a patient at the
Vermont sanitarium, is moved by
reading an editorial on "The CRU
sadie Against tuberculosis" in one
OF the state papers, to write to the
Rutland Herald. Mr.. Eddy SAYS
The panegyric was most finely
written, its egotistical strain was
everywhere predominant. That it
might be true; that Vermont might
be really in the van in the anti
tuberculosis ca npaign was the de-
sire nearest the writer's heart.
However, let us turn from the
article and examine the facts of
the case. Is Vermont truly in the
lead in the fight against tubercu-
losis? Are we doing all that is
necessary, or even possible toward
the eradication of this dread dis
ease?
Through the generosity of the
late Redfeld Proctor, a sanitarium
for the treatment of tuberculosis
was opened in December, 1907, at
Pittsford. This sanitarium has
accommodations for between 30
and 40 patients. 1t is a private
institution; it is the Vermont sani-
tarium in name only, being in no.
wise under state jurisdiction; it is,
instead, under the control and
direction of a self-perpetuating
board of trustees. The state has
absolutely no voice in its manage
ment; has nothing, whatsoever, (
to say as to who shall or shall not /.
be admitted
by means of an endowment
fund, also provided by Senator
Proctor, and the income from
patients, the institution is able to
out 30 or 40 beds at the service of
tuberculosis patients Toward the
of these beds the state
bays not a copper, Not a single
,ed endowed by the state. Not a
,enny's aid to a single patient here!
md, yet, Vermont, according to
hat very fine editorial, stands in
he very front ranks of the anti
tuberculosis campaignerS. To think
hat we should thus try to build a
tate reputation upon private
q
Now, for the cursorv compari-
on of this states work along these
mes with that of few other states. I
laryland is expending S275.OOO I
)r a new state sanitarium which
ill accommodate 250patients at the
he nominal cost of 80 cents per ,
ay. There are six other sanatoria.
] of which are supported by state,
and private charity
The Pennsylvania state South
ountain Sanitarium was made 4
Dssible by an appropriation of
100000 by the legislature Of 1907.
his sanitarium is for citizens Of
ennsylvania suffering from pull
onary tuberculosis and unable
lancially to 90 to private sana-
ria. There are accommodations
r $50 patients and the only
large is for laundry Without
the Philadelphia General
,spital, which furnishes 300 beds
r tubercular patients. ALL Of
lich are free. and the White Haven
zee Hospital for Poor Consump-
res, which has a capacity Of POO.
ere are in the state Of Pennsvl-
mia about 700 other beds at the
rvice OF persons suffering from
berculOsis.
" Massachusetts Is also in the
ti-tuberculosis campaign. The Z
state sanitarium al l.
itland accommodates $50 pa
nts. The legislature Of 1907
divided for the appointment Of a
mmission Of nine who shoule
rchase sites, approve plans, mako
ntracts, select superintendents.
d supervise the construction Of
rec sanatoria for tuberculosis pa
nts, each sanitarium to have
for not less than