The Falls City tribune., 1909-06-18
REFORM THE ~REFoRmERs.

The woods. 30 10 speak. are full
q so-cailed r%efofmers. This Is IS
seHtially an z Of reform. and in
our own immediate section Of the
country and In our state. Ne. are
long on reform of various kinds
and covering numerous faults and
shortcomings Of society.
The true reformer studies his sub
ject and wastes not his ammunition.
The true reformer works from con
gietIou - not for lucre - and the
fruits Of his efforts can be seen with
the naked eye.
Within the past Few years volume
upon volume has been written upon
the subject of the great white pla-
gue7 (-tuberculosis), how to suppress
1t. how to lessen its rayages: as TO
segregation and isolation, diet. out
door life, etc, etc. The daily pa
pers and magazines fairly TEEN with
advanced thought along this line, and
the reader is led TO believe that this
common scourge has met its master
has been roped and branded. and
is under perfect control. Here IS
where the "faddist' deludes US; here
IS where theory supplants action;
whore actual results are lost sight Of
and much of this war upon tubercu-
j Iasie Is unou naner only
\ visitor TO Falls City the past
week-a reputable gentleman. whose
Yeracity is not TO be questioned-re-
ports that recently while travelling
through a portion of Nebraska. he en-
eo%untered eighteen tubercular pa
tients in one Pullman car and fifteen
RADIO points. seeking relief. These
people We're taking advantage of a
low rate to the mountains, and repre-
scented no small per cent of the per
sonnet OF the train. Numerous tray
elers abandoned the Pullman, our in
formant being among the number,
Can one conceive, in the face of
all that has been written concerning
the necessity of segregation of tuber-
culosis patients, anything that
smacks more of recklessness. fool
hardness and utter disregard for the
public's welfare? A yeritable pesti-
lential train sweeping across the
country, peopled with afflicted ones
seeking relief in a new cline, spread
ing disease germs as it went-that is,
II much that has been written on the
subject Of segregation can be depend
I'd upon as being correct. If serre-
CATION is a good thing in the home, in
the city, on paper and in bound book
the city, on poper and in bound book
with costly binding, it is a good thing
TO practice upon a railroad train.
The best reforms are brought about
by law. Fear of the law makes a
fool wise, and a bad man docile. You
can reform some reformers by pro
cess OF law, and If it were not for
this same strong arm OF the law lad
dists' would butt their brains out
every day.
It would seem that the war upon
the great white plague" vas but in
It's incipiency, was still in its sWad-
ding clothes. and merely serves as
a topic for fake reformers and silly
~4faddists.' Some day, when the
length Of bed sheets shall have been
established in the state of Nebraska,
10 the satisfaction OF all, possibly the
subject Of the segregation of tubercu.
lar patients upon railway trains will
be taken up by the legislatures and
fashioned into law, thus giving pro
lection to the non affected, checking
the spread OF the disease and gaining
a reputation for ~inaugurating a reform
that reforms; a reform that protects
its people at home, abroad and upon
the Pullman and chair cars.
THEN AND NOW.