Putnam patriot., 1909-12-10
Editorial Scraps.

For the purpose Of providing an or eanization capable of administering l properly the funds received by the American Red Cross Society for feliei ! work. President Tait--the head of The | society--has named an Endowment | Fund committee, with Secretary Of the | Treasury MacVeagh and his assistant, | Charles D. Norton--who is treasnfef ot | The Red Cross, as chairman and vice chairman, respectively. New fofk | subcommittee Is also formed, consist ing of prominent men, md such com. mites are to be appointed in other large cities. The Red Gross Society Is now better organized, k Tn eentfoi oi the ablest and most distinguished men of the country, and is now the greatest philanlhropic institution Of the world --its affiliated Societies existing in all countries. No great calamity can hap pen to the human race, anywhere, that does not receive prompt and immediate relief as quick as the telegraph and ra- pid travel can reach it.
 Ata banquet given before 800 mem- bers and guests of the National CIVIC Federation, in New York, last week, Senator Root and John Mitchell, the labor leader, advanced the opinion that the cost Of support, which Is made ne. ccssary by the injuries suffered in ou- niness, lis just IS much part Of the cost of the business as the tools that arc worn out and the material that is consumed.n When MT. Mitchell de clared the fact, in the midst Of an elo- queut address, that twenty men enga- rod in the coal mining industry in this country, would die before another sun went down, a deep impression was made on his hearers. That Is the daily ccst in coal-mining life.
 At the Connecticut Agricultural Col Iege, three short winter courses will bc given in 1910, as follows:
 Poultry Husbandry-Janusry to February II. For those who desire to gain know ledge of the broad general principles underlying the poultry in- dustry, and of modern methods of con- ducling operations upon a poultry farm, this short course is offered. IL terminates early enough to permit stu dents to begin their own poultry opera uons at the proper season.
 Pomonology-January 4, to Feb. II.
 Dairy usbandrv--February is to March 25.
 These courses are open to young men and young women without enamina tion, and are designed to give the larg- est possible amount of practical infor- nation tn the shortest time.
 Nine fraterpal and benefit organiza- 1ions with membership of nearly 3,00O,000 and three International labor bor unions, with membership of over lo0, 1000, have joined the ranks of the fighters against consumption within she last year. A year ago only one fra. sernal organization and one tabor union maintained institutions for the treat mcnt of their tuberculosis members. The great preventablc work is going on braveiy.
 Secretary Meyer gets applause from all quarters--except the quarter of the selfish buIeauefats--ior his program oi naval department reforms He hopes and intends to do away with unneccs- sary boards and bureaus, reorganize the rest into new efficiency, eeneen- trate responsibility, make bonfire of ahc superiiuous red-tape, and put the navy yards on a strict business basis.
 A prize of Sloo,ooo has been offered to the first person who discovers cure for tuberculosis. This Is the surest way Co find IL If ther Is such cure. The Income from the SiOp,0oo, now invest ed, is to be used in Investigating any cures that are offered for the prize.
 France feels compelled to keep step with England. Germany, the United HkAlfSx auQ tttiCt hHttottst Dreadnaughts, ito keep the peace, v and will spend hundreds of millions II necessary, 10 keep up with the other powers. There Is an opposition 10 this barbarous aste of the worlds wealth, ameng the common people, ~ho have to bear the entire burden, that will al Some opportunity be manifested in an overturning of their ruling powen by Dolitical or bloody revolution.
 ft is pitiful story just told by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, that there are. in this wealthy Christian country. sixeeen States and territories in which no place is provided for the poor con rum ptive except in jails and insane nay Iums, and. not one in thirty can get llnunttted 10 ashosrital. causing loss 10 IIn1nnntry, the Association declares, 7 TIT eoo.nlo. There are in the en-
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