The Detroit times., 1909-02-27
SAYS EDUCATION IS
NEEDED MORE THAN
MILK AND EGGS
DR.. A. S. WARTHiN ADVOCATES
CAMPAIGN TO plPE OUT iGNoR-
ANcE AND APATHY WITH REF
ERENcE TO WHITE PLAGUE.

Michigan's needs in the way OF In
creased funds and better facilities Tor
[. ighting the white plague were the
subject OF serious discussion In the
second annual meeting of the State
association for The Prevention OF Tu'
berculosis. held In the Museum OF Art.
Friday afternoon and evening.
DR.. Alfred :. Warthln. secretary of
the association, strongly advocated "A
rousing campaign OF education. de-
ciaring that the association, WITH n
paltry 81 900 at its disposal had been
Obliged To struggle against IA woeful
condition of ignorance and apathy,
which Is credible only To those who
have come in contact with II. Far
more could be accomplished. in his
opinion. by combating this condition
than by spending $4,000 for milk and
eggs for relief work among the tuber-
culosls poor. as has been advocated.
But no state In the union has done
so much with as small fund as has
Michigan. DR.. Warthin declared. ana
this was made possible, he pointed
out, largely by the work OF the State
Federation OF Women's clubs and the
life members obtained by Mrs. w. A.
llcGraw
In the evening SfSSloU. III. y. w .
Glover, professor of mathematics and
insurance In the University of Michi-
gan. told OF the cost OF the white
plague, and showed that the estlmat.
ed yearly loss to the United States
from the disease is $67O. 100000. De-
troit's loss he placed al S250,000 a
year. Dean V. c. Vaughan, of the uni
versity. pronounced the bill now be-
fore the legislature for the state con-
troll of tuberculosis and the bill to pro-
hibit splitting In public places the best
ever written on the subject. He re-
ferred rather sarcastically To the fact
that, when ,he state spent $l40000
four years ago To stamp out smallpox
among tramps 1t also expended. 10y
some accident the sum of 50 10
check the rayages OF tuberculosis.
The Rev. Mrs Caroline Bartlett
Crane, OF Kalamazoo. one of com
mittee appointed by the Federation OF
Women's clubs to investigate condi-
tions In the almshouses of the state,
told Of the ptiable state OF affairs ex-
listing in these institutions with re-
spect to tubercuar and other patients
housed there.
Ventilation is poor food not suited
10 the needs OF the sick. there are no
trained nurses and In the one case
where they boosted OF tent for tu-
hercular cases we found a man faint
ing from coughing spasms and In
filthy state, swarming with flies and
neglected To a pitiable degree said
the speaker.
Dr. G.. G. Jennings advocated tn
bcrculosis commission rs part OF the
machinery of the state government
and. as the first and most necessary
step I'm the campaign against the
plague. the compulsory registration
of tuberculosis eases.
Bishop Williams told OF the church $
new conception of salvation. which in
wolves not only the saving OF a man s
soul, but the saving OF the whole man
for this and other worlds"
In the business meeting. earlier In
the day, Mrs. w. A. McGraw was
made an honorary vice president. and
the old officers, were reelected as
follows: President, Dr. c. G.. Jenn-
ings. Detroit; first vice president, Mrs
Huntley Russell, Grand Rapids: sec
ond vice president. DR.. F.. T. Abrams,
Dollar Bay; secretary. DR.. A. S. War
thin, Ann Arbor; treasurer. Or. H. J.
HartZ, Detroit