The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
Give Greatest Aid in Con-
SUMPTION War.

Consumption is receiving nearly
one-half mile of publicity week, is
the unique statement which the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis issues
today. According to some recent
statistics compiled by that body, the
various newspapers of the United
States printed articles concerning
tuberculosis, which, when measured,
amounted to over so, 600 column inches
Of space In tive weeks.
The investigation which the Nat
ional association conducted incladsd
all of the daily and weekly newspapers
throughout the United States as well
as some of the larger journals and
magazines. In the two weeks which
were taken as standard, it was
found that 81, ,557 column inches Of
space was devoted to the snbject OF
tuberculosis. II all Of this matter
we're gathered together at one time,
it would make newspaper the Or
binary size of 3e9 pages printed solid,
without any advertisements, all on
the subject of tuberculosis. If it were
arranged in one long chaio, it would
make single column of matter four
fifths of a mile long and two and one.
quarter inches wide,
PRESS LEADS FIGHT.
| Among the numerous agencies
which are today joining in the fight
against tuberculosis, such as the
school, church and labor unions, the
press is in the foremost rank. Never
before in the history Of American
journalism has the press taken sch
lively and continued interest In a..
subject pertaining to human health.
When 1T is considered that tubercu-
losis alone kills nearly 900 people
iu the United States every year. ana
that there are at the present time at
, least 600, 900 cases uf this disease in
the various partsof the United St ates.
sufficient warrant fer the activity Of
: the press is given.
The following States are leading at
the present time Ia the amount OF
publicity being given to Tuberculosis:
y New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
d Massachusetts,, Connecticut, Ohios
, Missouri, Texas and Illinois. How
q ever, there Is not a State in the Union
in which the press is net devoting
some space to the snbject of tubercu-
losis.
t TUBERCULOSIS GOOD NEWS,
t Not only Is the camgaign being
n promoted by the weekly and daily
press, but it has also been taken up
by the various magazines, weekly
story papers, trade journals, religious
e papers and Others OF a similar nature.
g Even the foreign papers are interest
# ed. A bulletin sent out recently by
the National ASSOCIATION was prlhted
, ia five different languages. An in
stance of the readiness to cooperate
n the campaign against tuberculosis
g may be noted in the. experience Of
one prominent weekly journal which
devotes Itself entirely to philaD-
thropio and charitable subjects.
, Seyen years ago, when this paper
. started to publish items on tubercu-
c losis, number of its readers con-
q sidered it extremely bad policy, be-
cause of the apparent indifference
and repugnance of the subject. TO-
dav such articles are read eagerly and
t thoroughly.
r EDUCATION NEEDED.
G The National Association declares
i that consumption will never be
wiped out until the prevalent ignor-
ance concerning this disease is over
come. To combat successfully this
e lack of Knowledge, immense amounts
t of literature of various sorts are be-
ing distributed constantly. Within
years time thousands of tons Of
leaflets, aggregating over enc hundred
millioR pages, ara distributed by the
t various organizations engaged in the
warfare against tuberculosis. But
more than all of these individual
agencies, the National Association
believes that the press is the greatest
means of educating the masses con-
eerning this disease. II the present
rate of interest on the part of the
newspaper world continue, it is
estimated that within a few years
every man, womaA and child in the
United States will have learned the
simple doctrines Of tuberculosis.
Murphy Dead.
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