The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-10-15
OF TUBERCULOSIS
AS AN INVESTMENT
Fraternal Organizations and Labor
Unions Unite to Save
Members.

Nine fraternal and benefit organiza-
tions with a membership of nearly
100000, and three international labor
unions with a membership of over lO0,-
600 have Joined the ranks of the fight
ers against consumption within the last
year. according to statement issued
today by the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
losis.
\ year ago only one fraternal or
ganization, the Royal League. and one
labor union, the international Typo
graphical Union, maintained institutions
for the treatment of their tuberculous
members. Since January lst, 1900, the
following fratenal and benefit or
CARNATIONS have taken up the consider
alton of tuberculosis. and in most in
stances have decided to erect institu-
tions: brotherhood of American NeO-
men, Order OF Eagles. Improved Order
of Red Men, Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea, Knights of Pythias. Royal Area
mum, Workmen's Circle, Knights of Co.
lumbus. and Foresters of America. The
international labor unions which have
joined the fight against tuberculosis are
the international Photo Engravers'
Union of North America, the lnterna-
tiona Printing Pressmen and Assist
ants Union. and the International Boot
and Shoe Workers Union.
The Modern Woodmen and the
Knights of Pythias have already opened
sanatoria for their members who have
tuberculosis at Colorado Springs. and
East Las Vegas, New Mexico The
Workmen's Circle is about to erect a
similar institution at Liberty. \. y. The
Royal League has maintained Il sana-
tOrium at Black Mountain, y. c., for
three years. The other fraternal or
ganization mentioned have either ap-
pointed commissions to consider the ad-
visibility of erecting tuberculosis sana.
toria, or are contemplating such action.
The first sanatorium to he erected
for the benefit of the laboring men was
built by the International Typographi-
cal Union in connection with its home
at Colorado Springs. The International
Printing Pressmen and Assistants
Union have recently decided to erect a
similar sanatorium, and steps are now
being taken to open such an institution.
The International Photo Engravers'
Union. while not conducting sana-
torium of its own, pays for the treat
ment of its tuberculous members in in
stitutions in various parts of the coun-
try. The International Boot and Shoe
| Workers Union are recommending TO
their members that they ally them
selves with the various organizations
united in the fight against tuberculosis,
All of these fraternal organizations,
and labor unions are also carrying on
campaigns of education among their
members. In this way over 100000
men and women are receiving instruc-
tions through lectures, through official
papers. and by literature expressly pre-
pared showing the dangers and methods
of prevention of tuberculosis
1t is campaign of prevention which
will bring to these various fraternal
and benefit organizations millions of
dollars in the saving of lives ana the
cutting down of payments for sickness
and death resulting from tuberculosis
The recent National Fraternal Con
gress estimated that so per cent OF