The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-10
TWO GREAT MOVEMENTS
"A Touch of Nature Makes US
al! Akin"

Contamination Hos come TO Conserve
Our Strength. Crystaiize Our Sen'i-
msnts OF sympathy, Charity n
love in Concrete and Practical
Form
To the Editor:
"A touch of Nature makes us all akin.
If at the end of this new century
we could look backward and read its
fulfilled destiny, two World-FTIde SOCIAL
movements would be inscribed across
its page in letters Of gold; namely, the
warfare against tuberculosis and all
p~reyentable diseases, the salvation OF
5he BODY: and secondly, the laymen S
missionary movement, the or
the soul: both teaching the recOgnl-
lion o. the brotherhood OF man; the
Responsibility we hea" 10 the lndlNluu-
hi and the race and through them to
God.
No world movements have reached
such proportions in such q time lirnlt
stnd to the MAI gifted with vision he
prospect of what MAJ be is dazzling IN
its r~adiancy.
But under this sudden Towering
forces have been at work., social ell
forts and Christian faith, hope, en-
deavOr. Organization has come TO
conserve our strength, crystalize our
sentiments of sympathy, charity ana
love in concrete and practical form.
III 1885 DR.. Trudeau begun the open
air treatment (the basic principle OF
this movement for the prevention of
and resist its attacks) at Saranac in
the A~ndirondacks. There were at
that time eleven hospitals mainly for
the care Of advanced and incurable
cases OF consumption. The movement
was slow until ten years later, 1895,
when it was accelerated. Sanatoria
were opened, local and and State as
sOciatiOns were formed SO much scat
tered interest had developed that the
National Conference of Charities and
Corrections took it up and gave 1t
large place in their discussions and
printed proceedings. It was felt that a
head a fountain, a clearing house
should be established which could
easily disseminate desired Information,
could assist local and State aSSOcfa-
ons. SO in May. 1905, after thirty
Gig ut States had formed associations.
North Carolina among them, the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis was es-
Published at a meeting held in Wash
fngton, D.. c. 1t was under medical
auspices. under charitable and social
workers and men and women interest
ed in good works of all kinds. 1t was
and is purely charitable, maintained
by the dues of it's membership. It
was spontaneous in growth, s%pringing
out Of the seeming necessity for some
central body. There are many Of
these great National and International
organizations working solely for the
~uplift Of humanity, to lessen suffering
and better the ace. I could name
dozens doing beautiful work, but none
SO great as the fight against the White
plague.
If you will kindly pardon a per
sonal a~llusion. in 1905 l attended the
Summer School of Philanthropy in
New York, a normal course, lectures,
visitation of institutions and similar
work. This school holds its session
an the magnificent stone building given
by Mr.. John Kennedy (recentfy dead,
q millionaire who CAV literally to
charity without the knowledge of the
world and who b~equeathed most Of
his fortune to charitable purposes)
n we were brought in close SYM
pathy and contact with many great
social movements. These Urganfza-
lions have their headquarters IL
this United Charities Building as il
Is called. 105 East 22nd St. II you
ever desire to visit it you will find il
a revelation. Tt cover a block
and is ten stories high, used entirely
for offices Of charitable and benevolent
associations There the Child Labor
Committee is domiciled, the American
Social Science organization, even the
Humane Alliance which gave Raleigh
the drinking fountain ON HaIifa>
street. And there was opened in 1905
the headquarters of the Society fol-
the Study n Prevention of Tubercu-
loSiS. DR.. Farrand, the executive secre.
tary, lectured before the school and
had an opportunity to visit his offices
and have felt q deep interest in this
subject ever Since. It is one which
confronts all social workers. IT is E
problem which touches ell institu-
tons. / am happy to say that on,
State charitable and penal institutions
ave recognized the danger and have
guarded against 1t by erecting separate
quarters at the Institutions for con
persons quarters which we
nope to see improved as North Caro-.
ma gives the means for improve
ment.