Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-12-21
ANTI-1UBERCULOSIS
CONVENTION IS
A Big SUCCESS

A BE; Success
100 Delegates from As Counties Pres
ent. Farmers in Majority, Next
Business Men-County Boards and
Commercial Clubs Represented Of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Passed.
On Friday Of last week the 10th inst
there was held in the st. Paul Hotel,
St. Paul, a delegate convention to dis
,cuss state program for the control
of tuberculosis. The principal ad-
dresses were by Pres. George Edgar
Vincent Of the State University, Dean
Albert F. Woods Of the College of Ag-
riculture, Dean F. F. Wesbrook of the
College Of Medicine and Surgery and
Mr. J. H. Beck of the ST. Paul Asso-
citation of Commerce. Many of the
delegates made short addresses no.
tably A. N. Farmer, Supt. of Schools,
st. Cloud; Mr.. Ralph Wheelock, Sec
retary to the Governor; DR.. E. H.
Bailey, Lake City; Rev Edward At
kinson, of Elk River; County Supt of
Schools, Carl V. Swain, of Red Wing,
and many others. Dean Woods
pledged the cooperation of the de-
partment of agriculture of the State
University in the work of spreading
information in the rural districts
Pres. Vincent emphasized the fact
that the physicians could not solve
this problem by themselves. Mr.
Wheelock quoted from the letter writ
ten by Gov. EberharI to Speaker Dunn
last winter during the session of the
legislature urging adequate state pro-
vision for tuberculosis The trend
of the addresses was in the direction
CT system of local but state-aided
institutions near the homes of the
people to care especially for the ad-
vanced cases. The necessity of ap-
preciating the seriousness of tuber-
culosis as a rural problem was also
dWelt upon and means suggested for
the rural educational ropaganda.
A number of members of the last
legislature were present and if any
doubt had previously existed in thei1
minds as to whether there existed
widespread and substantial sentiment
back of the demand for additional an6
substantial state appropriations 70,
tuberculosis it was dispelled. The
fact that the health of live stock wa!
better looked after by the. State O
Minnesota than the health st human
beings was mentioned again ant
again. A feature of the conventio,
was the presence of quite a numbe
OF men and women who had found lif
and health at the State Sanatorium
and who had come many of them lon
distances and at great personal sacr
flee to urge the completion OF th
State Sanatorium and the erection q
other institutions Of the same kind.
The work of the Minnesota Associs
: ton for the prevention and relief g
tuberculosis under whose auspice
the convention was held was man
times referred to and it was urge
q that it be better supported. A larg
i amount of information about what j
J. being done in the various commun
) ties was volunteered by delegates, s
e that delegates of other communitie
e might have the benefit of it. 1t wa
q shown that seven county boards ha
II already appropriated money for dish
e fection and visiting nurses and abo,
d a dozen cities are spending none
for the same purpose, that begil
s ming had been made in systematican
s. covering counties by holding lectu1
s in school house in each TOWNSHIP
e and the results of this work in thre
u counties were felt to be satisfacto1
!" enough to justify the extension of th
S method over the state. Very few
e the important counties We're not r
IS presented. The following were IL
y resolutions that were unanimous
e passed:
o Since it is the duty of the state
e protect it's subjects from preventab
d diseases, and since tuberculosis is
p preventable disease, which for yea
has been the cause Of two thousar