The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-22
Osborn In Interview Tells of Els
Project for the Scientific
Feeding Of the Wards
of Michigan
CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT HANCOCK
Arrives This Morning to Attend Home
Coming Festivities Today and
, Make an Address. Talks
of State Affairs.

The scientific feeding of the insane
patients I'm the hospitals. and the
wards OF the state i'm other institu-
tions as well, in manner to secure
the greatest number of food units at a
minimum cost. effecting thereby a
great saving of money to the state
was presented to the state asylum
board by Governor Osborn at n meet
ing i'm Traverse City yesterday, and
discussed informally by him when in
terviewed shortly after reaching Han
cock this morning.
"a system of feeding the insane pa
tents of the state institutions will be
put into effect by means OF which the
cost per capita at Newbcrry will be re :
duced from 81 to so cents per day. a
saving OF four cents; at Pontiac and
Traverse City, a reduction from 81
cents to 40 cents and at Kalamazoo.
from so cents to AZ cents" said the
governor. This is one of two expert
ments to be tried, the other being I'm
relation to the purchase of coal, which
will be bought according to its value
for heat units rather than its cost in
relation to It's bulk.
1--WE will feed the state patients and
inmates of institutions I'm units of
nourishment The idea is not To give
them any less nourishment but to give
such food as will afford the greatest
amount of strength and vitality. 1t
will give insane patients strength to
be used towards their recovery rather
than to the digestion of food.
There are two great causes of in
sanity. One is alcoholism. the other
Indigestion. brought about by two
forms of intemperance. People who
eat or drink too much go crazy. If we
eliminate the surplus material to be
digested. vitality Is left to enable pa
tients to throw off disease. In Traverse
City more patients are being dis
charged as cured than are being re-
ceived. If we can find that this has
any relation to scientific feeding we
may In time be able to greatly lessen
the number of insane patients in all
the districts OF the state"
Would Accept Re Nomination.
Asked the inevitable question as to
whether or not he would accept n re-
nomination II rendered, Governor Os-
born said he had never said he would
not accept n denomination but that he
would not seek e-nomination. 81 have
always prded myself on being a citi-
zen OF Michigan and have desired to
serve II to the best OF my ability. This
is not n one man state and there are
many able men capable OF serving as
governor. A recent poll of the legis-
lature and of the state central COM
mittee seems to show n sentiment To
elect me again. In the event OF the
nomination coming to me I should ac-
ccpt IL, although I would rather retire
and be free to do as pic e. In the
past two years ] have not written
business letter, but have given my
whole time to the state. have a sum-
mer home but have not seen IL for two
years. I like the office. with its re-
sponsibllities. its difficulties and its
strenuousness. I am enjoying every
moment of my life as governor. and
am getting all the happiness out of IL
that is possible"
When the intimation was made that