The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

us. These we kept waiting because more need existed in other cases who had no money. I am ready with the witnesses.
 5. That because we did care for so many patients who had no money, we ran into debt, and overloaded our nurses and our accommodations as we'll as our treasury That, therefore, too much time and strength have had to be spent on the task of begging money to pay the bills for the poor whom we would not turn away.
 Judge Lane will explain himself, no doubt. It Is someone's business to tell us now who the man was and who his predecessors were who told the commis- sioners that the association would not treat them because they were poor. Let us have facts. If Judge Lane Is cor rectly represented in this story, it is up to him to tell us where he got his facts; what they are. We have incurred debt in caring for the poor and are now to be robbed of our means because we did not care for them! Because our re- sources are small, we are to be pun- fshed by making them less.
 Instead of a decrease, we ought to have an increase. Why?
 l. DCSduSt tHt Cdiilp WOTh IS uOt lIt most important by any means. We need more district nurses to visit the homes of tuberculosis persons and learn where the disease is teaching the people how to make 1t safe, and bringing exposed persons to the dispensary for examine ton.
 ?. Because 1t is a crime that we have no means to save the insipient negro. Suppose negro servant comes to the Cr raca T f.. ..-I.. stages of tubeculosis; we warn the em- ployer, who values the services of this servant, but fears the disease. The patient loses the place. What then? Don't you see that we have done one wrong to set the other wrong right? If we get a sufficient income we can start small camp for incipient negroes.
 3. We also need more money to put into educational work; more to finish our equipment; more to make the camp pleasant; more to build sleeping porches for those for whom we have no room; more to pay our monthly bills. Does anyone think you can feed 30 or 35 people on the best meat and milk and eggs and other diet, and not pay the bill?
 l am grateful to know that this work is recognized all over Birmingham as most necessary--not merely a charity
 
 ty. I am grateful that we have been able to save life by means of the money entrusted to us And even to pay some of our bills I am grateful for kind words, which have greeted this work on every hand I am thankful for friends who are intelligent enough to have ac- tually taken time to look facts in the face. Moreover, l am a peaceable and, think, patient man, glad that l can help forward a valuable piece of public service. But in the interests of the whole suffering public I protest against islander, prejudgment, misrepresenta- ton of any kind. The cost of this work will go on increasing. Falsehood, hys- terics, and so forth will not meet the social need. And 1t is just necessary to save Birmingham from tuberculosis as 1t Is to save Birmingham from fire and murder and robbery.
 l am sure that the city commission Of Birmingham has not already made up Its mind to disregard the representa- tions of the intelligent and influential gentlemen who will wait on them on Tuesday morning; And confidently ex- pect an explapation of the apparent wrong done the association of which I have the honor to be the executive of ficer. GEoRcE E.ANES Secretary Anti-Tuberculosis Association Of Jefferson County.