Evening journal., 1912-11-21
THURSDAY NOV. 81. 1912.
coNcrNrRArE rmE STATE INSTITUTIONS.

KAT E think may be accepted as fact that the
w State sanatorium for negro consumptvcs will
be established i'm the Eleventh ward Public senti-
mont Is Overwhelmingly opposed TO the placing of such an
Institution there or I'm any other ward in our city
That sentiment is so strong and it finds support in so
many influential quarters that IT, Of necessity. will
prevail. Mayor Howell has Expressed himself plainly
upon the subject Many other men OF prominence
share his yiows and sympathizc with the protests of
the Eleventh ward property owners and residents The
Delaware Anti-ruberculoss Commission owes its
very existence to public sentiment in favor Of
doing something practical toward tho eradication of
the white plague without public sentiment back OF
&c. the commission do nothing and tho important
movement, represents viii languish and die Public
Interest i'm the anti-tuborculosis campaign never was
stronger in our State than is today Friendly feel
ing those who in the forefront of the movement
is intense lt is recognized all sdos as having
great o-saving object i'm view and such movement
naturally appeals strongly 20 the human heart and
understanding But. despite all that Il cannot be de-
uicd that those who arc friendly to tho cause
are opposed unalterahly the placing of state
aiorium within the city limits and that if the question
De brought TO issyc, they will not tolerate IT,
That being true the question naturally presents itself
Where shall IS be placed? AZ nrst flush might he
Inclined to urge that il be placed on the Hope Farm
property near Brandywino Springs which owned by
the Delaware Anti-Tuberculoss Society. a private
eanzauon over the property of which the Delaware
Ant-Tuberculoss Commission has control There
are objections to such plan which apparent
that the mombors.of that society opposed to
such course Most OF those who have heard those
objections stated admit that they we'll grounded
TO our mind the practical way TO dispose of
tho, matter is build the sanatorum for negro
sumptivos the state Hospital property Fanhurst
The Delaware Anti-1uheroulosis Commission is State
body; the santorium il proposes to establish will be
State institution and 1t will be supported largely by
State funds. The State already has at Farnhurst
large institution for the and treatment Of the
insane That asylum has attached to IL tract Of land
upon which the state sanatorium for negro consump
tiNcs might be built without detrment tho asylum
of its inmates. There also Farnhurst the County
Hospital or, state It plainly. the county aims
house H. too has attached TO large tract of land
Then. why centralize this human misery? As
tho States insane and INDECENT charges and the coun-
TVS dependent wards already at Famhurst. what
valid objection there be placing there the State
sanatorum for consumptives? section which already
has within it an insane asylum and a poorhouse is not
cryaton of a sanaorum for consumptyos Nor is there
Likelihood that the color line will be urged. in OF
fact that the state and the county hospitals there
already have mixed populations
Would not be we'll for the Delaware Anti-Tubor-
cuoss Commissioners to advance such a suggestion as
has been outlined above the State officials the trus
tees of the State Hospital the Levy Court Commissions
ers and the Trustees OF the Poorg conference par
ticipated In by such elements could not fail TO b,
productive OF good results and, in all likelihood wou,
lead to satisfactory solution OF this yexed problem