New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-13
PROFIT FROM DISEASES
prof. Reeds Address StartIes
National Education Association.
SAYS A CONSPIRACY EXISTS
Gives Reason for Organized OPP
nosition to Medical Inspection
of Schools in United States.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J


Chicago, July 12-The assertion Of Prof
rbsrles A. l. Reed, of the University of
r1ncinnati. that "the organized opposition
N the medical inspection of schools in the
t-,,ted States Is a now thoroughly exposed
conspiracy to propagate disease for COM
nercial purposes" surprised and startled
ss,erates TO the fftieth annual convention OF
The National Education Association, which
came to an end tonight. Discussing the
matter at length, Professor Reed said In
part;
The medical inspection of schools is now
established in every civilized country. als
object is to prevent the spread OF disease
and develop human efficiency. IL is sur
prisirg that there should be any opposl'ion
10 such a movement on the paIt ol ,Ie
people for their own protection, Ot course,
eyerv country has it's individual cranks
who are on the other side OF every queS-
tion. In the United States alone; hoWtSTxii :
these cranks, with some otherwise lh.e.r
gent and honest persons, nave peei NC
shalled, organized and Confederated py ue
signing men whose commercial inter- a,'5
depend upon the prevalence OF disease 1 ,te
degeneracy among the masses mass 70 impose the
tyranny of their selfish interests upoh 'i'0
people. 49,. ,ua.,oo.o~ vas identified with
nractices that have already been ou.I no,So
tbs Wise LEGISLATION OF the PtoPIe'
Some for reasons hest known t 70 ond
selves antagonized the pure Ioou .,tnn
Sr,,qs scts i'm the states and IN the na an ~!
O+LeTe have fattened and desire sun 10
49, t,e,H on the manufacture and sale OF
enslaving drugs. ,,,.,r,.- 1r,tbou,
,oii are thus seeking 10 multiply diseases
ttSn; d tbev ma NAV make money by imposing
nnor their victims the RIDICULOUS oocIrlhe
that there is no such thing as dlse as:
,rbsea are the confcdcrated interests that
are shrieking for freedom 70 propagats
disease. sell adulterated drugs and hood
tbe markets with doped foods. They are
seturaIIv opposed 10 medical Inspection 81
Schools as they are opposed 10 meulCai
laws. health statistics ana sanitaIy Ie't &c
fnents The names OF theSe peopis a. III
men.
PuraI education as now conducted was
described as behind the times'' and threat
,n,ng the prosperity of the farmers by
.,eakers before the association to-day. The
lack of funds for country shoots was SAID
20 be due to the system Of renting farms
Warren n. Wilson. director of missions
New York City. declared that In Illinois 90
rer cent. and in Iowa 3S per cent. or the
farms were rented, and because the farmers
Maid rent to city people the lands were
roing up in price, while their productiveness
was diminishing Thirty-four counties IN
Ohio he asserted. are less productive no"
than they we're during the Civil War.
"In country whose soil is new we are
beeinning to import from countries where
,he soil has been titled thousand years
.aid Mr. Wilson.
r-D5er the one-year lease system, he said,
farmers could not be expected to spend
money either for improvement OF the land
or for schoolhouses They would not ouiio
schools In a community where they were
only temporarily located, he said he
quoted figures purporting to show That the
proAts Of farmers in Iowa depended on
child labor.
In an arraignment Of American university
ne delivered before the higher educaton
departrnent of the association. Samuei
Avery. chancellor Of the University or Ne
traska. declared that in many cases stu
dents are extravagant idlers who, being
able TO afford IT, spend their winters IN
fashionable universities. which they re-
gard as attractive winter resorts under the
guise Of institutions of learning and culture
"A student nowadays must be very brill
liant or very troublesome before the col
lege president becomes acquainted with him
at all" said the Chancellor. The enor-
nous influx of students has changed the
character of the student body"
Meetings Of departments and general
session tonight at which Albert f. Win
chip. Boston; Baroness Bertha Won suit
ner, Vienna, and Luther Halsey Gulick, OF
The Russell Sage Foundation, were the
chief speakers, ended this years meeting.
+ T. Fairchild. the new president. said
the executive committee a a meeting in the
autumn would ratify the selection OF Salt
Lake City, Utah. for next years meeting.