Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-06
CONFERENCE
AT GARDINER CLOSES
Continued from Page seven.)


And yet the man is on the same job.
today, in spite of this disobedienee of
orders from his employers.
In the same court a man is fined
800 for selling a drink of liquor, and
IN appeal is ordered to furnish bonds
in the sum of $500. do not wish to
infer that I think the liquor dealer
is fined too lightly but I do believe
that the other man has committed the
greater crime of the two and should
be punished accordingly
The labor unions have accomplished
more real results with their union Ia
bells in aholishing child labor and
improving conditions for women ana
minors than all the laws that we have
passed. Because the union label of
any craft only appears on articles
that are made by adult labor and un-
der sanitary conditions.
The labor unions of today are the
result of the best thought of our work.
ORG and their demands, including child
labor legislation, are conservative, and
believe the big employers of labor
ef this country are realizing this more
that it is better to meet this conserVa-
tive movement halfway tLan to deal
with the radical movement that must
| develop if the conservative one faiiS'
The evening session opened at Gto,
the attendance being nearly as large
&C in the afternoon. Rev. Canon Plant,
| chairman of the nominating commit
fro reported the following list, VINO
we're elected:
President, George +. foSG of PORT
land. first vice president, Ffancis II.
| .IilIer of Portland: second vice pres
itIent. Charles A. knight OF 6araiher'
igecretary. Jafnes L. Bagley OF Augusta.
| Mr. Hitler the retiring secretary,
.eas rcnominated but declined to serve.
pesolutions of thanks were present
cd to Mr.. Filler for his efficient ser
vices which were unanimously adopt-
OIL These we're followed by resoiu-
toms congratulating the State oil
Maine on the advance made, and es-
| reciallv upon the appointment OF
| state Board of Charities and Correc-
l.ions. to the Current Events Clup Vi
Gardiner. who had charge of local ar
rancements, and to the press. for eheir
| courtesy in presenting full reports oil
,be doinps of the conference. The es-
| eeutiyc committee elected are as FOL
Ilows:
ut Rev. Robert Goldman, Hon. Pay
;on smith. DIR. w. c. Peters, Rev. Hem
nv blanchard, ID. D., Hon. WIN. IL.
Looney, Rev. c. t. Emerson Key. II
~ plant. T.. p. Wentworth, Miss Ger
ltrude Macdonald, Dir. Henry W. Miiier'
Francis II. Hitler, Mrs. {. f. flass,
Rev. c. Nj. Gates, Mrs. {. {. Harmon
George L. Fogg, James +. Bagley.
J Local secretaries-ltev. faul fheiah
Augusta; Mrs. 4. r. Scott, Bangor: bnr-
ton H. winsiow. Biddeford-Saee; Mrs
Il. l.. 3. Brackett, Belfast; Rev bipeF'
| NcGay, Bath; Rev. Robert ". rant
| Gardiner; Rev Geo. w. Hinekles, Hinck
lev: Mrs. Moses Burpee. Houlton; MISS
Gertrude Macdonald Hailoweli; Hon
carl 3. Milliken, Island Falls; MIS-
Florence l.. Nye, Lewiston-Auburni Mrs
Belle $. Knowles, Northeast Harbor
| Mrs. Ella J. Mason, Orono; Alton Wheei
er. south Paris: Hon. w. ii. Water
house Old Town; Hon. Peter c. KeeSan
| Van Buren,: Rev l.. II. Lewis, water
| ville: Mrs Mabel Davis, Portland; Mf
Otis. Roekland
Bishop Goldman introduced VIM I
} Peters, NJ D.. presidet OF the Name An
II ,i-tuberculosis Association, who, after
brief but exceedingly interesting talk
| presented Miss Zepha NJ. Gardner. supt
of nurses at the Boston Consumpuof
Home Miss Gardner spoke upon "Wha
| Boston is Doing in Tuberculosis Work,
She said that at the Boston Consump
,ives Home there are at present 200 pa
I TENTS and there is always a long walt
ing list. \ childrens ward is soon to be
| opencd and teachers are to be. supplied
| so that there will be no loss of time fol
| tho children after recovery. The da5
| camp. for admission to which there is
also a waiting list, is of great value 1t
teaching the value of fresh air, Gooe
| food. etc. She praised the Massschu
setts law, which requires registration oi
, all cases of tuberculosis. and commend
al the co-operation of the Boston Boaro
i of Health. In 1910, arrangements were
made whereby all registered cases wers
to be visited by nurse from the Con
/ snmptiyes Home.
This home has .6 nurses and eacl
i nurse has a district, thus covering the
! entire city. After patient is discharg
cd from the home. they are kept track
| of and as consequence there arc fewer
! cases of relapse. She stated that it ths
| clinics, during the past six years, there
! have been 1900 cases and that the z
| nurses cover over 2011 eases per year.
| The conference closed with a few re-
| marks by Bishop Goldman. The Current
| Events Club and the conference are tc
| be congratulated upon the success of the
| seventh annual meeting, whereuror
| Robert r. Whiteliousc, chairman of the
| State Board of Charities and Correc-
! tons. closed the meeting with brilliant
| address on the work of philanthropy as
| the board sees it.
| Robert Treat Whitehouse.
Mr. Whitehouse spoke in part ds fol-