El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-14

which are too expensive for private IN
dividuals to be able to procure.
Hospitals or infirmaries for the
care OF such SickneSses as cannot re-
ceive proper attention in the homes.
Thus from birth 10 death, the COM
munity provides a help. and all surely,
but in obedience to the Christlike spirit
of the text
AT present Ell Paso's greatest re-
Quirement IS attention TO the last
named provision.
what happens now in the case Of
our sick in a home that is not wealthy
At first neighbOrS help and often great
self denial is shown. Then. maybe, the
churches help, and also the Woman
Charity organization, but all these
aids are acknowledged a TO he Wofully
Inadequate. Then, perhaDs. the county
hospital Is thought of, but whatever its
condition may be- il is not popular. but
hated, and then there are the private
hospitals which we all know to be eX-
pensive for slender purses.
case after case is thus inefficiently
helped, and because of this inefficient
provision, many dare not take up any
charitable work
Has not the time come for US to Sc
riously think out better way? Di-
rectly we begin to do so, the objection
arises: What about the cost2'
Would Require $4,000 at First.
For probably $780, a building
could be provided as a start If the
puDAAC 4uuuS PROVIDED LnlS sum- COuAu
private charity then uphold the hos
pltal2 A well known man says no. FL
PaSO is too poor. I hope this statement
Is too pesSimiStic. Philanthropy IS
maybe, only partially developed shrub
at present, but surely we look for It's
growth and il should not be impossible
for private donations, offerings in the
churches once year, street collec-
uOnS also once a year. and leVles from
the larger works to provide SUI
ficiently.
4 am told that the trades unions
could not agree to such levies, but
again I hope this is not true. I am also
told that the men are too busy to be
bothered with altruistic labOrs; they
viii provide the money and give II 10
their wives and tell them to do the
work Men cannot shuttle off their
burdens to the women, however nObly
the women respond. Every man has
calls that he cannot refuse, except at
his own loss.
The Task Is Before Us.
Let US men begin afresh and attend
to our own tasks. Another phase OF
the question should be considered and
that is the presence and complication
OF the health seeker and the Mexican
Every five DAYS four die. and Of these
deaths the Mexican finds the proper
ton of six out of eight do not believe,
however the Mexican problem is inso-
luble.
PasO must protect itself against these
for the work Of caring for consump-
tion is national in its scope. John
Burns in speaking of the national at
tack on tuberculosis in England re-
Gently said that the cases had of late
been reduced so percent and that il
seemed that in 25 years the disease
would almost be nOneXistent.
Let the nation be aroused and FL
PasO's difficulty will be much lessened-
Meanwhile we can devise some scheme
to guard ourselves and let medical men
who send hopeless cases here feel how
great is their folly and even COndem-
nation.
We have our political battles. We
but not a question is more urgent than
the provision of real efficient care for
the needy sick and stricken If we
cannot move at once. we can at least
bye we shall solve it"
think over the problem, and bye-and-