Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-19

"a opposition Of the people of colo
/ RADIO 60 The government plan Co
withdraw from further appropriation
the rndium- bearing lands upon the
public domain within that state is
/ hardly credited by Representative
! Foster. chairman ut The house come
mittee on mines and mining. II b.
the purpose of tho government 20
have the cBrnutitc ores In these lands
mined and the radlum extracted for
the treatment of cancer and other
malignant diseases in the hospitals
Of the country. The fear b. Expressed
that II this step b. not taken. thos b.
deposits will become the basis of pr.
waite speculation and that the rudium.
when obtained. viii be sold az almost
prohihltive price,. This Il IN claimed,
has been the manner of exploitation
so far. and the result 70 that tho
United states although having a.
most "a world monopoly of the radium
bearing ores has less rndium Tor the
treatment OF itH hundreds OF thou
sands OF sufferers from cc:,er than
any prominent country OF Europe.
In statement issued today Mt
Foster said I'm Wow Of the ircmen-
cannot believe that the good people
81 Colorado will oppose plan which
seeks to stop the terrible ravagcs 90
disease that is levying a toll of 49,
600 human beings every year .n tho
| United states. / nnd h Impossible
Ia believe that any considerable num-
Der ot the citizens 90 Colorado can
De back Of any such movement un-
less they have been woefully mislcd
| by few.
1--WE all remember vividly the sink
ing at the Titanic with its loss CD
I 800 lives and how the great SYM
pathetic heart of this republic beat
fastcr In those anxious days. Al thot
time any demand for relief that
might have been made would have
been overwhelmingly met by Colo
RADIO ana by any other state Of the
Union. for "a great calamity knows no
state lines.
"'rhe deaths from cancer each
week in the United States represent
a tragedy as great as the sinking of
the Tintanic- nifty such tragedies in
| "a years time We could not save
the victims of the Titanic. but Colo
rudo has, within her boundaries, ON
the public domain, myatcri"us
magic power that gives every evil
ldence Of ifs ability 90 stop this con-
tinu0us and ever increasing death
roll fro mcnncer.
sSome OF those who are opposing
tho withdrawal OF the land declare
that suffering humanity viii not Zoe
deprived Of this great boon ~ pri-
vnte partles exploit these ores Wei,
we can only Judge from what has
happened IL was less thnn year
luro that the bureau Of mines made
| the discovery that tons and tons 81
this precious ore had been shipped
from Colorado 10 Europe and that
no rndium had over been made ia
the United states in The year 1919
sufficient at this cnrnutito ore go
make nine grams of radium the
cream of tho deposits, was shipped
To Europe. while the total fndium M
this country at the present time ~
less than two grams, We shipped
this wonderful earnotitc nt iron ore
prices aud then our surgeons bought
/ the rudium back at diamond prices.
We are now making radium in the
Unitodstatos, but J understand That
most of this too is going 90 Europe
have Just heard of q contract WIN
an American firm for six Ernma az
radium for Europe, 10 be- delivered "a
uram "a month 10 the meantime the
surgeons OF this country who nave
some fadium are forced 90 ,bc awful
alternative Of selecting between thi
natents on whom u VIII be used. The
ease Ut my honored colleague, Rob-
ort q. Bremner n "a most pathetic
appeai for more rndium. am told
that his cure would be- far m, re Ger
tain if Dr. Howard A Kelly had ten
Grams Of radium nt his disposal rain
er than one gram and while we
have been planning what best should
be- done 90 pruioct Interests properly
rndlum has gone up in price from
500 600 u gram To- 100000.
~ am not appealing that nll the
radlum should o. retained la thc
United states. That would be- as seli-
Ian and mhnman nH tho opposition
of some of tho people uf tol"rai"
appears tu me J am simply pleading
thai u very limited ntreaHe ni ms
public domain 10 Colorndo cantaimns
carnoiiie ores De- SEQ aside uat t"r
reservation from use. but ior imme-