The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-10
EXPERT
GIVES OUT WORD
Of WARMING
Wiley's Investigation Con-
yinces Him Exploiting Of
Charities Organization
Would Be Bad Factor in
City Advertising.
WORK SHOULD BE OF
PROTECTIVE NATURE

~ IVA III
since sentiment Ia this city seems
Co be crystalizlng IN favor OF q visit
ng nurse. and snce A. W. Wiley. pub
licity director Of the Commercial club,
has oeen asked hy two OF the civic
bodies OF the city 90 take up this
movement the Herald has obtained
from the head Of the publicity bureau
his opinions r~eRardinF the peculiar
conditions existing here with regard
10 causes Of i1digency and how the
causes ana the results should be met.
Mr. Wiley has been studying the sub
ject for some months and has reach
ed the conclusion that the economic
and humanitarian phases OF this aues-
ton are one aud the same.
A misiaterpretation Of what Mr..
Wiley said AZ the Parent Teachers
meeting Tuesday evening has appear
ed In print. u was stated that Mr..
Wiley pleaded for concerted action Ia
charity work and I'm taking care of
u iDdigent. A. "a matter ~ fact. ne
requested. FOR the good Of AIbuauer-
o and the good Of those who come
here and become INDECENT. that this
work be done ia individual cases: and
that a visiting nurse be secured. nos
az a charitable measure, but as "A
protective one. that the tuOerculous
may be taught how 20 live that others
about him may be safe, especially the
children. Mr.. Wilay holds that the
indige1t consumptiye as a class should
not be recognized by an organized
charity movement.
iiow to Attack Problem.
'Paradoxical as 30 may seem. the
only way 90 meet this problem IS to
refuse 10 %recognize that the problem
exists said Air. Wiley today. "a
man came 10 my onice YESTERDAY who
has been here two years making "a
losing fight aeainst tuberculosis. He
came here an incipieEt case. but be-
cause Of his hnancial condition he has
had 90 work when he could secure
work and exc out a bare existence
when he could not. He told me that
when he left home he was on the
waiting list of his state sauatorlum
and that In six weeks more ne would
ave oeen admitted 10 free treatment
and care for u year. As 10 was he
decided 90 chance an. trust 10 luck
and charity and with his last dollar
ne bought "a ticket 20 Albuquerque.
To-day ne b. "a hopeless case. Had he
remained al home the year in has
state institution IL would no doubt
hav placed him on his feet. What
a fool I was Ia today his bitter
lament
Mistake to he Ayoided.
n think shis instance viii show
wig Albuquerque cannot AFFORD Co
proclaim Co the world that She d MAX
ing ready 90 care charitahly Tor the
INDECENT cousumptire should this
impression GO out thousands would
leave their homes In the east and
middle west under that false impress
sion that climate rs the only factor On
the cure for tuberculosis. and should
come here 10 be dependent upon
charity.
Tho only rrason I take his view
point Is the fact that practically every
person who becomes an indigent con
sumptiye mere has "a home somewhere
in which ne could hnd food. care and
treatment The INDECENT here is not
an indige1t at home, and h human
iiarian thing for Us 10 DO. the char
liable thing and the thing which rea-
sou Dictates b. 10 avoid encouraging
those wins could remain at home and
be cared FOR 90 come hero with the
expectation Of becoming the wards az
charity.
Dootors Don't send I~ndigtnts.
The physicians % the east DO not
send "a ~indigents. They sl@ays
make sure that the patients have suf-
hcient means before advising them 90
come "a the SOU Invest Tor their
health. Those people who do come
and become indigen;s cosne upon their
own responsibility. with "a vague un-
derstanding ~ conditions here and
with an exaggerated notion 81 what
the climate will do FOR them. Ia
other words. they come because ~
ignorance. They learn after arrival
that suitable care. nourishment and
attention must be combined with the
benefits Of climate co cure ubercu-
losis, and being unaole "a secure those
needed things they bewaii tbs day
they left relatives and friends WIN
would have gladly cared for them al
home.
IA can be- readi, seen that 20 o.
WIZ aNAtA"ANHN hAHA nH-HNAAAfW AAA
tiles az this point Wcrc attempting Go
care Tor an consumptivcs without
means thousands would be- tempted
10 leave their homes wherein they
have the only chance in the world
90 recover. aud come here TO depend
upon charity and break their hearts
Ia a hopeless nghf. This would ne
charity gone astray for n would be
unchaFitnble 10 the last degrce.
4 uhlis4tN'S Csood itcsuhs.
The result that has come ~ the
Commercial club Hdycrtising cam
paien h. a great surprise never did
believe that the advertising would re-
suit ia AN Influx on INDECENT coasump-
lives. Conditions here show that %
has rot done ~. as those close 10 toe
situation declare thu there are fewer
healthseekcFs In Nan "a the present
time han there were a year ago, and
this II in the face 81 she fact hat
in nearly every locality 81 the United
states indigents have Increased be-
cause OF the abnormal economic ON
diiions
Heretofore. the oonsnmptiyo has