The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-06
Anti-Tuberculosis in Meaning

Anti-TuberculOsis in Meaning
 The morning session yesterday was de- voted to the course of the anti-tubercu- losis movements and the programme was fully carried out Previous to the speak ing on the assigned subject, George Hud- dleston, congressman-elect. made an ad- dress on the Alignment of Capital and Labor" The programme was as fol- lows:
 Extent and Distribution of Tubercu- losis in Alabama (a), Urban; (b), Rural -Dr. H. G. Perry of Montgomery.
 Existing Anti-Tubercuoss Forces. (a), Official, (b, Volunteer-Introduce by Dr. A. A. Walker, followed by the presidents and secretaries at Montgom- cry, Mobile and Tuscaloosa.
 l. Educationa; ?. Institutional: 3, Coer- cive; 4, Relief Work; 5. Value and Isimita- tion of Volunteer Service.
 | Necessary Legislation pr. E. NJ. Mason, pr. J. Y. Graham; ta), A. State Commission; (b), County Institutions or County Groups; Co, coercive Measures; (d), Medical and Nursing Service.
 Efficient District Clinics" pr. Cabot Lull; ta). Attracting the Suspicious Cases (b) Improving the Diagnostician
 An Ideal State nti-Tuberculosis League" Dr. A. V. Stabler, Dr. B. l.. Wyman
 
 Discussion. State Anti-Tuberculosis League Organization
 At the afternoon session the feature was the address on Public Health Nursing by Miss Ella Phillips Crandal
 Proposed remedial legislation was the feature of the concluding business session of the congress. the speakers being con fined to local leaders of reform move ments, Senator-elect Frank s White. who had been selected as chairman Of the meeting, was not present owing to confusion of dates on the part of the committee. Dr. George Raves acted es chairman. With the exception of the first speaker the talks were limited to 70 minutes each. At the conclusion of tne programme the election or officers was held.
 Frank P. Glass, to whom was assigned the subject "A Social Programme for Alabama" was the first speaker and told of the locals needs of remedial legisra- ton.
 Shapiro On The Loan Shark"
 Loan Shark was the subject assigned to lsadore Shapiro. He termed the loan sharks social pirates who appeared to the unfortunate borrower as q saviour when he was in need of a few dollars to tide him over" but this saviour he said afterwards haunts and taunts him in the role of Satan He de- clared that the loan sharks had main taired expensive lobbies at Montgomery which defeated any remedial measures.
 The loan shark business must be de- stroyed he said. These cut throats must be driven from the state. '' The remedies he proposed were three first. the establishment of remedial loan associations; second. the enactment of drastic laws regulating the business of money lending, and third, to strive tt eliminate the necessity for bol rowing by the payment of a living wage, two weeks pay and reforms tending toward the elimi- nation of poverty. The best substitute for the loan shark, he said, was the creation of social state whose motto will be service and whose ruler justice 7 A scathIng rebuke, to the citizens of Alabama was administered by Mrs. Pren. tiss Reid ip her address on "Compulsor, Education" By means of charts sht showed the unenviable position of Ala. bama in the illiteracy of states standins at the bottom of the list The state was still going lower. ske said, as there were 4ooo children less fin school in 19l. than in the previous year, notwithstand. ing the fact that the population of the state was increasing. She attributed the cause to indifference of the educated peo. pie to the needs of the less favored ant closed with a beautiful tribute to ths motherhood of the state and the appea they were making for the square deal for the children
 Mrs. w. L. Murdoch made a vigorous speech in regard to the "child labor problem. She declared the present child labor laws were of little benefit as they reached only one class of children. the cotton mill operatives. This she said. not even touched the child labor question for, she declared, there ar0 more children of tender years employed in Birmingham and suburbs than in all the cotton mills of the state. She urged the people of the state to unite in protecting the child pr. E. F. Hogan spoke on a state health code He said the people of any com munity almost could have health if they would bay the price of eternal vigi- lance" He declared that in addition to the state laws providing for the inspec- tion Of factories and workshops 1t ought to extend to the home.
 Mrs. Oscar Hundley Speaks
 Mrs Oecar Hundley spoke of ''Woman sunrage" and outlined the plans for the cempaign that is now on to secure equal sunraee In Alabama. She referred to the unenviapie petition al law that woma n naq occupied for many years, which she deelefed vas class legisIation. She