The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-17
RED CROSS SEALS
NOW ON SALE At
SEVERAL PLACES
CITIZENS SHOULD SUPPORT
THIS MOVEMENT IN THE
GREAT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CAMPAIGN.

Red Cross stamps, were placed on
sale at many stores and places Of
business during yesterday and all in
dications are that the record estab-
lished last year will be far exceeded
by the sales Of this season.
Many people have notion, because
they are not themselves afflicted with
tuberculosis and have no one in their
family who is suffering from this dis
ease, that therefore they have no re-
sponsibility in the anti-tuberculosi
campaign. Aside from the purely al
truistic and humanitarian motives
which should stir any strong man to
help those who are weak and suffer-
ing, it proposes to show that every
man and woman III this community
has an addition triple responsibility
in the worldwide fight that is being
carried on against this terrible dis
ease, tuberculosis.
Scientists have informed US that
tuberculosis is a communicable, infec-
tious disease, and that it may be cured
if it is taken in the early stages, and
prevented from spreading to those
who are well if proper precautions are
taken in time. Starting on these
scientific foundations, it maintains
that every man and woman in this
community has responsibility for
the stamping out Of tuberculosis from
our midst.
First of all, you have a response
bility as an individual residing in this
community, living under an organized
society. Your responsibility in this
capacity is purely a selfish one. 1t
is for example, toward the protection
Of your own health. If it could be
shown you in some dramatic way how
the subtle menace of unprotected con-
sunptives in our midst threatens to
undermine your health or that of your
family, it would not take long fol
you to realize your responsibility in
the control of this disease. While we
cannot demonstrate this condition in
such way that you would be shocked
at once into action, it can appeal t.
your reason. The consumptives whe
walk the streets of this town, spread
ing through careless expectoration Of
through contact more or less close
with other individuals in the com
munity, the germs of their disease
will sooner or later come in contact
with you, your wife, or your children
Your responsibility as an individual
is to protect yourself and your fam
lily,
Your second responsibility is as {
citizen of this community. The mer'
fact that you have agreed to live her
and have tacitly or otherwise mad,
yourself part of the civic corpora
ton which we call our city or town
gives to you responsibility for ever.
other man in this community VIII
| calls himself your fellow citizen. An,
catastrophe or disease which impair
the efficiency of one or more member
| of the community weakens by jus
so much the efficiency Of the entir
citizenship and impairs the usefulness
of the civic body to its individua
members. The menace of hundred
of consumptives inadequately care
for places upon you as citizen re
sponsibility which you cannot evad
even if you wished to. If you ar
true to the trust of your citizenship
it is your duty to see that every cor
sumptive in this community has ade
quate hospital, nursing or other Pre-
visions that will tend to promote tn
cure of his disease and check ii
spread to others. AS citizens we hea
great deal of talk about the quei
ton Of taxes and every time there
an attempt to levy an additional mi
or fraction of mill for disease pre-
vention, some misguided citizen VIII
values property more than he doe
health makes a demonstration. This
man is not a fit citizen of any con
munity. If the things that you wes
and the house that you live in al
worth more to you than the God-give
body and the mind which energies ]
the sooner you remove yourself fro
organized society, the better for ye
, and society. There is no issue, stric
ly speaking, between taxes az
health. When health is at stake, 20,
citizenship demands health whatev'
the expense.
CoJde Causo Heada<he and Grin