Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-05

OF land. There = & Cect OF So-C@ 70
pt1 and the association : hoping t1a
L the bill for state s412toclGrn /
passed Al this session the state viii
decide 70 buy The property which !
can have on payment Of Ine c"b-S. i
the state should decide 10 p-y ana t9z
resolves asked tcr are passed am suns
left uIexpenit3 Will be tanned t-cs
into the state treasury.
Hon. George c. Weeks
Tn4 hearing THIS afternoon VAS rus:
On I carefully PREPARED schedule, Zach
OF II SPEAKERS Icing 4Ssi=Cej u some
pEa s 81 t.e subject and his .:!E9e I'm
tied John George 6 WeesS = E>..-
aeld. Who w. present as = trlS-=e :
the institution, h1i general charg@-
After : bret. g--er-l :rIroelction r.
called 13ca =. y E-c.e-y 3: w.
Vile who 5.scusse; M G-rsr=, Scp'--
Of the WIZ He desired that ire Eor.:
agei-s- tuberculosis cannot e con-
mic problem. Win 100" pope dy:r.-
II this Gj=azg. ser Eca-- 4cG I7-@ sic:
VIII. i al - I'm - sass i -
site ) estimate. : :. .-..5@f AL
E-1N.- Ii E-..-y SAL -ae Ta.-s.a.
institution i To- IL ccLf..c- with aD,
Cher doing similar rro-E IN IT. s-a--
but ! FiL..rg - c.-rue.ata T.-h ,l.-.u
h .-ze-c:.ei -. history Z he nor
briefly 81 sra--1 hat I-.::r..:s NJ
axe 80 = p-y ar charged So p.
wseh- although the COST i So aaJ :.
man are t-sae-d free - can ;osS.a'<
he provided fer. He believed thai 81
Patients should he made 70 pay V nat
ever hey can or :-eatr-er-. as b.
results are obtained il this way
Or, 7 {. Hardy
Dr.. :. T. Eardy Of WaterviNe stat
- that since started ire institution
/: : treated Is patients and these har
G To from e.--y county il the sIa-s
except Oxfo-1 bout IS per cent 2,
The cases handled have been arrested
He explained the great demand -
charity wo-.-
Or. /. 7. kewer
Dr.. I, :. keae- OF Fairfield. noe
i'll charge IF the Sa-ator:UTn- describe II
the operating expenses ana m=tl!r.l
about the Treatment q The patients
Harry :. Brown q Benton tool, up IL;
finances. showing how the debt Of IN.
association had been incurred nov n:
money thus far Isl rad tee- ct..a n.
and nc present ..e6s Of The Institution
Manager Jewell
Ralph Jewell OF Fairfield. business man.
aser o. tAe sanator.ur11. made ore Of t!.e
n.osc effective pleas. a me Whole aear-
Ing. He comes IN c.csc contact with ,ne
patients and the financial end Il tho
Work, and IL plain businessmen fashion
tod the committee q TIE problems taat
are faced BY the trustees. Describing
several pathetic cases where t-eatmen.
Lad been gt"en after The Patients had
paid every cent il the world they could
get, H. declared: 4 tell you. gert.trae-..
IL tough proposition. We bushes:
,I.en give all the time We can. but We ar
all busy. and We scratch the hardss.
We KNOW 10 get the money and keen
the place going and give these poor PEG.
pie I chance for their lives
Or. WithereiI
DR.. Car, Witherel q Oakland sook.
Of t::e needs OF g. sanatoriura as re found
them in his practice. He called at.en.
tion 70 the -.usual prevalence Of the DIS
ease in Oakland because of "grirde-
contracted IN the e:ged
tool shops o.. thai to- j. and emphasized
the danger 10 the coInn1-L.ty - 4 whole
in having many advanced cases of tbs
disease without proper restrictions and
treatment
Ralph J. Patterson described the grea,
natural advantages OF the Fairfield insti.
tuition and its desir2bility as the loca.
ton for State saaatorium. should one
be built.
Hon. Cyrus w. Davis
Hon. Cyrus " Davis OF Waterville
the work as ina. OF gooj
and urged that Maine go 10
the front in this as she has in many
otnsr things. He believed the total ASK
cd for tuberculosis work in the State
this year is $500 and as nucn as this
IS being spent to fight the disease among
rattle.
4 J. Tarsleff Of Bangor secretary of
the state association. gave some Of his
in the work in all parts Q:
the State and considered il a good bus.
mess proposition for the State to ex-
pend generous sums in fighting the dis
ease. After explaining that tire disease
IS particularly dangerous to children, he
quoted figures showing that If 4 Der
cent Of the children educated by the
State die the loss to the State is sl53.
-. He declared that if the State should
spend one dollar per capital for the next
10 years the total would not equal the
oss 70 the state through tuberculosis.
kinesbury Piper
kingsbury r. Piper argued that the
time had come when tire State should
1ecide on policy Of fighting tuberculo-
SIS. At present, 50 far rs there is arv
'oicy, II has been 10 aid the private in
stitutions. and he believed il would b.
better TO build q state sanatoriurn thar,
20 continue assisting struggling local as
yGciatiDns He r,0fntEd out that +be a.,