Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-01
Hon. Robert W. keIso On Public Welfare as
a Selfish Ambition"


In contrast ID me altru-sllc re-
former IS the selt-ceCLerec business
man Of today who goes HIS way anN
performs mas task II G1e. I'M oi
making none nnE fur-her-nE ms
business ambitions paving nc al
1an-iou 10 the affairs OF other peopi:.
vat il ,s ne with ne ~ank and HE d
me public who bring about reforrl1-
hose o. .Avervciav If dc ~ Dhs11
thinking anC gel the results
Puhlic welfare cannot oe pron1ctAa
On theory without taking lnLo con
sidera -ion the selfish interest o. lhe
-,,tYic 4 great man said once, =
nation can be trusted 1i-st 81" lar -
rs own interests" TIL 0lo!lc CON
poses the ua-lOn. and our genera
sa,esh interest - IN. Ting WING"
viii guide rs 1CaLT.
Take the working gang fl4lns Il.
iock step down me prison vard, elLke
+ba; r+---a-v with its endless rows
OF white beds ;-pon VINCE "t's7-=
children that arc Only party Who't-
rake a home n The back coCn-Tf
,,o,,,e somewhere and. knocking upon
+ae doo- sac the idiot chlid MT W.,
s,-.a- ,-1u. raks the poor house VIZ
~ aged Daupers-and you sac a.
@arer+ angles Of broken 2l--zels1-4'''
Nav Of them The Inherited res :,
c@ snecrt7, dlseas..s that arg e.;-ss'1
rs prev erL2bie.
Is. ,...~ II the stare of A:-7''a
ot,,,s.--s oyer II oer w"re fully sup
-,oy-ad ever day f0r $50 daES ~ M
e--oa-s. of the pub.i4. 1--WE: No.''"
-s..r4vad rniief a sorlr IN G,--l---
tho vsa1 from ING puDilr 're1S''.-
the eyrersv &c NJ public III Mas
cf,rser-s alone rDIaIied close 10
uiIIion dollars list vea-- ana ma
=; ro- an Their are ne 11i4s
S---s roo incorpora- TED charities VINO
report each +ear me aIho~'-
-,,a,, e1-Denda-,lrps t0r ar-IFl-it-''-
--he,- reported over y and one-iit-'-
million dollars last vear MS - "
,.or,--u.try rich and prosperous
amounting n nearly EInt ooiiAES
hand Vet the extent % broken t---
izs,l,-v Is increasing. becoming pa
The increase IN public reflex u sD'H-
mr. r--eater Lnar the. growth OF III
-,,,hIic income Il al comes GOVT Up
ne fac- that il is . disregard OF
,,,-sopaI health. This anal!Zes lf1+
-eason for the c-a4ta" D2E- OF
broken CITIZENSHIP.
TIE last rrll!i-arv draft Is me mos
instructive biz Of inforruauon FF''
i,-o,,rh- before the people. An eTa =
.e,sus was taken at IN, N.fESi's'-.
,,ndi-ior OF TIE nation Tho aT@-
u-as no respecter Of 7e'-S7 rs IL p
moor college athletes. clerks -"a'-
and seemingly healthy a.-he We"
car.d. and al represented me nc"'-
of American manhood. IN ne les'
@,r ,i-z,s,c;Ii ..fIiciency r.e eZ2!Til1i1-
of.5cnrs were .rsrructed 70 PICK fAr~t
hos VINO we're ii for' frs. t-ne du-y
md -er,a,,- those nor fl tor soidler'v
c,,-v And what was ne ~esiI...
Forcy-Iwo or OF every -m' We
,5,-cu-, into the discard 81 d -T7re
when rhe nation most n@"ned men,
al the majority o. these dlErafd:-2
rad ri1ar was classeG a. pI'"V@ranir
: orecaurirary measures we're taken
N time. In years 20 come We naF
T,cssibiv nave another war ana :
mat time comes y Il good prop"-
s,tlcp To r,.n - per "e,}T Dropcs-rla1
N run an army that Is wlrh"u' IN
leg? From plain. se.t.Ss BUSINESS
point OF view We are t7c Low -
efficiency.
Leprosv has been considered nor
-itle disease since the beginning e
literature vet whole colony 0E icI'-
e,-s are no1 a. dangerous rs one cas-"
u tuberculosis Tuberculosis goes All
through 4 community, and we per
nil j.. because we are used 70 L.
rub shoulders with II every day Ii
is I'd To Us 70 revise our list Of dan
gerous diseases.
Take the school children. there are
~. SOC. 0G0 Of them II the coun-
nv. The school is the greatest point
+ Of contact between the public and the
government Just as L IS the IrosI
I v,,lnera bic point for the spreading ~
! disease. OF the school children Of the
country 200, aa0 are markedly mentally
detected, 400 have organic heat
disease. ! 600, if06 or more have II nave
mad tuberculosis, I.gn1.600 hare de-
| fecteE herring. f.00G.00b have defect
! ~. oversight 4.58G0 900 suffer from mai
| nutrition. 1000. $50 have adenoids or
! diseased glands. the starting point Of
many Diseases. 3,Da0. e6G have weak
/ spines and 1900 .Gno have defectiFe
Z teeth.
/ II this is The condition Of the schoni
/ children what will happen when they
! grow up? II we should have hope Of
! the future 4eneration-for The propa
CATION OF a coming generation rests
I with these school cilildren-we must
I give them training n physical eff
/ cheney. an d1each them the value Of
personal hygiene physical righteous
ness and physical care.
! What are we going u or about II?
! Bv the system we row pursue We
are fostering rhs making Of broken