PAOE FOUR
' fiRAXDE EVENING OBSERVER, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1912.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
EDITOH AND 0'iV.NEB.
Isterrd at Hie postoriU'o ut La Grande,
Oregon, an second class mutter
SUBS! .HU'TlOJf BATES.
Dally, single capf &e
Dally, per vml Vv
Imlly, per month 6.1c
tiTiLE .u;ainst n bekii losis
.bout 1 50,0jO i)i'oiIe die tach ytar
to the United States from tuberculosis
If thepresont death rato continues six
milium people NOW LIVING In tlila
country aro doomed to be victim of
the While Plague.
Not only does this disease kill more
eoplo than four or five of the other
leading diseases combined, but It
takes ltg victims In the very prime of
Kanhood and womanhood. Nearly
ene-thlrd of all adults dying between
the ages of twenty and forty years
die of tuberculosis.
It Is impossible to picture with
words the enormous amount of suff
sring and unhapplness caused by this
dread disease. The statistics regard
ing the number of deaths utterly fall
to Impress us with the actual condi
tion. Perhaps a statement of the
money loss caused by tuberculosis
will make more vivid the extent of the
laughter.
Dr. Price of nalllinore, an authority
en tuberculosis made a study of sever
al hnndred eases In worklngmen's
families. He found that the drain on
the family Income was so severe that
over forty per cent became dependent
pon charity sooner or later, and
fonrteen per cent of the victims die
tn charitable Institutions.
He found that on an average each
worker was 111 over three years. Dur
ing the first year and a half his earn
ing power was reduced to about fifty
jer cent; during the second year and
a half he could earn nothing at all.
Estimating the average earnings of
eacb worklngman at $700 per year,
he found that the total loss of earn
ings before death amounted to $1,575.
To cost for medicine and attendanoe
arreraged about $1.50 per day during
the period of total disability, or a total
cf $800. Tbus the loss of earnings,
and the coat of attendance together
amounted to nearly $2,400 for each
case.
In addition to this there must be In
cluded the cost of the funeral, the
burden to the other members of the
famffy, and the loss of future earnings
which are conservatively estimated at
$4000 per worker. Thus, each adult
case of tuberculosis represents on an
average: a Ins of $0,400.
If we multiply this amount by only
ne hundred thousand (and the numb
er ef cases certainly must exceed
Ififs) We find that the total annual
aesetary loss from tuberculosis
among adults In the United States ex
ceeds $640,000,000.
These figures are almost staggering
and they are.all the more Impressive
when we realize that nine-tenths of
this toss of lite and money Is abso
lutely unnecessary. In the city of
Chicago alone there are about 3,700
deaths per year of tuberculosis, repre
senting a monetary loss of about
twenty-five million dollars.
We do not for a moment mean to
state that the loss of life can be ex
pressed iu terms of dollars and cents
We simply flWi to point out that in
addition to ttif terrible loss of life
there la also n'ilnaiickil loss equal to
the total running expenses of the
United State government.
It Ls rcrogontv.ed by all authorities
that tuberculosis Is nureventable
disease. If we take the right nort of
action this terrible slaughter can be
abolished.
jc-ct U to teach patriotism, a love of
country and the -flag, which Is the
rudimentary education of militarism
and war."
Is nut this a statement that, ac
cording to socialism. It ls wrong to
teach patriotism, love of country and
the flag? These have been considered
ilio in :i i ii at :i vh of the government for
whose preservation the editor of the i
Alliance fouglit during the war or thy
rebellion end It seems to us that to
on:it thene teachings Is but llttl
short of treason. If socialism doe-s
not believe In patriotism, a love of
country and the flag, will Mr. Hamil
ton please Inform us what It does
believe to be the proper attitude of
the citizen toward the state?
Dr. Scholl's
JUST
There are nearly 12,0o0 lawyers iu
:.(tlve pnirtlre In New- York Clt.v. No
wonder some of the people there pre
fer to settle their disputes on the
Mtreets with revolvers.
"rTITAT OOFS -SOCIU.IKM TEA mi
The AAlance, published at La
Grande, Is supposed to be a socialist
paper, aiidfjs Is certainly an able one;
therefore we think It U fair to aa-
ttrne that fts editorial utterances are
Mie teachings of socialism, aaya the
Elgin Recorder II appears to be very
trongly opposed to the organization
of the Boy Scouts and to what It
terras "Militarism." In an editorial
In last woe's,lsue It nays, continues
the Recorder:
"While the lenders of the movement
deny that ($ training Is of s military
tature, they do admit that the ob-
Tho glrU who are wearing men's
socks in Chicago say they are doing it
because It Is cheaper and cooler. But
ls that the real reason? Aren't they
doing It because they want to show
their Independence?
Dr Sun !s spoken of as "China's
rising statesman.'" No wonder he can
rise. Look at his name.
Dr. Anna Shaw fays that soon the
'women will do everything better
than th men." We dare her to sub
mit that question to a vote of the
show ladies of the Great White Way.
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Politics and Politicians.
Governor Foss of Massachusetts ls
out for a third term.
Aakansas will pass on the State
wide prohibition question at the fall
elestlon
Indiana Progressives have decided
to hold their State convention In In
dianapolis on August 1.
The National Progressive party In
Louisiana will bold a convention In
New Orleans August 2 to name dele
gates to the Chicago convention.
The new primary law In Colorado
provides that none but women may
serve as precinct vice-chairmen of
the various political parties tn that
state.
Governor Johnson of California and
former Senator Beverldge of Indiana
are prominently mentioned for the
second place on the Roosevelt nation
al ticket.
The Democratic, ' ' Republican,
Socialist, Socialist Labc; and Prohi
bition parties have put up tickets to I
be roted for In the Missouri State
primaries next week.
Arthur CapporV-the Topeka editor,
and Frank J. Ryan of Leavenworth
are contesting for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination In Kansas.
The nomination will be made in the
general primary next week.
Federal Judge George Gray, once
prominently mentioned for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination, has
Just declined to become a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
governor of Deleware.
The next Colorado legislature will
be called upon to select two United
States senators, one to succeed Senat
or Guggenheim and the other to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator Hughes.
Eugene V. Debs of Indiana and
Emll Seldel of Wisconsin, the Social
ist candidates, respectively, for Presi
ded and vice president of the United
States, have entered upon a stumping
tour of the country.
Friends of William Flinn of Pitts
burgh, who defeated Holes Penrose
for the leadership of the. Republican
organization In Pittsburgh, expect
that he will have the most influential
hand tn the direction of the Roosevelt
national campaign In the Bnst.
Congressman Samuel W. McCall,
who has served in the national house
of representatives continuously for a
score of years, from the Rlghth Mass
achusetts district, has announced that
he will not again be a candidate. It
Is expected that he will try for the
seat In the United States senate soon
to be vacated by W. Murray Crane.
The Repnbllchn members of the
United States senate whose terms will
expire next March and whos eta the
Democrats believe they have an ex
cellent chance of capturing are tlrlggs
of New Jersey, Brown of Nebraska,
Guggenheim of Colorado, Rlshardson
of Deleware, Crane of Massachusetts,
Dixon of Montana. Gamble of South
Dakota. Curtis of Kansas and possi
bly Cnllom of Illinois and Nelson of
Minnesota.
More than two hundred cities hare
now adopted the commission form of
government, of which about one-half
began the experiment sine the begin
ning of 1911. Despite their distribu
tion over thirty-five states, more than
one-fourth of them are In the two'
states of Texas and Kansas, and over
half of them in these states and Illi
nois, California, Oklahoma and North
Dakota. The cities of the East as a
rule have taken up the Idea less read
ily than the municipalities In the
South and West.
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8-5-lt
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8-5-lt
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La Grande and Cove. Owner can
have same by describing; coat and
paying for this ad. Address C. E.
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8-5-tf
Birth Becord.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cass, July 31,
a boy. Dr. Dora Underwood attended,
Bornto Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Hanson
Aug. 1, a boy. - Dr. Dora Underwood
was In attendance.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Haskell, cor
ner Jackson and Greenwood Aug. 3, a
daughter. Dr.. Dora Underwood - attended.
NOTICE.
My wife, Ruby Macey, having lefl
my bed and board without Just causu
I will pay no more bills contracted by
her from this date, Aug. 5th, 1912.
FRED MACEY,
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$3.50 Is a Real
Corset Bargain
If
The Gossard front lace corset
has always sold at $5, ap to
this year.
It Is worth more than $fi to
the woman who appreciates ths
style and solid comfort she en
Joys In the Gossard the ona
right corset.
The great demand for the Qos
sard has enabled the makers, by
doabllng thalr output, to lower
the price to $3.80, while keep
lag P the high qiallty that has
made the Gossard Am.rloa's su
preme corset
A complete line always et
hand. Price $J0 to tM.
It yon need a new corset tele
phone Red Mil.
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