Show A BOCKS ron consumptives ator 0 nap hope to rain P hlf his mu through uie tato situate washington march 23 speaking cing 0 his bis hill bill to establish a home for con sump tives senator gallinger a physician says yi 1 I have bate given some attention to mortality statistics tod and this bill fa 13 the result ot of a little study T enayo per cent of the total mortality in new england is due dua to pulmonary dis aada in altu il region the rate is about SO per cent in new w mexico merico consumption is responsible i ble for but 3 per cent what I 1 want i ia s to have the go government comment cede certain lands upon which private enterprise may erect a sanitarium this institution should be located in one of the territories whichever may bo be the most healthful and the commission is to decide the matter the cession dorthis for this purpose could not be regarded as extraordinary it if the government can set part apart such auch a reserva reservation tiou as yellowstone park tor for public pleasure then it can cede a reservation which would have a most beneficent effect on the public health we generally recognize consumption as aa hereditary but it is a question as to whether therit it is not only contagious I 1 hope to pass tile the proposition through the senate benato and to show how reason reasonable aiN and necessary is my proposition |