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Show 11 mm mm Statement Is Issued Concerning Tuberculosis Fund by Woman's Wo-man's League. . statement has been issued by the Rational Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, which shows that there is a great need for beds for destitute consumptivos in the United States. An investigation by them has result od in the discovery that there are today onlv- 15.000 bod for b'0,000 patients suffering from all forms ; of tuberculosis, or forty consumptives lor every bed. , The Woman 's league of this city has on sale here, at a dozen different stores, Christmas, or Red Cross, stamps, tho proceeds from the sale of which aro to be used in aid of tho consumptives of Utah. The purchase by the people of only 5 cents worth of these stamps, which retail at a cent each, means that, much toward the fund this leaguo is so anxious to establish. It is a worthy undertaking and one which should appeal ap-peal to all the people of the state, Today there aro only oQfJO beds in the entire country available for advanced ad-vanced cases of consumption, while there arc over 100.000 cases of advanced ad-vanced tuberculosis in the United States. TJic figures arc appalling, and it is believed that tho residents of Utah will ralry to the support of the league by the purchase nf these Christ- I mas stamps, in order that those people peo-ple who aro nfllietod with tho great white plague may be properlv cared for. |