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Show Dust and Tuberculosis. As a result of the dangers from consumption con-sumption to those exposed to various forms of dust, and at the request of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the United States government has recently appointed a commission to work in cooperation co-operation with state authorities in making an investigation into the conditions con-ditions of the metal mining industries in the United States, with special reference ref-erence to diseases of the lungs. The work of the commission engaged in this special task will follow lines somewhat similar to those worked oiij by the Royal Commission of Australif whose report was recently received i this country. , V |