International Wood Worker Volume 16 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...my neighbors' apartments and find the air not fit to breathe. They have a fear of the fresh air. If you should go to a sanitorium it might cost you twenty-five dollars a week, but still the treatment there would be very simple--they would give you the greatest possible amount of fresh air and good food. This you can have in your own home. You must educate your fellow members in this regard; you must educate them to get fresh air, good food and decent houses. The keynote of this whole campaign is popular education. We are seeking an active alliance with the American Federation of Labor. In New York there has been brought about an active alliance between the New York Committee on Prevention of Tuberculosis, of which I am secretary, and the Central Federated Union. I shall illustrate the way we go about our work, that when you go home you can do similar work in your cities, if our plans meet with your approval We obtained the floor at one of the Central Federated Union meetings, an address was made, and the Committee on Sanitation of that body was thereupon instructed to cooperate with our committee. That committee met and appointed me their secretary. We have since that time sent out a great many circulars issued by the Central Federated Union. On the first page of this circular is printed, "Don't give consumption to others, don't let others give it to you." The second page has the headline "How to prevent consumption," and this is followed by brief rules. The third page has the headline, "How to cure consumption." The last page gives the addresses of dispensaries and clinics for the cure of consumption. We have distributed these circulars by the tens of thousands in New York City. We have gone before labor unions and addressed t...