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THE MAUI NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL, 6, 1917. SIX Legislature Backs Up 11 21 Wilson On War Stand (Continued from Page One.) Tuberculosis Cost In Money Is Great "Somebody Pays" About $30 Month ly For All Of 900 Sufferers In Is landsStamping Out Dread Dis ease Has Very Real Money Value The "special reports" 'which the tuberculosis bureau of the board of health lias gathered to show the statuB of each case of consumption and the decree of responsibility in its treat ment which the government must as sume, has some of the best social his tory available In the Territory. The report is complete and shows every thing from the pat'ents earning abili ty to the condition of his residence. In order to show the great percentage of cases which the government must care for, the Bureau has just made r.n abstract of ten cases Just as they appear consecutively In the report book, mentioning only the financial items. They are as follows: 1. Chinese man, Honolulu. Age f7. Indigent. Care for by friends. In hospital at a heavy expense to people who could ill afford it. 2. Japanese man, Honolulu. Age f.n. Unmarried. Wages $50 a month. Returning to Japan to die. 3. Hawaiian girl, Honolulu. Age 15. Inmate of industrial school and sent to hospital at government ex pense. 4. Japanese man, Honolulu. Age 38, with wife and child. Wages $9 a week. Tuberculosis of hip. Went to hospital. 5. I'orto Rican man, Hawaii. Age 54. Destitute. Sent to hospital by frovernment. 6. Japanese girl, Hawaii. Age 15. Father's salary $42 a month. Sent to hospital by government. 7. Hawaiian man, Hawaii. Age 38. Wages formerly $40 a month. Sister and nephew also have consumption. Bedridden. Sent to hospital by government. 8. Japanese man, Hawaii. Age 67. Four children, two dependent on him. Wages $30 a month. Sick fifteen years but still working. 9. Filipino man, Hawaii. Age 21. Supported by father on wages of $21 a month. Sent to hospital by govern ment. 10. Filipino woman, Honolulu. Age 25. Husband deserted her ten months ago. Supported by friends. Cared for by tuberculosis nurses. Multiply these problems by 90 (there are about 900 new cases of tub erculosis a year In Hawaii) and an estimate is arrived at for the great work the tuberculosis campaign en tails. Of the above cases the govern ment sent numbers 3, 5, 7 and 9 to the hospital, at a monthly expense of ? 180. Numbers 1 and 4 were sent to hosptal by friends, cosllng $90 more. Number 2 went to Japan where he vill probably become a charge on his friends and relatives, Number 10, Is lared for by the breau's nursing rystem, maintained at considerable expense, and number 9 Is still carry ing on the fight by himself (although also looked after by the nurses). The economic cost of these ten caBes to this Territory Is In the neighborhood of $300 a month, and this number Is less than a fifth of the number of cases reported each month. By waging a vigorous campaign against the disease it can be gradual ly reduced and then this tremendons expense will be lessened. Let the d'sense go on and the expense will Be trebled. It. makes no difference who pays the bill. If the government has no anpropriation for It the people pay it direct. Somebody pays It. j Those Who Travel Departed By str. Mauna Kea, March 30 Miss A. Wodehouse, Master K von Temp sky, Mr. and Mrs. L. Welnzheimer, P. O. Schmidt, Miss Schmidt, Mrs. L. Dlstelli. Hugh Howell, W. n. Hobby, Max Littiwitz, M. Du Pont, Miss B. Kaaihue, Master Kaaihue, Miss Ka . alhue, Miss II. Hiroshima, Mrs. K. Ta kasuka and two children, Capt. E. H. Parker, Miss L. H. Hills A. Makekau, E. Namulu, C. E. Sherman, Dr. and Mrs. Ogia, Mrs. E. Labeka, A. Chong, M. Harich, Y, Kato, H. McCubbin, C. D. Burchennl H, O. Anderson. By str. Mikahala from Molokal and Maui March 31 A. Kaanohl, Charles Gay, W. J. Coelho and three children, 3. Midorikawa, Mrs. Ishll and infant, Mrs. Chang Tung and Infant, Miss Akana. By str. Claudlne March 31 Mr. Achong, Miss Miller, Miss Dickens, Miss A. G. Dickins, Miss Kingsburg T. Miyahara, Miss L. Malekapu, Mrs. M. Xahiwa, H. T. Yamamoto, S. P. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. E.Amori, Miss Allision, J. P. Cockett, Mr. and Mrs. R. Jump, D. L. Austin, E. May, A. E. Parmelle, Mrs. Chin Ten Hin, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Walsh, K. Watanabe, L. Morales, J. D. deGepr, C. H. Atherton, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Rice, Miss Rice, Miss Rice, S. A. Baldwin, Mrs. H. P. Baldwin, MisB Lindsay, Mrs. J. W. Jump, Miss Jump, A. F. Tavares, Master Tavares. By str. Mauna Kea, Apr. I Mrs. Alice Aki, Master H. Sllva, C. A. Nib ley. F. A. Edgecomb, Mrs. R. Kalanul snd infant. B. M. Matsugawa, O. Ta keta, Y. Hoy, K. Kashlyama, Mr. Ka shiyama, Sesudo, Mr. and Mrs. Ikuda and four children. K. Isekushi, L. C. Taylor, C. C. Drouaby, Ben Williams. . A Forecast. Mr. Bryan says his next statement will be divided into three parts. In stinctively we recall the announce vnent of a mountaineer preacher who lid to his flock: "Brethren, I hev decided t' divide e y sermon in three parts. TV fust part I'll understand an' you won't. Th' second part you'll understand an' ; won't. Th' third part nobody'll un derstand." Mongomery. present, and she does not wish to bear a Bhare for road work on other is lands. Coke Explain Fee Associate Justice James L. Coke before the finance committee of the house last Thurs day, for an explanation on the nouse moQBuro nnnrnnrtnttnir 1650 to reim burse Coke for work done in Wash-; ington, D. C, regarding the reiuna 01 $1,750,000 worth of bonds. rniio ovntninpri that, tirior to leave- ing Honolulu, Charles R. Forbes had turned the work over to him ana tola him to attend to it for the territory. "I certainly do not thnk that Mr. Forbes expected me to do the work for nothing," he said. Pnlro t.,lH Ida rnmrnltlm that linon his return from Washington he had had a dispute with Treasurer xucar- thv Avar tho nmniint nf hin fee. and that McCarthy had told he did not have the money on hand to pay it. we accepted a warrant of $100 on account, ho stated, with the understanding that he should get the rest later. McCarthy appeared Deiore tne com- mlttaa alan anrl nhlppted to the naV- ment, but the committee on Monday of this week decided to a now u. nner first pruning it by the sum of $400. Farm Loans Likely To Die The house finance committee In a majority report, has recommended the tabling of the proposed farm loan bill, prepared and backed by the Haiku Farmers' Association. The report holds that the proposed revolving fund of $100,000 would not be large enough In Itself to supply the money necessary and hence could not revolve. It declares that the Organict Act would not permit theterrltory to pledge its credit to back up the tnaoanro fin dmnke ltoDerative. The matter Is to come up for a rehearing some time this week, DUt itseems un likely that it can pass. That the superintendent of public in struction be requested "to reinstate Mr. C. A. MacDonald as principal of the Lahainaluna School on or before the legislature adjourns sine die, is the ultimatum threatening H. Wals wnrth Kinnev in a resolution oflered by Representative Joseph of Maui. It went to the education committee. By resolution, Representative Jo seph asked that "the sum of fifty rtntlarH he Inserted in the loan fund bill for the purpose of conr structing and repairing tne tiana wharf," in Maul. rr.wams tr R 981 Introduced last week, would boost the pay of the clerk and stenographer of the Wailuku dis trict court, Maui, from sixty to seven ty-five dollars a month, conatnr Paphpro'R S. B. 22. relating to firearms and amunition was killed in the house last Friday, it failing of passage by a vote or ten ayes fifteen noes. rs-aiirtit i-ontHnt inna nn tiasseneer- carrying automobiles and trucks met with favor nt the hands of the Judi ciary committee in the house last 1. T ..man'a Kill O Inn f these aUU Ujruiauo " . lines was recommended to third read ing. Private practise by the attorney gen- i t AAimtv ottnrneva and their deputies shall not cease, for the' judi ciary committee last week recom- A-A k o Kill hoarlnc nn this old- meuueu a -n time topic be tabled, and it was tabled. The measure is an oiq acquaiuwun. and has seen daylight every two years since 1907. -ft" Married Women May Still Hold Jots (Continued from Page One.) husband who allows her earn her own living doing right to the state in which they live; the woman's time triHv h tiartlv taken UD with the duties for her employer but, if she has the mother instinct ner tnougni ,nii ottontinn will h for her children AND SHE IS NOT DOING DUTY THOROUGHLY FOR WHICH HER EMPLOYER IS PAYINU HliH: "This question is NOT one between va nnniv mil th ceraon emDloy- ed; it is one that the State should con sider in reference to the rearing or the family and the giving of opportuni ty to unmarried people to earn a liv ing, free from the competition of the married women, whose husbands should support them. "The compentiesund eproviaairwmi "Tha pnmnetltlnn nf the sexes is one that after the close of the Europ ean War, will trouble and vex tne nat inm whieh nr now emDloving wo men In various ways; but this employ ment of women Is under abnormal and unusual circumstances. "With us, in Hawaii, the conditions are normal and it seems to your min ority member that neither need nor necessity calls for tne employment u eovernment ser vice, while their hUBbands are inre eelpt of the living wage of $100 per month. "It is respectfully urged that the bill should be passed and should be fully enforced, as a law." Merciful Dispensation. A guest called upon to return thanks for the distinguished strangers at a public dinner, said: "This is quite unexpected; in fact, when I came into this room I felt much like Daniel In the lion's den. When Daniel got into that place and looked around he thought to himself, 'Whoever's got to do the after-dinner speaking, it won't be me!" Seattle Times. v. n KAHULUl RAILROAD CO'S Merchandise Department Distributors of- mne s Brass Cocks AIll COOKS With Male Threads No. 708 Sizes, Iron Pipe Threads Inches: H. lA No. 708, Tee Handle No. 710, Lever Handle STEAM GAUGE and AIR COOKS With Female Threads No. 712 Sizes, Iron Pipe Threads Inches: V 4 3A No. 7 1 2, Tee Handle CYLINDER COOKS With Bibb No. 724 Sizes, Iron Pipe Treads Inches: Vs 4 , Vi V No. 722, Tee Handle No. 724, Lever Handle NOTE: We Stock Other Sizes and Styles not Illustrated i u m IfiXartmeVs062 Kahului, Maui, T. H. It 1 1L 1L