Tuberculosis is not distinctively urban in its menace, for the rural death rate is not far below that of the towns and cities. The negroes especially require help, both on their own pitiful account and on account of the menace of the negro consumptive to the white race. Says the commission on this subject: "The presence of this one figure amid our statistics makes a campaign of prevention imperative. Tuberculosis in Virginia cannot be controlled except by controlling tuberculosis in the negro race. Control of this disease must begin with the education and care of the negro consumptive."
How true that is and how clear! We all know there cannot be a particle of doubt about it. The commission estimated that the State "lost $20,500. Of $7,700. In wages, care of sick and invested capital in individuals during the year from consumption—nearly three times the State's total income from taxation." And tuberculosis is a preventable disease!

Says the Washington Times:
"The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church is in session, and the conference will demand the closing of the United States mails to liquor advertising. We trust the conference will ask the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia why, through the action of the last General Assembly, it allowed foreign newspapers, carrying liquor advertising, to be sold and distributed in Virginia, while denying the same privilege to newspapers published within the State." 