New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21

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while qulfAhtne Il olssisbs are excel
lent when wisely regulated, xve hol'
greatly to the preparation for the adven
of disease by the stictest cleanliness, tn
utmost profusion of the only thing W
have in abundance-riyer water, and tn
most extensive, and, if you will, expen
sive system of disinfectants. vol. ..s~
A city should be made proof aeains
difusiye infection. Disease should b,
guaranteed inside Of the city, quaran
tined in the square, in the block, in tn,
building, in the sick chamber. 1t is vail
to put up sign board, warning away al
the ports of the sea, and rest content IL
dirt and misery. It is wholly useless t.
discuss with the physicians the question
whether an infection is OF domestic or i'm
| ported origin. Let US SO organize on,
sanitary defenses that the disease can moi
spread. For if an impure atmosphere be
a medium OF diffusion, only awaiting a
spark for active evil, what odds does il
make where that spark comes from ?
When a disease is once in city, it
spreads from itself, and not from abroad.
The same measures which make disease
innocuous at times viii make the same
disease harmless from abroad So much
upon the superior importance Of home
nfQponfIn0 so n CHIN h,,i1t ~,
partments. She may be stove in, bows,
beam OF stern, and is safe. Quarantine
every square in city in like manner.
? Our reasons for impressing this upon
our citizens and sanitary authorities are:
l. To teach them that city can not
now be SO Theoretically sealed by quaran-
tine as to keep out infection communi-
Gated by human intercourse. a7s IS s5'a
2. That the commercial existence of our
city depends upon having, as far as may
be possible, an uninterrupted commune
cation all the year with the Spanish
American countries. J,rrg.
In 1856 the communication between the
valley Of the Mississippi and the tropical
countries was through the port of New
Orleans alone. The delays of quarantine
could not affect the trade at all, nor in.
deed could the existence Of yellow fever
at New Orleans. The Western planter
and merchant must await our xeopened
trade and restored health. Nov there is
not city. village or merchant that can
not reach the markets of the East. and
either buy OF sell as well at one season as
at another.
Absolute and prolonged quarantine Of all |
tropical ports, then means the exclusion |
Of New Orleans from free trade which
rival cities may take away. Thus when
our port and stores ARE reopened we find
The tropical supplies already imported
through othe, routes Suppose We take /
he great article Of coffee. Baltimore i'm.
ports about as much as New Orleans, [
While New York imports perhaps as much !
IS both put together. We do not attrib-
tie this to quarantine restrictions alone, !
'ut everything that impedes our receipt
II these goods places us under disadvan-
ages in their commerce.
There is another great difference since
S55. Since that period the greater part
I! sixty-fve thousand miles Of railroad !
ave been constructed in the United
tates, Tropical passengers can not now
e controlled as formerly. They eYade
uaranti2ed cities, and traverse the whole .
1terior. disseminating disease indiscrimi-
ately from Key West 20 Keokuk. This
as added to the difficulties Of our posi-.
on. We may be. we are invaded in rear. ,
Re quarantine against the cattle boats of
ed river. The epidemic Of panic, or Of ,
ipidi6, overspreads the land Every
~ and village has the same right to !
uarantine New Orleans that she has .
quarantine Guenos Ayres. We find
lrselves blockaded, besjeged. in
'sted on every side by outsiders
front, by our terrified little rivals Of !,
alveston. Franklin, ETC.: behind. New ;,
rleans is circumscribed within lines Of
Fcumvaiiatieu. drawn and defended by !;
Tror and ayarice. Hence the impoc.
nee of domestic quarantine. that we :,
ay have no fears from outside sestric. i
ms and they none from us. -
In this endeavor to reconcile our health +.
Fely with our commercial prosperity. we 81
'uid submit an inquiry, how far guar. 81
tine against any infectious disease may d
effectual when we have the disease is
eady among us? There are, of course, ie
rious types Of fever more or less malig- m
Mt; but if yellow fever exists in New
leans, even to the extent of ten cases a
elk, what especial danger is there in i'm n
ring new case of the same disease? p,
is but one case more, and whether it 81
mes from ship or a howell it can but do A.
damage OF one case. Probably if that @,
p were discharged, loaded and sent h.
nut her business, as the Min -
ota was. in six days, she would p,
less damage than if kept here 81,
fifteen or twenty days. The difference III
Judicious quarantine would be that II,
b restrictions may send Rio ship to co
timore with several thousan., sacks of i'm
zee or boxes of sugar, which Schmidt ist
eigler, or Slayback & Co., or any other DO
ses in the grocery and Western pro- 90
e trade could handle nc rre1I boro | -