Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-10

ment throughout the country IN
favor of placing quarantine in con-
troll Of the National Government.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce, after having the matter
thoroughly investigated, and after
giving it careful consideration,
arrived at the conclusion, which
It expressed in resolutions a day
or two ago, that a National quar-
antine would be greatly to the all
vantage of the whole country.
There is a feeling, of course,
against enlarging The authority of
the National government in any
direction, but in this matter the
prevailing belief seems to be that
the only way to have a uniform
and effective quarantine is to give
the National government the con-
troll of it. It is admitted by all
whohave given the matter thought
full consideration that state quar-
antines do not give the country as
great protection against contagious
and infectious diseases as a Ma
tional quarantine would, because
some of them are very defective,
and there is no uniformity in them.
The quarantine regulations are
different at different ports, and
as there is great rivalry between
some of the ports the tendency at
those ports is to so lessen the
quarantine burdens in the interest
of commerce that their quaran-
tines afford very little protection.
Under the National quarantine
system all the ports would be
treated alike. One would have nc
advantage over another, and quar-
antine regulations would be made
with a full understanding of the
requirements necessary for an eff
cient quarantine service. Mer
trained for that service would
have charge of it, and all the ports
would be under the direction Of
a central authority.
In the interior cities very little
confidence is felt in the quaran.
tines at the ports. There are sew
eral reasons for this. One is tina.
it is believed they are controlled
by politicians, and, hence, are in
efficient, and another is that wha
is regarded as a safe quarantin,
at one port is regarded as yer,
unsafe at another. Shipmaster
are unable to become acquainte,
with the quarantine regulation
that prevail at some of the port:
and, therefore, are subjected to
great deal of unnecessary expens
and annoyance. The chief POI
of the country is, of course, Ne
York. The quarantine physical
there, DIR. Jenkins, undoubtedl
did the best he could during til
prevalence of the cholera in th5
port last summer, but the countr
had very little confidence in hin
just as soon as a well defined cas-
of cholera appeared in New Yor
there was a feeling of insecurit
throughout the country. 1t
said that DR.. jenkins was a cree
/ ture of Tammany, and would 4
whatever the Tammany organic.
+, ton wanted him to do. The trut
is he was a faithful officer. i
wcs not very familiar with Il
quarantine work and made son
blunders.
There is 10 desire, of course,
belittle the work done by DIR. Je.
, kins. The only purpose is to sho
that the system that calls for
state or city quarantine at evel
port of consequence does not n
complish the object aimed at.
a case of cholera should appear
New York or any other por
quarantine against that port won.
be declared by all the interiC
cities, and it's trade would be sto.
ped for a greater or less perio
The country should have a Natio
al quarantine and should ha'
agents established in Europe
Y inspect immigrants so as to pr
D vent those suffering from con-
8 gious or infectious diseases fro
q coming TO this country. Th
cannot be done under the prese.
/ quarantine system. The maril
hospital service could be readi
enlarged so that it would meet Z
the demands Of quarantine.
a already contains n great MAJ
men who are extremely yaluab
: for quarantine work. The adya.