The Progress., 1897-10-02
THE PROGRESS.
QUARANTINE. sO-CALLED,


(TO the PrOgress).
To ad the daily papers Of Shreve-
port one would think that our board Of
health would eventually have an armor
plate Wall built encircIng the whole
parish ~ Caddo, that is. il he only read
every .-1er day proceedings. To eX-
plain u ore fully and n few wards what
they do to-day is knocked out by mod
-Hcat.1u Tomorrow, but, as everyone
knows who mas a spot Of common sense
ny III upper eight"
don't propose to dictate 70 any man
or set Of men how TO run this business
but as ! have seen a little quarantine
business in my days, ! VII Try and eX-
plain how il was carried out and very
successfully. TOO. In the first place We
had only one leader and director, who
received orders at a single meeting
Of the board Of health. which, while in
session. made things definite and bind
ing, the lines to be lOOSened when the
fever was stamped out or upon the
appearance If good biting frost at the
infected points. Our orders We're TO
keep out all StTan gers. no matter Where
from. who they We're. big folks or
| 'littIa fry no matter how many Ger
tIIcateS or bills Of health, Gas any body
| can put DR. before any old name) and
TO allow no train. mail, passenger or
IRE ght. 10 get within hunded yards Of
cur post, which was three miles from
the city: 10 allow no one on the street.
man. boy, woman or child, after s
| O clock at night till in the morning.
Now, gentlemen, and the public this
IS the kind Of a quarantine that will
undoubtedly, keep out all the germs of
! yellow fever, and until such is the case
| you VIII see a great mass Of restless
and nervous individuals in your city.
Quarantine, there has been no quar-
| antiue. properly speaking, in Shreye-
| port and TO prove il hasn't there been
! several persons from infected points or
| dered out of the city? DO you call this
! quarantine, Where d man rs allowed tC
! enter here because he may come from
| New Orleans Via St. Louis or Chica go ?
| Is il not a fact that a man can carry
| germs in his clothes without being af-
| fected himself. but at the same time
| cast them to the winds to a1ight where
| ever they may, or ON whom they may
| come in contact, and again old empty
! b.X cars can carry sufficient yellow
! fever germs to kill enough people for
! a load.
! Stop your railroads. root out the no.
! hos, stop people from congregating on
street corners at night; clean up the
| town. especially in the low places, such
as st. Paul bottom. Silver Lake, etc,
| which is visited by garbage and scaV-
| enger carts about once in six months.
| Talk about cleaning your premises. dc
| you suppose that negroes or t-if1ins
white people viii keep their yards Of
| closets clean when the prominent bus
| mess men allow the contents Of their
stables to lay baking in the sun for
! days at a time?
Consult your better jud gment for a
| few minutes and two to one you Will
| say that We have no quarantine at all
| and q. poor chance of ever having, Sc
! long as the present force IS allowed tC
! pTedOminate; but it is the opinion OF
! The writer that if they don't do some
! thing pretty soon they WI. hear of the
! people assembling en- massS.
! Some one said: you can fool some OF
| the people some time etc. And right
here I close like JACK KNIFE.
Watch for The CoIoneIs Story" 4
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