The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-11


ana bearing upon tho subject OF qusi an.in,
atd puoiic health In The STATE cfe lexa.
NO hereby rpeaied and the foregcirg &C,
an its entirety substituted.
We Recommend the above bill to til,
cnairtnan OF the State Medical association
statistics. 81 NJ
adopted. 4. :
Dr.. Haira qualified his vote BY saying
,nat no voted for thc rcport With tho UNI
outstanding that the creation Of this bosrd
antinc work OF the Federal authorities.
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lows.
10 the Legislators Of the state OF Texas.
dvuston lkpss. Decem3er 10. LOGS
Seht'Snen: Inc uaiersisned. Your me-
plor'atAsts. rcSpeclfun, anu elrnust,y c,.l
sour attention TO the following iaSts, and
UTE tnat Won Will cale,ulv consider tho
sasie. and II cons ,stent with vour views Of
neeasd LEGISLATION at the nrss,ut session or
me legislature, give IA. D,goto ,odr ad-
lousia3si.t tno feiiai which We leel We AFRO
II entitled 10, and which. at nics,nt, n large
potion OF the citizens oil Texas Is ur-
gently deinandlnp.
We respectfully submit that the great
S'aus which ycn are called On TO lssislate
Tor has grown In wealln and vopu.a..on 10
u
nicnwealths In the Union.
Il texas, an en.idre as lar-se as Germany, is
seon destined 10 become III leade. In
Aaierican politics. MS she Is in fact the
ieader IN AGRICULTURAL and coctnlerciAl en-
terprises, In all IsSDects, save. one, In he
+, matter os public. sanitation. her develops
ment has kept pace Win that of any. 3ther
state In The AmeiacSn Union.
III We further submit that. in spite at all
4 out resouroeJ. and geogri3nfca. advantages.
f ftsf.. 49, ~
! Grated by the ad.aiSe OF Dro grass and IN
/ terpiise whioh tend 10 keen OH: parties
parren.@ our forests 4un9roisun md The nia-
| jority OF ous towns and cities villages.
The tiqc OF immigration sweeps by our
i doors and spends its force OH loss cohgenial
Territory IN spite OF The welcome and Sc
curity that certainly await all thoso who
choose to come and cast their fortune with
| Tbs. end 1--we up to sur laws.
But Ut is not our province to dilato upon
the causes that f.ta.d development or 10
| make suggestions Tor the cure of every
| liaw. We have assembled here toiay in
| convention, rom the various sections OF
| our State, In WARM accetl With those who
| sent us, TO. the single purlose Of seek
! Ing reform in and the betternent OF our
present quarantine adla sanitary syatsnn.
! We submit that the vast extent of Texas
With her Immense resources and manifold
| and diversified interests. p.eclu.:es the pos
! slbnity OF being watched over successfully
| by single santa rfan.
| We contend that the great Importance
OF cur State demands q better and il more
| expansive system OF sanitation. Sand we
make the point that the time has come
when the quarantine and sanitary affairs
OF Texas should be- placed In the hands OF
a body of men, selected fer their fitness
and qualified by their experience TO full
| fill the high duty OF guarding the public
health OF our gr4at State.
We bsiieve that wNh the reform which
we suggest. an area OF proeper.ty viii dawn
which will tend TO populate our broad do
main with many millions OF prosperous and
| happy people.
We belasve that the perpetual fear OF
| tropical distempers and the periodical
sea es of fever that we have been sub
iected TO under our present sysb,tm have
been tlrs greatest factors towards turning
would be settlers from our doors TO the In
calculabls injury of our great STATE.
We believe that II the poper repre-
sensations were made to the people living
beyond our borders as only could be made
through a regularly organized and intol.i-
gent body OF State sanitar!aIs much l.;
| noramce in regard to our slinbrity would
be brushed away and confidence in this
respect would usulp the place where fear
and ignorant distrust nov dwell.
We believe that IL the mischief and abb
suriity of useless pAnlcs could be placed
in proper colcriug before our people nj
hon.s ;ys only an authorized and intel
lsgert body could place ITEM, the last OF
such displays Of nonsense would be rele-
gated to the past and nanics IN Iexas Wouia
ntyer take place again.
For the correction of these evils, for the
placing of ou- great State and her people
in the light which they are entitled to
before the nations Of the world and be-
fore our neighbors in particular We earn
estly petition your distinguished body to
give us a State board OF health with pow
ers to carry out the demands OF the cit
uaticn and the wishes OF this people.
We are familiar with the proposed bill |
looking to the creation of a State board |
of health" and we are satisfied with its |
provisions and indorse II and we believe |
a body OF such importancel ana prospective |
value to the State should be Literally re-
warded for their labors. Only cheap ma
teral can be pu chased for cheap re-
enumeration. Every other interest In the
State is guarded zeaousy at commen-
,;urate rewards. exeept the public health,
the most important issue affecting oar
prosperity and ths one that should above
all others be the best provided for.
With the Importance OF proper apprccia-
ton for our State sanitarians being Or
ganized we commend this bill TO you gem
tlemen, trusting that you VIII adopt IL {
without modification or delay. and by 80
doing mace Texas In line with The great
8 ates az tho Union which have found Il
10 their advantage to establish similar
bodies for the observation oil The PUBLIC
heaIin.
II. A. Wood. Houston; Il. y. Morris,
Houston: j. ". Scott. Houston; @: ii.
wilkinson, Galveston. II. j. Hamilton.
Laredo j c. Bordsn Galveston: a. ex-
andor. Waco, committee; J.. O. Rorien.
chairman Galveston committee: A. }.
Weathered chairman Waco delegation;
b. II. Hadra, san Antonio: ~ u, Noakes,
Corpus Christi. TeyG: 4. - u. Schneider.
Houston; b. r. Calhoun. d auInont
Inc supplemental report was adopted and
signed by the chat man of each delegation
Mr.. Stewart OF Galveston opposed that
,laIse OF the rsport OF the committee pro-
p.sing tax upon vessels for Inspection.
he did not favor any smbar.A upon COM
In nee.
DR.. Wilkinson said thare was already
rax upon vessels for inspection and the
tax would prevail anyway whistler or not
placed In this bill
MI Skinner Of Galveston also opposed
Tire tax uron yesFel6.
Mr. Stewart said that this tax would ,
apply 10 all the little ooastwise yesssls
plying between the dlffe ont norts orrexas
and to tax them would be unjust. There {
would be az much Justice In taxing railroad
traina