The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-28
land COFFEE, SAYS D0TY.
,r,Is the BEALTH BoARD THERE'S
40 DlNGER or PLAGUE.
~ ,srL,ns Agree. with Him and so Docs
ur. Gcdding-, hut Col. Murphy and Dr.
,,,by Are not quite Conyinced-Jorsey
,,ao,tb Hoard. Won't Let the Coffee Land.

,.,L,ps Agrees with Him and so Does
~, C.ddings, but Col. Murphy and Dr.
,,.by Are not Quite COnvinced-Jersey
,,.oI,b Honrds ont Let the Coffee Land.
rh, corr, Of coffee OF the British steamer
~ T,ynr, which brought the bubonic
,,, tn this port from Santos. will be per-
tr,I 10 rass Quarantine The several
t.,l,b ponrds " the port at present aver that
,ill under no circumstances permit II to
20 landed within their jurisdictions. There
.,o however. already signs that the New York
,,, hoard Is preparing to retire gracefully
from this position.
nr Do'y. N his dual capacity as Health
oo,c.r,t The port and mem Der OF the city Board
a,us,r'h and DR.. II. ID. Geddings OF the United
s,st.s Marine Hospital Service. who 10 here In
the interests of the general government. en-
I.ayn,.d Yesterday TO cnlighten President
uurrhy and Or. Cosby Of the Board OF Health.
A.. conference at the Health DEPARTMENT.
~h,ch Was attended by these four gentlemen
.nd commissioner jenkins II was not board
coating Or jenkins. who has been Health
nNc.r lstcned respectfully to observa-
CATIONS Of the President and DIR. Cosby
ubsn they advanced opinions In the line OF
uhat Uf jenkins has described a. medical
.rarchy. involving the unequivocal exclusion
n, food stuIs from the port. even to burning
,hsm and their carriers II necessary. and ap-
,.,,ad TO derive a certain degree Of enjoyment
rom what they said.
ur Dot, eIpla ned 10 the local officials that
Il would BE- perfectly safe to land the coffee. OF
which there are $4,000 bags. after the proper
rregaut.Dns for its disintection. But ut the
and fine session President Murphy and DIR.
r..ly we're evidently still unconvinced. DIR.
Ispkin, asrecd with Dr. Doty and DR.. Ged-
a.. N.,Fk nf thN I'd
the n,,h mrmUer OF the Board OF Health. was
r,, rr.s,nt After the conference DR.. Doty
mNIr u statement;
"Wrh hublnIc plague we have to consider
no, only the living portion Of the ship. but all
rarts below matches. because OF the possibility
of rat, aud other yermin carrying the germs TO
M. cargo As matter OF fact, every man
Of the crew might be entirely tree from the
disease and at the same time the cargo might
he Iuierte 10y rats that had got in AT the dock
wharr the shin was loaded. In the present case
We have assumed rs matter OF precautlon
and safety that the yrrmn did carry ne p,agne
coffee IN arrordanc" with that assum ptiun.
rst We removed IN" men who had the dis
ease and then w. dIslniectcd the living parts
Of he .hiI with steam. corrosive 4uhlimate
And sulphur. They are all germlcdes, and any
one would have done the work but We used all
wow for the coffee. People have made a
great mistake IN declaring that We know
Irow grea, lea, about Il. For the last four
or hye wears the subject has been carefully
stuIed by he EXPERTS Al over the World. ana
The ague germ has very, little vitality
" force OF resistance. aud that II may
h. easily aud RAPIDLY destroyed simply by
exposure 10 the atmosphere. Two OF three
DAYS Of such exposure j. enough. but We pro-
hose to EXPOSE the coNee from the Iay!or
be passed uy me al Quarantine aS perfectly
safe
'ected every ght As loon as the men finish
b days work Of transferring the coffee 10 tbs
lighters and ate n" cargo j. all out. We will
- al yyer the -hip hEaiu aud wash u with cCr-
I.s,ye submate he cirg" IL half out now.
The e GAt DAYS ~ exposure TOR the first lot chat
was Pui on a lighter vii clap~e on Friday or
saturday The last OF the cargo will have been
transferred from the ship TO u lighter on
Wednesday or THURSDAY. In a case otthis kini
one cannot De- governed 10y sentiment or by
ur Geddinss md rsci pr. Doty's statement.
When asked II they would allow the coffee 70
BE- landed IN this cry after Dr, Doty had pro-
bounced II safe. ICES dent Murphy and pr
cosby said ,ha, they idn't know. and that
they could not anticrate what action the
board would decide upon later as consistent
With ne public welfare Last week both said
!lr's 'trsu .r l"rHt'ed to land
pr J-HSr. .lr' yasterday that the authori-
'irs here Won 3" ridiculous II they set out to
We G,la'estton =, Dr., John ), Msciih Who Is
President Of the Health Board Of Jersey City;
tteSluNnt pl Tue BOARD
Of Health Of Honokcn. AMI Dr. John " West.
'4-!teht OF the Hudson County Board Of
Health with jurisdiction In Weehawken aud
West New IorN. say the coffee can't land on
the Jersey shore.
The .o'a' coffee market Yesterday was very
active. the advance on spot and future deliver
r., being almost beyond precedent. Spot
cone" was advanced ~. e. { for RIO No land fu-
tnre- opened at advances ofirom ~ to - points
bu..lsn cables from Europe and Brazil were
given ~ the cause II the upward movement.
Receipts At santos have not been heavy OF late
IN" Prince Line steamer Roman Prince the
hr-t shin 70 arrive with coffee from santos
nee 'h~ Taylor, got in on Sunday night ana is
held At Quarantine for iisIn'ection.