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yellow fever He ordered the mans
family to be removed from the house
in which they lived, and in which he
died, to a barge in the bayou 1t was
moored in the stream. He put a cor
don of guards around it and on it.
No intercourse with the barge was
allowed except by immunes. The dis
ease communicated itself to one mem
Der of the immediate family of the
dead tailor and to other parties who
had communication with the family
of the stricken man. Three deaths oc-
Cured. He fumigated the premises.
| He disinfected every place where the
yellow fever had found Judgment.
Three deaths and eight cases occurred
as against 200 in 1854. The popula
ton of that town is now over 5000
DIR. Geldings was down there. He and
DR.. Carter rendered invaluable service
to that community, not only in the
city of New Orleans, but to the whole
agricultural interest" There was an
instance of inefficient state quarantine
| causing the paralysis of trade, pitted
against the marine hospital service IN
PREVENTION, and proper control of the
| disease ALLOWING normal business to
| be transa cted.
| quote Senator Harris of Tennessee
in a speech delivered before the Senate
of the United States, 1903: THE plain,
practical question for the Senate to
decide is Shall we have one uniform
and efficient system of quarantine regu-
! lation throughout the whole country
or shall we have forty-four different
systems of commercial regulations?"
what Papers Have Said.
Let us see what the leading papers
of this state think of the question I'M
der discussion,
(Atlanta Journal, Nov 10, 1870.
To prevent the spread of epidemics
as well as to prevent unreasonable at
tacks on business and interference
| with the rights of the public without
just cause, the proposed enlargement
of the power of the Marine Hospital
Service should, by all means, be &C
complished.
Savannah Morning News, Oct. 10, 1890.
The whole matter of quarantine
should be in the hands of one author
ity-an authority having the means
and the power to act in accordance
with the actual demands of the situa-
ton. That authority is the general gov
eminent.
ATLANTA Constitution, Oct. 9, 1879.
AS matters now stand, the CONNER
cial interests of the South are wholly
at the mercy of ridiculous and unwar-
ranted measures and scercely a day
passes without giving rise to some de-
velopment which grievously emphasizes
the need of centralized and uniform reg
ulations.
Macon Telegraph, Oct "a, 1879
No state government is strong
enough to deal with him yellow
jack e., yellow fever) adequately,
and the expense of the task should be
put upon the national government for
| of ha III
the Gulf coast Injuries business in New
York and Seattle. We must turn the
whole matter of handling Yellow Jack
over to the federal government. 1t is
the only way to do.
macon Telegraph, Jan. rs, 1881
Those who have been insisting that
the rights of the state would be invad-
ed by federal intervention should now
sing small. The question is not an
issue at ALL Here in Georgia we can
not trust to Mississippi methods, for
that state has little money to spend for
anything, and we have had enough Of
the risk of accommodating refugees.
Georgia has no voice in the Mississippi
Legislature, but she does have a con-
siderable voice in the National Con-
gress. We can be protected from neg
lect in Mississippi only by the federal
government AS we have said repeated
ly yellow fever is a foreign foe and
can be dealt with successfully only
through uniform federal laws.
We know it is the favorite occupa-
ton of the State Board of Health of
Texas to quarantine against New Or
leans upon the slightest rumors of yell
low fever in that city. think Mark
Twain stated That II a yellow dog
crossed Canal street. the State Board
of Health of Texas instituted quaran-
tine against the state of louisiana"
| AS to paralysis of trade, let us see
what the Southern Pacific Company
has to say about what occurred in 1897
during the yellow fever in New Or
leans. and l quote from Mr.. T. Fay,
managers assistant, of that company:
ION Sept. 10 the whole state of Texas
quarantined against all freight and
passengers to and from New Orleans,
and on Sept. Is, in spite of arrange
ments made with the State Board of
Health of Texas to handle New York
freight for Texas points by ships
through Algiers, the city of Galveston
instituted quarantine on their own ac-
count. and declined to allow any more
freight to come into that place. With
out any previous warning and without
giving time to stop shipments of Gal
weston freight from New York. these
regulations were put in force. and they
were caught with a number of car
loads of Galveston freight on the line
and in ships due. which were, event
ually compelled to return to New York
the freight having to be shipped from
there by direct ship to Galveston.
ION the afternoon of Sept. Is, the city
Of Houston declined to allow any more
passenger trains from Louisiana TO en-
ter its limits" AS a last re-
sort, the opinion of DR.. Garter of the
Marine Hospital Service was sought as
to the chances of freight carrying in
lection from Beaumont In merely
passing through that place. Or. Car
ter stated that there was no possible
danger. This proposition was refused
In this manner the traffic Of one of the
largest trans-continental lines was en-
tirely stopped, the company forced "a
abandon its trains. close down its
shops and allow the grass TO grow
upon its tracks, all because, a 12-year-
old boy of Beaumont was supposed to
have a case. suspicious of yellow fever
This was the opinion OF the medical
officials of the great state OF Texas.
With the assistance OF the fumiga-
ton plans adapted by the Marine Hos
pital Service and through the efficient
corporation Of Or. Carter and assist
ants, this company was allowed 20 run
a mixed train. The business OF the
Southern Pacific Company was inter.
rupted for a period OF eighty days
during which time the company actu.
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