The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-19

would not rainier lose a month Nofh
than 10 lose one Of his family circles
Is it not better 10 let business suffer
month than to have il suffer for
twenty-five years to Gomez But aside
from the low. selfish plane from which
the Citizen argues. is not life worth
more than business" Who will put
value on human life? How much
in dollars and cents does a merchant
or workingman in Cairo value the
lives of his wife and children?
AS for the Telegram. We propose to
impale II before the citizens of this
community for baek-tracking on this
proposition, We will ask the Tele
gram if a member Of its stan did not
go to the quarantine headquarters on
Thursday morning. as the representa-
tive of the Telegram, and state that
he went there voieing the sentiment
of sixty leading business men and
manufacturers of this city who wanted
the gates Of Cairo closed TO the entire
world, so that no train couLi come into
this place from North. East, South
ana West?
We will also ask the Telegram if
one of its owners did not go on record
before a number of leading citizens
OF the city as being of the opinion
that the present quarantine was full
OF holes and that it ought to be strict
er?
Why has the Telegram changed?
The Bulletin is reasonably well as
sured that under present conditions
Dr. Egan would not be surprised to
have a case OF yellow fever dumped
upon this city any hour. If not, why
this selecting sites for detention hos,
pitfalls. on lan,i ana water?
Nobody knows the true situation at
New Orleans. or how far yellow fever
has penetrated up that state. The
Cincinnati Enquirer of last night con.
tanned long telegram from special
correspondent at New Orleans. saying
that DR.. White. who is in charge OF the
situation there, was threatening to
send prominent physicians Of the city
city togja!llfor ''tfyins I'd hide eases OF
fever" There were sixty-three new
cases yesterday and eight deaths, ac-
cording 10 press dispatches. How
many cases were suppressed we can
only guess, How many deaths occurred
at other places in Louisiana and how
many new cases broke out we can
only surmise.
In 1878 the newspapers of Carr
about this time were taking the same
dangerous position the Telegram ana
the Citizen are taking now, and This
Bulletin was among the number. The,
said Keep the doors openg' the fevel
could never get to Cairo. The doors
were kept open and hoT lanentabl,
mistaken The Y~e7 N rs afser
tions II history TAf scadrso cane
and ~ lives we're bIotted out Twelve
1persons died in The Bulletin building
then situated on Twelfth street, among
the number, fatefnlly enough, being
the editor Of the paper, who had with
\ his pen written against closing the
eitys doors. Two months from today
in that year the physician in charge d
the Marine Hospital died Of The
scourge.
We submit that no consideration o.
tbusiness should be allowed to weigt
In saving Cairo from yellow fever o
/, course, 1t will hurt business temporar
lily. but If one case Of fever come
here it win hurt business for si
, months to come Nobody would com
! here until the blasts Of winter ha,
been felt. And the city's future an,
all the bright promise which nov
hangs over us would be wiped out an,
irretr.evably lost We would not re
cover from ii In decades.
} To close up the city would hur
i The Bulletin as badly as 1t would hur
any other concern in Cairo next to tn
/, large manufacturing establishments
The Bulletin company Is one Of tn
largest employers of labor, leavin
n out the large factories, in this cit,
Q 1t has large business interests ais
d that II does not want hurt, but TIL
r. Bulletin realizes that 1t Is better I
" suffer a temporary paralysis than
Or is to suffer one for months and year