Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-16
MUCH TALK BUT NO ACTION
,1NE BLUFF BOARD ANOTHER MEETING AT
WHICH ONLY MOTION 70 PREVAIL WAS THE
JoURN-ADMIssioN OF NEW ORLEANS FREeHTs
CONSIDERABLE SOME RATHER

The Pine Bluff board of health is
determined to let well enough alone.
On several previous occasions the
board has given ample evidence of
this sort of sentiment prevailing
among the majority of the members;
but it was further strengthened, and
probably definitely settled, at a meet
ing held at the city hall Wednesday
morning. President Williams called
the meeting to order at 1920 sharp,
end stated that the object of the
meeting was to discuss the propriety
q raising or Tightening the embargo
on New Orleans freights entering the
city. DR.. Williams asked that the
members use more decorum than was
in evidence at the last meeting Of
the. board. and by having better Or
der to facilitate business. The roll
call was answered by the following
members of the board: Drs. n. E.
Williams. A. W. Troupe. G. K. Caruth-
ers, B. H. Gallagher. w. H. B1anken-
ship, Messrs. J. B. Talbot. VIM.
Burke, H. c. Bluthenthal, A. NJ. Bar
row and A. S. Honnet. The minutes
Of the previous meeting were APPROX
ed
DR.. Williams stated that the subject
Of permitting sugar from New Orleans
to enter the city had been agitated
so much lately that the meeting had
been called to discuss the freight
proposition. He was creditably in
formed he said. that New Orleans
freight was being shipped into this
city via Little Rock. Or. rather. SUI
<ear originating in New Orleans was
reshipped from Little Rock to Pine
Bluff.
]. B. Talbot inquired If the present
regulations prohibit the shipping of
all kinds of freight from New Orleans
and was informed that they did. The
quarantine against the remainder of
the state of Louisiana affected only
tropical fruits and household goods.
Mr.. Talbot said that Pine Bluff should
be placed on commercial basis with
the other cities of the state. Little
Rock, he declared. permitted sugar
to enter that city from New Orleans
provided it bore the seal Of the Unit
ed States marine corps. This gave
Little Rock a commercial advantage
that was hurting Pine Bluffs jobbine
interests. He did not want the board
10 take any action that threatened the
health of the city, but saw no DANCE,
IN permitting this freight to enter
me town it properly fumigated by the
health officers. Besides, he saw as
much danger of infection from the
freight being shipped into Pine Bluff
J via Little Rock as he could see in di
rect shipments from the infected CITY
Dr. b. II. Gallagher believed tina,
the board should permit freight from
New Orleans to enter this city wher
properly sealed by the marine ser
vice.
VIM. Burke was opposed to it. He
oelleved in being on the safe side. an6
ne didn't altogether believe in the
mosquito theory anyway. He said the
yellow fever could be caught from the
person or from contact with goods
from an infected district.
Dr. Gallagher replied that whe,
this freight was accompanied by the
ofhclal seal of the marine service n
was about as free from disease as 4
was possible to make it, IF Little
hock IS willing to take chances he he
neVeo mat we could afford to do so.
Mayor H. King White, in a length,
talk to the board, advocated keepins
rigid quarantine against nerson,
and freight from the infected state
Fine Bluff, he said. was free from
yellow fever and he thought. the
BOARD should do its utmost to keen i
free. He didn't believe in takin.
chances with the disease. and Womb
advocate making the quarantine re
strlctions even tighter. He said tina
President Cantrell had practically dis
carded the mosquito theory by advis
ing this city to fumigate all cars aeair
after arriving here.
DR.. Gallagher corrected this state
ment. stating that DR.. Cantrell wa,
advising this only because Pine Bluf
seemed to be uneasy over the matter
The government had not given up tn.
mosquito theory, and in fact he knew
of no we'll informed physicians VIII,
did not accept it. 3.
Mayor White resumed and said tha