The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-09-21
TO. TALK QUARANTINE.
Formal Call Issued for a Meeting n
Chattanooga of Governors and
Commercial Representative

Tae formal cali Tor q co1fcTcccc
of southern representatives to liz
held in Chattanooga in November was
issued Saturday, Gael by twelve gov
ernors and the officials Of the cham.
Der of commerce OF ten cities. The
call, after leciting the prosperity and
business growth OF this section. is
wonderful business and magnificent
! prosperity, says:
IN the attempt that has been made
by various cities, GOWNS and COM
NJ munities in the south to protect them
selves frcm the dread ravageS of the
yellow fever, the moss strenuous and
at times the most unreasonable, un-
necessary and burdensome measures
have teen adopted, measures that not
only tended to cripple and destroy
business and commerce, but which re-
fected on the very instincts Of our
common humanity and became re-
proacn to civilization itself.
1T is evident, therefore, that scme
uniform system Of quarantine should
be adopted that will allay the ap-
prehensions of the people and mini
mize the dangers resulting from an
outbreak Of this disease. This is nec-
! essary if We Should save our land
from the demoralizing and brutaliz-
ing tendencies Of panic inspired
quarantine.
again there are coming in.o the
United States at the present time
larger number Of foreign immigrants
than ever before in our countrys
history Among these are great mass
! es who are wholly undesirable and
whom it will be impossible to as
s:milate with our institutions. There
is apparently a desire or tendency to
bring many of these undesirable i'm
migrants into the south.
THE south will welcome desirable
immigrants from any and all lands,
but it has already racial problems Of
such gravity that no others should be
invited until proper safeguards are
provided in advance of their coming.
For the foregoing reasons, there
fore, the undersigned, having only
the interests and welfare of the south
at heart, hereby Isle this, our call
for southern conference on immi.
grafton and quarantine to be helj in
Chattanooga, Tenn, November 9 and
10, 1905, and we designate the per-
sons as those expected to compose
and participate in this conference:
Governors of the southern states;
members of congress; commissioners
of agriculture; mayors of cities, one
representative from national, state or
city boards of health; one represen.
tative from each railroad system, pre-
ferably the general immigration agent;
the editor, publisher or proprietor OF
newspapers and rot more than FIVE
representatives from each commercial
organization in the south.
call parties thus designated may
consider themselves fully authorized
under this call to aid in furthering
it's object and are requested to CO
operate with US in making the same
what it should be in the south.
John l. Cox, Governor Of Tennes-
see; N. C. Blanchard. Governor OF
Louisiana; Edwin Warfeld, Governor
of Maryland; William D. Dawson,
Governor of West Virginia.; A. J.
Montague, Governor of Virginia; N
B. Broward, Governor of Florida; Jas.
K. Vardaman, Governor Of Mfssis.
sippi; William W. Folk, Governor OF
Missouri; J. C. w. Beckham, Cover.
nor of Kentucky; D. C. HeyEard, Gov
ernor of South Carolina; S. w. T.
Lanham, Governor of Texas; Joseph
NJ. Terrell, Governor Of Georgia"