The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-10
SOUTH SONS TO
solve PR0B .| !.
Fifteen States Well Represented
iii Conference On Quarantine
and Immigration.
TO PREVENT YELLOW FEVER
Dr.5Wynan Delivers Address On
This Subject and Governors
Give Their Views
tBy Associated Press.)

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Nov. Al
most 3 oolelegates, representing fifteen
Southern states, faced Governor John /,
Cbx to-day who nto called to order the
Southern Conference on Quarantine and
Immigration
Governor Cox explained the object OF
the gathering TO be to prevent the COM
Ing 10 the South OF Tho pauper aud
criminal classes from Europe, which now
arc hooking to the west and northwest;
also to provide for uniform legislation
by the Southern States, which should
have the approval of the National Con-
gress, and titus have the force OF con-
Htitutlonnl law, so hat II citizen going To
any part OF the South ntimes OF epl-
demc should know exactly what condi-
tons he would meet
Senator j. u, Frazier. OF Tennessee I'D
vOcated federal control OF maritime
quarantine, suggesting that if infection
from foreign Sources could be kept from
our chores, the more dif1cult question
ut Interstate quarantine would be sim
Dlifed and possibly eliminated from The
problem
Views of Vardanan.
Governor Vardaman. who made the
first resronre to The address OF welcome,
was received with prolonged applause.
JTe stated bis idea to be that n absolute
control Of all seaports should; be vested
/ in the federal government. But ] am
llnwiIlfng.',&said the Governor. 10 sur
render to the federal government In
times OF epidemic. or my other time the
a control Of the affairs Of sIiss'ss'ppl, |
believe In the good old Democratic doc
trine that thn powers Of government
4 have thrir source IN the consent of tho
governed The 'erdrncv ofthe t,nns IL
toward the concentration of authority
ut shfnetoo: r'a resnect snr the
pride and Indsn4ndenccl nrd nnwer NJ
private c.i.'zenuh'D II rttro~rad'nr 7
want 40 wa n'h'a cnnven.'on AGAINST
takirp r NJ stane rrh'ch VII, rarrne nron
the au+o-7ar., NJ onr Stn.eg heleve4
Reva r,ss,,e tha Sur'ent or i-rm grafton
in Tho doctrine Or STATE rights =
Governor, pprds nan pa'd
'tNo ,.ountrv ever racdaa homo making.
hoyr q -n,o~t,r --'ite ci.irens ,rcre than
+. The Se,,t%ar,, S,a.as in-dav Neprn ahnr.
Witch hitherto h,A re-fc--nnd tho work
IN our cotton and cone fields. 's bennr,-
ing nheoIute!v o~.hlass Tia nlacn must
sbe filed ! would rather walt. let orr
fie,as liz ta,a Il, ~ t'r,as t'nn5tn ~, ung
our l,ar,.l -,.f.h men who arc mt canahln
III urrars-sn a,n~ onr institutions, who
uI,r c,t,7erohtn"
Prevention Of ve11nW Fever.
sureto,, -c erernl Walter Nvvrnan. nfsthe
Public Health and Marine Hospital Ger
vice spoke OF yellow fevcr--its origin
md prevention. Or. Wyman said that
10. prevent the invasion Of foreign pesti-s
lence, the United States has chain Of
uIIara ntine tOrtresses, sXty-three in num-
Der. extending around the coast from
Maine to Alaska. twtnty-three of which
nre fully equipped for the sanitation Of
vessels and forty being inspection sta
.oint o 8 shrl!u ird hrdlu ET tllprdlu
lions. OF these sixty-three s,ations.$
lorty-three belong to the national govern.
5nent and twenty are State or local sta
Hons. Or. Wyman spoke OF the three
efforts that had been made to secure
congressional legislation 10 make all mari
lime quarantine strictly national. since
The rassa Sc OF the act Of 1899. and argued
That the maritime quarantine should be
under the national government
In concluding the Surgeon General
says: In further coneide:ing the pre-
Nension of yellow feverit Is necessary to 4
dwell upon tho destruction of mosunitoes
hnd the screening of yellow fever patients
10 prsevnt the s:esomyia mosquitoes be-
coming infected by biting said patients
and carrying the Infection to others
There is still need Of public education In
this matter, and urging upon all an ac-
feptacc OF the MOSQUITO doctrine. This
work OF education has been carried on
ia most c1onlnendable degree In the
city Of New Orleans and IN other cities
and localities recently infected. and cir
culars describing the metho~ flor the
destruction of nlosas | oes. showing the
necessity OF screening first cases and In 4
threatened localities tho necessity OF
screening all cases of fever have been
sent to be posted In every postoffice in