Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
DISTRESS CAUSED
 BY QUARANTINE RULE
Fruit Business of New Orleans Has Been Knocked Into Cooked Hat-Fruit Steamers Now Going to hobile-Italian Labsrers Out of Work and Their Families In Want

New Orleans, La, July 31.-Much distress is beginning to appear among the Italian population growing out of the practical expulsion of the fruit business from Louisiana on account of quarantines and relief work is one of the tasks which the Italian societies and citizens committees will now have to address themselves to. While the six day detention order of the board of health lasts it is expected that all the lines which have been op- erating fruit steamers into New Or leans will divert their ships to Mobile and this will throw couple of thou- sand laborers, many of them Italians, out of employment. The average Ital- ian here has a large family and the head of the family cannot long re- main in likeness without having to ap- peal to public charity. Under the cir cumstances these Italians who are not in the fever district are asking that they be given employment by the health authorities in the sanitary and other work now going on Tn order that they may not become public charges.
 A meeting of representative Italians has been held and permanent organ iZation formed. A campaign of relief and of education into the hygienic re- quirements of the situation has been decided on. It was also resolved to follow the advice telegraphed by Am bassador Mayor des Ranches and to address all Italians in the city verbally and by circular asking them to pay ready obedience to the regulations imposed by the health authorities. Several thousand dollars has been raised for relief and other worn.
 The health authorities are very much encouraged by the excellent work that is being done at the emer- gency hospital and they believe that when the results of treatment given there become known families will readily consent to have their patients sent there. V. Randazzo, one of the convalescents from an attack of vel low fever, has related his experience in a public card for the benefit of his countrymen. He says when he dis covered he was suffering from the disease he followed a doctors advice and went immediately to the hospital. In a few days he was discharged as practically well. Half a dozen others have already been discharged from the hospital and sent to the depart ments and wards of the charity hospi- tai to spend few days in recupera- ton.
 It is generally agreed among scien- lists familiar with yellow fever that on the character of treatment depends largely the death rate and with the treatment provided In the hospital i. is thought that there can be great among the Italians.
 While the feeling here is constantly growing more hopeful there is appar- entity no abatement of the excitement and panicky feeling in the country districts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Local business houses are beginning to feel the effects of the scare. They are receiving letters from yne travelling men telling of the cancellation of or ders fin Mississippi and elsewhere be- cause of the reluctance of the country people to patroniZe stores which re- ceive goods from infested districts. In this connection there is some criticism of Governor Vardaman because of a telegram sent by him in which he commended the prudence of Missis- sippi merchants in refusing to take freight from this city. To meet these conditions business houses are seeding out thousands of pamphlets giving the results of the scientific expert ments in Cuba and fin Vera Cruz and expressions by medical men of their firm faith in the theory that alone by the stegomyia is yellow fever trans mitted. Steps also have been taken to disinfect all freight cars destined for points where the fever theory is not accepted. Quarantines everywhere are being drawn tighter. Even gaso- lene is apparently barred from Pitts burg. A number of the towns in Louisiana and Mississippi are cutting themselves on from the world and the shotgun quarantines are being extend ed. Guards and inspectors are multi plying and making travel increasingly difficuit