The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
TO TALK QUARANTINE.
Formal Call Issued for Meeting In
Chattanooga Of Governors and
Commercial Representatives.

The formal call for a conference
of southern representatives to be
held in Chattanooga in November was
issued Saturday, signed by twelve gov
errors and the officials of the cham.
Der Of commerce of ten cities. The
call, after Ieciting the prosperity and
business growth of this section, its
wonderful business and magnificent
prosperity, says:
"In the attempt that has been made
by various cities, towns and COM
munities in the south to protect them
selves from the dread ravages of the
yellow fever, the most strenuous and
at times the most unreasonable, I'M
necessary and burdensome measures
have been adopted, measures that not
only tended to cripple and destroy
business and commerce, but which re-
fiected on the very instincts of our
common humanity and became a re-
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at is evident, therefore, that some
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 nee
essary if we should save our land
from the demoralizing and brutaliz-
ing tendencies of panic inspired
quarantine.
again there are coming into the
United States at the present time a
larger number of foreign immigrants
than ever before in our country's
history. Among these are great mass
es who are wholly undesirable and
whom it will be impossible to as
simulate 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 issue this, our call
for southern conference on immi-
grafton and quarantine to be held in
Chattanooga, Tenn, November 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 not more than five
representatives from each commercial
organization in the south.
"All 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 I. Cox, Governor of Tennes.
see; N. C. Blanchard Governor OF
Louisiana; Edwin Warfield, Governor
Of Maryland; William D. Dawson,
Governor of West Virginia; A. J.
Montague, Governor Of Virginia; N,
B. Broward Governor of Florida; Jas.
K. Var6aman, Governor Of Missis-
sippi; William W. Folk, Governor OF
Missouri; ]. c. w Beckham, Cover.
nor of Kentucky; D. C. Hayward, Gov
ernor of South Carolina S. W. T.
Lanham, Governor of Texas; Joseph
M. Terrell, Governor of Georgia"
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