The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-16
SOUIHEkN STATES DECLARE FOk
FEDERAL CONTROL OF QUARANTINE
State Guards However Are Cooperate With General
Government in Interstate Affairs

AO0 POAoO WHO GT0 WlllluS
to subscribe to our laws and who ap
preclate AMI love the genius Of our in
stltutlons; now, therefore, be it
: Resolved, That it is the sense Of
this conference that it does hereby
greet and welcome to our midst all
industrious and upright white per-
sons from any of the European coun-
tries and from all sections of the
United States who wish to make their
homes with us to assist in the devel-
opment of our resources and the ad-
vancement and multiplication Of our
varied enterprises and industries. Be
it further
Resolved, That we repudiate and
.denounce as untrue any and all ru
mors and ISLANDERS that may have been
circulated to the effect that the south
IS unfavorable to honest and indus
trlous immigrants.
Whereas, The president of the
United States has recommended to
congress the passage Of certain pas
sage OF certain changes in the present
immigration laws Of this country with
a view Of making it more difficult for
the pauper and criminal classes 20
enter our country. This recommends
t1on embraces better system of i'm
migrants, both at the ports Of embar-
katlon and arrival; therefore be it
Resolved, BY this conference Of
representative men Of the south, that
we hereby endorse and approve these
recommendations and request all Of
the senators and representatives Of
the southern states to aid in securing
the passage Of such amendments to
existing immigration laws as will tend
to obtain the objects sought.
Resolved, That this convention
recommends to each Of the southern
states the establishment of an immi-
grafton bureau to be maintained by
sufficient appropriation.
The only session of the second and
closing day Of the conference found
several papers unread from the pre-
vious days programme. The flood of
oratory which continued until almost
midnight of Thursday has necessarily
postponed much business planned for
the opening day. The paper by DR..
William F. Drummer, health and quar-
antine officer Of Savannah, on account
of his absence was ordered read and
placed in the records of the confer
ence. This paper on the subject Of
quarantine governmental control, was
as follows:
1T has been said that the control
of maritime quarantine by the ma
tional government smacks of the cen
tralization Of power, that the rights
OF the different states would be i'm
perilled thereby The national gov
eminent opens our harbors and reg
ulates our laws of commerce. Mari
time quarantine is essentially al
branch of commerce. The national
government controls the maritime
quarantine stations of Virginia, North
Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Mis-
sissippi These stations are equipped
with all modern apparatus for disin-
lection and they are differed by men
beyond political or local influence
That branch Of the national govern
ment controlling these and other
quarantine stations is known as the
public health and marine hospital
service The quarantine division, at
ter nearly twenty-five years of prac-
teal work, is in nearly every instance
called in by municipal or state boards
Of health to control diseases intro
duced by said board. The value of this
work is known to every one. Permit
me here, to contrast the work perform
ed by the service at New Orleans this
year and the methods employed at Pen
sacola, Fla, by a state board Of
health. When Surgeon White arriv.
ed in New Orleans, viii a population
of 100000, on July q, yellow fever
had had full sway for a month. Later,
during the first part of August, when
he assumed charge of the situation,
the disease was apparently beyond
control, today, there is but one infect
ing case. Going by past perform
ances, if the local board had control
there would he hundreds, if not thou
sands Of cases. There has been less
than $50 deaths; under local control
multiply this by ten. IF you do not
understand the attitude Of a large
percentage of people in New Orleans
towards yellow fever you cannot thor
oughly appreciate the value Of the
work performed. Now, let US shift to-
Pensacola, with a population Of 25,-
600. Two refugees from New Orleans
had entered and developed yellow f.