The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-28
PERIL OF NATION
IS IN PHTHIS|S
OF NEGROES
BLACK RACE, SLAUGHTERED BY
THE WHITE PLAGUE, IN.
FECTS WHITES.
BIRTHRATE CUT DOWN
Or. Thomas j. Jones of Hampton, Va
Has Epitomized Years of Pa
tient Researchs and Their
Amazing Results.


Washington, May 27.--"Saye the
negroc- from consumption, if you
would live in tae grea cities.
This is the substance of the most
important message heard in the Ma
tional tuberculosis Congress.
1t came from Or. Thomsa Jesse
Jones, df Hampton, va. and cpl
tomized years of pat ent researches
md their amazing result. Briefly, his
| findings are:
The negro race in America is being
exterminated by consumption.
More than three times az many ne
groes &C whites die from the white
plague every year.
Seven times more negro children
under fifteen yesrs than white children
of the same age d, every year
AS rerult of their mnoverishcd.
tubercuIar condition the birth rate
amono American negroes is less than
one third of the Firth ra+s among
whites. This agtnundna chance ha7
been wrought within the last five
yelrs,
Alarming Fate - 7hiIaF1Iphia.
The greatest negro mortalitlea frcm
consumption are found in Boston.
Washington and philadelphia. The
othe~ large citie gov 1"Ero r'ortali-
ios witch evccel tho-e 70 he founl
in country districts.
Because of thni domestic ,n9loy
ne and Close oo,at on with
whites. negroes are the caurQ Of far
more Infection ih the great cities taan
any other rars
Notwithstanding thesn appalling
conditions. virtually nothing IL helm
done hv any munc;p1i ty rs tate to
lerven the awful harvest Of c1rfarion
and death from this we'll defined
source.
Peril Reacts on Whites.
"It /, at" declared Mr. lone
warmly. bat the sufferings which the
negro endures in our modem civiliza
ticn react upoQ the health AMI lives of
the white people of this nation.
Fully oneth ri o. tne noc-1 race
IN America live in one-room houses.
Fully onehalf of the race is illtera'e.
The coordination of poor hor ing in
sufficient food and ignorance Is held
by many TO re the ole cau,, of the
appalling defamation Of III S ultortu'
nate people.
"Olher scientists contend that the
vuncr susceptibility of nagrocs 70 con
sumption is due To a racial detect
which is aggravated by unsanltaTy en-.
vironment Whatever he cause, the
menace to the vitality of the nation re-
ma MS.
With G1.0oo pegroe .Philadelohi7.
the same number in New York, $1,000
in Washington. with the bla Ks SO per
cent of the total population in .orepre-
sentative a Southern city as Charles
ton. $. c.. the problem is one Of life
and death TO the white people of the
big cities.
Must Enlist Negro Doctors.
81 say to YOU and to every officer
who has any connection with the sani-
tation Of lhcse cities. that the danger
is Pre- sing. and that oppressive action
must be both speedy and radical
The 1900 negro doctors in this
land must he enlisted in thi- work
So must every negro clergyman an1
school teacher. The negro slums must
I've Wis ted turned ;nsiie ont. disin
fccted. ard each ca mus he treate y
ard guarded % that :: calaot extend
The infection 20 tae mur lerous legree
our csreless ness until now has per
mitted"
No address made At the congress re-
,eiyed such attention and favorable /
comment as bat which followed tle
alk Of DR. Lawr nee F Flick of Phil
,delphia. the presideu' OF the National
Association for the Study and Pre-
7eution OF tuberculosis.