The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
MEETING OF
 SCIENTISTS Yellow Fever Was Dis
 cuSSed. EPIDEMIC WAS REVIEWED. Mosquito Theory Was Ac- cepted by Convention. pr. Rubinow of Washingtor spoke On immigration of Russian Jews aud Oscar Underwo0,: Di.cE.scd
 General European Emil =fation.

the New lar holiday -'rme Q. th.1 sec tions of the Amer ican Asst citation fo.
 the Advancement of science consinued
 -heir session today The nrtendance.
 however. was not largs, many of the
 Aeiegat,s deSotipg themselves 10 s!Sht-
 seeing and the enjoynlen; 1e sneitl
 ourtcsies. fhe proceeding of the Sec
 ton on physiology and experimental
 ..iedicine We're opeaed with paper by
 Us vice president, Dr. William T. SeGgc-
 wick, on ''The experlmentai method
 n sanitary science and sanitary ildmip-
 lstration,' preceding q sy .posium on sellow fever and diseases transmitted y insects
 number of prominent members c: he Jewish race inclGfing rabb!s, att ended the session of .he e0cia' and economic section to hear the address pr. l. M Ruuinow of wasf 'ngton,
 On Economic and Social Position oi she Jews in Russia" i)r. lsphfnow is
 1ne of the most eminent authorities { living in this country on Jewish mat ters in Russia, where he had an exten-
 sfve educational training.
 Referring to the results of the work
 of the body organized to ameliorate
 the condition of the working Jews. end the fact that 1t has mace the suffering and defenseless Jew an active fighter for civic liberty and an entnusiastic 1 labor union man. Dr. Rubinow said:
 
 aiflcant bearing upon the question of Jewish immigration. fke Russian Jew. having determined to fight for his rights in his own land, is sure of accom- lsninE hts purpose in the not distant future and the victory will greatly d. minish if not altogether stop the Jew ,sh immigration to the United states' tIu tho immediate future. however due to the awful events In the South ern cities, the current of immigration will continue unabated for some time But the Jewish immigrant, being an ardent union man and enthuslasic warrior for the rights of labor, the usual objection against the immigrant iron, EastatIt Europe cannot be applied to him. The new Russian Jewish iH- migrant is not a danger but powerful ally of the American workman In his struggle for social and economic bet terment."
 By far the largest sectional meeting of the convention of scientists was that which attended the symposium on
 yellow fever and other insect-borne diseases.
 The experience of the fight in New l Orleans last summer and the lesson to be drawn from 1t and descrip- ton of the original investigation in l Cuba under the Reed commission | proved of great interest to the visiting delegates At the conclusion or the | symposium there was practically unan- nous acceptance of the doctrine that yellow fever is alone communicated by | tho stegomyia fasciata.
 Dr. White Talks.
 Surgeon J. II. White. of the Marine Hospital Service. who had charge or | the fever fight hero gave the results
 of pr. Reeds findings as they were
 observed in New Orleans. pr. James | Carol. who was a member of the Reed | without ouitoes there could be no yellow fever and detailed at length his experience | in Cuba. Dr. Haveazies paper con cerned aestivo-autumnal feVeT' US cause diagnosis and treatment, with some observation on the destruction or mosquitoes which spread the disease and pr. Quitman Kohnke, New Orleans l Health Officer, pointed out some of the | difficulties of the recognition and pre- vention of yellow fever. based on re-
 cent experiences. The discussion that
 followed applied especially to the ne- cessity for the discovery of some cul- 1 cicfde which should be effective with
 out danger and with the minimum Of destruction of property. Other papers presented at the session were
 ''The Problem of Phophylaxis
 against Malaria in the rbnxer Sni.sa 1 '.The Protoscan Life Cycle" by | Garry N. Calkins; The Practical Side | oS Mosouito determination" by Henry l ciav Weeks, and "Filariasis and Try nanosome Diseasec." by Henry B. Ward
 Before the social section paper on the restriction of European immigra- l tfon hy Congressman Underwood Of l AIahama was read Assistant Secretary | A | McKelway of the National Child 1 Tahor Committee attracted much atten- | ton with a paper on the child labor | problem, giving the results Of his ! studies In the South and pointing to l the danger of race degeneracy involved
 in sending little children to the mills. | He said there were probably 60.000 l children under 14 years at work in ! Southern mills and how to correct the 1 evil was an American problem because | It concerned the depreciation of the l unrest American stock on the continent. | Mir McKelway thought sentiment was new being so strongly aroused through | his organization. the pulpit and tho 1 press that adequate child labor legis- l iation and law enforcement would be 1 tho inevitable result.
 Other interesting papers concerned | the progress of the negroes of Virginia l as property owners by Charles F. Ed l eerton of the Bureau of Corporations
 at Washington. and the Southern cot | ton mill workers and their condition
 by Rev. J. A Baldwin of Charlotte, N. i C Secretary Fred Muller of the New | Orleans Board or IFdde ulBclSSed the | statistical measurement of the com
 merce of the Lower Mississippi Valley Remove Alcohol Tnx. The section on chemistry nassed a resolution strongly endorsing the pass | age by Congress of an net providing | for the sale of tax free alcohol under 1 certain restrictions, It was pointed ou. | that American manufacturers work at | q serious disadvantage as compared | with those of Germany, France and 1 England where the laws permit the | solo of tax free alcohol for use i1 tho l arts and industries. Cheap alcohol it was held would stimulate enormously
 many industries In the United States
 manufacturer and the ordinary consul
 mer. The resolutions was referred to | the executive council.
 Professor W. B. Warner Of Clevo-
 land. who accompanied the Congress | slonal Committee to the isthmus. read a
 rsper In which he said that unless a