The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-14
INTERESTING TALK
ON CRESCENT CITY
Prominent New Orleans Man
Discusses Conditions at
That Port.
HOW THEY GUARD AGAINST
YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC
Well Pleased With Courteous
Treatment of the West
ern People.

Mr. ]. p Henican OF New Orleans. a d.
rector in the Security Bank & Trnding com
pany OF that city, with his wifo and chill
drcn are at the Knutsford. on vacation
trip. Speaking on general matters touching
tho Southern port no cold
The morning dispatch speaking OF yellow
fever being found at Ship Island 10 not to DO
wondered at ship Island 10 tho regular quar-
ontlnc or detention station, well outside and
cast OF the mouth Of tho river and per
fcctly snfe place In which to inferno such
cases.
You Will understand that New Orleans has
had monopoly OF the Central American fruit
trade and that Pensacola and Mobile hnyo
boen after It for some time. We have ol-
ways had q nve-duy quarantine. especially
against ports in tho Baltic and Porto Cortcz
Mobile, to get this trade. reduced her time
10 four-day stops and as that sayes ono
days dcmurage on ships. IL has brought sew
oral Into these ports that could not got into
New Orleans, We lOl miles due north
is thirty milcs from It's mouth. The rail-
ways do not have this quarantine and so many
get to Now Orleans from those ports before
a necessary time elspses
Fever Is Imported.
1T is now we'll known that yellow fever
is an imported pest: that 1t is not indigenous
10 New orleans, and 50 the methods OF treat
ment have been greatly changed The medical
men have eliminated drugs altogether from
the treatment and rely wholly cold ap
plications. water. sunlight and air:
Tho whole sanitary plans OF New Orleans
are being changed. ut estimated cost OF
sl5. OOD. Op0, cutting out surface drainage. and
open cesspools altogether "o are now using
so simple a remedy that II seems foolish TO
many. IL 10 screen doors. II 10 known that
Nth hos nothing TO do with breeding yellow
fcvcr germs, and that the true origin is in
the stcgomyln fnsciGta, a female ny. and :he
female mosquito,
Neither OF these can pass through the
ID a. IA mon rrIn riel
even In infected house. Is perfectly snfe.
But II must be understood that take no
chances on the nth. and are now completing
the most perfect nystem OF sanitary methods
in the country. These deadly Gics bred
como UP from the small wigglctoil They con-
not live in the We have active cam
pnign against them with sulphur all sorts OF
insect powdcrs, and since the epidemic OF last
July We have kept them down.
Cotton Is Still King.
Cotton? Yes. cotton is indeed our great
king. Since 1889 we have sold annual
crops for II cents per pound where, for the
cents. IL mnkes difference OF 500. .O1O. COO
annually. As a consequence 'hc South is
growing very rich.
a thing Of the post in the South. The tes,
there ia true manhood and honest dealing. and
the man who ties to these virtues is tho man
OF the day In the South. no matter where
he born.
we shall always hold our heroes In dear
and loving remembrance. shall honor their
lives and deeds, but wo ore citizens OF a re-
united country, and true manhood is the only
requirement.
we are having a great railroad boom Just
now IN New orleans. The Frisco syBtom has
gained entrance and has just expended q mil
lion dollars for terminals and union depot
Tho New York Central is coming In soon by
purchasing tho Queen & Crescent route. and
that Will give us direct north and south line.
1t will also boom things generally.
We have 30, 900 people In the city and
real estate r. very high In a general way
IL Is safo TO say II has increased 100 per cent
in ten years We have thirty feet Of water
In the bar at Southwest Pass. and scores OF
ships load every month.
No Dread of Floods.
I'VE have no dread OF regular floods now
as We have a regular leyeo system. whereby
any break may be Immediately mended
when the Panama canal opens for bust
ness we shall be the New York or San Fran
cisco OF tho Gulf States
Let say that wife and l deeply I'M
pressed with the kindly ways and courteous
treatment wo ind among Western people IL
wns altogether different In tho East In our
own Southland We cultivate courtesy in speech
nd sfTaDuCTq 1 IN I'M