The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

the great Improvements that have been made within the last ten or fifteen years in the sanitation of Southern cities. through improved water supply and sewerage, drainage and good paw Ing. He declared that 1t Is apparent that there is an awakening in the South ir matters of sanitation equal to that in any other section of the coun. try . :. claim" he declared, that sanitary Of health conditions throughout the South are all that could be desired. nor could say the same concerning the North or any foreign country. But do mean to say that with Its salubrtous climate one may settle in any of our Southern States and by observing for himself and family the sanitary laws and principles now so well understood. he will be under as favorable condi- tions for health and length of life as he could be anywhere. But If he ig- nores sanitation in his environment, he Is subject to the incendents of disease, just as the same neglect will produce the same result in the North. And he will likewise De subject to such inct- dents If. instead of sanitary vigilance, he adopts what has wrought the physical ruin of so many in seni-trop- ical or tropical countries. the intem- perate use of alcoholic liquor.
 War on Fntemperance.
 "But the South has recently entered upon a vigorous warfare against the incorporate use of alcohol. It is wag- ing an apparently successful contest, which must in time have It's favoring Influence on the physical welfare. And this. together with improving sani- tary conditions and benehcient climate, Ysyff afrS s44 Ha a excelled in all that pertains to health and vigor in man"
 The Surgeon General affirmed that another modern feature which is fa- vorabiy directing the health condi- tions In the South Is the growing in- ffuence and power of the state Boards Of Health. He declared that the na- tional quarantine act has had favor able effect in this way, permitting the State Boards of Health to withdraw their activities from maritime duSran- tines which he declared to be proper iy A national function, and allowing them to give more time and attention to internal health conditions.
 The speakers at the afternoon ses- sion Of the congress were Charles Goodyear. of Brunswick. Ga; John A. Fox. of Arkansas. and John F. Wal. lace, of New York.
 Waff0ce on hatIr0Ad9.
 Speaking on southern Railroads and Their Needs" John F. Wallace. the well known engineer, said in part: war. the South, reatizing the changed order of things. accepted the situation !Tl ths spirit Of American manhood and started on a new era of industrial and commercial development.
 one of the first necessities was q comprehensive system of transporta. ton facilities. The railroa1s which prior to the civil war had compared favorabIy with those in the North, al It's close were practically bankrupt financially and physically, and were more the shadow than ths substance of what they should have been.
 "Southerners with brains and energy starting with 11.ss7 miles of detached dilapidated and crippled railways, i'm mediately coTnenced to lay the foun. dation of the present industrial and commercial prosperity in the South by reconstructing its lines of railway.
 "The efforts of these men and the confidence they were able to inspire ir Northern and foreign capital are best illustrated by the fact that today tho South Is served with 4s.434 miles of railroad. serving eleven States. 20,000,- 000 people. and representing a total in vestment in round numbers of two bill lion dollars.
 "of these 4s.4sl miles of railroad, only l.134 miles approximately. or i-2 per cent are doubIe.track. It Is possible that the next ten years will see at least one-fourth, or ever 10,eOC additional miles of second track
 Finaneing Railroads.
 Tt must be borne in mind that while transportation is the burden.be of both production and commerce. 1t is only able to perform ths full and com plete measure of its functions when properly nourished and assisted by f. nance.
 'In ancient days the birth of civlliza- tion started with the ability to pre- serve food products. This grew from the temporary necessity of accumulate Ing sufficient food to last from one chase to another, or to enable Journeys to be performed or winter climates en- dured. to the storage of vast quanti- ties of food to enable nations to sur vtve years of famine as was exempii- fed by the storage of grain in the days of Joseph. which period history shows us was the cTowning epoch of Egyp- tian civilization.
 Today the measure of our modern ities. Safe, efficient and rapid comn1u- nication, and the economy of the worlds transportation systems. are binding the nations of the earth closer together day by day and helping to