The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

upon railways serving different sec uons Of the United Statse as compef- Ator t would. he said, have . very fri- portant effect upon railway rates.
 Dr. Wymam on South'a Heafth.
 Declaring that the South is ( good iy land" land Of improving sanitary conditions and benehcent climate which will make of 1t territory unexceiied in all that pertains to health and vIG- nr in man. Surgeon General Wymap, of the pbuile health and marine hospi- tai service. spoke most favorably of the climatic and health conditions of the present South.
 Tt is not only a good place for man." he said, but 1t Is a good place for liv- ing things for example, the germs of yellow fever and malaria and the hook worm are the enemies of man" He declared however. that yellow fe- yer is no longer factor to be eonsid- cred in the determination of health conditions, adding that 1t is no longer looked upon 'as a mysterious invasion causes, to introduction and to spread through out the Southern territory"
 As an example of successful fight made again typhoid fever he cited the ease of New orleans outbreak in 1905 where the disease twas obliteratod by efforts based upon modern scientific knowledge. and that. too, before the coming of frost. Our demonstrated ability to check the disease has re- stored confidence"
 IIandIinx Epidensics. He declared that another important fact bearing upon the exclusion Of yel- low fever Is that the Southern States have given up the administration of their local quarantines to the national government. He added that the sxcep- tional care of the national government is seen in the Supplemental surveii- lance established at New Orleans and Mobile over passengers who have ar- rived from infective or suspected ports. notwith standing they have passed the dtarahtine, and that the care of tho gov6rnfnent Is further seen in station ing at every port in Mexicp, Central America the West indies, and certain ports in South America. where yellow fever prevails or is suspected of pre- vAilinE. It's trained medical ofieers to prevent the conveyance of infection. either by vessels or their personnel. to our Southern seaboard.
 There do not appear" he contin. ued. to be any natural conditions in the South which necessarily make it less healthful than other portions of the country. Such diseases as malaria and typhoid fever are subject to the same causative agencies as prevail elsewhere and As to tuberculosis, the climate is favorable in that 1t freely pNfmlts and encourages life i'd the open air With regard to this and other diseases. the conditions seem more favorable than in colder loea1i- ties who're people are prone to shut themselves tip. with the disease in fact all of the iriportant infectious diseases that are found in the South are subject to mans will, if man only will This may he said. 1t E true. of all portions of the country, but 1t Is particularly true of the South.
 Records Favor South.
 'The absolute annual range Of tenn perature, meaning by that the differ ence between the single highest and the single lowest temperatures ever recorded at any given place, has a bearing on human wei1-being, and its records favor the South" pr. Wyman then quoted from a bulletin of the Weather Bureau which stated that in the United States the absolute range Is greatest in the interior and not on the coast. This sh0wed that in the Gulf States the absolute range is less than 100 degrees along the coast. while back from the coast 6 distance of 150 miles it probably increases to lie de- grees.
 pr. wyrAan then said that the longer duration in the South than in inc North of the season of elevated tenn perature must, taking as an isolated fact and regarded solely fren the standpoint of human weli-beinE. be eonsiAered q disadvantage to the South.
 "on the other hand" he continued. "the long. continued warm weather Of the summers in the South can not logt- cally be considered alone. It must be thought of In relation to the long win ters of the North.
 "Open air life is on all sides admit ted to be a hygienic desideratum ana such a life is certainly more practiea- ble in the South. where the winters are mild and the summers long but not 'intolerable, than in the North, where, though the summers are short the winters are often so cold as to confine people much of the time to their houses. sixty-hve to seventy Is the winter mean of Southern Florida. and any one who sees how the hotels in Florida fill up In mid-wintsr will feel sure that there Is no popular dislike for such a condition of the weather In summer. however. the South has a little the worst of 1t from the point of temperature. but 1t Is not so bad as many suppose"
 Improved Sanitation.
 pr. Wyman. commented favorably on