Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-30
EACH RACE IS A
MENACE TO OTHER
Unnatural Biological Condition
Exists in the South, Says Elk.
pert on Hookworm.

allied species OF animals living side by
side In the same area" said DR.. Charles
w. stiles Of the United States public
health and marine hospital service, In an
address on the hookworm problem before
the American Society for the Advance
ment OF Science tonight. The white
man has brought diseases from Europe
which are deadly to the blacks and the
negro has brought certain diseases from
Africa. which are spreading with serious
results to the whites" added 4.r. Stiles
lie thought the new movement towards
more modern santa ton in the South
would in time overcome the handicap re-
sutirg from two alien races living side
by side.
More than 80 division meetings marked
the second day OF the convention of sci,
entists. The address by DR.. stiles was
one Of the most important.
ADDRESS OF DIR. STILES
Dr. stiles spoke on the hookworm dis
ease of which he has made some extensive
study. He declared that in the United
States q law OF nature wus being viola ted
when an effort was made to lodge different
races OF man side by side in the same
area. Or. Stiles said In part:
1T is an unnatural biological condition
TO have two closely allied species Of
animals living side by side In the same
area. In this country We have four races
Of animal, viz, the white, the red, the
yellow and the black man. breaking
natures laws by trying to live together.
The competition Of the individuals Is in
tensifed by being extended to a competi-
ton between the races and we must, in
Sti1, IN In . nj a
law Of the survival Of the fittest. Different
races may have different diseases and
after long generations OF infection a rea-
tive immunity may be developed In n
given race through the survival OF the
fittest individuals. This partial immunity
to the serious effects OF a disease does not
imply immunity from infection. On tho
contrary that very immunity may tend 10
make the partially immune rnce a
reservoir for infection and that infection
when transmitted to a more susceptible
race will. upon reaching such virgin soil,
be very fatal.
EACH RACE BRINGS DISEASE.
The white race has brought to the
South certain disease from North Eu-
rope. These have spread with deadly
effects to the blacks. The negroes
have brought to the South certain trop-
ical diseases which have spread to
| the whites with serious results. These
conditions are not in any way blame
able to the South as a portion OF the
country, but upon the fact that in the
United States We are violating a law
of nature when we attempt to lodge
different races Of men side by side in
| ,he same area.
1T is not an exagReration to say
| that the negro in the South lives un-
der a handicap because of the pres
ence OF the white mans disease. and
because Of the present Of African dis
eases. the white man there is also liv-
Ing under a handicap. Sanitary sci
ence. il hacked by intelligent practi-
cal application and authority, can
overcome that handicap. Theory de-
mands that in rural negro localities
with anything less than good santa
ton we must find an extensive anemia
among the whites. and practical ex-
perience bears out this theory among
the tenant whites Of the South.
| 1T is not only foolish but cowardly
to attempt to deny the existing con-
ditions and pay for a false sense OF
local prd" at the price Of the lives
Of women and children. Fortunately.
! the better class Of thought in the
| South is facing facts and organizing
for an extensive campaign to improve
sanitary conditions. And when the
South shall win It's noble Aght against
disease, the victory will be great and
| fully repay the efforts spent upon IT,"
CHILD LABOR PREFERABLE,
| Or. Stiles. speaking upon child labor
in the South. took a position which some
Of his hearers might have judged radical.
He said:
II have never defended child labor as
an abstract proposition but when l com
pare child labor and child misery upon
the eoii-polluted one horse farms with
child labor under the vastly improved
sanitary conditions In the southern cot
ton mills. / am forced to the conclusion
that the latter is Infinitely better than the
former. and II it came to choice be-
tween the two for my young daughter
now 10 years old. my duty would compel
me to choose for her life in the spin
ming room OF the average cotton mill of
the South. which ! have visited. in pref
erence to n life OF toll and misery on the
average unsan!tary tenant farm have
studied.
Il am unable 10 join in the wholesale
condemnation of the Souths cotton mills
for ] recognize in them the best friends
the tenant whites of the South have"
In connection with the larger conven-
ton, nearly so delegates opened the Ave-
day convention of the American Chemi-
cal society.
INDIANS ROBRED OF MILLIONS.
In an address before the American An
thropological association, Prof. Warren
X. Moorehead of Phillips Andover Acad-
envy said THAT in March Of this year, he
was sent by the department Of the int
rlor, Washington, to northern Mime
sofa. 10 study and report on I'll, eondl-
ton ct tho Ojibwa Indian,
on arrival at White Earth reserva'
ton" said Prof. Moorehead. found
that the Indian had been robbed and
swindled out Of upwards Of hve million
dollars worth OF property, and that they
were to-day paupers as result OF the
practices of 81 individuals and firms OF
northern Minnesota.
1T seems 10 me that the inspectors
from Washington spent too much time IN
the agency offices and not among the
! Indians themselves"