The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-29
Or. STILES ON
THE H0OKWORM
STRONG CAMPAIGN FOR MORE
MODERN SANITATION WILL
KILL THE EVIL.
UNNATURAL CONDITION
For Two Closely Allied Species oi
Animals to Live Together in
Same Area--Referring to
Blacks and Whites.

Boston, Dec. 28.-"It is an unnatural
biological condition to have two close
|, ly 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 Hos
pital service, in an address on the
hook worm problem before the Amer
lean Society for the advancement of
science tonight He thought, how
| ever, that the new movement towards
kmore modern sanitation in the south
| would in time overcome the handicap
resulting from two alien races living
| side by side.
More than thirty division meetings
marked the second day of the conyen
tion.
DR.. Stiles spoke on the hookworm
disease of which he has made some
extensive study. He declared that In
the United States law of nature was
being violated when an effort was
made to lodge different races of man
side by side In the same area. DR..
Stiles said in part:
| ut is an unnatural biological con-
Idition 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 msn-breaking natures laws
iby trying to live together. The com
Ipetition of the individuals is intensi-
fed by being extended to competi.
| tion between the races and must, In
the end. submit to the workings OF
the law of the survival of the fittest.
Different races may have different
| diseases and after long generations
of infection relative immunity may
be developed In a given race through
the survival of the fiittest individuals.
This partial immunity to the serious
effects of disease does not imply
immunity from infection. On the
contrary that very immunity may tend
to make the partially immune race a
reservoir for infection and that in
fection when transmitted to a more
susceptible race will. upon reaching
such virgin soil be very fatal
"The white race has brought to the
lsouth certain diseases from North
Europe. These have spread with
deadly effects to the blacks. The ne
groes have brought to the south GER
tain tropical diseases which have
Ispread to the whites with serious re
isults. These conditions are not In
any way blameable to the south as
a portion of the country, but upon the
fact that In the United States we are
violating law of nature when we
attempt to lodge different races ol
men side by side in the same area.
1T is not an exaggeration to say
that the negro in the south lives un
der a handicap because Of the pres
ence of the white mans disease ant
because of the presence of African
diseases, the white man there Is also
living under handicap. Sanitar,
lscience, If backed by intelligent prac
ttical application and authority, car
overcome that handicap. Theory de
: Imands that in rural negro localities
with anything less than good santa
|tion we must find an extensive anomis
among the whites, and practical ex
lperience bears out this theory among
the Tenant whites Of the south.
1T is not only foolish but cowardl,
to attempt to deny the existing condi
itions and pay for false sense O