The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-01

TO condemn Southern Mill COndf-
tiOns.
Eoston, Dec est is an unnatur-
al biological condition to have two
closely allied species of animals liv-'
ing side by side in the same area
said DR.. Charles w. Stiles, Of the
United States public health and mar
inc hospital service, in an address on
the hook worm problem before the
American Society for the Advance
ment Of Science tonight.
THE white man has brought dis
eases from Europe, which are deadly
to the blacks, and the negro has
brought certain diseases from Africa
which are spreading with serious re-
suits to the whites" added DR..
Stiles.
He thought that the new move
ment towards more modern santa
tion In the South would in time over
come the handicap resulting from
alternating races living side by side
More than thirty division meetings
marked the second day of the Con-
vention Of scientists, and large gath
erings listened to addresses on prob
lens Of great scientific and industrial
interest. The address by DR.. stiles
was one Of the most important.
DR.. Stiles spoke on the hook
worm disease, of which he has made
some extensive study. He declared
that in the United States g. law Of
nature was being violated when an
effort was made to lodge different
races Of man side by side in the
same area. DIR. Stiles saidAins part:
1T is an unnatural biological COM
dition to have two closely allied spe-
ctes Of animals living side by side
In the same area. In this country we
have four races OF, animal viz: the
white. the red, ther-xellow and the
black nan- -Sreakif natufes laws
by trying to live together. The COM
petition of the individuals is inten-
sified by being extended to a compe-
tition between the races, and we 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 relstive immunity may
be developed in a given race through
the survival of the fittest individuals.
This partial immunity to the serious
enects of a disease does not imply
immunity from Infection. On the
contrary that very immunity NAV
tend to make the partially immune
race reservoir for infection and
that infection when transmitted TO
a more susceptible race will. upon
reaching such virgin soil, be very
fatal.
| THE white race has brought TO
l ONSAA ~SA SoiiI ulSSdSGS from North
| Europe. These have spread, with
deadly effects to the blacks. The ne.
groes have brought to the South cer-
| tain tropical diseases which hav,
spread to the whites with serious re-
suits. These conditions are not in
any way blamable 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 at
tempt to lodge different races of men
side by side in the same area.
1T Is not an exaggeration to saw
that the negro in the South lives nm
der a handicap because of the pres
ence OF the white mans disease. and
because Of the presence of African
diseases the white man there is Also
iiVlng under handicap. Sanitary
science, If backed by intelligent. prac.
tical application and authority. can
overcome that handicap Theory de-
mands that in rural negro localities