The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
QUARANTINE DUTIES
PROPOSED FOR U. s.
whitman Would Give Station
70 Federal Government and
Ssve State Money.
BRONX DINERS HEAR PLAN

0sv. whitman attended ne annual
dinnsr Of the Bronx Board Of Trade last
evening At the Mckinley square Casino.
lOsth street and Boston road Before 500
annerp. Including tho most prominent
business and professional men Of The
Bronx, the Governor spoke forcihiy IN
favor Of turning the Quarantine station
~ TO the Federal Government and Of
abolishins the New York state Nautical
School. The Governors argument was
that shesc institutions cost tho State
$500, 900 a year and that tho work could
b done moro effectively BY tbs Federal
Government.
'"The Federal Government" said Mr..
whitman, "thrpugh treaties with for
eign countries may examine the physical
condition of those embaridng in ships for
ehese shores prior to their embarkation.
II Ia conceded that the United States
Public Health Service. directed by men
like Col. Goreas and surgeon-Gensral
Blue, with a force Of mon trained espe-
cially in the treatment Of the deadly dis
eases which thrive in foreign lands. Is
better fitted TO cope with them than
physicians who have had nc experience
In such cases.
. Uneuual Division Of Work.
yet when those afnicted with yellow
fever. cholera and typhus are discovered
. on hoard Ships they are turned over to
the state Of New York. while those hav-
ing measles and like Ills arc transferred
20 the care Of the Federal Government.
The Federal Government passes upon
: the mental state Of the Immigrant, upon
his criminal record. X any. upon his
ability to support himself In this country.
and, I may add, as to whether he mas
measles or chicken pox. 1t seems alb
surd therefore that the State should take
upon itself the inspection TO determine
whether he suffers from serious CON
tagious disease and TO treat nm Tot th1s
at state expense.
81; seems TO me that II a division OF
~ Jurisdiction * necessary this order
should be reversed. But IL the Federal
Government is equipped TO perform all
these functions, and | am convinced tlat
q, H.. II is not equitable nor right that
the expenditures necessary TO MAINTAIN
such quarantine station designed for the
DrDtettlOn OF TIE WnVle NouHdy S'ou'"
be betrayed by this State.
..The uniformity in the administration
az quarantines throughout the whole
United States will be made practically
complete by the transfer OF the station
81 the Port OF New York. as quarantine
functions at all the ports OF the United
States, its possessions and dependencies
are under the control OF the national
Government with the exception OF the
ports OF New York and baltimore. This
will be to the advantage OF the Indus
tries of the country az well IA to the
maritime interests. New York is the
last TO recognize this fact
For Nautical Training Schools.
Concerning the adjustment OF the
nautical training school Mr.. Whitman
said
~ realize clearly the necessity OF
having nautical training schools. wish
there were more and the state should
not abandon one of them unless the Fed
eral Government is willing 10 carry 1t
on. We must insist, however, that the
great State OF New York IL not forced
by reason of the Indifference OF the
Federal authorities to bear more than
It's proportionate share Of the cost If
government. II must be clearly under
stood that In the near future 1t will take
over the school and II necessary estab-
lish new ones"
President Eugene II. Rosenquest of
the organization presided. He spoke Of
the work accomplished by the Hoard
Of Trade and OF the possibility c! de-
%velopment in The Bronx. Surrogate
Schulz ave a brief and interesting his
tory of Tho Bronx.