Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-10
rYPIIUS!
By Frederic !. IIssltin.

Germ cannot ba Americanized u ~
one purnpsnu product that must be
kept out OF the weli-worn melting pot.
one danger which cannot be accepted
aud aiaor1bed even by such an unola-
eliminating nation aa ours. imfni~
grant. may bo compelled 20 suffer
hnrdships travellers be inc0nvenienoed: /
and steamship companies lose money.
hut the typbua eootio must he pre-
vented from entering this country.
Everybody IL agreed ne 10 this; only |
there are various diseRrasrnants hn - /
how II ls "a be done. and the nation |
M a whole seems 10 he painfully slow
In making NJ it's mind
Already 10 caaea ~ typhuH have &C
CURED In Now York city and lta har-
bor. with several deaths as result.
Nearly every ship arriving from for
eian port carries infected lmmigranta.
while thousauda II others. suspected
of tho anme condition VIII continue
"a sal fof thla country ms fast aa
there ia afeoraee spare 90 accommodate
them.
Yet the New York city Health he
pa artfnenf has been severely criticized
IN sona quarters FOR adopting ufnfnpi
and rigorous mna surea - bar tFrfrus
vcru1in md only in the paa' fow DAYS
have tho Federal health authorities
hoen eiven perutaalon - at in the
matter.
The Importance of The typhua dan
| ger cannot 10 overePtlmafod -.
| paval & Copeland Heafth rouunia
souer IF Now YorR city toll the re
/ porter f. brief interview the either
aftsrnoon Some people are inclined
: ~ think fha' we have raiaed rather
peadless aeare but that is because ther
are ona acquainted wlfh fvphua Ther
IL not know fhat i fa ona tf the
tfaa diieat eeaurges - rhieh rnaaFfaa
fs 'fefin. Fhav ." na' fno8 fhat
fno.a tt4ar dtea - '9phHe Is Serbia
during tho war than were killed in
| bs.tf. 4hee ~ at. ftat7a
| infected Immigrant tsfaaaea fhts
rffv. riehf effaad 2 pfaeHa that snst'a
eauaa rnnllon deaths IN ne sraee q
fess seettu
~ onreland vas fha fret person =
feeaeui7. tho fsrt that 'vprla eutrr
paft.s. eFfatra ts eaan - fhe fret aura
sfre liz aerted he notified lhe ffntrf
| grafton aHtfetltffe ar1 afa'faHad f.tfri
pafirr ear1lr ~ tHe Eaftnrr r. ina
are#t Hatafptaptp arri#iue II the rtt-
tra.s flta Island NAM we're fnHrd
d ~ #artetr infested ~ rad r. If r.tt
thtaleh tHe aftaaefna re. eez afharH
.afrffl ftfadf6s ana esfteaaae rnrtair
ing infe tal clothing
Chaos ~ Port.
1ffs ae.teed : af-at deaf ,.f eara'ar
~ tia,t = hnrh rtii= Island anl Hoffman e
leland the raarartfne a-atien ehera
ne immigrants ban been passed svi'h
.att ttneafIs.n The heath anthnri+fes
~ 10th - these places tn,re1ia 'eiv
started making al.e. fat tnsrer fftna f.f
tgrbf. Infection vrhseH aatlraliy Fr
> .tftifaa ralah more t#tna tnau +ha ord
aar. health inspections FheF Fera lie
sed irt their .vntg ht 'ae sek n prpr
; as fastIItlas ebfrz sft} storage pas-
eeaeefs -vba he1 - Is asafstaad hagar
- ltfio IF, fn tbr harf.rr md thHs afssas
ti,a present areeat1a ea9ftion
TIE Federal aathaffffra hare reoaut
II taEer rser fhe state qfaraftina Eta
ton a. it"arsans falard tat inasnffcf
IS the f. ftirs IL aat aeen II. 7aea
f.5faitfaus arr mot f4otis saf#s improved
uapat fers 4fe nat narnitfe1 t. ad5 4
a tha srusfaI baos 81 ffaTmans ISIS ri
hat ffota fh~ stories If ratarned 'ravel
ers atr learns that tho Immigrant
haze . =ad time fhere
I, vas earl morning epd fright
f4jlF oId when thev came fnr he i'm
migrants en nHr shin fn = smRi1 tug
beet narrated an American worual
svha arrived an French =hip he othe
la They began ~ transfer the d
ferted or suspected immigrants D
nee b,tt not without nsht hecaus
fhs Frsurh officials objected. zayini
that fha immigrants we're perfectly
elean The poor people. having com
from Ttsir and the south af France
sete not preUa rad for p cold climate
Their clothing wsz disfressingiy soant
and they treubfed with cold Thos
who did not get typhna probably "a
pneumonia later Mothers wer
dragged away from their enldren IN
ali bundled Ifto n" tng Ianr Il fher
saefa net 4peaE r.Hefiah ard DID n
understand qvhat i ssaa ali about The
eert them ates there At Hoffman Ie
land all dat. waiting for exsn!ra SON
nd during all that tlne the dij p.
haxe a thing - sat of oafsa. / s9E
pose tha Roternment cannot beip
nut do tn4nis something ought -
dome
rms woman shIp uas FORTUNATE
however. - be- h..d ~ ONLY a9ur
others have bad 20 liz. in the harbor f
two or three days while the quaranta
office caught up with its work ON or
Of theso detained ships, the immigTan
recently STAGED rebellion, threateo.r
IN the choireet words 81 several diff
ont languages to d. some dansaes
they were not permitted "a leave =
boat Then as they were most releas.
they carried o4t thor threat tn.
broke some furniture and Incidental
tho water pipes Nevertheless they h7
to remain there the rest II the day. ar
ths shius stewards got even If ehar.
Ing them 50 cents pyr esp for drahtr
. water
- - Hard on ship Companies.
: The immigrants moreover. are ii
= the only ones who are not enjoying Il
present situation The steamship con
pantes find il equally difficult ttel
day they are held up IN the harb
means :. large money loss fer not on
must they lose valuable time, but tn
must continue feeding their passengel
one large steamship company n
placed one Of its vessels n the dispos
Of tho quarantine officials rs a Diet"
tiau ship for immigrants Who q
transferred To IL for examination wh
the ship that brought them continu
an It's way Under the emergency ~
ine no craft from foreign port can
proach within 800 yards Of a New -
pier without permit. granted or
after the most rigid insreCtion
one hears Vague rumofs that :
Hsrf s - sesHgT