Had Mississippi or Alabama followed its example in this matter there would have been more persons shut up In the infected towns. and. as a consequence. more cases of fever and more deaths. There were a number of towns in Louisiana and Mississippi which wanted to follow the Texas example. but Governor Vardaman prevented this In Mississippi. and the Louisiana State board of health finally succeeded in breaking up similar embargoes in this State. It will unquestionably be to the public advantage and greatly reduce the suffering and loss of life in an epidemic if a route is preserved for refugees to points outside the yellowfever zone. and no one can dispute the right of the Federal Government. under the interstatecommerce clause. to keep open the highways of commerce and travel. due care being taken to assure protection from disease in cases where refugee3 are carried from an infected section through neighboring towns or States. Experience has shown this to be simple and easy. and in not a single instance did this transportation produce any infection or bad results. I have taken the liberty of quoting. from these two representative papers merely to present to the House the strong practical side to this question.
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