Show YELLOW FEVER Suggests That a Commission Be Appointed Ap-pointed to Discover Cause The recent prevalince of the yellow fever in the number of cities and towns throughout the south has resulted in much disturbance of commerce and demonstrated the necassity of such amendments to OIT Quarantine laws as will make the regulations of the national quarantine authorities paramount The secretary of the treasury In that portion of his report relating to the operation of the marine hospital service serv-ice calls attention to the defects in the present quarantine laws and recommends amendments thereto which will zive the treasury department the requisite authority to prevent the invasion of the epidemic diseases from foreign countries and in times of emery ercy like that of the past summer will I add to the efficiency of the sanitary I mjasure3 for the protection of the people peo-ple and at the same time prevent unnecessary un-necessary restrictions of commerce I I concur in his recommendation I In further effort to prevent the invasion I of the United States by yellow fever the I importance of the discovery of the exact cause of the disease which up to tbe present time has been undetermined has been obvious and to this end a systematic bacteriological investigation should be made I therefore recommend that congress con-gress authorize the appointment of a commission by the president to consist of four expert bacteriologists one to bo selected from the medical officers of the Marine hospital service one to be appointed ap-pointed from civil life one to be detailed from the medical officers of the army and one from the medical officers of the navy |