social distinctions in the South than in the West 

 based upon the classification of whether people 

 do manual labor or not. There is a social dis- 

 tinction between the laboring classes and other 

 classes, in the South, but believe me, there is also 

 a similar distinction in the West and in the North. 

 It is now known, and has been for a few years, 

 that yellow fever and malaria are mosquito-borne 

 diseases and that the mosquito is eliminated by 

 proper drainage. This fact has made it practical 

 to remove any disadvantage in the South with 

 respect to health. It must in all fairness, however, 

 be said that actually such disadvantages have not 

 been removed as yet. When the mosquito has 

 been largely eliminated, the South ought to be 

 healthier than much of the remaining United 

 States. 



In passing, it may perhaps be desirable to note 

 that the hookworm is almost exclusively confined 

 to the South, but that is a matter of social con- 

 ditions, and environment which obtains in but 

 a small section of the South, and has no bearing 

 upon the health of the Piedmont and Coastal 

 Plain regions. 



The impression that long continued residence in 

 a warmer climate reduces individual aggressiveness, 

 initiative and energy is a quite general and per- 

 sistent one. It is entirely untenable, however, at 

 least so far as the climate of practically all the 

 Southern States is concerned. The slowness 

 of development in the South is an unfortunate 

 after-effect of the Civil War and a few other trans- 

 ient conditions. 



Fortunately, the assignment of large numbers 

 of soldiers from all parts of the country to Southern 

 cantonments has educated very many Northern 

 soldiers and sailors pretty thoroughly as to Southern 

 climatic conditions. 



In the past two decades enormous areas of pine 

 forests have been denuded of their merchantable 

 timber, and the lands are now available for clearing 

 and are now ready for agricultural uses. 



Desirability of Changing the Direction of 

 Emigration. 



The present war has shown very forcefully the 

 desirability of a more scattered industrial and manu- 

 facturing population. In the recent period of 

 war, stress transportation facilities and other 



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