The recent prevalence of yellow fever in a number of cities and towns throughout the South has resulted in much disturbance of commerce, and demonstrated the necessity of such amendments to our quarantine laws as will make the regulations of the national quarantine authorities paramount.
McKinley highlights the impact of yellow fever on commerce and the need for improved quarantine laws.
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