Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-03-14
Missouri Law In Eflail0a 10
Tftas Iallle.

gartl iu ilu rattle dfirinF husiness
and spent sumo line in Missuur.
has handed us certified copy ~ the
Law NJ that State in relation ~ the
inspection of Texas cattle, driven
into OF through the state f1T a msr-
ket AZ many al our citizens are
engaged In this business, No have
thought the publication ~ iis main
provisions would be a matter u gen
eral interest a. our readers We
aAve consequently carefully looked
over tho law aud will proceed 10
give its substance ia our own Ian
guage, The excuse Tor the law is
the allegation whether true or mott
that the Texas cattle are subject %
a disease, called Texas or Spanish
fever, which they communicate 10
tho Missouri cattle to the great loss
OF that State,
The County Courts are authorized
TO appoint three competent and dis
erect persons To act as u board Of in
spectOrs, who shall elect one Of their
number President, The President,
on his own personal knowledge, or
from information deriyedlrom Others
that any Spanish, Mexican, Texas
or Indian ca tie have been brought
into the county, either roaming or
feeding or being driven through,
shall Immediately give notice TO the
Board, aud they shall proceed TO
the place, where the cattle arc, and
notify the persons in charge that
they will proceed to examine them,
IL they determine that the cattle
are infected or capable of imaarting
infection to other cattle, the order
is then issued 10 the owners or per-
sons in charge TO remove them from
the State by tho same route they
camo in, amer paying all cost Of eS'
animation, &c. II the cattle are tn
ken out by the same route, no fur
the examination shall be mado 10
increase further cost, II tho owners
of tho cattle refuse or delay To re-
move them, then the President of
tho Board issues his writ To the
Sheriff or some constable 30 do tho .
same, or to kill the cattle, il the
Board deem ii necessary, and this,
too, will be ut the cost of the owners.
Any attempt at resistance is pun
ished ~ in other cases Of resistance
to legal process.
Exception is made of cattle on
steamboats, or railroads, or those
which have been wintcred in the
State Of Missouri.
We can sec nothing wrong on tho
face of this law, but it is, doubtless,
subject to great abuse, and our cat
tie drivers look upon it rs great
annoyance. They say, that the cat
tie Of Texas are no more subject to
disease than the cattle of other
States, and that the real object is to
enable tho spectators of Missouri
to buy up the cattle at low rate
on the border, or to keep them out
of the State altogether for tho ben.
eft of the Missouri stock raiscrs.-
We are not prepared to say how
much of this is true Each State
has undoubtedly the right to protect
its citizens and their property from
injury by the introduction Of infec
tious diseases, but great care should
be taken to prevent abuses and not
to interfere improperly with the in
ternal commerce of the country
The Texas cattle can be sold in Mis-
souri, for price much less than the
Missouri farmers can afford to raise
them for, and they, no doubt, would
like to see them excluded as much
rs possible. So too the spectators
there would like to buy the Texas
cattle fora song, keep them winter
in Missouri, and then take them on
to further market and realize large
profits. We may allude to this suo-
ject again. Everything of interest
to our stock raiscrs we shall pub
fish, and we invite correspondence
and information on this subject
The Western part our State is
known to be tho great stock region.
State Gazette.
We fully concur in tho above discreet re-
marks; though the provisions of the bill
referred to have much of the odor of specu.
lator lobbying. 1t is not only time our
were becoming acquainted
with their true interests, but acting upon
wise and independent policy. Yearly
thousands Of cattle are driven from the
prairies of Texas, hundreds of miols to
market, and upon arrival ready sale can be
found but half the time; the Spectators
who have contracted for droves frequently
refuse to accept them, for some trivial e1-
cuse, thereby occasioning immense loss to
the honest drovers who are compelled to
guard and provide for them until sale may
be effected at greatly reduced prices. The
only true policy is to slaughter the cattle at
home, for by the late scientific disc overies,
the slaughtered beef can be shipped from
this State to New York, and on arrival
there for freshness and succulcncy, pro-i-
led the cattle killed are prime, will rival
that of Fulton market. We could ship
fresh beef to every market in the United
States. Why cannot the beef be as well
packed and picked here as at Jefferson and
other points? The benefits to be derived
from doing so would be great, beside, saw.
ing expense. New buildings would be
erected for pack-houses, new industrial
,lsss would necessarily immigrate to en-
gage in the business, there would be great
er consumption of home commodities, and
he proceeds would remain among us in
stead of being retained elsewhere. Tan
ncrs would rapidly flock here to take ad-
vantage of the great opening for their bus.
mess, and instead of the millions of hides
,.;,r nan rlv eb;ppad North in n IN W state