Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-13

~ siei--e' y TIE. -a. l.r.t
I 10 Is geHeraiiy Known taatlhe com.
tagious picuro- -paumouia Of cattle i.
daily acquiring friner hold on on,
! country than is pleasant or AT All
SAFE. The disease was ffrst iiaporls,l
irotp England, and a piihlic spirited
importer IN New Jersey at once. sac
rlhted the whole of his stock IL ,5rt
vent The spread Of the disease. II
linen Appeared about three Years la
tFE on LonG island, and has without
inleimisSfon capped the resources al
Tile tuIsiIien. Dutch cattle carried
the ,ilseass4, the thirI time. into HAS
| itisels, and the people of thai
state laoored earnestly, and ulti-
mateir with triumphant success foi.
IFS eAtIis.iien. massachusetts is III
Lars day free. but the germs of th..
disease in Long Island have silently
insldfotsly,A and with ufiterrino Ger,
tainty ditftised themselves so as to
penetrate some Of the rich dairy dis
tricts in New York State. aud thence
through New Jersey To prnnsylya-
ma, Baltitnof'e, w ashington, and Vjr-
giiiia. Where the matter wiiiend w.
KNOW not; but ii is certain that un-
less Congress and State Legislatures,
INFORM themselves OF the extent of
The raNases by this disease and adopt
fatioilal repressIye measures, the
maiady Will soon reach every part
OF Tins broad continent. In this ease.
ignorance IL not bliss It's an unmite
iSated folly and We must earnestly
press The matter before the attention.
OF the whole country We do not
wailt-a panic. Panic is he result of
negligence, want of know ledge, and
excited passions. The time has
come for scientific investigation of
5he ills that flesh is heir to. and sci
ence tells Us how To meet a cattle
plague calmly, nationally, and with
the utmost certainty Of controlling
It's dissemination. An ominous-iook1
ing circular has been issued bv an in
lluenllal body of gentlemen from
Westchester, Pa. They say that the
great increase in the disease known
as pieuro-pneumonia among cattle
within a few years past calls for inn
iaedlate ana earnest attention from
lhe community. at is Il well known
faet, They continue, "that the Gu
pidity OF many induces them, as soon
as the disease develops itself on their
premises, TO, hurry oil their stock
ediseased as well as not diseased) to
the nearest drove-yard, to be there
sold for whatever they will bring. to
be either sold as food or driven of to
new sections, and there to infect and.
poison other animals with which
they may come in contact.
What do Congress and our State
Legislatures intend doing under the
circumstances > Can the 4 Aoricul-
tufal department neglect IA matter
which concerns the whole cattle pro-
dncing regions of -Americ;t? There
are no funds appropriated for such a
but sGrely, when the
vast interests at stake are consid-
cred al as prudent to be wise and
generous IN time, and avoid the
great caianities which have over
taken England and other European
countries, II we have imported "A dis
ease, let us by all means and at the
earliest possible moment follow the
example OF Massachusetts, and ex-
terminate the contaeious germs
winch are inIiictiUg so much injury.
" Z are told and We have seen that
The eAtermination Of this malady is
by no means Il matter of great diff
Guilty, though calling for enerretic
action ior time. Better this than
the disasters which neglect ls -sur,
I" entail on as \. \. Trihune.