Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-11-02
Threatened M1ycmant Ayalhit Tho
To2ai Cattle Trade,


II appears that Tho Cincinnati noir1 of
Health IL moving 10 got the Legislature Of
Ohio 10 prohibit the introduction VI TeSa1
cattle into that state. We thought ID o
humhug Of the Texas oaltlo disease, which
has been for some years agliatlng the peo'
PIE Of Kansas, Missouri and llliuois had
been completely exploded. II was gettcn
up by the interested cattle raisers Of those
jtatcs, and never had any foundation In
fast, The real object was to enhance the
value of their own catte by keeping out
those Of Texas, whore cattle raising costs
little or nothing. Animals Of every sort
In every country are liable to disease;
which sometimes assumes the CHI arac,er Of
au epidemic. Even wild animals are not
exempt. People on the froatlcrs know
well that epidemics, at times, prevail
among the different kinds of animals,
which sweep of nearly the whole species
in the localities where they arise. If
nothing else will convince tho Northwest.
crn people Of these facts and the absurdity
ofimputing the disease of thoir cattle to
the introduction OF the healthy stock of
Texas, we shonld think the present horse
distemper or plague, which is killing off
the Northern horses by thousands, would
do il and effectually shut up their mouths,
Did that come frem Texas? No; it COM
menced in Canada, we are told. We arc
glad to see that there are some northern
newspapers having little common sense
and common justice left. The following
we'll timed and well considered article on
the subject, we extract from the Cincin-
natl Enquirer of the 18th ult;
TEXAS CATTLE AGAIN.
II DO true that the disease among cat
tie known rs the "Texas or Spanish Fe-
ver,n arises from the contagion Of score
tions and eXcrements, it must have some.
thing akin to cholera among men. TIE
question of the presence of parasites and
their effect has not however, been suif-
ciently accounted tor, aud upon this sub.
iect the reports presented to the Board Of
Health on Tuesday last were decidedly
deficient. IL is very proper that our far
mers and dairymen shonld be protected,
but no law prohibiting the importation Of
Texas cattle should be passed without
far more searching investigation than has
yet been made. 1t is by no manner Of
means certain that the morbid virus can
only be promulgated during tho warm
season. or rs the report says. from May to
November, and upon the contrary ~ =
equally uncertain whether its y,rn!cn6: ls
entirely killed during the winter. The
question 10 grave one. Upon one side
thero are our own cattle breeders-upon
the other the tens of thousands vino are
among tho consumers of meat, thousands
Of whom cannot afford high prices. OF
course, il the immense droves of Texas
cattle are TO be prohibited from catering
the State tho cost of meat must BIO raised
precisely as the threatened rinderpest and
the foot and mouth disease has raised it in
England. This creates, if no. absolute
suffering, most certainly privation OF q
necessary quantity of whathas long ceased
TO be o nero luxury in the Nation. The
subject is difficult one, but If the Board
of Health intend to pass their recommen-
dations upon the next Legislature they
must give facts and figures more numer-
GUS and more trustworthy than any they
have yet offered to the public of Cincinna-
ii The Health officers owe tito themselves,
to their own reputation, rs well as to their
constituency, 20 give our law makers in
Columbus sufficient basis for the forma-
ton Of an enactment. In this they have
hitherto almost avowedly failed. Let them
see 10 II that their next efforts are crown
ed with something moro like au approx
M alton 10 success. Whatever plan fair to
all interests they devise, we and the whole
public vii! cordially support.