The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-07-02
WHO SHOULD PAY THE COST?

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oolne "eeAs "Eo'li oohi"ien'ins upon
Prof. Laws theory that the cost of
stamping out contagious diseases Of
onr live-stoek should Inc horne in mart
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wera no met Grounds for osL;no the
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- e., 20 n;yo MT ~ our meaning
ava nr,s re- own cons,ruction mon
,hom 90 foI,ous.
Tha ,,a.,orn s,o,es ., america are
unwilling to bear any part of the ex.
pense of stamping out pleuro-pneumo-
MIA, which Is supposed 10 exist In east
eln s.a.eJ wy nn;nion ,hat ssFnn'
land is as much deserving of blame for
any disease which may exist among the
cattle OF the Atlantic states asthe west
p anu annonsa ~ the .mnna on paa
cess
We mink the Ernress has given evil
dence of a disposition to misrepresent
ns and the facts in the case by what in
almost any paper would he called a
trick We did moi saw that the west ia
opposed to paving its full share. of the
burden. but we did object to Prof.
laws statement Of the case and to his
claim that the west shonld nav because
the east had been recklessly negligent
and In -conseouence the pronertv of
western stockmen was in danger The
| Prnirie Faro,er of this city. cited the
above from the Esnyess and hen
| added.
If the american Stocko,on stated the
matter as quoted. it bv no means repre-
eenta tbe candid sae,ing of breeders and
herd owners There il not now. nor
has there been n case of ple~uro-pneu-
monia c~ontaoiosa in the west In the
east a thousand miles from Chicago.
strong measures are being used to iso.
late infected herds and stamp out the
disease Western men would be only
too Glad To nav their inst proportion for
Graduating the disease. whether east.
south or west. IL only congress would
take the matter In hand. Unfortunate
ly the members of congress have toe
much partisan politics to attend to, and
seem to think the matter NAV safely be
| left to the laundering political head of
the agricultural department at Wash
inpton. and to individuals and states
n coprse that the Prairie Farma has
time and again used MS, from the ma
ture of the case. TO be totally imprac-
tical.
In part the Earmer is right, but we
do not see by what authority it says in
effect that the western stockman is
willing to bear a part of the cost of
STAMPING out a disease which would
have never threatened the herds of the
west if the paid officers of the east had
done their duty by taking prompt ac-
ton in the cases they might have found
at any time, of late years, if we accept
the statements of those officers them
selves. While the west NAV. in view
of the gravity of the case. be willing to
nav part of the cost of stamping out
the plague which. while it is allowed
to exist in this country. will threaten
the western stockman with ruin. it will
not he because. it il right that this
burden sbould he shared in such a way,
While we urpe tbat prompt and most
affective national laws sbould he mass.
cd REQUIRING of each state the most
r,ged remedial and nreyentive means
we obiect IN any and all measures look.
inc IN making the cost of STAMPING ont
n hurde, mon the national treasury
To men the national nurse for the nav.
ment of this cost would he to at once
saddle pnon onrseIvas n host of incom.
~petents. who would suck Mt the public
nan as long as public nan was there. A
host of leeches would soon fasten upon
the treasury and as their profits would
end with the disappearance of the dis.
ease of which we complain. those dis.
eases Womb he nursed instead of des.
troyed. If any mart OF the country is