, 1879-02-27
pLELJRO-PNEUMONIA.
Letter from Dr., Detmers to Mr.,
Hickson, of the Grand
Trunk.
Not Single Case Of the Disease at
tie Stock Yards or in the
West.

A few days neo Mr. Joseph Hickeon, General
Afauagcr Ut The Granti Trunk Railway, requcst-
cd Mr.. +. y. lowo. General Agent " his road
IN this city, 10 procuru from DR.. IL. ]. DcImers,
United States Inspector of Cattle at the Union
Stock arta, full rcnurt ns 10 The existence Or
non.e1lste,lce Of plcuru.pncumon1a" Or o,hcr
contagious cattle diseases In tue Western
States, tint ho could lay the report
before tic Canadian Parliament nt Ottawa,
where Mr.. 11[ckson now Is, 10 have the
Cattle law so amended rs TO allow American
cattle 10 DO shipped through Canada. Dr. Dot.
Iners, In compliance with Mr.. 1towO's request,
has made tho following exhaustive report, which
must convince tho most atuhborn canHdtan Tint
there Is not tie least truce OF cattle plague In
any part OF the West, and t'lat there did not
exist The least cause for thcir foolish action IN
nutttng all embargo on American cattle, and
thus i,nnosi,,g great losacs upon the Canadian
railroads, which derived much OF their profits
from the through cutt1o traffic:
You desired INC to state to you tho facts AZ
10 tic existence or nnt.c xafence Of pleuropncu-
mouin Of cnttlc in the Un1un Stock Yards, and
in tho Western States Il, general. LII thu follow
inR will briy do 80, aii f .u l'aya tho fae;s ia
OF any value TO yon, or to your. Company. you
arc NJ liberty TO make any us0 Of thts letter yol
deem proper.
FIrst-Aa 10 The existence of pleuro.pnenmo.
MIA III the United States. 1u 1917 us '45 the dis
ease, 1t Is said and not contraAtctcd, as import
ctl iiit0 tilu Eastern States 1y diseased COW
fro1l Holland, nsld was Afterwards stamped out
In Massachusetts. II "a also Anid tlIatatnec that
tinu {ls4:9 upofadlc cases have occurred among
the unsry cattle ut sotnu Of tho Eastern states,
| especially vi Nov York. Whether sucII Ia true
or not, .lo not kuow from oNn experience.
| 8EcoHpLY, AS TO TIE WESTERN STATES.
| During the last thirteen years havo lived
a,'!l pruct,ccd Ms a veterinary. surgeon In I'LL
necsed with three, or even four, different Arrt-
| cultural Colleges. Htstlcs llnt, have. during
thu last ninc Year.. conducted thu Veterinary
| Department III Tie CltiCAuo WEEKLY Tn1u-
circulation among .tlles. TURNER'S Of tho whole
| Northwest. Since Auril, 1873 have resided ltl
Chicago, but during the last Sly months, I'll 70.
GENTLY, have been cmploscl by the United
eating thu so.cnllcd .1,ogtholera," or swl,lc-
plusue, and have bccn nil uvcr Northern md u
Considerable p1rt Of Central Illinois. simply
| n,cHtiun MI thfs to show JOh lt1nt Ind nbun-
| lant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rnure tllail any Otlicr
veterinary h,trgron-to inform 'nysnlt MS to
| the existence or prevalence Of contagious and
epidemic dlscnscs. Aud yet have never scctl,
nor have ever beard 0f, casu nt plcuro-pncil-
while, during tl.e tim lived a,ll pracsiectl In
Germnny, 1861 to 1B{5,--uumeroue cascs
layc cotstt under nlY observation.
Thirdly AS 70 THE UNION sTocK-YAnDs.
On the 7th tnst., while at Dixon, ILL.,, ] re.
criyc1 dispatch trusn f}etl. William G. LIZ Due,
unleu staes eo'n.ss'uv. y. ~
WhG! tIqtssLSo w ~ " HnheuiateIS ~ tIu oli'
lou etock.l hsas At ll anA 10 G1a!nlnc aa
tnnsouEny w sl1sunstanSck Woutu anew every
nGlu " eilpIu .lu.. lily p'uSss ao
4.H. t 'I, Ill. 'I LII, M o'"'e''
LINZ LINZ reHuest. eo!mpue1 Will " or,ge. m,.
TnlnuNn special dispatch from Washington
etaLliH t,It, actptuA ~ pl!ftt .ios1nntloti t,l
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tnorpusu!y As ! uohlleui ,,!st Iot "Nin,H 10
snonldef Jug great lesponaihiiltY o. my pastlon
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