, 1879-06-21

two drachns Of powdered lfeor,ce-root. mn. =.
Rtvon mixed with tho morning fn,s1 ~ nay %
given ID that way has produced good rrsnI,s seno
causing tho breathing TO become cnsJer saI "
dtatrcs'n4 but It l'as ,ovc. effected cra 'ess
eoSghsas AND coNrAuiouB DISEASES OF .,ru.
eTooK. ~
Congress, Notwithstanding ar c.t,. ,
OF oyer three months duration, In whit, eessoa sa
lhtely nothing Inns tscn done that cnni, Aoso' .
hnTo been accomplished much better In I'M .. nos
lar se'si9 y; ,a M sa no to to attend 70 tln
BY enactlng law and prnvtilnn t6e ,n.aeF sef
necessary for the protection Of Anericoh hsaaa s;a
ttoek aaainst contagious and iniecliNyns- Iys-
haesscs; hnan ,c m.,e falag Democratic majority has
to Donncrs,e ss ~ ns1ts sahg sehses BY With
pot only ihe "solld sonth" but aisn 70 cc. ca,ry.
Northern States needed for succcss Ia lie n"1t
prssdcntial election. Thanks to tic superio. ioe
y. md tho good sense OF Tho President bs. ,bss
hnYs not Jet succeeded; tlcy have besn .,,.e5 ue5
Jul only IN entirely disrtgarlfnr the itys..toas
.intereat IT.. OF the country, and can show noihIuS
neSs disturbance and the expenses cauhed H. .1h H..
extra eessfon necessltatcd bY Democratic srhsa ~
Ing. Tho principal diseases which ro0uro I'LL
Eressionai loRlalation are pleuro- pneumonIa ~
esot's oss a'a sw,ne,tiaGne. Bovine P'euro,Pneu-
tpfesd, on, the Atlantic eeaboard since iata, -
aud Swine-Plaetie, within the last sjyteen ~,
twenty years, faa spread oyer dozen Htatcs
si. eng bus caused Losses, direct AID Indirect,
lars. But oil this danger and all ttleso josss.
and eycn the prohibition cnaEted against tha in,
portation Of American cattle nnd hogs In Gren.
blltai1, have not been sufficient to attract the
attention Of ConRresa, and 10 rouse tic m.m.
bcrs to do something for the boncRt Of iii.
rural conat!tucnts. or to cause the Democratic
leaders to forgot for ono moment their crnnnn
and ,sehsmlnE for party-suprcmac!.
permanent Institution, Of whether Il can G yet h.
o1tiuRuiahcd and stamped out without vili,Og ny
nearly every hog a,,d pig In the country, i, :
question not easily answered. At any rate, /. bas
make It difficult to find place or farm h nv
OF the posk-productng States tint haa csranes
~ Infection, OF contamination With tic iofec.
tous principle. To stamp IL out, though juo-
i TO spread mora aud moro, viii be,
at best, very costly and telIous
operation, but will become mora and mora AZ.
pensiye, and more and more difficult and ri0sn,
Of catt'c seems Jet to bo eontued to The At.
lantlc sea-coast, which, fortunately, does pot
ratsc nlanY cattle for export; It tlerefors
can yet 30 eItlnNuishcd at b comparatively small
cost, and within a short time, II energetic mons.
spread a!f over the country, the samo "a HHlas.
Plague, and gets once fooshold in anv OF ihe
Western cattlo-exporting Statcs, ssamplng out,
II not absolutely Impossible, may cost enough
to- double tho National debt And such
spreading is by no means improbable, unless
Congress secs 1T to. enact proper laws, md 10
provide sufficient. means for ita prompt sup
preston. This West, SO far, haa escaped .impfy
because the traffic in cattle ts from West 10 Ea,t,
and not from East to West; hut, ns Western
stock-raIsets do now and then import cattle for
breeding from tho East, the disease may dnd
Its way to the West nt any tins, and nobody
can tell how soon. II such a calamity tasrs
place, the farmers and stockmen OF tie Wr,t
OF courae orc holpless; but the aamo will feel
1uslf1cl In charging their losses to tic ruling
malorlty In Congress-. VETRRraA1Ils.