New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-07
uafion OF and perhaps q large increase In the flow Of
specie into this country


specie into this country.
EXPECTATION AND IMPORTATION or CATTLE
In letter OF February 49, $780, from tins ID part.
nent to the Speaker the House OF Representatives,
The attention OF Congress called o. the prevalence
Of the disease known "a plenro-pnoumona, or lung
plague, In neateate. and accommodations were
made rs 20 the proper legislation on the subject.
may be assumed that this disease has never existed
that II has not FOR long existed ~ Canada. or n
this country near The line OF Canada rle expectation
OF live horned cattle from the United States Is very
argr. ana - rapidly increasing the cattle going mostly
Great Britain. For lie eight months ended August
81, 1850, the va ne OF sicn animals exported WIS
$i2462 s37. which ia nearly doubt lae value Of the ex
portauou for the same period IN 1879
BY an order OF the PFlvy COuBci of Great Britain. all
American cattle must be slaughtered The port O ar
ryni WITHIN zen aays ds en- 81 as orues a. 10 pre-
great that class OF animals, by compelling the
mined ate slaughter OF such injured become
gck upon the voyage aud therefore OF httie
food II also peveDs the owners from DRIVING me cat
lie from the port Of importation TO better market,
from keeping them until the market improves. Further
more, there large demand m ELgIand IOr siOrem
stockcale q I've I'd and atteneG IN that country i0
It's own markets, demand which tins country conld
supply unlimited extent. IL Is believed thst tns
trade II unrestricted. might far exceed the rade 10 ist
cattle. ana eubar by reason o. the
order tor immediate slaughter are commercially con
sidered, great The BRUSH DnvefhmeIt ioErYeI,
ready re,cnd 1t when It my b. done without danger
spreading peuro pneumonia IN their country through
lmpOrtati0bs from the United SAFES a.,
The question OF the resell son ~ the Od mas Oeeh ING
subject official discussion between tnis Government
and the Government OF Great Brsin a. wen a. ID rar
il iment. u II believed that whenever Cong ELS makes
the rNtluctOn or prevention VI
or security great routes ~ travel from e
West the seabOard III make 10 Reasonably certain
that the cattle shipped from pOrs, OF any OF ihen,
VIII carry Infection vita Them the Orhrr '"uhc
requiring DO d ate slaughter Will be rescinded
The recommendation L0at commission De cFc''Fu'
h duly IL shall be nyrstiga reports Of tbe eK'
strncs OF the disease aud ~ collect Information re-
srceng IT, reporting the results 10 some department Tor
ufica publication, IL renewed. II i Wflhef Iecou'
epdcd such he authOrZ "a TO 1operate
with state ana municipal authorities ana cotpO au0ns
and persons the fpOftatoH Oi neat cat
tie aud establish regulations for the safe conveyance ~
.uca cattle from interior The -eaboaid ana me
shoment Of them that they may not De exposed 70
tie disease aud that sucn cOmussl0n also may Fst'O'
h amen quarantine stations and equations ~ may ne
ecmed nece sary TO the spread ~ the disease
bv innovations from abroad. II n believed tbat the
legislation thus Indicated properly executed wl4l IN
ducs the Government Great Britain - re-cind us
order Tor Immediate Slaughter and thus promote very
arge increase expectation Of neat cue from ms
conntrv whether Congress should 20 fufthrr. ana un
dc,takr the extIrpatlOn Of the disease 10 tne STATES
wucre it now exs,s. question or more dlcui( ana
IL II deemed best 10 leave that part OF the SUBJECT OT III
dependent consideration
COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.
III records Of the Register of the Treasury show that
the total tonnage OF vessels OF the United states az the
close of the fiscal year ended June 30, $780, was
4OGs O34 tons. OF his amount 1852 $40 tons we're
compri,sd IL 37S vessels registered for the foreign
trade and 27l522i tons % 1874 vessels enrolled md
licensed or the trade anu h5E'rr' lGeic mas
hee, A IL crei OF 1873 793 tons vessels employed IN
e ora on trade, aud OF 37l01 tons in such
"a were engaged IN the domestic tr.dt. =,
The vessels Dglt dunu the last fiscal year, Win thef
tonnage. are exhibited N the following taDe'