The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-19
TEXAS FEVER,
The secretary OF the PIeurc-Pneu
monIa Commissions speaks
A Cattle Quarantine.

In a recently published interview OF
the character of the prevailing cattle
disease, Nh. James II. Sanders, secre
tary of the pleuro-pneumonia commits
sion, said that beyond any doubt the
Texas cattle fever has invaded Penn.
sylvanla. 1t is a very fatal disease, he
says, and refuses to yield to any treat.
ment which has been tried, and the
great majority of the cases has proved
fatal. 1t is not so dangerous, however,
as pleuro-pneumonia. One peculiar
feature of it is that the infection is
taken from cattle that are apparently
well, and one case ends the disease.
1t goes no further. 1t is easily stamped
out, and is destroyed by hard frost, and
that ends it until the seeds of disease
are planted again. He does not think
there is any danger of its becoming
firmly rooted in the north for that rea.
son, but it is questionable if the frosts
they have in the south are severe
enough to kill 1t.
Mr.. Sanders, on being asked if there
was much pleuro-pneumonia in the
country, said: "There is none west OF
the Alleghenies. 1t does exist in the
east, but to what extent we do not
know"
"What are the commission doing now
to stamp it out?"
"They nave no power to do any
thing. They had authority merely to
inquire If there were any cases in the
west, and they found in all that time
there were none; but, owing to their
inability to regulate in any way the
movement of cattle from infected DIS
tricts, they have not been able to give
such Il clear certificate of health as
would enable the British government
to relax their regulations in any way.
When it was thought necessary to APP
point the commission it was not con-
sidered necessary to clothe them with
sufficient powers or to pass laws to en-
force their recommendations. When
the question comes up in congress the
old question of the sovereignty of states
is raised and prevents anything being
DONE"
A CATTLE QUARANTINE.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury
French has addressed a letter to the
collectors at New York, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Boston and Portland,
calling their attention to an act of con-
gress making provisions for the estab-
lishment of cattle quarantine stations,
and stating that it is the desire of the
department to provide proper shelter
for imported cattle at those ports as
soon as convenient. The collectors are
instructed to consider the best methods
of doing this, and also where such
quarantine stations should be estab-
lished. The treasury cattle commits
sion has been authorized to advise with
collectors upon this subject. Judge
French's letter says it has been sug-
gested that at some of the ports the
transportation companies may be will
ing to aid in furnishing the accommo-
dations desired, and also that the place
selected for a quarantine station should
be accessible by water carriage, and
such that cattle in quarantine may be
isolated from the other cattle, and each
importation may be isolated from other
importations.
J. H. Sanders, of Chicago, a member
of the United States cattle commission
says for the month ending July 18th,
Chicago received nearly $4,000 head
of Texas cattle, a greater number than
ever before in the same length of time.
They were mostly slaughtered, and
those not slaughtered were kept apart
from the domestic cattle and are not
likely to affect them with the Texas
cattle fever this year, although eastern
breeders who have not learned how to
deal with the disease are troubled with
it. Mr.. Sanders thinks the cattle
fever in the east is from cattle shipped
north from the southern states east of
Texas, where the cattle are afflicted
with Texas fever. Mr.. Sanders and
other members of the commission have
started for Quebec to examine the
quarantine system there with a view of
adopting a similar one in Portland, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, New York and Bal
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