The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-11-20
THE STOCKMEN.
Asfuli Report of Their Proceedings at
The Recent Chicago Con-
v%ention.

"hiSh nao holu az SulCdBO vi 1uuIb-
day and Friday of last week, was an
affair of national Importance, and of
especial interest to this section, the
greatest stock growing country on
earth. In 1879 the government of Great
Britain instructed Prof. McEachran,
president Of the veterinary college of
Montreal, to investigate the alleged
prevalence of pleuro pneumonia in this
country and report. 1t was in accord
ance with his report that the English
government placed upon the lmporta-
tion of American cattle the restrictions,
practically pr~ohibitory. which have
been in force ever since, and have
worked more or less injury to the cattle
interests Of the United States. Ever
since that time efforts, more or less
earnest, have been made to get the cat
tlemen together for consultation on the
state Of affairs and to devise some
of protection from this dread
disease, as also to take other measures
for the good of the cattle men. 1t is
largely owing to the labors of Mr.. COT
fin, president of the state agricultural
society of Iowa, that the meeting in
question was finally held and carried to
so successful a conclusion. Our tele-
graphic columns have already given
summaries Of its action, but a more
detailed account will be of general in
terest to the stockmen. Wyoming was
well represented at the convention,
among the gentlemen present being
such well known opponents of the cat
tie interest as Messrs. Swan, Irvine,
Sturgis, Tescbmacher and DR.. Hopkins.
Mr.. Sturgis was made secretary of the
convention, and was called upon for a
speech, in which he said that the cattle
business was the thing upon which the
ucees of the territory of Wyoming
relied. They were alive to the vast i'm
portance Of prevention against the in-
roads of bovine diseases. 1t was OBJ
ligatory in his territory for every ami
NAL to have a clean bill of health before
it could be imported into the territory.
In Wyoming they wanted the disease
to be killed before it effected any en-
trance into their territory. The report
of the commissioner of agriculture
showed that the disease did exist in
isolated localities in the east, and the
necessity was great that the disease
should not only be kept where it was,
but be eradicated. His people were in
favor of that kind of surgery which
cuts of the limb in order to save the
life.
Pleuro pneumonia was naturally the
principal matter of discussion through
out the meeting. This disease, so far
as known, is confined principally to a
comparatively limited section Of the
country east of the Allegheny
mountains, and exists chiefly
near the large cities. A large number
of cattle men in different states and
territories gave the result of their OBJ
servations in the matter, and several
papers were read, among them one by
DR.. Hopkins, in which he described the
disease, with its symptoms, and pro-
posed that if congress csuld not legis-
late the disease out of existence to at
least legislats it from spreading be-
yond where it now is. The work of
stamping out pleuro-pneumonia from
the states where it now exists is an
immense undertaking, eve under the
most favorable laws, and requires on
the part of those intrusted with the
work an extensive knowledge of the
rights of individuals. He proposed
that the convention petition congress
to enact laws giving the secretary of
the treasury authority to appoint a
commission to prohibit any cattle in
fected with thus disease from removal
from the country where they were, and
further presented a general scheme in
detail for preventing the spread of the
disease.
Mr.. Gladsen, of Pennsylvania, stated
that Professor Brown, of England,
said that while there should be one
case of pleuro-pneumonia in this coun-
try, there vas no use in trying to ship
cattle to England except under rigid
restrictions. The law of Great Bri-
tain was such that the day was liable
to come when the British would not al
low a single bit of stock to enter Great
Britain.
Judge Carey, of Wyoming, said, 80
far as the cattle business was concern
ed, according TO its age, Wyoming was
larger than any other state or territory
in the union. They wanted protection
against diseases that already existed in
the east. The great cattle interest
vas almost entirely tributary to this
great city. SO far as he knew there
had never been a case Of pleuro-pneu-
monia in Wyoming.
Mr.. Baldwin, of Wyoming, said he
believed one case Of pleuro-pneumonia
across the Missouri would be a dam
age of $500, 100000 to the stock in.
terest.
The following resolutions were
adopted on the second dav of the con-
y%ention, after considerable discus
sion.
WHEREAS, The existence of disease
among domestic animals in the United
States has seriously affected the expor-
tation of live stock, and that the sus-
picion that attaches in foreign coun-
tries to all meat cattle and swine of the
United States on account of the exist