New-York tribune., 1884-02-18
TIE CONTAGION BCGABOO.
IT'S TRUE INwARDNEss EXPOSED.
VIEWS OF A WIDELY KNOWN FARMER AND STOCK
KEEPER.

VIEWS OF A WIDELY KNOWN fhhMhN HND 9ANNNA
KEEPER.
To tbr Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR. That reverend Joker, Sidney Smith,
once related how 'loca" preacher short Of original
matter read purchased sermon which chanced 10 be an
old one on the subject Of dreadful visitation OF cholera
which was ravaging the country. Ihe honest 'o~u %
officials wonderfully scared. wanted to know wher" ~
dreadful disease raging that they might take iu
date measures TO put stop TO IT, said the preac'
dont know ANYTHING more about 1t than that find ID III
nv sermon" This preciscly the idea which occurs
n reader of the lately published report OF tue soo"u
National Convention Of Cattle Breeders etc. ETC. neu ID
Chicago last November lever TO apply the pressure III
The settled plan for squeezing out OF the United states
Treasury $3.50 coo or $500 900 for the purpose OF nves
tigstnz contagious diseases Of animals The speak
ers all talked OF the most dreadful Diseases
bnt chiefly peuropneumOnia, whlcn preN"Ho"
all over Then "al over" was reduced 10 Ger
tain Atlantic States; certain portions OF GER
tain Atlantic States then TO very small pcruon u
Uoth, Atlantic States; and lastly to feW portions OF
New-York New-Jersey Pennsylvania, Maryland anu
VIRGINIA But even this much, tor new oIA Ic
undated the soft impeachment Maryland was uecaieu
1tcrv free from 1t could say where ID was es'
nc in Jersey and the chief cook OF the diseaSeu
meat admitted that the report that 1t existed IN Bradoru
Connty Penn was net to be relied on As no one ap-
neared 10 defend Virginia may be concluded that a
is the guilty state the "Achan' who Is troubling the
camp here convention called 10 listen 70 'i'e
alarming reports OF the prtNdltHCc III l"o w
stuctve contagious disease, and the most persistent e
forts Of few perseverngly nQusve persons could not
get statement OF one place where It really exists
No doubt there are occasionally sporadic cases OF
1leuro-pneumonia OF the contagious form occurring
bpt with few exceptions these Of serious character.
executing from importatOns OF the disease, IN
which cases II seems to be vruen than In those
which have native source. There are few spots upon
which any one in search Of the disease can nd IL al
almost any time; but the of herds Of which the
environments favorable 10 attacks quickly recognize
the disease ard hurry the animal 10 the butcher as
quickly as possible. Means for preventing It, importation
ar. already IN successful operation, and ninety days
quarantine of all imported animals Is deemed quite
sufficient fer the purpose. The truth IS mat
by some means and for some purpose popular
and noisy AGITATION Is kep' rb mp ,rossest fsiIe
hoods were spread abroad about Eastern calves IL was
vi 10 dSu6t OF some shipments a great many
lost but simply becaue skim and butterllk calves soIt
Ters and were unable To and digest enongh hay 10
keep alive on the Journey In otHeI Ways a Nast
amount Of exaggeratlon has been INDUCED IN IN
regard the assumed danger OF contagion No cattle 20
the eabOard To the West except Imported pueoTed
stock and this is already quardnned sufficiently No
danger slightest kind occur Tor our lcAan cat
re in regard 10 Texan fever for already millions Of
them have been driven all the plains and now
herded far north as Montana without any trouble
freeing these cattle from their special virus which Is only
noxous other cattle and which does not hurt the'
In Viewing these facts in the light Of the past history Of
/
this agitation kept up from interested motives by few
rersons making money ont or II ana VINO nope
10 peTpetuate their hold upon the pmbAc purse anu
Congress induced to open the Treasury To the eI
1ent of quarter OF a million dollars II VIII awaken sucn
an excessive regard Tor the public welfare by theSe
people. that the claims upon the Treasury VIII soon iNa
In manitude Of the rivers and harbos Besides TINS
there a very widespread opinion abroad tnt te bureau
OF Agriculture Is not the proper agent LOT handuHg
millions OF doas-the present quarter half is only the
entering wedge TO be first hammered m by penroJneu-
uouia hut be followed by repeated blows Win lNah
fever, tuberculosis anthrax 1ever eandcr- log ehoe
and TO be tapped neatly home with chicken cholera ana
Trohaby worms Of various kinds will bring up AZ the tail
of the procession the Agricultural Bureau has been
investigating great many years, and has several vol
~ sac+s and other fhince pictures Of
diseased lungs and spleens ana germs al eeie 10 I
subject of contagious diseases and the results rct9
be that these diseases cannot DC e'cHcu anu
Again while there a good deal OF beef interest at
the bottom Of this agitation on TINS sde Oi Tue AJahc
II should be forgotten that the same impulse actuaes
the interested parties the other side. and thdt the
scare OF contagious diseases and injected meats Is slhl
" very thin excuse for preycntlnga business colpe
ton which was becoming too sharpedged 10 he pleas
ant For OF pleurO-pneulnOula on Ihl7 s'ic'
there are the other hogcoera ana spe
of course however frequent these diseases are tele
not baWaDe Tor oblecung 70 any auulon
however small 1t may be- But ms IL ho Ine uiT 10 m & wa
ness OF the matter and weknOTn 70 be 80 10y every
person interested the recent convention As managers
aud promoters have 10 think that IL the IN
trest OF the information Is gwen from lnls sue 10
keep the agitation alive and magnify it, proportions. The
English cOnsuls know all about the matter, ana more
tba there without any further the report Of
The convention itself VIII DE most interesting study Tor
all StOckmeu who sufficiently clearhedd-u n see hc
dU OF H. and how the boom Is worked up To get DOd OF
a quarter million first instament OF the piunoer
add that live In so-called hOtOeu OF coht4Sl5
pleurO-pneumOnia, but have not YET louhd a genuine
ease oft There Is lot OF pleuTOpneuInQDla ana 10
wonder but II is not The contagious forn th3t Is lusSe
about How much more ready people are 70 be iooed
Ihau learn he TRUTH HENRY oIL"AkI
hqcEeHSGck, N. D., Fen. l. lSS4