The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-03-13

n, : susssu nndeg the auspices N the gen
efsl envsfnmani, which hss ~ ~ hlffi
The differentiation ~ this tsffihls cattle ~.
essa which does not eGlst lisst yeaf Ibis
firm handed isi 30 head NJ rsiile, esthef.
OF if1m all paris ui the vest northwest and
s1uihssst, bat never found az anlmal s1i-
lsHnr from sny 00niasinus disease. -
"a ufal o. sequences tie iifm does not he-
lisye ~ the sKistenee NJ any contagious dis'
easf an0r a mefiGsn cattle, and 4 nppns-
ed To the pending Federal cattle ~ ssa
mahiisst Mob Oi supHfer0F alton, Nests
GWFoTy, Cooley a 90. appfeheadsd 20
trouble from the importation Of esttefh
stock Nearly a million heal OF yaana
stock from the Atlantic srabOafi states
have hssn diltnbltsd throughout the eat
i'e'pF0wing districts OF the prairie region,
hut have carried with them no contagious
ar feFi0ua disease. II Is time enough -
haEl after one Is hurt, The firm iayoFs q
morr ttringont quarantine OF European
stock.
HEssss. sH,ssOs BR0s. SEQ,
ara inclined 10 think that the sanitary con-
ditinn Of Amenean stock might ba safely
o0hfldei 70 the commissioner OF agriculture,
that official 10 have all needed assistance
from government veterinary surgeons, Ihe
senior member 4 this tirm states that after
twenty years spent in buying aud selling
cattle he never heard az pleuro-pneumonla
O disease affecting eAitie 10 any REQ
eOsnilad extent until there was al at
tempt 70 start a sor, OF steer iEfrmary
with n let OF resident steer doctors The
Shannon Brothers do not think there isnnI
call for the proposed steer bureau, nnu
suggests that u there ever had been any
necessity TOR such an init,tuunn, lhe ~ OK
men 81 the Chicago yaIes wonid have neth
| the first u appreciate the Necessity, and 10
demand Federal assistance. rhe Messfs.
| tFl
csllent care ot themselves and u their in'
I lsrests. They DO not stand Ia need OF con-
gressiOnal interisTsnoe ~ the pFtsent time,
MR. PATTERSON,
Of Patterson Bros. & Co., after twenty-five
1 yeArs' continuous experience IN the ca We
\ trade, was obliged TO confess that he had
never seen any pleuro Pneumonia. lie al
So st.tes that western ana southwestern
cattle ara undoubtedly healthy, and he
| auctions seriously whether there " any
real pneumonis among eastern cattle, un-
less A. Is among the Imported cattle. he
gives as a reason for this last opinion that
more than 5000 head OF eastern cattle have
parsed thrnpgh the Chicago stock yards
since his connection with them. and been
scattered Ill through the caitle.growina
states, and yet, in no instance. has Il been
even ramored that they carried any disease
with them. Mr.. Paterson does not think
/ there is the slightest need OF the proposed
Legislation and regards the measure AS
convenient pfsr for making places for few
men who want plncesvery badly.
Mr.. b. + Harrison, OF
HARRISON, ROGERS co.,
can see no necessity Tor legislating upon
the subject Of contagious diseases amone
cattle In his opinion there ere no suoh
diseases, present or prospective, 10 ne com
bstled or guarded against. American
cattle ere the heaithiest In the world, and
there is no reason TO suppose t9aI
thew will net remain so. he
don bts the existence OF pleuro-pneumo
mia among the cat 10 OF any OF the eastern
states, even, and Is hrmly convinced that
If suoh "A bureau rs Is clntemplitsd oV inc
cattle bill now pending in congress 6hou'd
be established, II would pc under the man
ng.ment OF spawned, broken.down poiit
clans, who were utterly ignorant ofthe bus
iuess they we're supposed TO look alter
They would like 10 appear to BE- doinf
something and 20 would 6 up sc.res re
morning supposititous cattle epidesics
Mr. Harrison thinks the stock men cal
mnnore their affairs without any govern
meat assistance Ifany contagious disease
stould ever appear among the cattle, I'M
growers aud dealeTs-the men directly in
ierested-would device prompt and prscti
cal methods TO get rid Of without my rec
tape humbug or bothere'ion.
Mr.. ApgER PIATr,
of Abner pi.,t IL Co., has bseD thirteei
wears in the cattle business, and Is at thu
: head OF one OF the largest commission
houses ut the yards. He never heard Of an,
, authentic case Of pleuro.pneumoDia o
, other contagious disease among Amerioai
cattle, and considers the proposed cattl'
: bill now pending In congress an unmNi
gated outrage. In Mr. Pistts estimates
: there is no need for such bureau a. tn
! bill contemplates, and wero suoh an oae 81
: tablishsd 1t would be In charge OF igneran
blockhesds, like the present officers OF TIT
| humane society, who make asses OF them
selves at the stock yards, and would nave
at home and abroad. de favored Aris
quarantine on European stock.
MR c.. n. HoRINl,
} OF HORNE Bros. & Co., has been engaged II
handling ca tie Tor thirty.three years, nHt
; has never found or heard OF a case of tina
frigh,ful disease, pleurc-pnuemonia. ID
has heard rumors from time to tim
about pneumonia among cat lie on the East
; ern seaboard, bu. in no instance has tn
disease been transmitted to the West. ii
, regards American cattle as uniforml.
) healthy, and DO government, or any othe
7 kind of a bureau, needed to Keep then
healthy. The stock-growers and dealers
he 10 confident, will always teke care
their own interest without troubling con
I r..
plarro- pneumonia would spread to an.
extent among cattle that run at large owe
the Western ranges il it should be intro
, duced. He favors, however, prudentia
measures in regard to the proper quaran
tine of foreign stock.
Mr.. W. NJ. DARLINGTON,
r of Darlington, McGaughy IL Co.,, ate
/ twenty-five years experience in the stool
, business has yet 10 see his first Case OF cat
tie pluro.pneumonia. and is decidedly o
the opinion that there is no occasion tor thu
! Federal legislature to worry about tn,
, health of steers. Mr.. Darlington is salts
t flei that the more the government meddle
with this matter the worse 1t will be To-
everyone concerned, with the possible ex
ception OF those who want position i
the steer bur au. Mr.. Darlington suggest
ed further, that the establishment OF sucf
: bureau or commission as the bill nov
pending before congress coDtemplates woulC
, be virtual acknowledgment to foreign
powers that American meat Was now dis
essed or was likely to become 30, and thus
linhict an irreparable injury upon our ex
port trade.
Mr. NJ G. sCoBY,
of Bensley Bros & Co., never saw or heard
of an authentic case of pleuro-pneumonia
among American cattle, although he hat
been for fourteen years in the cattle trade
He does not believe in the propo,ed Fed
eral legislation on the cattle subject, or in
the establishment OF bureau which, from
the name Of things, could OF Y benefit those
who run it upon q salary paid by the gen.
ersl government. Mr., Scoby does not sp-
prove OF fighting imaginary evils. He tavois
the strict quarantine Of European stock.
| Mr. A. HALL,
of Conover g. Hall said he had never seen
a case of pleuro-pneumonia, or heard oil
one. in the sestern or southwestern cattle
states. He has no knowledge of any con-
tsgious diseases among American cattle
and would consider the proposed cattle