Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-01

i'm congress succeeded in having tn'
clause giving the president the power
on the rcpres entation OF me Unni, ,,,
sioner of agriculture, TO obstruct cattle
TRANSFORMATION or absolutely quaran,
tine n state, cannot see how the OH
will oneraie against the cattle inter
eats of Texas. provided the two agents
selected by the commissioner are com
petent and honest men. However, IL
opens up way for great fraud, unless
great care IL exercised in selecting
competent men to carry out the pro
visions of the hill. Colorado and wy
omiug territory transport large guam
titles ofcattle, and through fraud Texas
cattle could be delayed at the bord IL
of the st ate when there was no disease
among them, while the cattle from the
other stale and territory could
| he passed, or vice versa
But as the bill now stands can see no
| danger to the cattle interests OF Texas.
With fair agent CT Inspector, our cat
lie will pass, FOR there il no such dis
ease as pleuro-pneumonia among
them. | have never heard OF single
instance of its appearing in herd of
native Texas cattle"
Mr.. John +. Brown of Colorado
City, manager of the 1T. Louis Cattle
company, WIS next approached by the
GAZETTE representative. He said:
~ cannot see how the bill will do
our state any good, and l apprehend
that the r. is danger OF costly and eX-
pensive delays ut the border line of the
state, where the cattle will have to un-
dergo an inspection in order for the
agent or inspector TO iind ii any conta-
gioUs disease exists among the herd.
This refers to cattle driven across the
plains. / scarcely know how they will
manage to inspect those shipped from
the interior 10y rail. | have never
known of II case of pleuro-pneumonia
in genuine Texas cattle. | don't
know how the bill will operate exactly,
but can't see how II will affect our
cattle if properly carried out
1.-The bill Is for the purpose of discov-
ering the best methods ot transporting |
cattle and the supp e>sion of cOnta- |
gicus pieuro pneumonia. Now we |
cannot possibly object TO any move
ment which viii give us better trans.
and as our cattle have no
such disease as plpuro.pneumonia, we
have nothing to fear from the bill I'M
tss it be the channel tor the pefpetra-
.lOAI VI litaNha
Mes.rs, ). II. Davis OF Little Elm,
Denton county, A. j. Childress ol Ter
ell, who owns large ranch in
Young aud ThrOckmorton counties, h.
?, Davis of Throcl5morton county, and
+. Donnell of Young county, all
aree cattle owners, were found in II
.roup m the oillceof the Texas Invest
neut company. They seemed not to
nave given the bill very serious con-
liberation, but after discussing il Il few
came to the conclusion that
10 practicable good would be done to
Texas cattle interests by its passage,
'Ir. =. Il. Davis said it looked like the
ill was against the cattle interest of
his state, but that he would have to
investigate the matter before express
ny an opinion.
several other gentlemen were asked
" IN opinion on the bill but rs they
al never given it any serious consid-
ration, they declined to give any
pinion upon it. Most of those who
i"re interviewed expressed n wish that
he bill would be killed in the senate
3 they could see no practicable bene-
It's to the Texas cattle interests aris-
ng from it.