The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-25
FOR THE FARMER.
The Demands Of Stock. Raisers upon
tho Government.
Results Obtained by the Modern
System Of Bee Culture.
Small Farms and Thorough Guilt.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as to
Poultry Raising.
FOR THE FARMER.
sToCKMEN AND CONGRESS.

oTOCKMEN AND CONGREbb.
There is an important work before
the committee which was appointed by
the National Convention Of Stockmen
in Chicago to 90 to Washington and
promote the interests of stock owners.
Their duties are especially to secure
such action by Congress as will serve
to lessen tho losses which are brought
upon the American owner OF live stock.
These losses are enormous. The inju-
ries and death of the animals through
contagious diseases bring very heavy
loss; but these are vastly increased by
the restrictions placed upon our live
stock and dressed-meat export traffic
by foreign countries. France, always
friendly towards America, has removed
her prohibition against pork from this
country, but Germany has not yet
found it agreeable or polite to do so.
England cannot consistently permit
cattle from the United States to enter
Great Britain without first changing
her law prohibiting the importation Of
living cattle from any country where
contagious diseases are known to exist.
Some of these diseases have been and
are now prevalent in some parts Of the
United States, and as the States are
one country, as England has been able
to learn within the last twenty years,
she cannot be convinced that cattle
from the West might, under practical
and proper regulations, be taken into
Great Britain without In even the
slightest degree endangering the health
of cattle. As the traffic in live stock IL
now managed Great Britain is certainly
justified in closing her doors against
cattle from the States, for there are no
valid laws to prevent the movement
of cattle from an infected district in
one State to any district in any other
State. .so, ...r e.Gr q.
The enactment of law which will
meet all the requirements of the case
will tax the abilities Of the wisest of
the statesmen whose courage is tenn
pered by regard for place. Even the
warmest Of the friends Of the livestock
interests are hardly sure OF what they
want and how much they want. They
will not be content with any narrow
act which will provide only for the
control or the extinction Of contagious
pleuro-pneumonia, or for preventing
the approach Of foot-and-mouth dis
ease. Much has been done lately to
arouse attention to the losses which
have been and may be caused by those
diseases, but it will not be forgotten that
trichinn, hog-cholera, Spanish-fevsr,
CHAMBERS, ohicken.cholers, anthrax, and
other contagious diseases are prevalent
In the States and deserve attention. It
is not so clear that one general law can
be made to cover all the demands Of
the case and do Justice to all. It is
quite certain that no law can be passed
which will not create dissatisfaction in
some parts Of the country. The selec-
ton OF men who are not more anxious
to hear their own voices and push their
own personality in council; who will not
speak their minds so freely as to make
the promoters of the good cause OK.
claim: Save US from our friends"
who will not use the occasion more to
push their own private interests rather
than the public ones they have been
chosen to serve, will doubtless make
the committee of representatives Of the
stockmen q most efficient one.