New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-23
THAT PTPoRT on DISEASES OF SWINE.


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That REPORT or DISEASES or SWINE.
PEoF. ~soR JAMES LAW MAKES 4 VIGOROUS REPLY
TO lis CLTIC~.
In The Edit0r 81 Ttr TribuHc.
SIR: Ny attention has been called to a letter
OF " Observer in LAST Mondays TRrErNE in which my
name and report 20 which contributed treated in
Most uniustiiahie manner II would have been well FOR
truth END justice n Mr. = +. Johnson and Observer
b, sides busting their neglected Report Diseases OF
swine" had felt card upon to read the same before
wiring deunciaory article hc document IN general
and one ortvo of il contributors particular. They
would have found that the statement to the mnou-
prevalence Of swine plague did cInauar from salmon
ANA Law, whom they foUy SANDER as aiarnsts. II
Nj johnson Is willing these alarming statements
to their source Ae really wishes to ud the wort show
ing bat ha-cver been made th, subject he must 20
back TO his own state Illinois. and consult the report.
o.. that official body, The State Board Of Agriculture
II their official statistics incorrect. The fault should BE-
charged on the members o. hlj board and nor sdied
on an investigator who, in the report complained Of.
never even alluded to the infected with this disease
Bu Mr.. johnson has further and msiuuatcS that
the experts employ al by the Commissioner OF Agriculture
responsible FOR attrbutng al the mortality among
hogs Ia the dseazchog cholera. If lac will take the
trouble t0 turn 20 my report ia the volume In question,
De win lind that good deal space therein T. taken up
with diseases vugariy coufouudcd with h0g-chIert.
namely: Lunc-worms, HhiT-wornis. the armed mou'hcd
worm ,-cer0st0mum), the diving biz der worm. the
round OF lard liver, etc. tue hookhcaded worm,
the mease bladder worm. liver fukes d-o anthrax,
pneumonia, eTys peas etc. We have heard OF reviewer
VINO avoided reading the books he criticised lest his mind
should be- Influenced 10y the arguments attratr
~ the author. surely Mr.. johnson has studied IN the
same school
Are to infer from Mr. Johusons trepldaon in pres
OF the color ed plates Of diseased structures from
swine that he former is simple enough suppose
that 81 an flesh swine alone enjoy perfect exemption
from disease and that the wicked gatorsdrew upon
their mag'naous for the plates I'm question Il he sim
pie enough 10 suppose that the nine reporters repre-
-eute1 in the Volume deliberately cDnsprel TO
conform 10 general plan M describing he diseaSe and
to cmbeli,h their pages with similar e0l0rcd bloodcur
ling Illustrations
By what process, OF reasoning Mr. Johnson succeeds
reading what he considers disroof of tie statements
Of 1879, by the alleged heathfllue Of swine ut present
is difficult To imagine. l. IL not more rational TO
cuie, from his showing that the much-ispaTaged report
has been " unspeiabe value 10 tie American pork IN
ddstry According - the state Board of Agriculture
Illinois, before tine issue OF this report losing p O
the value Of several millions Of dollars per Ac
cordug 10 Mr. johnson these losses have since steadily
decreased and practically ,H. and this lar-ey
berause Of The general practice ~ measures calculated to
c0nasOn-incutpg even such extreme resorts
the burning of the carci--e- II illinois hI- proUfod
even to a 1.-THE OF The named from General
attention to the health of swine nd from bett'T under
standing of the danger. OF cOnragiou surely Oh" Re
port" which drnc,ct attention 20 sDc'ucly 20 these
points. m period opportwo. might bo viewed with.
greater share o. indulgence II not gratitude.
Mr. Johnson Or " Observer" brrriy- an iTorIurr Of
sound medical knowledge in giving ou. the lr, t1tIe
hogclolcIa were disease or the nature Of plague
,weepin@ away it- subject. without reference TO coud
tons the Z n DESTROYER vo newer have ceased If- IaE-