, 1885-05-26
PLEURo-PSEUsIoSrA
Gen. BrIabin on che wyoming quar-
antlne.

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this time, a Herald reporter called on Gen
Brisbin at the Walker House yesterda
afternoon, for the purpose of %learninI
some Of his views on the stock question
The newspaper man at once plunged int
his topic by asking:
How do you stand in the pleuro pneu
monia business?'
II think it is a scare. 1 do not thini
there is enough in it to warrant the gov
ernors of states and territories in stopping
cattle in transit"
From your information do you thinl
it exists east to the extent reported? ?"
No. do not. 1t is possible there may
have been some cases in one county in
Missouri, in Galway; but even that i.
disputed.
What is meant by pleuro-pneu-
mona ?"
1T IS cattle consumption. Every hu.
man being, and every beast has tubercles,
and they often progress into consumption.
In human beings consumption is often
hereditary, but never, l think, contagious.
In beasts, it is different; it is never hered-
itary, but very contagious"
How long has it existed in the United
States, and where mostly ?" the reporter
inquired.
Il do not know exactly, but the first |
remember hearing of was in Massachusetts
many years ago; about 1859. l think,
when it first broke out, and it cost the
state $777,000 to stamp it out. More re-
Gently it has appeared in New Jersey.
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and
Virginia.
Does it still exist there?"
YES; and it is most difficult to eradi-
catei it from a section of country when it
once gets thoroughly located"
rs there any cure for it2'
"No, none. except to kill all the animals
affected with it. It is indeed a most ter
rible disease"
But you do not think it is In the west
yet?' said the reporter.
mo, l do not; and there is little danger
from it, unless it is brought from the
states in the far east, or brought here by
cattle imported from foreign countries. -
What effect will tho present craze
about pleuro-pneumonia have on the stock
interests of the west ?"
ut is very disastrous. Men who want
TO improve their breeds of cattle, cannot
do. so, because they cannot ship in bulls
from the east, and all kinds of fine stock
is tied up on the mere suspicion of dan
ger from pleuro-pneumonia.
do you believe that if the cattle in
transit really had pleuro-pneumonia, the
authorities at Cheyenne and other places
would stop them?
st would certainly be a bad policy to
do so. III found another mans cattle
oil my ranch had a contagious disease l
would not be likely to keep them there to
give the disease a chance to spread
to my cattle, but would hurry them
off as far away as possible"
What are the stockmen of Idaho
doing about this question p
They are not shipping many fine cat
tie ut present, but are waiting for the
scare to blow over, as they know it soon
will. Some parties are making arrange
ments to ship out by way Of the Denver
& Rio Grande railway, SO as to avoid the
blockade at Cheyenne. My folks, Joel B
Gentry and Co., at Hughesville, near
Sedalia, Mo-, will probably ship some cars
here by the Denver & Rio Grande this
week"
"But how are you going to get them
OF from here p queried the reporter.
well. hat is a question. The Union
Pacific folks, of course, will kick, but if
there is no other way, think we can take
them to Ogden by the Denver & Rio
Grande, and thence to Kelton, by the
Central Pacific railroad. from which place
we can drive them to Boise and other
points in Idaho"
Have any steps been taken to have the
pleuro- pneumonia proclamation of Gov.
Warren, Of Wyoming, revoked or modi-
fed, so cattle can pass Cheyenne ?'
"Oh, yes, the Union Pacific folks tele-
graphed to-day and are working to have
the blockade raised, and l am doing what
little I can
What do you think Gov. Warren will
do about it?"
L think he will raise the blockade, re
lease the cattle now stopped there, and
allow those in transit to pass on. That
is, unless he is ill-advised by the COW doc
tors who are keeping up this senseless
scare about pleuro-pneumonia."
1t is to be hoped that the generals
efforts to have the Cheyenne quarantine
lifted will be successful. There is a cal
load OF Utah cattle among those quaran-
tined, belonging to an association down
south; who banded together and sent @
representative on to purchase for them in
Missouri, only to have them stopped by
the Wyoming authorities.