The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-06-04
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.

BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
THE STATESMAN has more than
once made reference to the zeal with
which the Bureau of Animal Industry
IS attempting to establish pleuro-
pneumonia in every part Of the land.
and it has further given the opinions
of some of the ablest journals and
most reliable stock raisers that there
is not a case of contagious plura-
pneumonia in the United States,
States have been worked up to quar-
antining against another, and trade
has been unnecessarily interior
ed with to the detriment
of most important interests. Refer
ring to such disturbance and the dam
age to the sale Of many herds OF |
blooded, stock the Drover'S Journal |
says: "All of the alarmists who have |
takec stock, in the infamous and
groundless scare about pleuro-pneu-
monia have been afraid of their shad-
oWs,and but for the fact that the more
solid AMI more level headed stock
men have seen through the huge job
bling which has been in operation
among the veterinary ringsters but
for the common sense of a few men,
the value Of all fine stock would have
been so deprecated that for
breeders to sell would have been
to invite bankruptcy" Touching the
same question the Illinois Farmers
Call says:
ave have on several occasions paid
our respects to Bastard Institution
known as the Bureau of Animal In
dustry. While one, at least, of its
agents is man worthy of the POSI-
ton and is doing good work for our
livestock interests, it, combined with
State legislation, has provided with
authority and position goodly num-
Der of qnacks. If, as we have hereto
fore stated in the Call, the Bureau
| was not created to provide fat places
tor a lot of scamps, it has most woe
fully fallen from its descent designs
The principal effort now is to afford
living to men who unfit
LII oily u uSt, d1u SUIlC VI
, whom justice to our live stock inter.
ests would put to work for the States
in which they reside. They should be
5 accompanied by one or more State
/ veterinarians, who could serve theiI
, States in good capacity a making
shoes, but who are not fit to prescribe
physic tor government mule.
For these creatures (dece2cy forbid
: that they should be called mend tt
: tretain their hold upon the Treasury, i
is necessary for them to manufacture
apparent need for their service; an(
e the easiest way to do this and ont
r which has been most successfully
% tried, Is to spread narrowing report
of contagious diseases, to stoj
Is the spread of which no one i
1t competent but these sam
e mighty quacks. just about the tim
+ the people are beginning to wonde
), what the veterinarians are feeding a
the public crib for, pleuro- pneumonia
breaks out someWheres, late at nigh
l. and by breakfast time the next morn
le ing it has spread from Dan to Beer
n, sheba. It is surprising that this pleu
ro-pneumonia breaks out just whel
1t the quacks are most in need of an ex
E. hibition of it. 1t always appears jus
1T in the nick of time. 1t is the bes
y friend the veterinarians have. The
- couldn't possibly get along without il
~ We verify believe that if it didn'
Is come around for year the poo
10 quacks would be compelled to acceI
" an election to the Illinois Legislator,
l. aud while they deserve no mercy, b
IN must be very hard-hearted who woul
b. wish to see such condign punishment
# and ineffable disgrace visited upo
:. even the most heartless and deprave(
u Notwithstanding the fact that th
N very existence of these public para
l. sites depends upon pieuro-pneumoni
20 scares, some people are so cruel as
Oh assert that typical pleuro -pneumoni
he does not exist in this country; an
re what is yet worse, they very nearl
e succeed in proving the truth of thu
e. assertion. In fact, if they keep o
lie they will have the people so fully il
e formed of the true inwardness of tn
p matter that pleuro-pneumonia scare
70 will be impossible. We very niue
re regret to see that among these person
If are several editors of agricultural an
stock journals. They may atteml
to justify their conduct on the groun
:. that these scareS damage the Stoc
Ill interests of the country to the eS
,e tent of thousands of dollars; but whs
S. Is this compared to making half a dc
ID zen quacks go to honest work or sin
~ into the place of an Illinois LeSisla
= ture.
~ Though the veterinarians are liknl
y soon to find themselves i'll Fac IA
fix OthelIo was-occupation gOub-
- we can give them a little comfort, an
we hasten to Iadle 1t out: PleurC
81 pneumonia does not attack the NAL
d projenitors of mules. And other pal
~ ties connected with late pleuro-pneu
. monia sc .re-Gov. Oglesby, for exam
ple-may find consolation in this fac
- The pleuro-pneumonia is withal de
t. cent disease; it scorns to attack any
W thing as dirty as the but end or sew
o. er and as mean as louS
IL ties who get up and prof
g by these scares are perfectly safe froI
Ii its attacks. 1t my occur to som
Ia that it is unfortunate that such is tn
case. To such we gave hint: T
get up scare AID have the slandere
animals killed it is not necessary
TO have any disease. Now get up a scar
4 with the quacks for subjects, an
- have the outside world quarantin
u against this country till they can a
ID be killed off. This would make goo
l. radiance, and the State wouldn't hav
,e to pay anything for the animal
killed.
"a The Ohio Legislature has passed
good law in abolishing the formatio
of local boards of fire underwater