The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-26
The Cattle men.

s T. LOUIS, Nov. 25-The National
Cattle and Horse Growers Convention
resumed its session this morning with
General Brisbin In the chair. Commit.
tee on resolutions reported as follows:
Be 1t resolved, That the United States
congress be respectfully petitloned 10 en-
act law by which setting fire TO the
ranch and timber on public domains of
the United States or Indian country,
shall 90 punished by fine and. i'm
prisonment.
Be 1t resolved, That this con-
Vention Is IN favor Of sdoption
of law that shalt provide
for appointment by the president OF the
United States of q commission of five
men who shall be charged with the duty
Ct suppressing and extirpating the con
tagl0n of pieuro pneumonia among cat
tie, and who snail be authorized for that
purpose 10 quarantine Que portiGn of tue
country against the shipment of live
stock where the disease exists; to em
ploy assistance, including the best yeter
mary skill TO be found, and TO make all
necessary rules and regulations for en-
forcing the duties with which they are
charged the meiD0crs of said commits
sion to be familiar with matters of
breeding and handling live stock
and men of good executIie
ability, members CT said commission to
be paid the salary commensurate with
the duties they are required 10 render
whenever it should become accessory to
slaughter any stock in order to extir-
pate any disease. Said commissioners
be authorized to pay for the sale; that
sufficient appropriation be made for the
purpose of enforcing the law
whereas, 1t Is an accepted fact that
the passage of apparently healthy cattle
from tie COST country and low LANDS
communicates & disease called
splenItic or Spanish fever to cattle OF
u higher altitude. Another tact In CON
nection with this disease is that cattle
coming from low attitudes, after HAVING
been kept for limited time in higher al
iitudes, do not communicate this disease.
This infection has proven very disas
trous to herds and cattle IN these more
elevated regions, and lTas created such
apprehension IN these sections
that Quarantine and other restrictive
regulations have been adopted in sew
eral Of the western states and territories
prohibiting the passage of cattle TO their
accustomed markets. These regulations
are not uniform in some states and Ter.
ritcries. They are virtually an inter
diction upon Interstate commerce. Ia
| others onerous taxes are imposed there
fore, be il
Resolved, That your committee are of
the opinion that these conflicting regu.
ations (some uf them arbitrary ana diff
uli, II not imPEacticAble tc
be complied wiihl will, if
persisted in, prove disastrous 10 tae cat
tie interests of the country and will
greatly diminish Inc value nf cattle in
certain localities and augment them in
others, by disturbing almost the natural
laws of trade. and obs;rucIIrg ils ave-
| nues. Monopolies are built up al The
expense oisthe consumer. 10 view OF these
facts, your committee nioet respectfully
recommend thar this COM ention request
congress TO pass such laws IS will place
! whole control and jurisdiction. The gen.
eral government givIEg suthority to es.
tablish quarantine regulations within
proper boundaries, and to set apart from
lands belonging 10 the United States
such quarantine gFuuads es shsll be ara
pie protection and best pIomDte AMI suo-
serve the cattle interests ct the entire
country