St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-28
The National Government Taking Meas
ures to Stamp Out Pleuro-PneumOnia
at Chicago.
A Series of Regulations Formulated Which
State Authorities Are Asked
to Observe.
incubation Not Regarded as OF value
in Checking the Dread
Disease.
The Chicago Stock Yards Men Appear
to the Governors WisConstn's
Action.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

and Commissioner Coleman has resolved 10
adopt every legitimate means III his power
to check the outbreak of the disease re-
ported from Chicago. An evidence OF the
anxiety and apprehension felt in the West
ern states is afforded by the following teie-
gram received to-day from Denver, Col:
On behalf OF the live stock industry OF the
West, we earnestly
PROTEST AGAINST THE SALE,
either private or public, OF any OF the cattie
that have been exposed to pleuro-pneumon1a
in the vicinity of Chicago. Cattle sold under
such circumstances must bring depressed
prices. thus giving eager Spectators abund-
ant opportunity to spread the disease
throughout the country.
The above message was signed by Il. u.
Head, president OF the international Range
association, and j. A. Cooper, president of
the Colorado Cattle Growers association.
Commenting ON this dispatch, Commits
sIoner Colman said:
These people must be crazy to think the
department will permit any of these cattle to
be sold. We have quarantined them; doubled
our forces on Saturday and are now going TO
send out some of the most expert veterinar-
ians we have, so as to stamp out the disease
and do everything that the department can
legitimately do. We did not get through
congress the bill we expect to pass on this
SuOJSCU 81 VIC Ctlu OulJ oONOhN ehS SAAOANS ~
the state authorities and assist in carrying
out the estate laws. Under existing laws we
can only
STAMP OUT THE DISEASE
in a state with the permission OF the local
authorities. Sometimes the governor of the
state will not consent TO federal interference,
so we can only second their efforts.
The commission has drawn up and for
Warded to the governors OF all the states
t.
and territories a series OF rules and regula-
tions for cooperation between the United
States department of agriculture and the
authorities of the several states and terri
tories for the suppression and eXtlrpation
of contagious pleuro- pneumonia, and II they
receive the consent of the state authorities,
the bureau will make systematic and de-
termined attempt to stamp out the disease
by attacking simultaneously every infected
district. The circular recteS the provisions
of the law, laying particular stress Oh the
section which makes it a requisite for action
by the department to first secure the con-
sent of the state authorities and then lays
down
THE FOLLOWING RULES AND REGULATIONS,
which are deemed necessary to insure re-
suits commensurate with the money (S100,
O0O) authorized to be expended:
Inspection-First. The necessary inspect
ors will be furnished by the bureau of animal
industry of the department of agriculture. Sec
ond. The properly constituted inspectors OF
the bureau of animal industry, which are as
signed to the respective states, are to be au-
thoriZed by proper state authorities to make
inspections of cattle under the laws OF the
| state They are to receive such protection
and assistance as would be given to state
| officers engaged in similar work, and shall be
permitted to examine quarantlned herds
whenever so directed by the commissioner Of
agricultural or the chief OF the bureau OF
animal industry. Third. All reports of in
spections will be made to the bureau or ami
NAL industry and a copy of those will be
nc ade and forwarded to the proper state au-
| thorities. When, however, any inspector
| DISCOVERS HERD INFECTED
| with contagious pleuro-pneumonia, he will at
| once report the same to the proper state
! authorities as well as to the bureau of ami
| NAL industry. Fourth-The inspectors, while
| always subject to orders from the department
| of agriculture, will cordially cooperate with
| the state authorities and will follow the
| instructions received from them.
Quarantine - Fifth - When contagious
pleuro-pneumona is discovered in any herd
| the owner or person in charge is to be at
| once notified by the inspector, and the quar-
| antine regulations of the state in which the
| herd is located will be isolated, when possible,
| from the remainder of the herd until they
| can be properly appraised and slaughtered.
| Sixth-To insure a perfect and satisfac-
| tory quarantine, chain fastened with
| a numbered lock will be placed around the
| horns or with hornleSS animals around
| the neck and a record will be kept showing
| the number of the lock placed upon each
| animal in the herd. Seventh. The locks and
| chains will be furnished by the department
| of agriculture, but they will become the
| property of the state in which they are used
| III order that
| ANY ONE TAMPERING WITH THEN
can be proceeded against legally fer injuring
| or embezzling the property of the state
| Eighth. Quarantine restrictions once I'M
posed are not to be removed by the state
| authorities without the consent OF the proper
| officers of the department of agriculture.
| Ninth. The period of quarantine Will be at
| least ninety days, dating from the removal or
the last diseased animal from the herd. Dur
| ing this period no animay Will be allowed to
! enter the herd or to leaIe 1T, and all animals
! in the herd will be cYrefully isolated from
| other cattle. When possible, all infected herds
are to be held in quarantine and not allowed
| to leave the infeced premises except for
! slaughter. In this case fresh animals may
| be added to the herd at the owners risk, but
| are to be considered as infected animals and
| subjected to the same quarantine regulations
| as the other members OF the herd. Tenth.
| All animals affected with contagious pleurO-
pneumonia are TO be slaughtered as soon
| after their discovery as the necessary ar
| rangements can be made. Eleventh. When
diseased ANIMALS are reported to the state
authorities they shall promptly take such
| steps as they desire to confirm thediagnoSiS.
The animals found diseased are then to be
appraised according to the provisions of the
state law, and the proper officer of the
bureau of animal industry (who will be desg
mated by the commissioner of agrIculture)
notified of the appraisment. If this repre-
sentative of the bureau of animal industry
coDtirms the diagnosis and approves the ap-
praisment, the department OF agriculture
will
PURCHASE THE DISEASED ANIMALS
of the owner and pay such portion of the
appraised value as is provided for in such
cases by the laws of the state in which the
| animals are located, when they are condemned
and slaughtered by state authorities. Twelfth
ALI necessary disinfection will be conducted
by the employees OF the bureau of animal in
dustry. Thirteen INSTRUMENTATION IS not rec
commended by the department OF agriculture,
and it believes that its adoption with animals
that are to be sold TO go into other herds
would counterfeit the good results which
otherwise follow from the slaughter of the dis
eased animals. 1t may, however, be prac-
ticed by state authorities under
the following rules: Fourteenth
No herds but those in which
pleuro- pneumonia mas appeared are to be in
oculated. Fifteenth-Inoculated herds are
to 10 Quarantined with lock and chain. The
quarantine is to remain in force as long as
any inoculated cattle survive, and these cat
tie are to leave the premises only for imme-
diate slaughter. Sxteenth-Fresh animals are
to be taken into inOculated herds only
AT TIE RISK OF THE OWNER,
and shall be subject to the same rules as the
other cattle of the inoculated herd. Seven
teenth-The chief of the bureau of animal
industry is to be promptly Eotified by the
state authorities of each herd inoculated,
OF the final disposition Of each member
of the herd, of the post-mortem appearances
and of any other facts in the history
of the herd which may prove of
value. The cooperation of governors, OF
state legislature commissions and Of other
officers who may be in charge in the branch
of the service provided for the control of the
contagious diseases Of animals in the states