The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25
BAD BEEF In CHICAGO
THAT OUGHT TO BE CREMATED
AT ONCE,
II the Packers Of the Enterprising
City by the Lskes Are to Main
tain Their Trade.

CHICAGO, Ill, September "a. -
Messrs Pearson and McOhesney, oil
the Live Stock Commission, which has
been investigating pleuro-pneumonia
in this city for the past three or four
days, had consultation this forenoon
with the officials Of the Stock Yard
Company. 1t was learned that the
conclusion reached was that ell beef
which passed the proper inspection
and was pronounced to be not diseased
might be sold. The Live Stock Com
mission intimates that 1t fully expects
that within week aquaratine sgainst
Chicago beef will be declared by the
Sta es OF Iowa and Wisconsin, and that
some such action is contemplated IL
evident by the presence in the city oil
officials from those State'.
At the conference between mem
beis Of the Live Stock CommissiJn
and officials Of the Stock Yards Com.
pany this morning Mr.. Pearson said
to the stock yards representatives that
the commissioners had decided 10 kill
all the cattle now in the Pbenix and
the Shufsldt distiller,es 1000
head-and that on postmortem ex-
am nat on all ditea ed cattle won d bs
cremated and all healthy cattle sod to
ths highest bidder President Shef-
man, OF the S ock Yards Company, re-
piled that mil iots of dollars would be
lost to the packing interests OF Chicago
II the repo went out 10 the world
that beef from the infected
distilleries, whether healthy or not, w As
being shipped from Chicago M.
Pearson then informed the gentleman
that the State only had $4,000 with
which to compensate the owners OF
healthy cat lie, and that if none OF the
healthy beef was utilized the State
would be at an expense Of at least
double that amount. He then sug-
gested TO the stock yards men that
lhey buy up the healthy beef and help
the mmiseioners out OF their diem
ma. He said the commission would,
Of course, exhaust the appropriation
already in hand. No decisive ans
to the proposition was given. The
commissioners late this afternoon held
conference W tn DIR. Salmon, the
I'm ted s a,es Veterinarian, DR.. Cas-
well, the State Veterinarian, and the
veterinarians from Wisc )nsln, Michi-
gan and Iowa. DIR. Salmon SAID thai
he had been in Geographic communi-
eaton with United States Commits
sioner Coleman, OF the Department oil
Agriculture, who had authorized q
continuance of the quarantine at the
expense OF the government until il
should be decided what disposition &c
make OF the carcssses DIR, Salmon
eaid he was authoriz d 10 double the
quarantine force now existing, which
would cost the government ABOUT }S7
per day. The quarantine force would
consit OF twenty.nine deputies
two during the day and four daring
the night at each of the four distil.
lerieS, and five a. the Harvey farm
The Commissioner decided to detail
the extra 70 ce. Excepting 400 head
OF cattle owned by the FsiibAnss Com.
pany, of which Nelson M iris is pres
ident, the majority of the 5000 anr
mails under qusranitiu belong to men
depending on their two or three cows
for living. When The news OF he
extension of the quarantine reached
them tonight they were 'holoOgh )
aroused. They say tie State VIII o'
obliged to destroy all the beef, ADD, al
only healthy cattle will be appraised
the quarantine extension is co0sl ir
acy to spread the disease as far as pos
sibls among he quarantined cattle be-
fore the slaughter takes place.