The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-13

which should interest all classes Of our
population, The consumer OF meats
and dairy products feels their effects in
the price and quality OF theIood which
he buys; the producer feels their in
tluenCe even more keenly In the dimin-
ished returns which he receives from
his labor. With all, II Is q question, not
OF money alone, but OF human life and
health, US well. AS a people, we have
not as yet learned to fully appreciate
the Importance Of this subject, Our
losses Save been heavy, bnt they have
been distributed over so wide aterritory
aud in point Of time have occurred 80
slowly, that we do not realize their OK.
tent. Fortunately, we have been spared
from this most virulent Of cattle dis.
eases, tho rinderpest, which has SO often
swept oVerthe countries Of Europe, de.
stroying from 10 to 60 per cent Of the
cattle within a few days after 1t has
made its appearance among them, But
II We have escaped solar without having
mistortunes Of this kind, which equal
the worat that have been suffered by
other nations, We urG not entirely be-
You'd the danger OF them, and our losses
have been sufficient to indicate the me-
oessity Of precautions for the future"
Concerning pleuro.pneumonia, be gave
q description oihow the disease FIRST en-.
tered the country, how 1t spread from
the diaries OF New York and Brooklyn
TO Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Della.
ware'and what effects 1t had upon the
live cattle export trade. He said that
to this disease is duo the English law
compelling all American cattle to be
killed on the docks where landed, aud
that this obstacle to the shipping OF
American cattle had cost the farmers in
the reduced price Of cattle $l60,000,000
in ten years. He proceeded at consider.
able length to speak Of the spread Of the
disease TO Ohio, Indiana, illinois, Ken.
lucky and Wisconsin, In 1884, and told
OF the efforts Of the Department Of Ag-
riculture to stamp out the disease. He
explained the troubles which arose be!
tween the State and National Govern.
ments about the jurisdiction OF the Ag.
Ficultural Department, In It's efforts TO
drive the disease out Of those States, and
wound up on that particular topic by
giving a detailed description OF the oper.
ations Of the Department in stamping
out the disease, and stated that, excepta
few local cases here and there, there is
no pleuro.pneumonia In the country
to-day.
OF Texas fever, he said: "There Is
another disease which the Department
has this year attempted to control TO a
certain extent, and that is Texas or
~splenetic fever OF cattle. This disease
also affects our export trade and in pre-.
vious years 1t has been necessary to
threw overheard hundreds OF choice
steers which sickened on the voyage.
OF course the shippers take these risks
into account when they buy, and II they
expect TO lose from a tenth TO q third Of
the animals on the voyage they must
purchase them cheaper to cover the
loss"
Flo then explained that only certain
cattle are susceptible TO the disease and
that the cattle that communicate the
disease do not themselves BECOME sick
and that the sick cattle do not spread the
disease. 1.-THE c~ontagion Is not carried
In the air, but is always communicated
by injected pastures or pens and cars
in which the susceptible animals are
placed"
He then explained the necessities OF
the case, and stated the means which
the Department proposed to take to
cause the entire disappearance Of Texas
fever aud plelro-pnepmopia. He also
dealt with figures To prove that the
will be the gunner even II the
Department is forced to spend immense
sumsof money to accomplish these ends,
for the reason that these diseases affect
not only with foreign Coun-
tries, but between States as well.
He took up the statistical information
the Department had obtained as
TO the number Of Cattlet In the country
TO each 1000 Of population. He showed
that the number had decreased In the
past few years till there arc now only
al cattle to the thousand Of population.
Concerning the pork raised In this
country, he told Of the Germany and
French Governments shutting out
American pork on account OF trichin@,
and gave examples to prove that the as
Of these governments are untea.
AS a remedy for this trouble
he proposed that all hogs DO inspected
ut tie time and. place Of slaughter. He
quite awhile on the matter Of in.
gpeCtIph and explained the views Of the
Department, and expressed the hope
that Congress will be liberal enough 10
allow the organization Of q corps Of in.
IpeCtoIs, ufpt ,,bl ana
Referring to plaques destructive to
property and life, lie spoke Of tuber-
as q common disease OF cattle
now known 10 be readily communicated
one animal 10 another, and which
has been carried from herd to herd and
rom State TO State. This disease ~ one
hat exists In all parts Of the country,
causing enormous losses OF cattlei IL Is,
unfortunately, the most destructive OF
al diseases 10 human life. II Ia germ
and the germ from which II or.
20 far az science has boen ableto
determine, 10 unable 10 reproduce itself
Of the bodies Of men and
animals. tits not surptlslnR, therefore,
hat the board Of physlclan6 which re-.
,ehtly investigated the question In New
York City, reported that The beSt method
II preventing the diBeAse Ia people was
10 vxiifpAte II from the herds which
lupply the milk and butter and beef
hat constitutes their food. For every
Of our population there are at
east $500 deaths each year from tubef.
consequently the number Of
In this country from this disease
100000 per annutn, and this
d pteyentlble death, viii the
ltoCk.fai6et allow the control Of this
10 drift Into the hands Of local
authorities who can only exercise afbi.
raty MEASURES In condemning and
leAtroylng his products without
,rantlhg him any relief, or will
10 in6ist that the whole matter
8 NO Intimately related 10 Inter.
tate commerce % 70 10 q national CUES.
ion and ono 70 10 regulated BY Uoh.
RESP
There are other animal diseases not 10
o overlooked. There 10 hog cholera,
lhlChi within the last Thirty YEAR hRS