Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-02
cArrls QUARANTINE. .


cArrlg QUARANTINE.
A. am r-cel,lhg 40 many letters s.s'
ing nv opinion about the rcccnt action
ot the Cattle Comml..ioner. ~ Maine In
the cattle guarsntiis, ccnclade Ia
give the public INV opinion. ! do not
object, AZ a dealer, a. stopping the ship
uenis 81 cattle Into Maine from Ms.ss-
cha.etts, Yet I fear th. commissioner.
have pFcsame,i on their authority, foe
DO not believe that Que state hasa right
Ia exclude live .tock frcm another state
sxc,pt a. against some highly contagious
disease. I believe al the present time
uo Que has legal right to quarantine
sell cattle. n the cattle commission
81. had Instituted an or,i.r of in.p.,tion.
so that all anlmSl. shipped into the state
.houli b. Inspected. and slgk ones DE-
stroy.i al the owners expense. such an
order woald not Interfere With Inter
state commerce, aud vet accomplish
some results. n l. fact, that many ot
the dairymen Of Massachusetts depend
on selling their dry stock to New ilamp-
shir, farmers, Who can keep these dry
cows AZ les Cost than the milkmen of
.
has besn indulgci In by Maine dealers,
although In exceptional case. fe~ car
loads uf store cattle have eceu shipped
10 Maine, not much Ia our fsrmers sd-
vantage, Vet ~hes Ne ssy ''you shall
not ship such cattle Into Maine OF New
IlAmpshirc." yoa have inisrfcrcd ~hh
Interstate commspe, aud the channel.
ot trade, which IL apparent at the pf,.-
ent time. Cows, which have bccome
quite a production In Maine, and are
nov sold Ia 20 Ia Brighton market, are
N least i've OT ten dollars lover on ac-
count 90 the action 81 the cattle COM
missioners. aud should Massschusstts
conclude tO .hut cut Maine cattle, ~hlch
they can DO with lust AZ much prOpri.iN
a. we do thsirs, " will make tust 80
much harder times for the farmers.
And II the next legislature !. Ike the
last, II will grant a still larger spptopri'
alton. which th.y must pat their hands
into their pocket. and pay Tor, what tn
nv opinion 1. q matter Of cons1mmate
FOLLY aad worse than thrown away. Nv
opinion. which has fr,sly bccn given, is
that the state should not appropriate
one dollar for such purposes, bat lei the
town authorities sufotcv the las, and
cause al sick horses and cattle to - de-
.truysd Al the owners expense. Ani "
Ne have cattle commissioners al all, t~o
of them shoald - practical farnler- AMI
cattl. men Who have spent their I've.
among live stoCs. The veterinary ~
such a ts,ard .houli b. such man hsN-
log .uch ufc rv,'ord ss a. inspire the
people ~ith confidence In HI. dccisioh.
and sctioa.. ~ IN. prc~sni time, AMI
With the pr-.snt las, Il la good Nay
Ia ssll an old wOrn out cos or glandeFcd
hor.s. bath 20 Which have no value Yet
The state paws for such animals, aud the
little thsits - on.
we arr pica.s,i To Inform the puhlic
that during the year l~pl ~c have --en
bat ous tutsfyular auimal tn Maine, al
though we have no doubt thsrr are no~
and then Que. \ Massachusetts hatcher.
= ho makes a specially 20 CoN beef, ani
Kills more CoNs a brighton ahati"ii
than any other man. SAYS thu. war hs.
dsNrloI-si no inCpase In tahervular
animals. ca the whole. hs think. h.
-srs les 20 the dl.sa-e nov than iSeuiy
,cars ago. The cattle comnlission~r.
-huuld move cautiously In disturbing
the channels 20 trade, which, " disturb
ed, Nill b. FELT by the farmers. Last
wear ~ this time I MAS shipping an aver
sgv ~ hfty coNs pcr week, Zoe ~hich ]
paid IN. farmers ot Maine about ssso.
Nov am closing up, and have stopped
every buyer from aylns cows, a. can-
uut ssll thsm. The milkmsn ~ Massa-
chusstts .ay. "if NC cannot sell out
mllk-,l-Out CO.'S. Ne sill keep shst Sr
have aud hay 10 mor-." Ny barns,
ahieh have formsrly bscn kept iull of
springyrs tttiug for brighton market,
arr uON tied fall 20 t-,i cattle. IN small
I-ot wcrv 10 btvak cat among us, ~e
,-,n fence up Rad. and display r-i fhg-.
n pleuro-pn~umonh should btcak out
anon. the hsrds 20 cattle In anoihsr
state, 1 should give NV opinion that wr
eoull legally shut thsm oat. Hut t'r-
cause our neighbor has consumption
.hould We shun al. premises, or coald
". bloyk up M. highway Can ~ l.
saIIV .hut out cattle from our sister
.tatss, bloyk the channels of trade, inter
frtr ~ith Interstate commerce. jusi he-
causs a set of m-n wish "a make capital
oui % a disease old az the human rscc
or aulmal kingdom. YET smrnt.bly de-
stfucti,e 20 human or animal llir Va
manner slightly conts giou., Vet DO more
prevalent nov than tfty yrars ago'-l.
4 l.InH1 la Mains Farmer.