The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-03

! Der for Leicester, supported the motion,
declaring the bill TO be Injurious 10 Can
ada and of no assistance TO British far
mers. Mr.. Walter Long, president OF
the board Of agriculture, opposed the
motion, claiming it only complicated
! the working of the bill.
Mr.. Whites amendment was rejected,
| POP to go
Mr.. Sidney Buxton, Liberal member
for the popular division of the Tower
| hamlets, VINO was under-secretary OF
state for the colonies in the late govern
ment, moved to except the colonies from
the operation of the bill, where il was
shown that they were free from cattle
! diseases.
Mr.. Buxton asserted that there was
no pleuro-pneumonia there and pointed
out that Canada offered to do her ut
| most TO prevent the export of infected
| cattle.
Howard Vincent, Conservative mem
Der from Central Sheffield. expressed
| the hope that the government would not
| place the colonies on the same footing
| as foreign countries. Mr.. Long, in re-
| ply, said that the government had no
| desire to injure Canadian trade and was
acting with the strictest sense of duty.
1t was sure that the Canadian govern
ment was doing its best in the matter.
| But the latter was in a difficult position
owing 10 the long frontier on the other
side of which pleUro-pneumonia was
admittedly found. Canada contended
that pleuro-pneumonia was confined TO
the United States. while the latter COM
planned that the disease existed in Can
ada and not in the United States. Con-
| tinuing, Mr.. Long said he did not hesi-
Canadian imported cattle was pleuro-
pneumonia, and not transital pneumon-
ia, and he further stated that the Can
adam government was unable to shake
the expert evidence that there were
eight cases discovered in 1892. six in
January, 1894. and two in 1895. The two
latter, Mr.. Long explained, were de-
tected by the slaughter men.
1t had been suggested, Mr.. Long also
said, that the government appoint a
commission to go to Canada, but the
Canadian experts contendad that the
disease was simple and not infectious
uro-pneumonia, while the imperial
government supported the view of the
British experts. that the disease was
contagious. and therefore it was found
impossible to accept the suggestion.
The government did not share the
view that the bill would lnJuTe the trade
of the coSonies and lead to colonial BIT
terness against Great Britain. II be-
lieved that the Canadian breeders
would accommodate themselves 10 the
new conditions.
Sir Baden-Powell. Conservative MEM
Der of the hirkdale division OF Liver
pool: the TT. Hon. James Bryce, Liber-
al member for South Aberdeen, Mr.. Ha-
ry BrOadhurst, and others, supported
Mr.. BuXton's amendment to exempt the
colonies from the operations of the bill
where il was shown that they were free
from cattle diseases and Mr.. Long again
replied, urging that the Canadian trade
would not suer by the passage Of the
bill, as ii would be converted into dead
meat and, that the Canadians were
adopting themselves 10 the change, was
shown in the fact that the imports OF
live cattle for the rSt four months Of 1885
were only 500 tons, compared with 5000
tons for the same period OF 1894.
A motion 70 reject the chief clause OF
the diseases of animals bill was voted
down by vote Of 170 nays 10 "A yeas.
The bin was then passed through the
committees stage without the anend-
menL