The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-21
CATTLE GUARANTEED
A Serious Blow to the Industry
in This State.
NO NORTHERN MARKET
Governor Carr Takes Immediate
Action.
He Writes to Secretary Morton, Asking
That the Quarantine Line be
Modified So as Not to include
North Carolina.

North carolina.
The cattle raising industry in North
Carolina is seriously threatened. The
growth OF this nj st.y II lie li+t
few ye9ss ~ .esn phcnon,raI 'Ipi
it is row the pr;a etas,t g
the ,eoole OF s., cit "t ,A.r w. ,rn
counties.
But a new order just issued by the
Federal Secretary of Agriculture will,
unless it is modified, shut out our cat
tie from the northern market, and give
the industry q great setback.
It is not on account OF our cattle
that he has issued new quarantine
regulations, for there are no healthier
cattle IN the world than those raised
in North Carolina
Tut he writes to Governor Carr:
'Fhis Department has heretofore
| found it almost impossible to enforce
| its regulations against cattle crossing
quarantine lire within the bounda-
ries Of State or Territory, and conse-
| quentIy it has decided-to establish the
| Federal Quarantine Line for the en-
| suing year along the boundary lines
| OF States or Territory"
The boundary line as fixed for the
ensuing year runs across the conti-
nent from California via Texas, Arkan-
/ sas aud Tennessee; and the line near
est north of us Is the northern bounda-
ny line OF Virginia.
/ The regulation Is that: From the
/ 18th Of November during each year no
cattle are to be transported from said
area South or below said Federal quar-
antine line, except by rail for imme-
diatc slaughter"
VIRGINIA At WORK.
The Brauer cattle company, Of Rich
mond. Va, writes to Governor Carr.
calling attention to the new order:
"The cattle raising industry OF both
| Virginia and North Carolina has in the
! last few days been seriously threaten
| ed by the proclamation Of the secreta-
4 ~ of Agriculture, issued Feb list, 10
/ 20 into effect Feb. 18th, whereby no
| cattle from any part Of North Caro-
lima or Virginia can be shipped to the
northern markets except as infected.
Ia he slaughtered immediately upon
! arrival Heretofore your and our
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| outside OF this quarantine line, and
had the privilege which was used to
/ q great extent-of the northern mar
/ ifets.
"The cattle-raiscrs of Virginia are
/ greatly alarmed at the outlook for
their industry. Every effort is being
made-by legislation and otherwise
to get the line modified, and we are in
receipt of d telegram from the deputa-
| ton sent to Washington that they
have secured the postponcment Of the
| date on which the regulation goes into
| effect to March 1st.
Richmond il the principal market
| FOR Western North Carolina cattle,
hundreds being shipped here weekly;
/ IL the regulation is adhered to IN Wash
| in0fon. we cannot ship our surplus
| North: IL it is modified, and no action
Is taken to modify the line in North
| Carolina. no North Carolina cattle can
come into Richmond or any part Of the
| modified district
| Governor Elias Carr yesterday wrote
the following letter to the Secretary o.
| Agriculture:
| my Dear Sir:
'!Replying to your favor of the 3lst
uItimo, would request that the quar-
antine line against southern or splene-
! tic fever which you have designated
and established as a Federal Quaran
| tine Line. be modified so as to exempt
cattle from North Carolina.
INV attention has been called to the
| fact that the greater shipments Of cat
| tie from this State areto Richmond, Va,
aud / understand that the State Of
! Virginia has asked for a temporary
suspension Of the order. If so, and we
| are not allowed to ship cattle except
| for immediate slaughter, it will almost
/ DESTROY the industry of cattle raising
| tn this State, which has recently in
| creased very rapidly We have no
| market to the South Of us, and con-
| sequently, except for three months in
| the year, no cattle can be shipped
| from this State.
| "Our legislature does not meet until
| next January, and | respectfully ask,
! Mr.. Secretary, that this order be sus-
| pended as far as North Carolina is con-
cerned until the Legislature can enact
such quarantine laws as viii be salts
| factory to you, to insure a modification
| Of said Federal Quarantine Line.
"The cattle raised in our mountain
section are practically free from fever
and are raised in a climate as cool and
| free from diseases as the climate In
| any State North Of the Virginia line.
It is this section Of the State that ships
most of the cattle, and it would be a
great injustice to this State, and the
people engaged in this industry, to
compel them to comply with this or
der, until an opportunity is given us
to provide such regulations as will |
meet with your anDr0yal and insure |
this area protection from southern or |
splenetic fever, and at the same time |
enable them to have market for their |
cattle.
If this line is modified for Virginia, |
/ would earnestly request the same |
modification be made to apply to North |
Carolina"
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