The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-18
EMBARGO RAISED.
Live Stock Commission Gives
Up Tuberculosis Quarantine.
End Of a Troublesome and Bit
ter Controversy.
POLITICS IN THE ORDER
Votes of the Cattlemen Are an
Object.
Slight Excuse Made For the Ac-
tion OF Board.

The Kansas quarantine against the
shipment into the state of dairy and
breeding cattle from states having tuber-
culosis in that class of cattle has been
raised by Governor Stanley upon the
recommendation OF the state live stock
sanitary commission.
The governors official utterance in
connection with this subject follows:
In accordance with the recommenda-
ton of the live stock sanitary commits
sion. i do hereby proclaim and declare
that the quarantine established March
l, 1900, against the introduction of cat
tie into the state of Kansas from the
states of Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, MASSACHUSETTS, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
tennessee Indiana Michigan, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Ne
braska, be, and the same is hereby
raised, and that the rules and regulations
promulgated March l. 1900 be suspend
ed. from and after October 1S, 1900"
The state live stock sanitary commits
sion, which the governor has often said
lis a useless board" recommended the
suspension Of this quarantine because
the courts of Illinois are considering the
legality of rules and regulations pro-
mulgated by the commission in that
state.
In the supreme court of Illinois a suit
is pending, the decision of which will
govern the movement Of cattle and the
Legality Of the requirement of the APP
plication of tuberculin to ascertain
whether or not cattle are afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Pending this decision the live stock
sanitary commission of Illinois has Sus-
pended the rule.
When the action of the Illinois COM
mission was made known in Missouri
that states commission suspended the
tuberculosis quarantine. So, the Kansas
commission found out what was going
on and suspended its tuberculosis quar-
antine.
Cattiemen who are interested in this
subject fail to understand why Kansas
rules and regulations should be suspend
ed pending a decision as to the legality
of Illinois regulations.
However, this tuberculosis quaran-
tine has been done away with and the
fight between the shippers and breeders
of fancy cattle and those who handle
only stocker-s and feeders has been aban-
doned. This has been one of the most
spirited conflicts that have occurred be
tween these two classes of business for
I4-any years and ii is the only quarrel
among cattlemen which has reached the
governor.
Some of the fancy cattle shippers
headed by c. A Stannard of Emporia,
the owner of Sunny Slope farm, APP
pealed to the governor to have this
tuberculosis quarantine removed. Mr..
Stannard, at q hearing held by the gov
ernor, openly charged that this quaran-
tine was being maintained by the com
mission as an obstacle in the way of the
fancy breeders progress.
To this M. H Campbell. chairman of
the commission made an indignant reply
and claimed that Mr.. STANDARDS motive
in impugning the intention of the COM
mission to protect the cattle industry of
the state was purely for the purpose OF
developing the opportunity for the ship
pers of that class of cattle to indulge in
speculation. Mr.. Campbell pointed out,
in his opinion, the fact that the ship
ment and handling of stockers and feed
ers in this state is far n excess of the
volume of dairy and breeding cattle
shipments and suggested that what was
protection for one class of business
might be valuable for the same purpose
to others To this view the Stannard
synpathizers took exceptions and re-
newed the charges that the state COM
mission was guided by selfish motives.
Mr.. Stannard did not make a case
against the board at that time, so the
governor declined to raise the quaran-
tine.
Now the slight excuse that Illinois has
raised it's quarantine gives the Kansas
commission an opportunity to lift the OBJ
jectionable Kansas quarantine just a
few weeks before election.
The present commission has always
been unpopular with the cattlemen in
Kansas and this action in calling upon
the governor to revoke the tuberculosis
thing but an effort on the part Of the
members of this commission to make
peace with the cattle interests before
those interested pay their respects a the
polls. However, Governor Stanley's ac-
ton is only perfunctory so far as issuing
the proclamation is concerned. The law
provides that he shall issue proclama-