North Park union., 1900-11-30
Cattle 10 Transit.

CAttl0 In IfAnehts
It Is q vexed question at present
which is the best plan In the manage.
ment OF cattle In transit as regards
feeding and watering. Our readers
are aware that there is law to the
effect that cattle must leave the cars
every % hours for food and water.
The idea OF this law was that cattle
suffered badly when allowed to re-
main over that length of time without
food or water. for many trips to mar
ket occupy much more than the length
Of time mentioned. 1t would now
seem that stockmen do not like this
2S hour law and claim that 1t Is really
cruel. more so than it would be to al
low the cattle to 60 for 40 hours with
out food or water They say that the
cattle have to be beaten to make them
leave the cars. that they stumble and
fall In the chutes. that they become
bruised and spoiled for sale. all OF
which things would not happen were
they allowed to go hungry and thirsty
until arrival at their destination.
1t 10 perfectly apparent that 1t would
be an easy case to make out In favor
those who do not wish to go to the
trouble Of unshipping for feeding in
transit but we are inclined to believe
that the practice Of allowing the cat
tie to suffer for lack of food and water
would be worse than any evils alleged
to happen to them when unshipped In
transit for feeding and watering.
Those who are in the business OF ship
ping cattle long distances are, how
ever, best able to speak from expert
ence and the Farmers Review would
be pleased to hear from such and gain
knowledge of their experience In the
matter. 1t is certainly a subject which
deserves consideration by the press
and as there is some talk OF. having a
40 hour law adopted we would like
to have the subject discussed by our
readers. The following is an article
from the Drover's Journal. which will
add to what has been said above:
Tho so-called 2S-hour stock law,
which stockmen hope to have changed
to the 40-hour law, was the subject of
active discussion before the American
Humane society at Pittsburg. The
address Of President John w. Springer
OF the National Live Stock Association
was very forcible one. He presented
a series OF photographs showing the
incidents Of travel in cattle train.
and Of being unloaded for feed and
water at stations en- route. His special
mission was to convince the protec-
tors of dumb animals that 1t is more
humane to allow the cattle trains to
be run through without stop. making
the trip from range to slaughter In 40
hours. than 1t is to compel stop
every ~ hours, as at present, when
the animals are driven from the cars,
given food and water in strange sur
roundings and then hurried on board
again. He endeavored to show the
eastern people at the convention that
the cattle on the western plains fire.
quently Of their own volition 60 48
hours without water, visiting the
streams and water holes only once In
two days. He had photographs show
Ing how the animals have to be beaten
to make them leave the cars, how they
stumble and fall and are trampled
upon In going up and down tho chutes.
ana how upon release frequently make
the hrst use OF their larger quarters
to go to fighting. In the collection
were pictures of beef killed at Chicago
and Omaha, In which whole sides of
peat were ruined by the contusions
and bruises resulting from the rough
treatment required by the law enacted
at the behest of the Humane society.
While the cattle are in the cars. Mr..
Springer explained they are 80 packed
together that each acts as a buffer for
the other. and they suffer little actual
injury. The National Live Stock ex-
change. all the big cattle growers as
sociations, and the National Live
stsck Association want to have the
interstate commerce law. which now
dxes the limit OF single trips of cattle
cars at % hours. amended so as to
make the limit Of time which cattle
may be carried without stops for food
and water 40 hours. The aid Of the
National Humane society Is asked In
making the change purely as hui
manitarian measure. II necessary a
Tight will probably be made In con-
xress.