The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-02
YANKEE STOCK
QUARANTI
Foot and Mouth Disease Exists in
in New England.
NO EXPORT FROM BOSTON
Or to Any Part of the United States.
Rigid Quarantine Is Established
Against Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts and Vermont Live
Stock.

Washington, Nov. 27-Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson today issued
sweeping order, directed to the
managers and agents of railroads and
transportation companies of the
United States, stockmen and others,
notifying them of the establishment
of a quarantine of cattle, sheep and
other ruminants, and swine in the
New England States and prohibiting
the expectation of such animals from
the port of Boston until further or
ders.
Recent Investigations in the de-
partment disclosed the fact that what
is known as foot and mouth disease
exists to an alarming extent in Con-
necticut, Rhode Island, Massachu-
sets and Vermont.
The department experts Dr. Mob
Ter, DR.. Leonard Pearson of Univers-
ity of Pennsylvania and DR.. James
Law, of Cornell investigated the in
fected districts and united in a rec
concentration that a quarantine be
established Secretary Wilson said
today that this is the most serious
matter the department has had to
handle for some time, but that all
the resources of the department
would be employed in stamping out
the disease. He declared that if it
should spread west of the Hudson
river it would be nothing short than
national calamity. The orders,
which are dated today and numbered
SO and 100, respectively, are as fol-
lows:
ITO Managers and Agents of rail-
roads and transportation lines of the
United States, stockmen and others:
I'm accordance with section 7 of
the act of congress approved May
20, 1884, entitled IAN act for the es-
tablishment of bureau of animal in
dustry to prevent the expectation of
diseased cattle and to provide means
for the suppression and extirpation
of plauro-pneumonia and other con-
tagious. diseases among domesuc an
imals," and with the act of congress
approved June 8, 1902, making sp-
preparations for the department of
agriculture for the fiscaI year ending
June 30, 1908, you are hereby mott
fed that a contagious disease known
as foot and mouth disease exists
among animals in the states of Con-
necticut, Rhode Island, Massachu-
sets and Vermont, and that the cat
tie, sheep and other ruminants and
swine of said states have been ex-
posed to the contagion of said dis
ease; therefore,
1T is hereby ordered that to pre-
vent the spread of the said disease
from the said states into otner states
or foreign countries and to aid in it's
eradication, no cattle, sheep or other
ruminants or swine shall be moved
or permitted to move from or across
the territory of any states named
into any other state or foreign coun-
try. Any person or interpretations
violating this order will be proceed
ed against as provided for by act of
congress above referred to.
1T is hoped that all transportation
companies, cattle shippers and 9th
ers interested in the welfare of our
animal industry will cooperate with
the department of agriculture in en-
forcing this order, to the end that
the restriction on traffic may have
the desired effect and be- removed
in the shortest time. (Signed).
JAMES WILSON, Secretary"