Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-24
THE RAISED EMBARGO
Governor Odell of New York Makes
 Objection.

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 l Cattle Commissioner H. O. Averill ! was informed yesterday that Governor | Odell of New York had filed protest
 with the secretary of agriculture against the raising of the quarantine
 on Connecticut cattle, giving as req
 son that animals might be brought into 1 Connecticut from Massachusetts and
 other New England states and from
 here into New York state. Commis- 1 sioner Averill said in relation to the matter to reporter that he did not un- derstand why the governor of New
 York should make a protest Connec- ticut was doing Gll possible to keep the 1 hoof and mouth disease out of this
 state, had special men at work for the | purpose. and had offered a reward of | $50 for the conviction of any person | bringing the diseased cattle here. Be sides the New York boundary was pa trolled and it would be impracticable | to get diseased cattle across Connecti-
 cut into that state.
 The official notification which Gov | ernor Mclean received from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, that the em> bargO of Connecticut cattle had been raised. is as follows:
 Washington. D. C., Dec 9, 1902 Department of Agriculture
 His Excellency George Mclean. Gov
 ernor of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn:
 My Dear Sir: Referring to the out bI'2ak of foot and mouth disease ill New England. have the honor to in form you that I have to-day given or ders to lift the quarantine from the state of Connecticut. I desire to ex- press the departments lively apprecia- tiOn of the cordial cooperation we have had from you in this matter. We have been doing what we thought best for your state and the surrounding states, as well as for the best interests of the cattle industry generally. Your people have exercised both patience and for bearance during the serious interrup- tion to their business. I am glad4to be able to lift the embargo from your state. Very respectfully,
 JAMES WILSON. Secretary. In accordance with the letter from the department of agriculture to Gov ernor Mclean, Commissioner Averill has issued the following letter to per sons interested in the state: Hartford, Dec 23, 1902. It affords me great deal of pleas ure to be able to inform you that Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson has so modified his order No go prohibiting 1 the shipment of cattle, sheep, and oth
 CT ruminants and swine out of Yer mont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, as to re- move the embargo against the ship ment of said animals out of Connecti- cut There is nothing now to prevent as free shipment of such live stock out of this state as prevailed before the order of quarantine was issued. How ever, no cattle, etc, can be brought in to this, state from the other four states above mentioned.
 1 Yours respectfully,
 H. o. AVERILL, Commissioner.
 ' Further intelligence from Albany stated that Commissioner Wieting of the New York department of agricul- ture was much disturbed over the rais- 1 ing of the embargo from Connecticut, and that he had brought it to the at ltention of Governor Odell. The latter gave instructions to the New York de Ipartment to maintain a rigid quaran ttine against Connecticut and if neces- Isary to increase the line of pickets on 1.-the frontier between the two states. New York has also extended the quar- lantine to cover hay from Vermont. I Late yesterday afternoon Conlmis- Isioner Ayerill had conversation from the capitol in Hartford with Commis- isioner Wieting at Albany. He as- sured the New York commissioner that Connecticut was as anxious as New York to keep the hoof and mouth dis ease out of this state. Every precau- ition had been taken to prevent the inn
 portation of cattle from Rhode Island, Massachusetts and the other New Eng land states and rigid quarantine would be maintained. He also said itht The government was assisting in the quarantine and that Connecticut's lenergy in the matter was a protection rather than a menace to New York.
 While Commissioners Wieting gave no decisive expression of his views he Egave the impression that he had re Eceived new light i'll relation to Connec- lticut's position in the matter.
 Governor Mclean last evening sent
 the following telegram to Governor iOdell of New York:
 Hon B. B. Odell, Ncwburgh, N. Y.
 I think investigation will satisfy au-
 thorities that New York should not lquarantine Connecticut cattle There lis no disease in this state and our quar- lantine against Massachusetts and Rhode Island is very strict
 GEORGE ?. M'LEAN.