New-York tribune., 1902-11-29
TWO MONTHS QUARANTINE
THAT THE SHORTEST PERIOD IN WHICH
TO CONTROL EPIDEMIC.
CATTLE OF HARVARD HERD AMONG THOSE
INFECTED WITH EXTREMELY CON.
TAGIoUs DISEASE.
rnT TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE. ]

TBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE
Boston. Nov. 2.--Secretsry Wilson's order closing
she port Of Boston all shipments of cattle
swine and sheep affects a number of steamship
lines. The lines that carry cattle from Boston Il
England are the Warren. Dominion Wilson and
Furness-Leylsnd. TO Liverpool: the Wesford, tc
Bristol. by the way of Avonmouth: the Allan. tc
Glasgow. and the Wilson Line. Hull.
The effect OF the order will be a serious derange
nnent of the export business from Boston The
steamship companies will lose $4,000 if traffic is
held up for two three weeks even. The follow
ing shipments had been arranged for:
Warren Line-The Sycamore, on November %
with about co cattle and 200 sheep; the Iowa. or
December s, about the same.
Wilson and Furness-Leyland Dne-The Column
hian November .. for London. with 800 cattle and
L2OO sheep. The Virginian December O.
Clnard Line-The Sivania November o. with 6si
cattle and $50 sheep.
Leyland Line-The Armenian, December s. with
so cattle and 600 sheep
Allan Line-The Corean. December 1. for Glas-
gov; several shipments OF Canadian cattle expect
for her Next sailing December TO- the Brazilian.
Dominion Lne-The Englishman December 8.
with 3SI cattle.
A railroad official says that the order will mix
things for time, but that the railroads have
enough other freight to keep them busy The Bos-
ton and Albany has about twenty carloads of cat
tie on the way 10 Boston from the Union Stock
Yards. in Chicago. The Boston and Maine has
about thirty carloads of cattle the way for the
Canadian Pacific.
The effect of the order on the Brighton and the
watertown stockyards will be to shut off the re-
oeipts Of cattle mch cows etc. for sale. The ap-
proximate weekly receipts at the Brighton yards
from 200 to 100 head local Cfor saughter). 500
Loo for export and 800 500 animals for sale,
principally mch COWS. cattle sheep and little
pigs.
Boston exports no New England raised cattle All
its export beef comes through from Chicago, Omaha
and other Western cities.
culture UP to-day had received about one nun
dred reports Of the of the foot and mouth
contagion. All the reports received come from To-
calities within seventyve miles of Boston, situated
mainly to the northwest and southwest of the city
the disease, DR. Austin Peters. chairman of the
Cattle passing over the same road traversed by
infected animals viii contract the disease. Only the
most stringent quarantine will prevent sCourge
hitherto unknown IN this country"
The cattle bureau has strong hope that the halt
IN business at this point VIII enable il to trace out
the disease and materially reduce the prevalence
Reports reached the cattle bureau to-day of dis
ease among cattle in a herd s. at Harvard one at
ordered each herd quarantined: Statements by
veterinary authorities indicate that ffty-siX days
IS the shortest quarantine period 10 be consldered
even on the suppositlon that every infected animal
is caught at once
DR. Samuel Z. Bennett local inspector Of the
United States Bureau of Animal Industry said to-
only very slight pretext would cause the Brit
ish Government 10 close her ports to all ships.
All that they would look at is that there is foot
and mouth disease in the United States. 1t makes
no difference whether the cattle yarded IN
Massachusetts or in Kansas Iowa. 1t only
very short time that the Argentine Republic
was shipping great many cattle over 70 Liverpool.
Those ships were the sea but the was
carried ahead of them that there was cattle dis
ease in the Argentine Republic, and when the yes
sells got there they found every British port closed
against them. Those ships had TO put to a,
slaughter their cattle in mid and throw them
overheard The ports were closed TO them for three
years Now. isn't it better that we should close
the port OF Boston entirely the shipment of cat
tie for the time being than that We should lose
the whole? Why in three years time that would
cattle from the ports of the United States"