The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
ACATTLE QUARANTINE.
Those Coming From New England
States Are Held In Check.
DISEASE ATTACKS THEM.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Els
tablishes Ban ON Cattle, Sheep
and Other Ruminants and Swine
Until Further Orders.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson has issued sweep
ing order directed to the managers and
agents of railroads and transportation
companies of the United States, stock
men and others notifying them of the
establishment of quarantine of cat
tie, sheep and other ruminants and
swine in the New England states and
prohibiting the expectation of such ami
mails from the port of Boston until fur
thef orders.
Recent investigations by the depart
ment of agriculture disclosed the fact
that what is known as foot and mouth
disease exists to an alarming extent
in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts and Vermont.
The expert of the department, DR..
Mohler; DR.. Leonard Pearson of the
University of Pennsylvania, and DR..
James Law of Cornell visited the in.
fected districts and united In a recon-
mendation that In order to prevent the
spread of the disease a quarantine
should Immediately be established.
Secretary Wilson said today that this
is the most serious matter the depart
ment has had to handle for some time
but that all the resources Of the de-
partment would he employed in stamp
ing out the disease. He declared that if
it should spread west of the Hudson
river it would be nothing short of ma
tiOnal calamity.
Text of Order.
The orders, which are dated today
and numbered 30 and 100 respectively,
are as follows:
ITO the Managers and Agents of Rail
roads and Transportation Companies
of the United States, Stockmen and
Others:
I'm accordance with section OF
the act of congress, approved May %,
1884, entitled An act for the establish
ment of Il bureau of animal industry
to prevent the expectation of diseased
cattle and to provide means for the
suppression and eXtirpation of pleuro-
pneumonia and other contagious dis
eases among domestic animals and
June ), 1902, making appropriations
for the department of agriculture for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908,
you are hereby notified that the con-
tagious disease known as foot and
mouth disease exists among animals in
the states of Connecticut, Rhode Is
land, Massachusetts and Vermont and
that the cattle, sheep and other rumi-
nants and swine of said states have
been exposed to the contagion of said
disease; therefore,
1T is hereby ordered that to prevent
the spread of the said disease from the
states of Connecticut. Rhode Island
Massachusetts and Vermont into other
states or foreign countries and to aid
in its eradication no cattle, sheep or
other ruminants or swine shall be
moved or he permitted to move from
or across the territory of any one of
the states above named into any other
state or foreign country. Any person.
company or corporation violating this
order will be proceeded against as pro
vided for by the act of congress above
referred to.
1t is hoped that all transportation
companies, cattle shippers and others
Interested in the welfare of our animal
industry will cooperate with the de
partment of agriculture in enforcing
this order to the end that the restric-
ton on traffic may have the desired
effect ana be removed in the shortest
possible time
Whereas, a highly contagious dis
ease known as foot and mouth disease
exists among cattle III the state Of
Massachusetts and the routes of trans
portation possibly may have been con
taminated, and in order to protect the
export trade in live animals by pre-
venting the expectation of animals
which are diseased or which have been
exposed to disease,
1T is hereby ordered that no cattle,
sheep or other ruminants or swine shall
be permitted to be exported from the
port of Boston until further orders.
JAMES WILSON, Secretary"