Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-06
WHAT OUR NElGHBORS SAY.
A Halt Called for as Regards the
Slaughter OF Cattle.

IhcGe are many things to Indicate tnat
the State cattle commission and the laws
relating to diseased cattle in this state
will receive n thorough overhauling ut the
nc xt session of the Legislature. There
appears to be growing sentiment that
thorough investigation and careful study
OF this question Is Ssary in the inter-
csts of the farmer and the state both
from a sanitary and a financial standpoint.
There is a feeling, and with good reason.
that the law which attempts to stamp
out bovine tuberculosis will bear some
amendments which Will work TO the pub
lie good and that the present board of cat
tie commissioners while probably acting
within the letter Of the law need to mix
NOR, common sense with some of their
acts of authority. The arbitrary and OK
tensivc slaughter of cattle In several parts
of the state after what it seems must
have been II superficial test Is calculated
to work all injury to the State by creating
prejudice which may make II diff cult
to obtain and retain nee ssary laws for
the preservation of health
Farmers cannot afford to have diseased
cattle in their herds and they are vitality
interested in their elimination. They VIII
rot. however consent to a slaughter of
their cattle after what appears to be at
times a doubtful and unsatisfactory t"st.
he commission seems tc have recently
dis ovc~ai that second tuberCuin test
is net to be relied upon, and accuse farm
ers of making the first In order to deceive
the commission This discovery on the
part of the cen mission ought to suggest
that possibly there are other things about
tho test which they do not now under
stand.
Tie most damaging admission is made
by Mr.. Hitchcock of the commission in a
letter to the Burlington Free Press in de-
Tense Of the test. He says: 'They Uhc
commission have always believed and still
not an absolutely irfallihlo method "l de-
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THE "SPOTTER"
Urom the Barton Montor)
The recent affair at White River June
ton and the criticism il has received
from all sides will doubtless nut n stop TO
the practice of employing detectives in the
endeavcr to obtain proofs of the violation
of the prohibitorv law. This method is
one which may not he sanctioned by a
majority of the people Ct the state and
vet as Il is a legitimate enc II is not So
strange that IL should be tried Nv the of
ticials who are being urged to enforce the
law, and failing to obtain proofs bv the
usual methods employed, endeavor to gain
manner. These officials arc obliged to face
"IthchS from every ulrectioH. ihose VINO
~ 'ne ~ chio,,oiS "w WI coiiueI,I'l
, II tneF lah u, enforce II, VINE mo
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rot willing tc stand UP to the rack and
tbo ,ooai n.;o,, "i, I'm m','nc many ~
ut the methods which arc Icing orn,ovo !