The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
QUARANTINE; IN
. new ENGLAND
Foot and Mouth Disease Exists to an
Alarming Extent in That
Territory.
Should It Spread West the Result
Might Be- National
Calamity. 49,
Quarantine on Cattle, Sheep and
Swine NO Expectation From
:,sost "A Allowed.

Washington. Nov. 27.--SecI stary OF Ag-
riculture Wilson to-day issued sweep
ing order directed to. the managers and
agents Of railroad and transportation
companies of the. Tpfted States, stockmen
and others, notifying them Of the estab'
| lshment Of a quarantine on cattle, sheep
and other run1inants and swine in the
New England states and prohibiting the
expectation Of such. animals from the port
Of Boston until further orders.
Recent investigations in the department
of agriculture disclosed the fact that what
is known as foot and mouth disease exist
ed to an alarming, extent in Connecticut.
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and YER
mont.
The experts of the department, DR..
Mohler. DR.. Leonard Pearson of the Uni
! versity OF Pennsylvania, and DR.. James
Law Of Cornell, investigated the infected
districts and united in a recommendation
that in order to prevent the spread Of
| the disease quarantine should inrne
| diately be established.
! Secretary Wilson said. to-day 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 Of a national calamity.
! The orders, which are dated to-day and
| numbered 80 and 100. respectively, as
follows:
| Text Of the Orders.
| "To 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 30, 1884, entitled
| An act for the establishment Of bureau
of animal industry, to prevent the exporta-
| ton Of diseased cattle. and to provide
i means for the suppression and extirpation
| OF pleuro pneumonia and other contagious
diseases among domestic animals and
| with the act of congress, approved June
| 3. 1902. making appropria tons for the de-
! partment Of agriculture for the fiscal year
| ending June so. 1903, you are hereby mott
fed that the contagious disease known
as foot and mouth disease, exists among
! animals in the states OF Connecticut,
! Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Vermont
and that the ca tile. sheep and other rumi-
! nants and swine OF said states have been
| exposed to the contagion Of said disease;
| therefore. .-@.' =. " 49,. ~
TT is hereby ordered. that ia Aprsxent
| the spread OF the said disease from the
states Of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Mass
achusetts and Vermont into other states
| or foreign countries and to aid in its
| eradication, no cattle, sheep or other rum
| inants, swine shall be moved or be
| permitted to move from across the ter
| rltorY OF any one or the states named into
any other state or foreign country. Any
person. company or corporation violating
| this order will be proceeded against as
provided for by the act of congress above
| referred to.
1T is hoped that all transportation COM
panies. cattle shippers and others inter
! ested in the welfare Of our animal industr!
| will cooperate with the department OF
agriculture in enforcing this order to the
end that the restriction on traffic may
have the desired effect and be removed In
the shortest possbel time.
James Wilson. Secretary
| "Whereas a highly contagious disease
! known as foot and mouth disease exists
among cattle in the state of Massa chusetts
and the routes Of transportation possibly
may have been contaminated and in order
| to protect the export trade in live animals
by preventing the expectation Of animals
which are diseased or which have been ex-
posed to disease.
ut 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