Evening journal., 1902-11-28
QUARAN TINE ON
SICK CATTLE
Secretary Wilson Forbids the
Transportation Of the Dis
eased Animals
THE ORDER CAME AS A SURPRISE

portation companies of the United
States, stock men and others, notify
ing them of the establishment of
quarantine of cattle, sheep and other
ruminants and swine in the New Eng
land states and prohibiting the ex-
portation Of such animals from the
port of Boston till further 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 experts
of the department. DI. Mohler; Dr.
Leonard Pearson, of the University Of
Pennsylvania, and DR.. James Law, of
Cornell, visited the infected districts
and united in a recommendation in or
der to prevent the spread of the dis.
ease a ave- ~antine should Immediately
be est1l cd.
Secre, " Wilson said that this is
the most serious case the department
has had to handle for some time, but
that all the resources of the depart
ment 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 are as follows: "You are
hereby notified that the contagious dis
ease known as foot and mouth dis
ease exists among animals in the
states of Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts and Vermont and that
the cattle. sheep and other ruminants
and swine of said states have been ex-
posed to the contagion Of said disease;
therefore.
1T is hereby ordered, that TO pre-
vent the spread Of the said disease
from the states of Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Massachusetts and Vermont
into other states of foreign countries.
and to aid in its eradication, no cat
tie, sheep or other ruminants or swine
shall be moved, or be 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 viii be proceeded
against as provided for by the act of
congress above referred to.
at 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-
tion on traffic may have the desired
effect and be removed in the shortest
possible time"
Boston, Nov 2S.-The order of the
secretary of agriculture placing an
embargo of the shipment of cattle
from the port of Boston and declaring
in quarantine cattle and swine of Yer
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut will give great assistance
to the Massachusetts, cattle commits
sion in its effort to stamp out the
epidemic of foot and mouth disease
in this state. At the same time, the
order threatens curtailment of the
foreign commerce of Boston, in that
it is likely temporarily to cut off the
shipment to Europe Of an average OF
$500 head of cattle a week.
The government order was received
with surprise. not only by the cattle
men of Brighton, but by the steamship
agents as well, as il means q consid-
cradle loss TO the four or five foreign
lines carrying cattle to Europe from
this port Such drastic measures have
seldom been adopted by the United
States government. Several agents
cabled to the home Offices in London
for instructions as to shipment now
on the way. At the Cunard Line it
was stated that 400 head of cattle were
en- route over the Canandian Pacific
for this port
j. w. A. Hathaway, one of the lar
gest shippers of cattle at Brighton,
states that he forwarded 400 head Of
cattle to Philadelphia yesterday. and
that 1000 we're TO have gone in the
next seven or eight days
The commissioners, after investiga-
ton. believe that the disease was
brought to Brighton from the neigh,
.borhood of Cumberland. r. l.. and that
Il was due to the COWS called strip
pers." These "strippers" are COWS
which are highly fed for IS months
without being allowed to calve in OF.
der TO obtain an abnormal milk sup
ply The animals are then fattened
for slaughter.
Agent Bray, Of the Leland Line
said last night that the order of the
secretary Of agriculture would have a
very bad effect upon the commerce OF
Boston. One or two steamers already
were loaded and would sail with cat
tie, but the Columbian, which was to
have sailed tomorrow with COO cat
tie and 400 sheep now on the way to
this port, may not be able to leave.
II was ascertained last night that
the restrictions which the British gov
ernment placed three years age
against Canadian cattle shipments on
account Of the outbreak Of this dis
case had not yet been removed, and