The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-02
HOT ONE HANDED
TO CONGRESS
President Calls Attention to Neglect
of Duty.
QUARANTINE LAW NEEDED
MESSAGE SENT TO BOTH HOUS-
ES ON THE SUBJECT.

IAI ASHINGTON. March President
wv Roosevelt today transmitted 10
congress a message endorsing
measures pending before congress in
tending TO prevent the spread of cor
tagiOus diseases of animals from one
state 10 another or TO foreign coun-
tries. The message points out that the
right of the secretary of agriculture
to regulate the interstate movement O.
animals exposed. but not actually dis
eased, must be recognized if the spread
Of such diseases is TO be prevented. The
president urges that the proposed
remedial legislation be enacted into
law before the adjournment Of con-
Sress. The message follows.
Two Bills Pending.
ITO the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiVes: Your attention is respect
fully called 10 the necessity OF passing
some legislation at this session which
will supplement existing laws intended
To prevent the spread of contagious
diseases of animals from one state 10
another. or to foreign countries Two
bills, each designed 70 cure defects III
existing laws, are now pending before
the congress. The measures are prac-
tically identical. One is house bill IL
$50; the other senate bill 7.167- These
bills have been favorably reported by
both branches Of congress.
courts have held that the statutory
powers of the secretary of agriculture
are inadequate to enforce laws that
prevent the interstate movement Of an
imals which have been exposed to con-
tat ion, but which at the time of ship
meHt have not yet developed visible
signs of disease
injury Threatened.
q fear. if no remedial legislation be
granted at this session, that il may be
impossible to continue to enforce the
necessary measures for controlling this
class of disease. and that serious, wide
spread and irreparable injury Will be
caused to the livestock interests of the
United States If the federal Quaran-
tine is rendered ineffective, state viii
quarantine against state. each Tequir-
ing compliance with differing statutes,
the way 10 market may be blocked or
rendered very difficult for shipments
of livestock; contagious diseases of
livestock may be so disseminated
through the StOckyardS and channels
of commerce that foreign countries
Will restrict the export of animals and
possibly meats from the United States,
all Of which would be disastrous to the
livestock industry.
4 therefore put in an earnest plea
for early action in this matter and
commend o your favorable consider
dllOn the Two DlllS proposed DN AllV
committees on agriculture and referred
to in this message.
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
'.The White House. March I. 1905
Mr.. HaIe's Remarks.
After the presidents message on
quarantine had been read in the senate
Mr.. Hale said:
4 trust that the committee having
charge of these matters and. for that
matter the whole senate. viii take no
tice of the admOnitiOn that we have not
| been prompt in passing. needed legisIa-
| ton. and 1 hope that the committee
! so far as il has discretion and so fan
as the few hours Of the session left
| Will permit will bring the bills in and
/ thus do its duty as committees Of this
/ body are presumed TO do