The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-13
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last year--to aid the people in getting rid of the ticks. Understand this mon- ey is to be spent by the Agricultural Department to ala the people n: taelr is not going to do the work; all alone. and let the cattle owners. who are es- pecialiy concerned. look on in. cool in- sfs Gs But to # aG anJ faus ssstOn aaa S Sr
 even. prefers to be let alone. and to keep the ticks. 1t can and will be ac- commodated. But 1t will be hampered Tnd wSich sieS wifi n0wn Soon become intoIsrabie ~ And congress has passed as have most of the states, sharp and drastic laws to aid in the work. These laws are in the result must be sooner or later the entire eradication of the evil. Will they be. or can they be disregarded with impunity? One Asbel1 of Kansas did think so, He does not think 90
 The AsbeII Case.
 Asbell was Indicted, tried and con- yicted for taking cattle from tick in. fected Oklahoma into Labette county. Kansas without having them duly in- fined $500 and sentenced to, Jan- for thirty days. He appealed ta the. sli. simply sustained the trial court. He then took an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States at Wash ipEton to test the laws and ts,.e to oyer < rendered decision which blew Asbelrs contention to the winds. 1t held ,thA laws to be strictly eonstitutional ana must pay his fine. and go to jaiL
 Thus the greatest court in Amertca has spoken The laws will be ipforeed. and che ticks must go. The Bureau of one hundred special experts and inspec- tors to instruct and lead the people In the eradication of the tick nuisance. But can they be completely eradicated? 62.Ooo square miles of Southern terri tory were completely freed from the pestelents ticks. An aggregate larger than the whole area of Alabama. and, and at least 7s,000 more square miles will be so cleared up this year.
 Local Application. .F
 But what has all this to do with the State of Alabama. and how does 1t con-
 Wei. Alabama Is so situated. being in the very heart of the great corn belt. as well as in the great cotton kind of cattle food in limited quantity that she might sustain and fatten 10.- 100000. it's winters so short and its climate so genial, the price of meat prospect of It's going higher. Its need for a varied agriculture Is so great, for 1t can not always rely on cotton. adapted to cattle raising as to make 1t certain that Alabama will. in spite of present obstacle. soon become one of the greatest cattle raising states in all America. But the state Is now very badly Handicapped, It is badly tick infected. It is entirely below the Unit ed States quarantine line and that of Tennessee and one sure result of the pest is 1t Is. fast reducing the, herds of the State Into a race of scrubs and
 How Ticks Cause Loss.
 A very great number of, cattle in the aggregate do each year lie down and die of the contagion. whether the own CTS realize 1t or not. A still greater number. which do not actually die, are so poisoned and stunted by the disease that they are rendered practically worthless. They will not fatten, and their meat is stringy and worthless. All this is an immense loss. And there Is the loss of milk and butter from thousands of cows-and all the costs of quarantine. the fees the vexations and costly delay the extra cost of ship ping. and dozen other causes of great loss.
 But there is one greatest of all losses which the very dullest mind can see. And that isg the immense shrinkage in the sale price of all cattle marketed. kets outside the State fix the prices of all commodities sold within the State. This Is self evident. The price of cotton in New York and Liverpool fixes the price of every bale In Mont gomery. And by reason of the preva- fence of cattle ticks. all Alabama cat tie are under suspicion, and under the every shipper of cattle knows 1t is true The quarantine makes a gauntlet which they must run. for the law has a firm grip on all railroads and steam boats. And where such cattle are once gotten to market they are met by To- cal quarantine rules. and as sure re- suit. they can only be sold for immed- late Slaughter. Call all this unjust Rut 1t is a fact And 1t does what? Why. 1t cuts down the sale price and value of Alabama fully one-half. and they will only sell from forty to fifty