The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
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our people. The department of agri-
culture IN ITS effort to suppress the
foot and-mouth disease traced that dis
ease to virus imported into the Unite /
States by our manufacturing chemists
and sold TO our people The investiga-
tions revealed that this virus, used upon
calves in the District of Columbia. com
municated the foot-and- mouth disease
to them. The Investigations also
showed that these diseases are almost
universal IN the countries of Europe.
IN Asia, Japan, the Philippine Islands,
and in practically all the countries from
which we import our medical viruses.
including the vaccine for smallpox and
kindred diseases.
There could be no more horrible sit
uation than the compulsory vaccination
laws of the United States administered
in connection with the free and unin-
spected admission of infected virus, To
be sold and distributed everywhere
among our people.
Mr. Warren: In this relation the
secretary testified before the commit
zee that the department spent $350,o00
to stamp out the foot-and-mouth dis
ease in New England six years age;
that it has spent now more thai a
quarter of a million dollars in stamp
| ing out the second attack, and as !
understood the secretary-and if ! am
wrong, somebody may correct me-he
has been able only at a late date to
! trace the commencement of the dis
ease in the second attack. and he found
it came through the introduction Of
diseased or contaminated virus.
While [ should like to see the amen.i-
meut become a law. whatever may be
| come of this amendment, / want sen
ators to know that it is not only an
important matter to our country an
to congress, in that it takes a great
deal of money to stamp out the dis
ease when it is once inoculated; aud
20 let lit go without stamping it ont
would result in the humiliation of the
live stock industry, so far cattle in
this country are concerned, ami, be
sides, it would be a misfortune to every
meat-eating person because of the
scarcity and high prices which would
follow.
Mr. Money: Mr.. President, I agree
with what has been said in great part
by the senator from Rhode Island { MT.
Aidrich), that the appropriation bills
are not 10 be made vehicles for gen
eral legislation. or even special ltgis
iati0n. IT is a vicious practice. The
senate ought to consider these matters
| as they brought up on their merits,
and not forced upon appropriation
bills; but in this particular case [ wan
to appeal to the senator from Rhode
Island along this line: This is an i'm
1 portant question with respect to eat
| tie, but il is very much more important
! to the human beings of this eountrs.
! These vaccine points are the things
with which we vaccinate the children
1 of this country against smallpox. It
I has been found that it sometimes makes
them immune from smallpox, but gives
| them the foo-and- mouh disease, which
them the foot-and mouth disease. which
The trouble about the matter is that
/ we cannot in the United States produce
vaccine for any Length OF time, for
tle reason that this is not pox couG
try 1T is not the home of the dis
case. We have to import il from
abroad, and consequently the vaccine
points that are produced upon the spot
which is the habitat of this particular
| disease are the only ones that willsre
tain the virus in sufficient strength 10
enable it to render the human being
vaccinated immune from smallpox
Consequently we cannot. as has been
expected by great many people, raise
our own vaccine points, because they
lose their power for immunity against
smallpox. We now run the constant
danger that has been manifested very
| unpleasantlv in several localities of
vaceinating children and grown people
with these imported vaccine points and
communicating the foot-and mouth dis
ease. which is just about as bad as the
smallpox.
| While I recognize that the point OF
order is well taken and ought generally
to be enforced, yet l ask the senator to
withdraw If in consideration of hu-
manity as well as in consideration for
the property of the country.
i I may be crank, = and / may be
crazy but I am very frank to say
that / object strongly to having my.
ehil1ren inoeulated with tetanus and
apthous fever. or to running the %
per cent risk of having their general
j health impaired with good vaccine. (,
i Finally. / have no qua-rei with our