Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-05
WILSON IS MOVING
Cattle QUARANTINE
Lively Work To Prevent
Spread Of Serious
y. Disease

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alarmed did Secretary Wilson become
today by the reports from the points |
in New York and Pennsylvania |
where foot and mouth disease pre-
walls among the live stock, that he
decided to take personal charge of !
the fight and apply the knowledge he
gained during the outbreak of 1902
o3 in New England. He called u
conference of the supervising inspect
ors to be held in Philadelphia tomor-
low to take counsel with him and
DR.. A. ID. Melvin, Chief of the Bureau
of Animal Industry. From PhtlaGel-
rhia he will go to Buffalo for a meet
ing with inspectors at work in New
York.
There are two great dangers APP
pretended by him The first is that
such a large number of dairy cattle
will become infected that the milk
supply of New York. Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Washington will he
affected. The other is that the in
lection has been carried by railroad
cars as far West as the Mississippi
river, the eastern boundary OF the
real cattle country.
Shipments of milk from infected
localities is forbidden by the quaran-
tine declared by the States and the
Federal Government. Much milk is
carried in interstate commerce for
the cities mentioned.
The most distSrbing facts are tina
the disease has appeared in Crawford
County, Pa, on the border between
Pennsylvania and Ohio. and in Della
ware County in the southeastern part
of that commonwealth. II is feared
1t will spread into Ohio, Delware,
and Maryland. Two hundred inspec-
tors are in the field killing cattle
showing the least symptom of infec-
ton, but the territory to cover is be-
coming larger each day. Six years
ago, when the disease was found in
Mex England, II was kept within the
borders of four States. The territory
now covered by the disease is greater
than n was than and tho chances nj
n still further snread ara greater
Ev+ro ord;rorv pr.,o,, t;ors
To prevent the spread of the mai.
ady to the cattle country Secretary
Wilson took the extraordinary steu
of asking all the railroads east of the
Mississippi to disinfect their cattle
euuipment that had been in New
York or Pennsylvania within six
weeks, either with carbolic acid or
formalin. He suggested TO them that
II the disease was permitted 70 spread
, to the cattle country there wou,d he
no cattle TO shin from the nlains IN
} the packing houses. That appeal 70
, their pockets. II was figured would
be effective TO bring about the desired
co-operation between them and the
} Department of Agriculture.
A committee representing the
! steamship companies that send sbips
, to New York came here today asking
that Manhattan Island be eyempted
from the quarantine imposed nv the
British and Federal Governments
, Secretary Wilson had them take thei,
request to the State Department and
the British Embassy. III the British
: Board OF Agriculture, will lift IN,
, Quarantine he will also. The lifting
80 far as the island liz concerned. 4.
because. under the terms of the Brit.
ish quarantine, no ship that even
touches a New York port may brinl
cattle from any other American port
The disease has not appeared OF
the island, hence the inclination OF
Secretary Wilson to grant the re-
quest, because he knows his inspect
ors will not permit the expectation
of infected cattle. 'at s.
A committee from Eastern rail
roads asked for resembling OF tn,
order requiring hay and straw to BIZ
disinfected, but he refused, becuus,
that is about the only way the dis
Ipase could get into New York City
the place where above all others ey
cept the cattle country, IL would dc