Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-05

Die ana 1SSiSi1u Iva No''-
ration tomorrow morning.
The SPEAKER tpro tenn: The next
business before the House is the re-
mort of the Committee on Agriculture
to which was reeommitted Dill, en-
! titled IAN Act to amend chapter one
| hundred ninety-five of the fuplc
Laws of nineteen hundred eleven, en-
! titled An Act to eXtirpate contagious
diseases among cattle, horses, sheep
and swine,'" reporting "ought not TO
| pass" The pending question Is the
acceptance of the report
! Mr. Peacock of Readheld moved
| that the bill be substituted for the re-
| port.
1 Mr.. PEACOCK Mr.. Speaker. this is
a una mimous report from the commit
toe on agriculture, and under ordinary
circumstances [ would hesitate about
attacking such a report, but l have
good reasons to believe that a rank
! IN iustice has Eeen done to the farm
ers or breeders of the State OF Maine
under this report. | want TO say at
the start that this bill comprises two
separate things, one touching upon
/ the change of method in the testing
of cattle, and that l wish to eliminate
| in this discussion. The other part OF
the BILL however, l desire to call TO
the attention of the House, which is
| section II of chapter 1875 of the PUP
lic.LaWs of the State of Maine for the
year 1911
| | wish to call attention to the IN
consistency of that law. which pro-
yides that the owners of registered
cattle and the owners of dairy and
breeding stock must subject theii
cattle to test before they can be adj
mitted into any one of the three State
shows. At the last fair in Lewiston
there were shown 800 oxen and steers,
land these were not tested: at that
same show there We're shown 800 reg
listered animals, and these had to be
Tested The object of this law, the
| test by tuuerculn. is for the purpose
of preventing the spread of contagious
diseases. The registered cattle go
down to these same fairs and mihSle
With these oxen and steers which are
not tested, and how can they help be-
ling exposed to contagion. That Is the
very thing / wish to bring to your at
tention. l represent a large hunoei
1 of breeders in my section men VINO
have for years shown at these diner
ent fairs, men who are very careful
breeders and whose aim is to keel
Their stock in perfect health because
it means dollars to them.
| | do not mean to attack the COM
| mittee on agriculture. but | am at
Hacking their report. / want to say II
you that several of the members al
that committee have told me that II
was a great inconsistency to provide
that a certain number of cattle shall
be tested and the others not.
| Mr.. RICHARDSON of Canton: Mr.
Speaker, / simply want to say thai
this law applies only to the three
state fairs held in Waterville, Lewis
ton and Bangor, and ut these fairs NJ
grade stock is exempt. Another thing
tuberculosis is disease peculiar IL
tdairy cattle: oxen and steers very sell
dom have the disease, they are mostly
: all killed at the age of four years, anc
/ It has been found that they are very
free from the disease; and in view OF
D., those facts we thought it was unnec'
essary that every man who had pan
Of oxen not used Cor breeding pur'
lposes should be compelled to have
them tested.
The question being on the motor
that the bill be substituted for tbs
REPORT.
\ viva voce vote being taken,
The motion was agreed to,
Mr.. Peacock then offered Hous
amendment A, to amend by striking
out all the sections in said bill after
section one.
The question being on the adoption
tpf House Amendment a.
The amendment was adopted.
On further motion by Mr.. Peacock
the rules were suspended and the ! i'll
! received it's three several readings and
was passed to be engrossd as amend
ed.
The SPEAKER lpro tenn: The next
business before the House is bill, Ar
Act to provide for the care and treat
ment of tubercuIar patients. The