Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-11
QUARANTINE IS
STILL IN FORGE
CATTLE BUYERS ASK DEPART
MENT OF AGElCTLTrEE UNDER
WHAT CONDITIONS IMPORTS
CAN BE MADE
NO INFORMATION YET
VETERINARY INSPECTORS cox
TlNUE TO AWAIT RULING FROM
WASlIINGTON A. To WHAT
SHALL BE DONE IL PREMISES.


The entire lower border today j.
quarantincd against the importation ~
Mexican cattle. on account III he dis
coYcry of >cabieS ia herd being
4 imported and an iniimation 10y McNicau
I"altlc buyers that they might lry 10 eel
their cattle through IN ports beyond
Roma perhaps Will result ID the cxtcn-
sion of the quarantine line beyond La
redo 10 Eaglr Pass No information has
INu been received from the department
uf Agriculture IN IN. Levi II. Johnson
.Cf san Antunin. United States veterinary
Inspector ia charge of this district. a.
4 To what snail bc done in the matter and
IN he meantime the quarantine holds.
ir Cooper Curtis. connected with the
Burcan NJ Animal Industry III The nc
parimcnt uf Agriculture. Who ha> bccu
engaged in some special work AT Rio
Grndc city Roma and lidalga. ar
rived IA the city tulay. lie his had con
sidcrahl, experience IN the department.
and he upheld pr. IohuSon'S act IN dc
claring the quarantine pending ad,iccs
from Washington
pr. Curtis arrived i'll the city this
morning. AMI upon learning of his ar
rival McXican cattle BUYERS and others
interested in Mexican cattle ia finan
cial way. called on him at the san Car
lo> hotel. However. hc informed them
hat Do could 10 nothing ia The matter
that il would have a. bc 10y the depart
mcnt al Washington.
Cate buyers have either contracted
for or purchased ia the nrighhnrhood of
1904 head ~ cattle III the Stale nf Tamau-
lipaS and they are up ia the air a. "a
what Will happen 90 their investment
They wired thc Department Of Agrcul
mrc this morning 10 learn under what
conditions che department w0nlh permit
the entry of the cattle. but up ID this aft
crnoou no reply had been received.
Dr. Curtis stated that the United
States department uf Agriculture has
spent \ great amount of money tn cradi
cair the scahic> III this country. aud il
does not intend to again permit the Ills
ease 40 be- umc general among cattle. if
poS~iNl, lIc stated that IIidalgO coun
ty > entirely free ~ the disease. and
Cameron county partly -. but that il
cattle diseased with the scabics are per
mtted to enter there j. danger of lis
spreading.
ID /, maintained IN the cattle iESpcc
tors that exporters and importers of
Mexican cattle. in making their mani
TESTS and affdavitS ~ to the health of
The cattle. are very careless. lie cXhib
tied entry blanks filled ont TN IN cN
porter on the Mexican side and an i'm
porter on this side. in which the Sgncrs
assured the government that the stock
referred a. was entirely free ~ diseases.
However. Dr Curtis stated. cattle in-
>pcct, y later saw among this herd of
cattle animals with the scahi.S
Dr. johnson. Dr. Curtis and other this
afternoon went a. Mexico % look over
some cattle being held for expectation ~
the United States. aud while there he
vii. atlcmpi 10 make a photograph Of
uc of the animals diseased with the
.cahic>
Today thc gates for thr importation NJ
Mexican cattle from Roma a. Browns
willie are closed NOT alone from the fact
that a temporary quarantine has been
declared, hut also from The fact that
there are ~ inspectors above Browns
willie.
The importation Of Mexican cattle has
Iof late become 40 he large industry
along hr lower border. and cattle buver>
COME here dairy from points all over
south Texas Many ~ these have ~.
ready advanced the export duties. de
mandcd by the cnnstitutioualis;s.
amounting a. five dollars currency, per
head These buyers therefore are mn
certain as to the outcome aud thew are
ihelplc>>ly awaiting adViccs from Wash
imeton.