Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-11-07
GREAT STOCKYARDS
IN Chicago CLOSED
THE CHICAGO AND EAST ST.
LOUIS YARDS NOW OUT
OF BUSINESS.
Disease IS Spreading
Nearly Dozen States Have Now
Been Affected With Hoof
and Mouth Disease.

and Mouth Disease.
TIil'AGp, Noy. "a lurge part Of
~ the cattlc-rccclying and meat.
/ packing industry of the country. long
/ ccntercd In Chicago. tonight tenn
/ porarIy was shifted 10 Kansas city.
/ Omaha, ST. Joseph, Mo, and other
western cities, and the Chicago Union
stockyards, for the first time since
ITS Organization in 1865. was closed
/ down for nine days In consequence Of
! the prevalence OF hoor and mouth dis
| case among cattle Tho quarantine
| against tho stockyards and all other
! cattle pens within the state went into
| 'iicci at midnight The states action
| supplements the federal quarantine
/ against Illinois.
30 more cattle sheep or hogs are
! To be received I'm Chicago until No
| \cmbrr lb, when business is TO be re-
sumcd after the yards have been thor
/ uuGhly dlsuicctcd and pronounced
! free from disease
| The packers tonight sent To Kansas
| city and their other western branches
1000 killers ana butchers These or
! dinarily would have been sent to chi
| caEo They announced that the pro
/ ducts from their western plants would
he Sufllcient To supply the market
| without any change I'm prices
An optimistic view was taken of the
situation here. All the packers said
| ihcy had enough stock on hand TO run
their plants for three or four days and
! none of them would entirely shut
down.
Poultry Goes Up.
The effect OF the quarantine at tho
! nion stoCkyards because of the foot
ana mouth disease were shown TODAY
In the prices of poultry. Anticipating
"A strong demand for poultry bv rem
son of the epidemic Of foot and mouth
disease among cattle, the price of live
| toWl has advanced ( cents a mound
IN the last 4S hours. The price OF
| dressed meats SO far has not been
affected and assurances given bv ne
packers are to the effect that ii VIII
not be.
Cy De Nry chief animal keeper at
! Lincoln park. among whose specimens
are a number Of the cloven hoof ami
mails, which alone are said to be sub
| Jc'l To lhe disease, took alarm at the
situation today. He said that ne would
make certain that the hay given his
/ bison, sacred oxen, deer and the like
had not come from an infected dis
| uict, and that he would not bring anv
new animals into the ZOO for six
| months MT least
Kill Infected Animals.
The killing Of cattle and swine i'll
OF the disease continued at the stock
yards and disnfectants were spread
all through the place
four more prize winners at the re-.
cent dairy show were taken sick and
were isolated for observation.
j. Ogden Armour, head of Armour
u CO., issued statement to the ef-
| fect that there is no danger Of infec-
! ton from dressed meats, and DR.. o.
! r.. Dyson, chief veterinarian OF the
state, gave out reassuring word that
there Is no danger In milk where the
! precautions ordinarily observed
among the dairy herds and milk
houses are maintained
Those with liking for hunting
| were granted permission to shoot
| pigeons which fly about the yards. at
tracted by scattered grains.
Shoot Stray Dogs.
AT Sugar Grove, farming hamlet
near Aurora, lll farmers were re-
| ported shooting stray dogs, cats and
! chickens which. while they are inn
| mune TO the disease, can easily carry
| IT, such measures have not been or
| d'red by the scientists fighting the
/ epidemic, but Dr. Dyson said they
were excellent preyentiVes.
Hay and other cattle food must not
| be removed from infected farms or
yards, DR.. Dyson said. as the disease
Is spread in this way.
Disease Still Spreading.
WASlIINGTON, Nov. G.-Further
spread of the live stock foot and
mouth disease caused the extension
today of the federal quarantine to two
more states. Massachusetts and Iowa.
Reports to the department Of agricul-
ture announced the discovery of tho
! epidemic at South Attlebury. Bristol
county, Massachusetts. and at Parnell,
Iowa, the first case west OF the Mis-
sissippi. Cattle. sheep and hogs now
cannot be moved out OF Michigan. In
diana. Illinois. Ohio, PENNSYLVANIA.
Maryland, New York. Massa chusetts
or Iowa
In addition to the states already
quarantined Mississippi is believed to
be threatened with a case at Como,
where, it is reported. a herd owner
himself has contracted the disease.
The federal authorities are advising
state officials to impose stringent
quarantine against infected farms and
even to prevent children from leaving
the farms TO attend school.
Hope was expressed today upon the
receipt Of no reports of now cases In
Indiana and Michigan that the cpl
dcmic has been placed under control
| ON the other hand. new cases were
found in Lancaster county. Pennsyl-
vania, and in three more counties in
Illinois.
Need More Money.
The spread of the disease makes
certain an increased cost OF putting
down the epidemic. II would not sur
prise officials II the cost would b0
nearer the $2.0oO.O00 expended by the
German government to eradicate the
disease from among its cattle a few
years ago. than the 5000. 900 spent by
the American government In fighting
the 1903 outbreak Of the disease. The
expense Of having inspectors trace the
various shipments from infected CEN
turs viii be very large Ten new in
spoctors were rushed today TO Wis
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