Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-05
SHIPMENT OF CATTLE, SHEEP
AND HOGS PROHIBITED FOR
NINE DAYS.
ADDITIONAL
CASES OF INFECTION FOUND
Foot and Mouth Disease Discovered
Among Cattle Brought to Chicago
For Exhibition at International Show
Omaha Markets Claim to BE Able
to Handle Supply During Quarantine.

Chicago, Nov. 5.-The union stock
yards will remain closed nine days, be-
ginning Saturday, as result Of the
complete quarantine ordered yester-
day.
Eighteen additional cases of foot and
mouth disease were found today among
the LOO fancy cattle which were
brought to this city from Canada and
twenty Eight states of the union for
exhibit on at the International dairy
show. Infection of others is feared.
The thud of sIedge hammers on the
skulls of the 500 cattle marked for sac
rifice was heard at the yards this
morning and laborers were at work
digging trenches in which the carcasses
will be buried in quick lime.
Formal notice Of the closing of the
Chicago yards was signed by the Illi-
nois board If livestock commissioners.
and reads:
ITO prevent the spread of the foot
and mouth disease in cattle and swine,
notice Is hereby given that the union
stock yards In Chicago will be closed
to the receipt Of cattle, sheep and 9TH
er Tuminents, and swine. from Nov. Z,
to Nov. Is inclusive"
Dairy Show Exhibitors Organize.
Dairy show exhibitors Of fancy stock
today organized to protect their inter-
lests. i,
herd is $2,500,000. The state. 1t is said.
will pay them only the actual meat
value of slain animals thereby entail
,Dv q heavy lOac fo tho oyvporc
The national livestock exhibition, the
largest livestock show in the world,
was to have been held in Chicago, Nov.
%, but probably will be called OF this
year.
The closing Of the yards. which will
mean the loss of millions of dollars, the
enforced idleness of thousands Of en-
ployes, and a temporary reduction OF
, the nations food supply, was ordered
last night by the Illinois livestock COM
mission in an effort to check the cpl
demic Of foot and mouth disease raging
among cattle in six states.
The order was issued in the form of
a petition signed by the various COM
| mittees and representatives present at
the conference asking permission of
Governor Dunno to close the yards for
the ten day period. 1t was wired to
the governor and he announced by long
distance telephone that his signature
lad been attached.
Epidemic Worst in History.
A statement issued by the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington
during the day pronounced the epidem-
ic the most yirulent and dangerous the
country has ever experienced, and pre-
dicted an emergency appropriation of
several hundred thousand dollarsaWill
be asked of congress to suppress It,
The closing of the union stockyardS
was ordered following the finding of
six infected steers among a herd of 600
feeders al the yas1s and eleven in
fected Holstein cows. which were ex-
hibited at the national dairy show in
the livestock pavilion. The step was
decided upon last evening at a con-
ference between a committee Of the
packers, headed by F. A. White of Ar
Stock Yards and Transit Company,
headed by A. G. Leonard, president;
Charles w. Baker, representing the
Chicago livestock exchange; B. j..
Stanley, chairman of the Illinois live
stock commission, and DR.. S. e. Ben
nett, inspector in charge of Chicago
office OF the bureau Of animal industry.
All Shipments Are Barred.
No cattle will be permitted to be
shipped either to or from the yards
All cattle already shipped from unin-
fected areas which will reach the yards
by 5 p. m. today will be admitted
After that hour none will be received
until the quarantine has been raised.
A nine day INIT was set on the
quarantine. The yards and buildings
will be thoroughly fumgiated and dis
infected. The ban will be lifted as
soon as all traces Of the disease have
been eliminated and the infected cat
tie killed.
The largest packing houses affected
by the order are: Armour & Co..
Swift & Co., Cudahy Packing Com
pany, Morris & Co., Sulxberger 4 Co.
These houses have a total killing
capacity Of approximately 10000 hogs.
sheep, and cattle day. Their daily
business approximates $4.00O.0O0.
Exclusive Of this. 31.200,oo0 worth Of
business Is transacted daily in the
buying and selling of cattle. sheep, and
hogs by 125 commission houses operat-
ing directly in the yards.
Between $4,000 and 10000 persons are
employed in the yards. commission
houses. and packing plants, and the
great majority Of these will be idle.
State and v. 8. Clash.
The state and federal authorities
clashed several times over their au-
thority in handling the campaign
against the epidemic. The government
has no right to order tho yards In Chi