Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-05
STOCK YARDS TO
Be CLOSED FOR
SEVERAL DAYS
Shutting . Down Of Worlds
Greatest Livestock Market
Caused by 'Hoof and Mouth
Disease. .n|

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Chicago. Soy. 4.--The Chicago
uniQn sseekyards, the largest cattle
market in the world, which has been
In continuous business since 1895. to-
night was ordered closed for several
days because of the prevalence OF
hoof and mouth disease among cat
tie. te
The closing order will go into ef-
feet at the close Of business Friday.
November g. and continue until the
opening of business on the second
Moiiday thereafter, or November 10.
This makes the cessation OF business
at the yards cover nine days. includ-
ing sundays.
The decision TO close was reached
after q prolonged conference of the
members of the state board of lives
took commissioners with all the lead
Ing stock dealers and packers and
afSr consultins with Governor
Dunno
Stops livestock Sales.
The immediate effect OF the sus-
pension order will be to stop the ship
ment Of cattle, sheep and hogs to the
Chicago market, which amounts TO
almost 100, 900 head daily, This alone,
outside Of the meat packing industry.
amounts TO daily business of 81, 200.-
400 and affects directly and indirectly
30. 900 employees
The stockyardk. II was officially
stated. probably will be closed for
about ten days.
About $4,000 head of animals now
on hand ready for slaughter will keep
the packing houses busy for three or
four days, after which time, accord
ing to A. G.. Leonard. president of the
United slockyards, the entire pack
ing industry of Chicago will come to
standstill. In ten days. Il is planned
the stockyards will be thoroughly rid
OF the contagion. The process of
elimination will include the destruc-
ton Of Infected cattle. the disinfection
Of cattle pens. and the killing of all
rats. After that business Is to be re-
sumed as usual.
Results OF Quarantine.
The plan to close the stockyards
was determined upon several days ago
after the bureau Of animal industry
at Washington had quarantined ILL.,
nois. Indiana. Michigan and Pennsyl-
vania and had restricted cattle move,
ments In Ohio in consequence OF the
finding oksbkfected cattle In transit
in some OF these states.
The finding IN the stockyards today
that 600 cattle brought here from va
rious points had been affected and
the belief that the contagion. which is
extremely virulent. Is spreading. made
the question acute.
Dr. r. A. Ramsey. chief of field in
spection of the bureau of animal in
dustry, who on Saturday arrived from
Washington to take charge of the sit
nation. announced that the stock
yards should be closed at once He
said in quarantlning Illinois. the fed
eral government had gone as far as
II could, but he advised b. J. STANLEY,
chairman of the Illinois state livestock
commission, that the most drastic
measures should be taken to stamp
Dust the disease before 1t had spread
further. Mr.. Stanley said he was op-
posed to closing the stock yards hui
that he would confer with the pack
ing house interests and the livestock
commission men. Several meetings
were held. First OF these was con-
ference OF representatives Of Armour
& CO.. Swift & Co.. Morris & Co., and
sulzberger & Sons, and the state live
stock commissioner
Packers Are Divided.
1t was stated that opinion among
the packers was divided as to the adj
visibility of closing the yards. Two
of the large packers held that the best
method was to give the yards at once
"a clean bill of health and by closing
down Immediately cattle raisers will
be unable to resume shipments to
Chicago at the earliest possible mo-
menf.
Others agreed with Mr.. Shanlev
that the stock yards might be cleaned
up in sections without closing up the
entire plant. II was agreed TO refer
the plans TO a meeting between the
commissioners and livestock commits
sion merchants as they will be immc-
mediately affected.
Representatives of about 20 cum-
mission houses in business in the
yards who are wholly dependent upon
cattle receipts then held night SEES
sion, at which the closing order was
agreed upon. The order was given |
that Illinois is quarantined against /
shipments within the state as we'll as
shipments into the state from points
outside. Its effect was that no live
stock may be sent here even for inn
mediate slaughter. although ship
ments now irstransit will be accepted !