Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-29
Batch Of Serum Made in Chicago Re-
sponsibie for First Outbreak farm.
ers Also Blamed for Holding Stock
and Permitting il to Contract Dis
ease, Thus Securing Pay From State

holding the final hearing of the sub
committee named by the committee on
agriculture OF the United States senate,
listened to the evidence offered at the
auditorium Hotel. The hearing will be
completed today
Mrs. Scott Durand is waiting to be
heard as one of the last witnesses. She
was present Yesterday. Mrs George
Fabyan also was present. Colonel
Fabyan. her husband. testified in gem
eral way at the morning session Mrs
Durand offered to ask questions from
time to time. Senator Kenyon ruled
that Mrs. Durand shall have full oppor-
tunity to testify today.
Prefer to Hold Stock.
One new point developed in the evil
dence came from G. p Gregory, editor
OF the Prairie Farmer. an agricultural
paper that circuiates thru the Missis>
sippi valley.
Complaints have reached ne repeat
edly,' Mr.. Gregory testified, that
Quarantine restrictions have been salch
that stock raisers preferred to hold
their stock and permit the animals to
contract the foot and mouth disease
rather than to ship il to Chicago.
The stock men preferred, as l un-
derstand 1t. to take their chance In coll
Letting from the state or the federal
government for loss from foot and
mouth disease rather than TO put their
stock thru the quarantine restrictions
in force in the Chicago yards"
Colonel Fabyan Tells of Experiences.
Colonel Fabyan was one of the first
witnesses examined.
What has been your experience with
this disease?" Senator KENYON asked
did great deal of personal in
ves'tigation, particularly in the cases OF
widows and poor persons who COM
planned that their support would be
taken away from them IL their cattle
were killed" Colonel Fabyan said SIN
one instance of widow, her sole sup
port came from the milk she sold. Her
COWS were quarantined and she was
mol aiio"ed TO sell any milk. I didn't
think her cows had the disease.
In the case Of the dairy herd at the
Girls Training School In Geneva 4
thoro investigation proved that the
cattle did not have hoof and mouth
uisease iet the Quarantine was CON
tfnued
Feeders and Dairymen in Fight.
IN our district 1t was really a fight
between the bankers who had loaned
money to the feeders and the dairy
people. The feeders wanted to get
their money and the dairy people didn't
want their cattle killed. The latter
wanted sane quarantine which would
protect their herds, but the feeders
wanted to get their cattle away and
on the market as quick as possible. :
Different in Illinois.
Illinois is different from any other
state on account of the stockyards in
terests 1t seemed to me- that both.
the government and the state treated
the disease at the spisot and left the
bung-hole unprotected. The stock
yards had the disease and knew it.
and so did the government know it.
Yet the government allowed cattle
to be shipped away from there FOR
three days after having quarantined
the cattle at the state fair"
Dyson 5ianes sioc. Yards.
DR.. Q. E. Dyson. Illinois state vet
erinarfan, also maintained that the
disease developed in the stock yards
and that cattle were shipped out and
spread the disease over the state. DR..
Dyson has also said previously that
some of the disease was due to defec-
tive serum sent out from the plants
of Chicago Serum Company. and DR..
Glenn Brown. veterinarian in charge
OF that company. was summoned to tell
what he knew Of any such condition.
DR.. Brown said that in October, 1914.
ne noticed that fifteen hogs which they
had slaughtered for serum showed ev-
fdence OF hoof and mouthsdfsease. He
said that he ordered inc making OF
serum stopped, sent thar serum al
ready made from these hogs to the cold
storage plant of the Western Packing
Company. and ordered tilat 1t not be
sold.
DIR. Dyson maintains tlat It was this
batch OF serum which caused the out
break Of the disease In August. 1918.
in many parts Of The state. DR.. Brown
told Senator Kenyon that he had been
threatened with with the revocation Of
his license II he disclosed the fact that
the disease had been in their plant.
inspectors Held Incomp stsnt.
Complaint Of incompetent Inspectors
both federal and state, In connection
with the battle against the hoof and
mouth disease in Illinois. was made
today hefore the senatorial, Commission.
John Tanner. a stock raiser OF Sugar
Grove, Ill, said that inspectors who
looked over his herd. did not seem to
know the symptoms Of the disease.
Theodore Baetenstern, a farmer Of
Cambridge. H., said that the greatest
complaint Of the farmers in Henry
county was that many Of the govern
ment Inspectors seemed incompetent.
However. altho 1893 cattle, 2,0s1
hogs and 1872 sheep were killed, we did
not complain" he said, because the
government promptly paid the dam
age" slsa