Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-09
LIVE STOCK BOARD
TALKS QUARANTINE
Holds Prolonged Session to Decide
Whether to Keep Up Ban on
Shipments.
SENTIMENT MUCH DIVIDED

CFrom q staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, March Especial Tel
egram. )-The Live Stock Sanitary
board met tonight at the Lindell
hotel to consider whether to raise
the quarantine on live stock from
eastern states.
At s O'Clock Governor Morehead
was introduced and he talked for an
hour. A general discussion followed
and at a late hour nj decision had
been reached.
The state veterinarians office has been
flooded with letters and kilograms the
last two or three days, some pleading
for and some against the continuance of
the foot and mouth disease quarantine,
a matter that is to be threshed out be-
fore the State Live Stock Sanitary board.
Sentiment Divided.
The sentiment seems to be fairly evenly
divided and it is expected that a real scrap
will be staged before the board The pres
ent quarantine automatically expires at
midnight Wednesday. 1t prohibits the
shipment into the state from east, north
or south of any oloven- footed animals,
except those designed for immediate
slaughter.
Robert Graham of Alliance, president
of the State Live Stock association, has
wired the board that the western part
of the state practically is unanimous for
the indefinite continuance of the quarau-
tine
Ashton c. Shallenberger, former gov
ernor and present congressman from the
Fifth district, on the other hand. writes
from his home at Alma strongly advo-
eating the discontinuance of the quarsn-
tine. Congressman Shallenberger is an
extensive raiser Of live stock. He says
that the quarantines have caused more
loss than the disease itself:
ShaIIenberEer's View.
He writes as follows:
l note tuat youI honorable board is 10
have a meeting TO consider the question
OF longer continuing the present state
quarantine that expires March 10. / hope
your board will deem II wise to no longer
continue the quarantine. The live stock
purchasers and those who have been
feeding live stock for the market have
experienced q tremendous loss because
of the disastrous outbreak of foot and
mouth disease in this country. But you
Will note that the great loss Is not TO
those who have cattle infected, because
ordinarily the government and the state
together have reimbursed them and the
live stock has been destroyed The
greater loss has been because Of the va
TiOIIE II ines pgtah1ighaH hxr
and national governments which have
compelled the breaking up Of trade con-
ditiOns ana induced millions Of stock to
be sold without regard to market condi-
tons OF the state of the live stock trade
generally, because Of losses feared by
reason OF the general disturbance and
the possibility Of infection or quarantines
reaching into new territories.
II one can believe the reports one state
is often quarantined AGAINST another
largely as a matter Of retaliation rather
than because of fear of possib' contagion.
! do not wish 10 protest against quaran-
tines that are necessary because of pre-
Nent1on OF shipment OF stock from i'm .
interests Of the country, which have SUI
tered tremendously already, should not
be made 10 bear the burden Of the limit
ing of markets bV quarantine unless the
same is plainly indicated as necessary.
The loss upon cattle and hogs that have
been slaughtered because OF Infection is
trifling compared 70 the enormous loss
upon cattle and hogs that have been fed
high-priced feed at a time when world
vide conditions would warrant eNpects-
uon OF high prices for such staple food
products. and have been sold upon a mar
ket that has been deprecated because Of
quarantines ordered and enforced TO pTe-
vent further spreading OF Infections
hope your honorable board will take
actlon 10 relieve the live stock interests
as Tar as possible OF these conditions