Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-17
4 GOVERNOR CLARKE vEroEs Hi.
SINGER LIVESTOCK ouARAN.
TINE MEASURE.
HoLps PROPOSED LAW
ENTIRELY OBJECTIONABLE
ssss II Law Menace to Stock Industry
Il In Case Of Another Outbreak Of Foot
and Mouth Di''.'s-Hi''ins.r Bill
Would Prevent Cooperation Between
States and With Federal Auth critics.
special to MINES Republican.


Des Moines. May II. = Governor
George W. Clarke today FLED with the
secretary Of state his veto or disap-
prevail of the Hilsinger quarantine bill
adopted in the closing day OF the legis-
|lature.
The governor passes over the contro-
versies between the animal health de-
partment and the opponents of auaran-
! line In eastern Iowa, and bases his
disapproNal broadly on the ground tina,
the bill would completely isolate the
state at times Of peril TO- the livestock
industry from epidemics, and COM
pletely prevent any cooperative effort
between the authorities here and else
where. The bill being wholly bad he
will not permit it to become law.
AS matter of fact the controversy
over the manner of fighting the foot
and mouth disease is practically ended
for the present and if present meas
ures are followed up there will be no
further trouble. at least until after an
other legislature has mad time to act
after full investigation and on due de-
liberation.
The veto message practically closes
the controversy and leaves the state
authorities right where they have been
all along working in full cooperation
with the federal authorities.
Governor Gives Reasons.
The governor, in vetoing the bill,
says:
$ Il can not approve this bill for the
following reasons:
The bill provides: The commission
OF animal health shall. in no instance
establish a quarantine with a radius
of more than three miles from the
farm, lot or parcel Of ground on which
the diseased animals are confined; pro-
vided. however. that on a written order
signed by a majority of the members
of the commission Of animal health a
circumscribing zone With radius of
not more than two miles from the
quarantined area in which the diseased
animals are confined, may be estab-
lished and stock included therein may
be held in such circumscrlbing area
for period of ten days from the time
the circumscribed zone is created, after
which time said stock may be removed.
for immediates laughter only, provided
they have been inspected and found
free from disease
Prior to this enactment the state
commission Of animal health was
clothed with plenary powers with ref
'erence te the prevention, suppression
or SEread of disease among nimals
and for quarantiniag against diseased
animals. 1t seems to ME this should bes
the law. The commission must be pre-
sumed to be competent to judge of its
duties and perform them. To lay re-
strictions upon them is to cripple their
efficiency, is to take away their power
to meet conditions as they may arise.
1t is to substitute unskilled and non
expert opinion for skilled and expert
knowledge. This statute is unyielding.
inelastic. 1t assumes to comprehend
all knowledge and speak The last word
upon the subject Of preventing by
quarantine the spread OF the foot and
mouth disease among animals. This
legislation. in my Judgment, is very un-
wise for this reason
Loses Unavoidable.
This statute Grows out Of the re-
suits attending the efforts to prevent
the spread and to stamp out the foot
and mouth disease that appeared in the
state last November. That many in
conveniences, great hardships and
great losses fell upon many in the in
fected region is not doubted and is
greatly to be deplored. Doubtless.