Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-15
PERRY COMPLAINS OF
QUARANTINE RULES
South Omaha Commission Man Puts
in Protest Against Shutting
Off Western Iowa.
INTEREST OF ALL STOCK MEN

INTEREST OF ALL STOCk MEN
w. J. Perry. manager OF w. J. Perry 4
Co. live stock commission merchants OF
South Omaha, makes a vigorous protest
against the order OF quarantine against
western Iowa cattle. In a signed state
ment sent to The Bee. he says:
"on or about November 1, 1914, the
foot and mouth disease was discovered in
three or four counties in eastern Iowa,
and on or about November s the federal
government placed quarantine against
the whole state Of Iowa prohibiting the
\ shipment of any kind OF i've stock out
of the state. About three weeks later the
government modified the order and all
lowed cattle, hogs and sheep TO be
shipped to the different packing centers
in other states for Immediate slaughter.
except from such counties in eastern
Iowa in which the foot and mouth dis
ease was known to exist. These counties
were kept under strict quarantine and
are still so kept by the federal govern
ment.
western lows IL Freed.
ION or about December Is the federal
government revoked their former order
and allowed the clean area of western
| Iowa to ship their stock to any market,
without any quarantine restrictions what
ever. this late rule proving very satisfac-
tory TO the western Iowa feeder and ship
per. who for years has been a stanch
friend and supporter OF the South Omaha
market but during the short period OF
relief granted our lowe friends and
neighbors, an agitation was started
among our cattle barons in western Ne
bra ska and eastern Wyoming, and the re-
suit was that on the 9Th of the present
month the general manager OF our stock
yards company here placed an embargo
against all cattle from st. Paul, MIMI.
and Sioux City, Ia, including all contrib
uting territory. This was a wise and
commemorate move on the part OF Mr..
buckingham, as the ss!le danger lay In
allowing stock cattle from the dairy ter
ritory north and east Of Sioux city to
come to this market either in transit OF
to be offered for sale.
Changes Gag Rule.
up to this time everything had worked
very satisfactorily to everyone concerned
Except to the cattle barons mentioned
VINO still clamored for more rigid quar-
antine The result was a called meetinG
at the Live Stock exchange chamber OF
the sth of the present month, which wal
Monday OF this week, the meeting being
presided over by James Bulla, who, by
the way, is also chairman of the Ne
braska Live Stock Sanitary board. The
above mentioned cattle barons werd al
this meeting In force, and to assist the
cause were several prominent Omaha
bankers who made their force fully felt
by delivering several eloquent speeches
Iowa had a fair representation at the
meeting to plead their cause. but they
had no chance, as the die. was cast, gas
rule was resorted to, and unless a mar
was in favor of placing a quarantine
against western Iowa, which il just a.
lclean as Nebraska ag far as foot ant
mouth disease is concerned. he nigh
. just as well hold his seat and keep still.
How Quarantine Works Ont.
'"The result was that our Nebraska
\ Live Stock Sanitary board placed al
embargo against the clean area of west
ern Iowa on all classes of live stock
including cattle, hogs and sheep, excep
for immediate slaughter. Right here 4
where Nebraska made grave mistake
as 1t is a notorious fact that this kind
Of quarantine does not quarantine al
all. The stock yards company here hal
no preparations made for an absolut,
quarantine and it would take some tim,
to make the necessary preparations. II
is an admitted fact that since the ordei
went into effect the Iowa stock hal
been yarded in segregated pens and hai
been weighed over segregated scale
but right here the quarantine ends, fo
just as soon as the ownership passes from
the shipper and owner to the packer, tina
moment the quarantine ends. for thu
packer orders his cattle unlocked. take
them out of the quarantine pens withou
ever being questioned where he is goini
to drive them, consequently he drive
over the nearest route to his paclkinI
house, over and across tho very sam
alleys that our supposed clean Nebraska
cattle have to travel every day, so tina
: while this enforced quarantine does no
quarantine at all. only long enough L
relieve the shipper of his stock az tn
: lowest and meanest price they dare bid
Pleads for Iowa Cattle.
1.-THE cattle baron that forced this issu
has no more protection than he had befor
this last foolish order was put into ef
feet. Before closing this letter wouI
. ask the cattle baron to think this matte
r over very carefully and see ~ you hav
: not done the western Iowa feeder \
: great injustice. Please think back
E little and see IL you cannot remembe