Arizona republican., 1915-04-05

through shipments out of the yards and from infected sections, to six teen states in the east and to Kan sas, Montana and Washington in the west The existence of the disease in Kansas, Montana and Washington has been traced to animals shipped from the infected area in Wisconsin. Since the outbreak the bureau of animal industry has taken every step possible to control the disease and prevent its spread. It has worked in close cooperation with the var ious state authorities, individuals and associations in quarantining states and infected districts. It has pur- sued it's former policy of purchasing diseased and exposed animals upcn appraised valuation; and slaughter ing and burying them; the federal government paying one-half of the value, and the various states, in l most cases, agreeing to pay the other nalf
 Early in November it deveiopel
 
 ! that the bureau of animal industry was short of funds to carry on i.s work, and there was some fear that the methods of purchasing and | slaughtering might have to be modi- I fled on that account. This associa : l tion promptly urged upon various members of congress and the depart ment of agriculture that there oe nc ! relaxation in the stringent method: Of the bureau; and fortunately suf | ficient funds were finally secured until congress acted Promptly af ter congress met. bill carrying ar | appropriation of $2,500,O00 was intro. duced, passed and signed by tn, president. We should recommend that congress provide an emerg2nc. fund for use in future outbreaks oi contagious diseases, and that tho various states should likewise create a similar fund.
 ! All authorities agree that the onl, effective way to eradicate the fco and mouth disease is the total de- structon of all infected and expose, animals. Scientific investigations ant the experience of other countries in. dicate that animals which may seem | ingly be cured are still virus car. riers and may later transmit tn. malady. It was a great mistake |, attempt to save the big dairy her( on exhibition in Illinois, and tn, present lack of cooperation between the state officials and the stockmer of Illinois can be charged to tha mistake. No matter at what cost this government could well afford t, spend the necessary funds to eradi cate this epidemic.
 If the disease got beyond contro in the United States, it would mear that all the large stock yards ant slaughtering establishments woult have to be practically abandoned No one would care to assume tn, lrisk of buying animals on any mar
 ket Shipments from one section of the country to the markets in az lother state would stop. New packing establishments would have to h
 erected at many points in the pro ducing sections, and should tn ranges of the west become infecte,
 with the foot and mouth disease, i lwould be an almost hopless task [, Istamp it out
 It has not been definitely deter
 mined how the disease originated il Michigan, although it is generally be lieved that it was imported. Tn present outbreak may be one of tn penalties this country is paying fo it's encouragement of the importation of foreign live stock, meat hides an,
 wool
 In commenting on this disease Ipcrt stated:
 Apparently the only certain wa,
 to prevent the introduction of tn
 disease into this country frcr
 abroad is absolutely to isolate thi
 nation from others
 Such a policy is not likely to D adopted, but our government shoul at least surround the importation c meats, live stock hides, and woo
 with the most rigid and thoroug
 sanitary precautions. At present ou Government accepts the inspection c
 other countries whenever said in . speetion is supposed to be as efficien ? as in the United States. That doe not afford sufficient, nor real pro , lection. The inspection abroad shoul be as thorough as in this country , and should be made by inspectors c our bureau of animal industry a ] the time and place of slaughter an | shipment. It would be cheaper t , make this inspection abroad than { pay for the eradication of disease which may gain entry here throug , faulty and inadequate foreign inspec I | tion You should pass a strong reso , Hutton on this subject, condemnin , the present method of inspection. II Recently there was an attemI made to lease one of the islands
 the Pacific for the purpose of erect ling a packing house to slaugh.e . 'cattle from the west coast of Mexi