Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-15

AS a whue slave c'nancipator Lieu
-a.' Ofl4ra is q great
l''tIe movie star.
why this same hog serum. after .
questionable test. was released and
sold. With q resulting second cpl
demic?
VIII United States Senator ]. Ham
ilton Lewis. he OF the crimson. silken
whlskers fame. kindly tell an indig-
nant public why he went to the front
for friend at the Union Stockyards.
interceded with Secretary Houston OF
the department of agriculture, with
the result that this infected hog Sc
rum. which caused the second cpl
demic OF the foot-and-mouth disease.
was held at the yards and later sod!
VIII Governor Dunno tell the people
why he ordered the killing o; the herd
OF Mrs. Scott Durand at Crab Tree
farm, Lake Blun. ILL.,. when this herd
was not even affected With the dis
ease7
Governor Dunno. himself once
circuit Judge. sent q note TO the sher-
In OF the county in which this famous
stock farm is located. ordering that
official to Ignore an Injunction from
the circuit court. and acting upon that
order from Governor Dunno the sher-
III and his deputies. after reading tho
missiye from the state executive. shot
down In cold blood herd Of Ga per-
fectly we'll. beautiful. purebred. yalu-
able Guernsey cattle. =
The manner In which this dastardly
deed was performed was announced In
tie columns of the newspapers at the
time. -.
Mrs. Durand and her employees
were led into the house by force. and
while two men. reyolvers In hand.
stood over them. one OF the iinest
herds of imported cattle that ever
graced an American stock farm was
literally murdered.
What happened after that! What
course did the highly efficient and
competent officials. of ths state take?
Were the dead bodies Of the inno-
cent cattle buried as provided BY the
law! Was every effort made to pre-
vent con;ag.on. IL danger of such pre-
yailed7
No. according to Mrs. Durand's
sworn statement. II was 27 hours after
the first shot was fred before the last
animal was dragged third OF mile
to a ditch. the animals dumped In a
heap and left. and II was "a hours
more before the authorities saw At TO
bury them and take the necessary pre-
cautions against con.agion.
Tho week previous TO the wholesale
slaughter OF the Durand herd q little
sparrow was found In one of the stalls
by an inspector. Great censure fol-
lowed. but a trail OF alleged infected
blood third of a mile In length was
later left untouched and g. carcasses
OF supposedly infected animals were
left In the open for two days.
Birds. squirrels. rabbits. dogs and
other carriers had free access to this
alleged cesspool OF infection left by
these highly competent oflcials.
Mrs. Durand Is still seeking 10 re-
cover compensation for the damage
wrought her property. She has but lit
tie recourse because the livestock
commission OF Illinois Ia. not under
bond and is wholly irresponsible. yet
IL has authority to kill valuable cattle
at any time.
This is only one example OF the ro-
suits OF the inefiicsency Of q depart
ment OF Governor Dunne's adminIs-
tration. There were hundreds of
other similar cases.
As result OF the epidemic the Chi
cago yards were closed. there was no
open market for cattle. and stock
ralsers were forced to ship their stock
TO Chicago. there to be killed.
One stock raiser at Spring Valley
sent shipment Of perfectly we'll cat
tale to the Chicago yards. A Boston
firm offered him a cent more q pound
for his cattle than he was offered By
Chicago firms. but no cattle were be-
ing shipped from the yards, and his
resulting loss was enormous.
lnefficiency on the part OF the state
officials, appointed By q Democratic
8O'CAhtAs h8o tOChCQ tnc u6Iu &tLtT
the horse had been stolen.
II Is the same old story OF Demo-
cratic inefficiency. The people OF ILL.,
nois are sick and disgusted with pres
ent conditions. and they are deter
mined TO return to the good old days
Of Republicanism and efficiency in the
administration OF the national. state
and local Affairs.
saa
appoint as members OF the Illinois
livestock commission practical men
who are identified with the live stock
interests of this state. men who are
In touch with and know the needs of
the farmers OF Illinois. and not per-
sons whose only claim ana quaiifica-
tion for Office Is political pull.
Under Republican governor the
farmers and livestock producers will
get the reforms In this important state
department they have been praying