Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-18
FORCES UNITE !.
AS SITUATION
CROWSSERIOUS
Conference is Held In
Houston After Four
States had Declared
Embargoes
(By the Associated Press)

by the Associated FTeSSJ
HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 49,
The struggle to eradicate foot
and mouth disease among cattle
in the area south of Houston,
which has been hampered by
court injunctions and an appar-
ent lack Of cooperation among q
number Of dairymen and small
farmers in the infested areas,
eliminated here today in central
izing disease eradication in DR..
Marion lines, of the bureau of
animal industry.
The result was reached at a confer
ence attended by representatives of cat
tie interests and the state and federal
governments.
The conference was called after Louis
lana, Arkansas, Alabama, and Oklahoma
had declared embargoes more or less
severe on Texas products either in whole
or in part. The embargoes were regard
ed as the direct result of court injunc-
tions restraining the disease eradica-
tion authorities from killing cattle in
the exposed area, and restraining them
from prohibiting shipments Of hay out
of contiguous territory.
Moreover, word reached DIR. lines to-
day that the Western Livestock SAM
tary association, embracing most west
ern cattle raising states, had under con-
sideration an embargo which was ex-
pected to ban all Texas products.
Move to Save Cattle
Tomorrow motion to restrain DR..
lines from killing certain cattle will
be heard Forces are already in motion
to induce withdrawal of the suit. The
court order which permits hay ship
ments, however, cannot be argued until
some time early next month unless 1t,
too, is withdrawn.
The conference was attended by James
E. Ferguson, husband of Governor Fer
guson as her representative; Z. b. Split
er Of Fort Worth, secretary OF the
Southwest cattle raisers association,
member of the state livestock sanitary
commission, and DR.. lines.
DR.. N. F. Williams, heading the state
livestock sanitary forces, will remain
here, as will all the forces of the state.
"The state is here strong and will re-
main here" Mr.. Ferguson announced
after the conference. "Our aim IS to
unity the forces fighting this plague.
and all of US have the utmost confidence
in DR.. lines and decided to make the fed
eral government man the head OF all
forces.
Situation Grave
"I want you to say this to the peo-
pie" Mr.. Ferguson said, Texas faces
grave situation. 1t is not only the
cattle industry that is affected. That
is one of the smallest industries to suf-
fer. The cattle owners get paid Tor
their losses. But we are faced now
with injunctions against the operations
of the quarantine. / do not want to be
in the attitude of criticizing the courts
but, nevertheless, it is fact that these
injunctions have brought us face to
/ face with critical situation. Some
states have laid and other states are
threatening to lay an embargo on ev-
ervthing the farmer grows in Texas.
They are threatening not only to stop
all rail traffic but automobile traffic as
we'll. If that is done it will mean an
| incalculable loss to the cotton farmers
| Of Texas. 1t may mean loss OF Few
million to the cattle interests but the
loss to the entire state can be measured
only in the hundreds of millions.
~ want further to say that if we can
obtain relief from the injunctions that
now impede our work, this disease, all
Of the experts believe, can be stamped
out in 80 days"