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tained the disease and started up a new outbreak in eight different 

 counties in Illinois and one county in Minnesota, and one outbreak 

 in two other states. But we did not feel so uneasy about that one 

 as this one at present, because we know where the infection came 

 from, and in the case of this one we do not. 



You might want to know what Pennsylvania is still doing to keep 

 her herds free from the disease. The first infection we had in Penn- 

 sylvania was November 1, as the Government has it reported here, but 

 it was the 29th of October. Our last case was the 29th of April. So 

 far as we know, we have not had a case of foot and mouth disease in 

 Pennsylvania since the 29th of last April. 



Now we have been watching Illinois with a great deal af interest, 

 and the situation there at the present time is this; we are not 

 accepting shipments from Chicago or East St. Louis for any purpose 

 except immediate slaughter, and then they must go into slaughter 

 houses that have Federal inspection or some kind of inspection, or 

 the owner of the slaughter house must give us g, sworn statement that 

 he will kill all the animals he receives inside of forty-eight hours. We 

 allow them to unload animals for feed, rest and water at stockyards if 

 they are willing to handle animals of that kind by themselves and 

 will not let animals used for dairy purposes go through those places 

 afterward. There is only one stockyard that is willing to handle 

 those animals in that way and they have a permit for unloading them 

 for food, rest and water in the Connellsville stockyards, but the Pitts- 

 burgh, Erie and Lancaster stockyards have decided that they won't 

 bother with those interstate shipments. We have had this same 

 kind of regulation in Chicago all the while up to the present time, 

 but today we have added in the same category shipments from East 

 St. Louis. I think we are perfectly safe; I do not believe there is 

 any danger of the disease springing up in Pennsylvania again unless 

 we bring it in. I think the time has already passed when we need 

 not feel any uneasiness from infection lurking around in the State, 

 but there is danger, if we are not very careful, of getting the disease 

 from Illinois. 



Now, I want to say something about what our Legislature did, and 

 what the Board did, etc. In Illinois ,they have not yet paid the farm- 

 ers the indemnity for the cattle destroyed, and that amounted to |1,- 

 600,000, and this last outbreak will add |200,000 to that. Governor 

 Dunne callejl the Legislature together in special session to appro- 

 priate money to settle these claims of the farmers and the farmers 

 are all on the job trying to do their part; the members of the Legis- 

 lature representing the agricultural districts are on the job trying 

 to get the necessary appropriations to settle up these claims, but for 

 some reason they do not get a quorum. Men not directly interested 

 in agriculture are not attending the meetings and the farmers are 

 pretty badly discouraged out there for the reason that they haven't 

 gotten their money. Just last week the Congressman-at-large from 

 Illinois introduced a bill in Washington to see if the Federal Govern- 

 ment would not put up $1,800,000 to pay the indemnity for the State 

 of Illinois. The Federal Government had paid its half, but Illinois 

 wants the Federal Government to pay Illinois' share of it. I don't 

 know where they will come out on that kind of proposition, but aU 

 the other states paid their bills and I expect Illinois will do it too, 

 but it is a pretty big burden. 



