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no business owning them. Gentlemen, I know of no single 

 factor which has been a greater hindrance to the eradication 

 of animal tuberculosis than this. Many times the carrying 

 out of such an edict would financially ruin the small accumu- 

 lation of a hard-working man. 



You will, no doubt, believe that it would be to the packers' 

 benefit to completely eradicate tuberculosis from domestic 

 food animals, and it must seem reasonable to you that he 

 would want to cooperate with the farmer and do all in his 

 power to reach such an end. 



All the tuberculous animals coming to market this year 

 came from farms on which the conditions continue to be fa- 

 vorable for acquiring tuberculosis by the hogs that are still 

 on those farms and those that will be there next year and 

 next year and next year and next year. Some of the tuber- 

 culous animals marketed this year caused it in the younger 

 animals on the same farm that will be marketed next year. In 

 fact, unless something is done, ail coming from those farms 

 will be tied to the same string forever. 



So next year the packers will buy unconsciously, at the 

 same price and at the same loss, animals that they could buy 

 consciously at the same price and certainly without greater 

 loss. 



If the farmers of this country could sell all of their present 

 tuberculous animals at full market values, and thus without 

 one cent of loss, and the packers could buy them consciously 

 with no greater loss than if bought unconsciously, the putting 

 of two and two together is that animal tuberculosis could be 

 totally eradicated from this country within a space of two 

 years and without one cent of loss or cost. 



Can you conceive of anything more remarkable, when all 

 along every one has contended that it would take years and 

 an immense sum of money to accomplish this result? 



Indeed, I can prove to you that it would be at a profit to the 

 packer, to the farmer, to the consumer, to the entire coun- 

 try, and to the whole world. 



The eradication or the control of the animals that are at 

 present tuberculous means the eradication of the animal tu- 

 berculous germ manufacturing establishments. This, together 

 with the will-power of the educated tuberculous person, 

 means the complete eradication of the disease. Not only is 

 it eradicated without loss or cost on the part of the packer. 



