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mission merchant to a party in Philadelphia urging shipments from that 

 point. 



On the whole, we look ii]>on this shipment westward. of eastern store 

 calves, as one of the greatest, of our dangers, and accordingly, in August 



last, we memorialized the (lovenior of Illinois to prohibit the introduc- 

 tion of such calves into his Stale, and thereby cut them oil' from the. t\v<: 

 itest distributing points Chicago and Kast Saint Louis. Afterdne 

 Consideration, ( lovcrnor ( 'idiom issued the following proelamat ion : 



[LLINOI8, 



J-:.r-ntir<' Ih/Kirtnioil, Sprintifn-lil. ///., \orrtnbi'f 1, 1831. 



In pursuance of tin- art of" the (Imrral Assembly <f the State of Illinois, entitled 

 An act to suppress ;ni<l prevent the spread of pleuro-pneimionia JUI-.OIILJ cattle," ap- 

 proved May :'.!, I. Shelby M. Cullom, (Jovernor of the State of Illinois, do hereby pro- 

 claim that I have ijood reason to believe that pleuro-pneumonia among cattle han 

 become epidemic in certain localities in the States of Connecticut, New York, Penn- 

 .-vlvania. New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, viz: in the county of Fairtield, i;< 

 The State of Connecticut ; in the counties of Putnam, Westchester, Kings, and (^neens, 

 in the State of New York: in the counties of Lehigli, Bucks, Berks, Montgomery 

 i'hiladelphia, Delaware, Chester, Lancaster, York, Adams, and Cumberland, in the 

 State of IVnn.-ylvania ; in the counties of Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Essex, Union, 

 Somerset, Hnnterdon, Middlesex, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Camden, 

 < iloncester. and Atlantic, in the State of New Jersey; in the county of Newcastle, in 



the aforesaid counties in the States of Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New 

 Jersey, I >ela ware, and Maryland after the 10th day of November instant, unless accom- 

 panied by a certificate of health properly signed by a duly authori/ed veterinary in- 

 spector. Any corporation or individual who shall 'transport, receive, or convey such 

 prohibited stock shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 thereof shall be fined not less that $1,000 nor more than $10,000 for each and every 

 offense, and shall be liable for any and all damage or loss that may be sustained by 

 any party or parties by reason of the importation or transportation of such prohibited 

 stock. (Sec. 4 of act approved May 31, 1881.) In testimony whereof I hereto set my 

 hand and cause the great seal of State to be affixed. Done at the City of Springfield, 

 the dav and year above written. 



S. M. CULLOM. 

 By the Governor : 



HENRY D. DEMENT, 



Secretary of State. 



This is not all that could be desired, for beside having been misled in 

 ie way as to the counties at present infected, it applies the prohibi- 

 tion to the infected counties only, and leaves the way open for the eva- 

 sion of the order by driving infected cattle over the county line and 

 .-hipping them from the next adjacent county. To make sucli an order 

 effective it should draw the line as we recommended, not further east 

 than the western side of the Alleghany Mountains. Yet the movement 

 is a hopeful one, and gives promise of such future action on the part of 

 the \\Ystci 'ii States generally, as shall afford a real measure of protect- 

 ion against this and other animal plagues. Meanwhile it should incite 

 Congress to enact such a measure as shall render impossible the infec- 

 tion of the West by these eastern store cattle. 



iXrRKASED RAILROAD FACILITIES A GROWING SOniCi: OF DAGGER. 



Year by year our railroad system is extended, and with every such 

 extension comes a greater facility for the transportation of cattle and 

 eattle disease. The new connections that render it possible for New 

 York and Europe to avail of the fat cattle of Colorado or Dakota, make 

 it equally possible for Colorado and Dakota to introduce the thorough- 

 bred bulls of Europe and of the Eastern States. These facilities for 



