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purposes. Tlu'ir i> a tiiidt'iu y on the part of inuny .s|iippn> wIm-ii 

 tlu'.v fiiwl that l\u'\ \\u\v any (lisra^' in their ht-nls to imrm-.liat.lv 

 load the animals on the cars and ship them to market. 



I)is«':is('<l animals dj'tertnl hy rni'ans of this inspection service 

 are prohibited shipment to country noints. thereby preventing: fur- 

 ther difi.seiiiinatioii of the (hscase. The <»ri<:in ot infected shipments 

 is immediately rep<Mted t<i the live .st<«"k sanitary onicials of the 

 States concerned. In this way centers of infection are hn-ated and 

 (jtiite often the .spread of the disea.se fi-om the farni or ranch wiiere 

 it lii-st occuri'ed is prevented. The inspections nia<le and the treat- 

 ments ill euniplishe(l at the |)nltlic .stockyards diirinp: the past year 

 in connection with the Miper\ision of interstate transportation 

 were a,s follows: Sheep. L'(».IC»ii/J70 inspected and (»ver 1.(MH(.(Kki 

 <lip|MMl: cattle. 18.475.991 inspected and 11.<M)().0(M) dipped; swine, 

 :{7.()<K).()<M) inspected and MO;?.(M)<» inminni/.ed ajrain.st ho«r cholera. 



Mi-. .Vmikksox. Von mean antemortem ins|)e<-tion ^ 



Doctor .Mom.KK. Yes. sir; tliese are antemort«'m inspections of 

 live stock for various contagious di.seases. 



Mr. .\ni)KI{.son-. Always preliminary to inspection of shipments 

 out into tlie country ? 



Doctor MoHLKi:. Always preliminaiv to shij)ments from the pub- 

 lic stockyards. 



There were lO.fXK) horses inspected and 4.000 te.sted. Iar«:ely with 

 mallein for the presence of rrlanders. 



TWENTY-EIGHT-HOIR LAW. 



Xo chan«re is contemplated in the conduct of the administrative 

 work to .'secure comi)liance with the provisions of the i28-liour law. 

 Durinir the past year there has been a considerable decrea.se in the 

 number of violations that have been detected. Enerjietic efforts have 

 i)een made to brin;; to trial cases coverinjr violations that ha<l oc- 

 curi-ed durinfj: previous years with the result that fines amountin<r to 

 about i^loO.OOO were collected. a|)proximately four times the allot- 

 ment expended by the bureau in enforcinfr the law. 



Mr. .VxnERSox. Have you found that anythin<r objtxtionable re- 

 sults from the enforcinjr of the 2H-hour law? I have understood, for 

 examj)le. that shij)ments which were comin'r into Chicago, where they 

 were approacjiin^^ the 2S-]u)ur limit, would be held out at some way 

 station before beinjr shipi)ed into the yard.s. in order to avoid con- 

 •restion in the vards or violation of the 28-hour law. In* rea.son of 

 failure to </et them in inside the limits. 



Doctor MtuiLKi:. Xo. ^fr. Chairman, we have not found anything: 

 like that ; in fact, we have treated this character of shipment you are 

 leferrin*: to with a jrreat deal of leniency. If the crew hrinjr^ the 

 trnin of cattle ui^ to the yards. an<l it is merely a question f)f unavid- 

 :d)le conirestion in front, we do not take a ca.se like that to court. All 

 (hirinir the <trike which be«ran the 1st of July, we have not stopped 

 our men from rep>)rtin;r these ca.ses. but when they were reported we 

 dill not nttempt to have the cases iro to court, as the officials had no 

 contr.il at nil of the situation on account of the strike on tlu^so rail- 

 roads. 



Our <;reatest trouble just now isthrou<rh tlie Pitts])urirh yards. Tiuit 

 is the neck of the bottle of all shijiment from the Southwest. West. 

 and Xorthwest. an<l the roads there at Pittsburiih have not the facil- 



