10 BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. 



recommended that the ' ' Bureau of Animal Industry " be 

 abolished and a national board of three cattle commissioners 

 be established, to be appointed by the President of the United 

 States. As Mr. Washburn represented the great stock-yard 

 interests, it was easy to see that he favored a cattle commis- 

 sion that could be dictated to by the great corporations of 

 the country, and the abolishment of the present " Bureau of 

 Animal Industry," which consists of professional veterinari- 

 ans, who would and could carry out the law, if any adequate 

 national laws existed, for the control and suppression of con- 

 tagious animal disease. The " Bureau of Animal Industry" 

 is one capable of good work, and its loss would be greatly 

 felt by the true live-stock interest of the country, besides 

 nipping in the bud the scientific investigations now being 

 made by its chief. Dr. Salmon. 



After Mr. Washburn's paper, the committee on pemianent 

 organization reported the following list of officers, who were 

 duly elected : President, D. W. Smith of Illinois ; Vice- 

 Presidents, Robert Mitchell of Indiana, Dr. George B. Lor- 

 ing of Massachusetts, J. M. Gary of Wyoming, J. W. 

 Jennings of Texas ; Secretaries, A. H. Sanders of Illinois 

 and R. B. Hamson of Montana. 



The meeting then adjourned until 9 a.m., Wednesday, 

 November 17. 



Wednesday morning a paper was read 1)y Dr. D. E. 

 Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, on conta- 

 gious pleuro-pneumonia and the efforts of the Bureau to stay 

 its progress. During the day, papers were read by the 

 following gentlemen : United States Senator Cullom on 

 inter-state transportation, with especial reference to legisla- 

 tion by Congress, regulating railroad traffic in the interests 

 of the people. The Marquis de Mora spoke on " Beef Pro- 

 ducers and Consumers : How can they best be Brought 

 Together." It was a plea for some system by which there 

 might be fewer middlemen, so that cattle growers could 

 ofet more for their animals and the consumer his beef at 

 a more reasonable price than at present. Mr. J. D. Frank- 

 land of Toronto gave a history of the beef export business ; 

 he also spoke of the restrictions which England placed on 

 the importation of American cattle, and said that they would 



