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they can ever be made to take any action in regard to it ; 

 and that the land can never be ridded of it unless Congress 

 assumes the responsibility of stamping it out, and that very 

 soon, or it will be too late. Another influence which makes 

 many desire the United States government to deal with the 

 plague, is that the national treasury is overflowing with the 

 means for carrying out the stamping-out process. 



People may laugh at the cattle growers of the country, as 

 they have laughed before, as a lot of " grangers " and " hay 

 seeds " ; but they should l)e educated to realize that every 

 man, woman and child in the United States who ever uses 

 beef, milk, butter, cheese, or even oleomargarine, has a per- 

 sonal interest at stake. Whether there is any danger to the 

 live-stock interests of Massachusetts from the present out- 

 break in Chicago, we cannot say. There can be none 

 from the dressed-beef trade, but there may he fi"om the 

 traffic in live cattle ; and it would be as well if the live 

 cattle brought from the West to this State came by some 

 route avoiding Chicago. We would also advise regulations 

 compelling railroad companies to disinfect and whitewash all 

 cars used for conveying animals to our cities before allowing 

 them to depart West for fresh supplies. 



Respectfully submitted, 



A. W. CHEEVER, 

 AUSTIN PETERS, D. V. S. 



The Chaieman. Gentlemen, you have heard this report 

 of Dr. Peters ; are there any further remarks to be made 

 upon the motion that is before the meeting for the adoption 

 of these resolutions ? 



Mr. Damon. I move that the question be divided. The 

 paper which has just been read has thrown some light upon 

 the matter. I do not know why we should not endorse the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, but still I do not know why 

 we should recommend any particular method of dealing with 

 the matter. 



Dr. Lynde. I understand from the remarks which Mr. 

 Cheever has made, and from the paper which he has read, 

 that we here in Massachusetts are in very little danger from 



