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Mr. Saumon. No; we have had urgent requests from the Dakotas 
and some of the other Western States to come and help them, and 
unless we do it looks as though their marketing of cattle will be stopped. 
The Cuarrman. When you go ona man’s range for the purpose of 
oe this infection, what share does the Government propose to 
ear 
Mr. Satmon. We will probably only bear the expense of supervis- 
ing—putting in inspectors to tell them what to do and how to do it. 
The Cuarrman. After aman is once shown how to do it, he can take 
care of it himself 
Mr. Satmon. Yes; then we will have to increase our inspection 
force a little to keep the disease from spreading out. Of course we 
have regulations that a man shall not ship a diseased steer or dis- 
eased sheep from one State to another, but they are doing it all the 
time; and when we get a lot of sheep the man says he did not know 
it. The law says if he ships them knowingly, he is guilty of a viola- 
tion of the law and subject to penalties. If he does not ship them 
knowingly, he is not subject to penalty. 
Mr. Henry. He never does it knowingly. 
Mr. Satmon. It is very seldom indeed they know it. The only 
time they know it is when some inspector has seen the animals and 
told the owner the animals had the disease; but it is very seldom you 
get aman it that situation. So that really the only way to keep the 
disease from spreading is to have inspectors enough there. 
The Cuarrman. Were you not rather deterred from taking hold of 
this thing with the energy you desired on account of the foot-and- 
mouth disease? If you are relieved of that, can you not take hold 
of it? 
Mr. Satmon. We have got that force scattered over the country 
now, but we have not inspectors enough for this purpose. 
The Cuatrman. What did that force do before it went to eradicate 
the foot-and-mouth disease? 
Mr. Satmon. Some of them were on meat inspection, some were on 
sheep scab inspection, and some were on Texas cattle inspection. 
The CuarrMan. Therefore I say you had to temporarily divert that 
force to the foot-and-mouth disease ? 
Mr. Saumon. Yes. 
The Cuarrman. That being gone, will you not be able to put these 
men back there? 
Mr. Satmon. They are back now. 
The Cuarrman. Will not that give you force enough? 
Mr. Satmon. No; because we just had enough force to carry on that 
work comfortably before. Of course, when this emergency arose we 
took off men, we made some men do double duty, and we neglected the 
work in some places because we could not do it. 
The Cuarrman. You have to do those things in the management of 
any business. : 
Mr. Satmon. Of course, when an emergency arises in that way, like 
the foot-and-mouth disease, we would put the force in the field even if 
we were obliged to stop these other things. 
Mr. Henry. Right there, Doctor, it is said that the foot-and-mouth 
disease in New England has been stamped out. That is true, is it? 
You have succeeded ? 
