56 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Scorr. Ought they not to be more and .more able to do the 
whole business? 
Mr. Satmon. They will, of course, as soon as the great burden of 
stamping out the disease in the first place is through with. They will 
be able to control it, because all they will have to do then will be to 
keep out scabby sheep, and we will do that by our supervision over 
interstate traffic. 
Mr. Scorr. I know J have been called upon several times by farmers 
near my home to know what they should do on account of certain dis- 
eases that have appeared among their stock, and I have always simply 
called upon the State veterinarian board, and they have sent a veteri- 
narian there and attended to the business. It never occurred to me to 
call on the United States. 
Mr. Sautmon. States always attend to those things that have no 
special bearing on interstate trade, but where it comes to a widespread 
contagious disease like sheep scab, it is more than the State can handle. 
In the first place, there are very few of the State authorities that have 
the nerve and backbone to enforce the regulations with sufficient 
stringency to accomplish anything. 
Mr. Bow1r. Then they have not the trained men either, have they? 
Mr. Saumon. They do not usually put trained men on those boards. 
They do sometimes, but oftener they do not, and the men they do put 
on seem to lack the nerve to enforce the regulations. In fact, they 
are too well acquainted with the people, and the influence of the peo- 
ple who own the sheep can be brought to bear upon them too strongly. 
The Coarrman. I see your increases have been as follows: In 1897-98 
you had an increase of $26,000. lam giving these in round numbers. 
In 1898-99 you had $227,800 increase; in 1899-1900, $60,590 increase; 
in 1900-1901, $84,000 increase; in 1901-2, $25,000 increase; in 1902-3, 
$93,000 increase; in 1903-4,$40,000. That, of course, does not include 
the $500,000 emergency fund for the foot and mouth disease; but in 
that bill of last year you were authorized, I think, to buy some real 
nanan for quarantine stations. That has been accomplished, has it 
not? 
Mr. Satmon. No, we have not bought that. | 
The Cuarrman. You bought the one back of Jersey City? 
Mr. Satmon. Well, that was bought three years ago, I think. Yes; 
there was a small addition there. 
The Cuarrman. There was $20,000 for enlarging Bethesda out here. 
Mr. Satmon. That has been done. The one I was speaking of was 
$10,000 for a quarantine station in Baltimore. That we have not 
expended. I do not know whether we will be able to get that or not. 
The work naturally grows every year. I suppose there ought to be, 
to keep the work on a good basis, an increase of something like 10 
per centa year. I think that is the natural growth. 
The Cuarrman. The export, the interstate commerce, you might 
say, in meats does not grow 10 per cent a year, does it? 
Mr. Satmon. It does not; but the meat inspection grows more than 
10 per cent a year. 
The Cuarrman. I notice in your reasons for asking an increase you 
re the increased demand for inspection. What does that come 
rom! 
Mr. Satmon. We have four or five places at Kansas City now ask- 
‘ing for inspection. 
The Cuatrman. What places are they? What are they? 
