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Hnn THey • W ° Uld n0t believe that the cattle popula¬ 
te, -tt Cntlre lnfected area of Chicago had been anni¬ 
hilated without actually seeing it, and being too busy to leave 
t . r ,P 0S . S ,° “C' tlie onl y way left to convince them was to 
take the infected area to them, along with the scalps of the 
victims of the stamping-out process. 
At about this same time we had an extensive outbreak of 
anima^Q v^ Ulne * n Bbno * s > and after all exposed 
iimds had been placed in strict quarantine, and nearly all 
. lseas ® on es had been destroyed, certain western veteri- 
nanans advised quarantine against Illinois horses, when by 
shipping the remnant of these diseased animals into another 
r ; a ‘ C and . ‘ hence int0 th e prohibiting State, these veterina- 
nans would, upon inspection, have passed them as sound, so 
s ight were the evidences of disease. The Illinois authorities 
new every dangerous animal and held it fully in hand, had 
the history of each exposed individual, and the veterinarian 
arge, y his experience, was able to detect very slight 
evi ence of disease, so that the country at large was rendered 
as safe as possible, and far more safe than any restrictions that 
could have been imposed by other States would have secured. 
. ; 7 ? ve tennary-police authorities of Illinois were not 
trusted by some. 
Another evidence of incredulity, born of unworthy jeal¬ 
ousy, is noted among our investigators of animal diseases. 
s * nce fhe creation of the Bureau of Animal Industry 
there have been two distinct parties in the investigation 
nominally of animal diseases, but really they have been mainly 
p-nnH 8 ! t0 , Sh0W that the other P ar ty is in error. Criticism is 
nnr K ’ a • Cnticism IS excellent, and any work that will 
its snf ar U / S w ° rthIess - But adverse criticism which has for 
Its sole end annihilation is anarchy. 
^ lck ^ nn P and disputes between our Bureau and out- 
s de bacteriological investigators frequently become nauseous 
ave a en ency to remain so. I he disputes we have 
tnessed over the etiological moment of our diseases of 
me have not been of a character calculated to demand ad¬ 
miration from unbiased critics. If the conclusions of the 
