STATE, SUPPRESSION OF TURERCULOSIS UNWARRANTABLE, IF NOT THOROUGH. 8l~ 
This would speedily purify all the dangerously affected herds, 
and would not fail to reach, sooner or later, all herds in which 
any tuberculosis whatever exists. The final result, therefore, 
would be as thorough as under the more speedy and radical 
system. It presents at the same time certain features, such as 
the comparative absence of immediate expense and the absence 
of serious disturbance of the cattle industry, of panic or excite¬ 
ment, which will serve to recommend it. The salaries of in¬ 
spectors, even if seventy were required at $1,500, would amount 
to but $105,000; the indemnities would be in gradual demand, 
and not called for all at once, and many of the latent cases of 
tuberbulosis would meanwhile find their way to the butcher, and 
thus reduce the outlay. We might well follow the lead of Bel¬ 
gium, Germany and other countries of Europe, in allowing a 
reimbursement of one-fifth the value for any tuberculous carcass 
that had been slaughtered in good faith for human food, as this 
would at once withhold from the market a dangerous article and 
secure an evidence of the existence of tuberculosis in the herd 
from which the animal was drawn. 
This progressive method would be much more easily and 
promptly introduced. The smaller number of inspectors needed 
would allow of the choice of better qualified men, and the 
chances of error by men new to the work would be reduced to a 
minimum, as all first cases in a herd would be subjected to the 
professional chief, and all first tests would be under the imme¬ 
diate direction and observation of such chief, or of an experi¬ 
enced inspector. Thus, the new inspectors would be gradually 
made acquainted with all the details of the work and the pre¬ 
cautions to be taken in carrying it out. The stock owner would 
have every possible guarantee that no hasty nor ill-advised 
action would be taken in putting his herd to the test, as no such 
step would be taken until the disease in the first case had been 
passed upon by the best authority. The protection of the stock 
owner could be still further secured by the avoidance of publicity 
in the case of tests applied and cattle condemned. There would 
be a large economy secured in the fact that the tests would at 
