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THE DAIRY QUESTION FACTS ABOUT HOUSE BILL <540 --r----: •r Marengo, III., March 6, 1912. Mr, Frank T. Mor&n, Belvidere, III. Dear Sir: I have your tetter under date ot Marc!) 4, stating (hat Mr. J. P. Conyes of Leftoy township, Boone county, a leading Republican of his locality, states that he has always been one of my supporters, but cannot be now, for the reason, he claims, t supported House Bill 540, which passed the house and was killed in the senate. Your letter further states that Mr. Conyes Is of the impression that House Bill 540, which passed the house, was a measure secretly aimed at the dairy and stock-raising inter­ ests, inasmuch as it gave to the Illi­ nois Livestock Commission powers to enforce a tuberculin test not only in the case of interstate shipments, but also In local herds, if they saw lit to make such arbitrary rules. You further state In your letter: "Mr. Conyes and I discussed the history of the tuberculin fight and how you led the house forces against the Chicago crowd to victory in behalf of the farmers, and we both agreed that it was hard to believe you had been disloyal and a traitor to the cause in which you had been BO con­ spicuous and valuable a champion. Mr. Conyes is president of the Boone County Milk Producers' association and is actively engaged In working for the dairy interests. It was represent­ ed to him, he states, that House Bill 640, after passing the house, was tak­ en to the senate, where strong efforts were made to get it reported out of committee, but the friends of the farmers killed It off by permitting a Woodstock attorney named Lumley to quietly swipe it and lose it a day or two before final adjournment. "In view of these charges among the dairymen, you are Invited to make a statement for publication In the Re­ publican. If the accusations are true that you have changed your position on these questions, the legal voters should know it. If the charges are simply campaign falsehoods, your friends are entitled to know it. There­ fore, in the interests of a square deal and fair play, you are invited to state the facts about these bills. "Kindly also state whether they had the support of Messrs. Vickers and Anderson from this district. "Very truly, "PRANK T. MORAN, "Publisher, 'The Daily Republican." In answer to the above, 1 desire to state that House Bill No. 540 was on roll call in the house April 20, 1911. (See pages 734, 735, House Journal, 1911). Mr. J. H. Vickers, from Mc- Henry county, and Mr. J. E. Anderson, from Lake county, members of the house at that time, both voted for the bill. House Bill 540 above referred to, gave the Live Stock Commissioners of Illinois no jurisdiction whatever over the cattle or the dairies of Illinois. House Bill 540 gave the Live Stock Commissioners of Illinois no jurisdic­ tion whatever over any dairy or herd in Illinois, nor over any animal or cow shipped into Illinois, and in fact gave them no juriadiction over any cattle, except dairy and breeding cat­ tle, to be shipped from the Union Stock Yards at Chicago, Peoria and East St. Louis back into the interior of Illinois for dairy and breeding pur­ poses. House Bill 540 provided: That no railroad company, corpora* tlon or person should ship, convey or drive into the state of Illinois--from any other state or «ountry--any dairy or breeding animal, except such dairy or breeding animal be accompanied by a certificate issued and granted under and by the authority of the state or foreign country from which said ani­ mal is shipped or procured, certifying that said dairy or breeding animal is free from ail contagious and infectious disease, including tuberculosis; Provid­ ing, however, that all such animals might be shipped to the Union Stock yard* at Chicago, Peoria and East St. Louis (the three public cattle markets in Illinois) for the purpose of slaught­ er and beef, without such certificate. House Bill 540 further provided that all dairy and breeding animals ship­ ped from the Union Stock yards at Chicago, Peoria and East St. Loutt back Into the Interior of Illinois--for dairy and breeding purposes should be accompanied by a certificate of the Board of Live Stock Commissioners of Illinois, that said dairy and breed­ ing animals were free from all con* tagious and infectious diseases, in­ cluding the disease of tuberculosis, but providing that all such cattle could be shipped froiu said stock yards back into the interior of Illinois for feeding purposes, without Bueh certificate, but the bill of lading should so state. The Sta te Board of Live 8tock Com­ missioners are only given power and jurisdiction over the shipments from the Union Stock Yards--in I l l inois-- back into the interior of Illinois for dairy and breeding purposes . The dairy and breeding cattle iroui out­ s ide the s ta te must come with a cer ­ t i f ica te f rom the shipping s ta te . I I - l lnois must take the shipping s ta te cer t i f ica te . No herd in I l l inois can be inspected . I t is only da i ry and breed­ ing cat t le sh ipped f rom the s tock yards in I l l inois back in to the coun­ try that must be certitied by the Com­ missioners cf I l l inois . The History of This Legis la t ion . In 1909, in the Illinois state senate Senator Olsen. bting a member, passed Senate Bill 438, providing: That the importation or bringing Into the state of Illinois of any cattle for dairy- or breeding purposes Is hereby prohibited, excepting when auch cattle are accompanied by a cer­ tificate from an inspector of the United States Bureau of Animal In­ dustry, prs from an inspector, whose com$««ency and reliability are duly certified to by the authorities charged with the control of the diseases of do­ mestic animals in the state, etc.--cer­ tifying that they have been examined and subjected to the tuberculin test jand are free-/rom tuberculosis." TMS waa an absolute prohibition against any shipment into the state, without the tuberculin test. This hill, Senate BUI 438, passed tha Illinois state senate May 26, 1909. Sea Sen­ ate Journal, 1909--page 1296. You will notice that Heua« Bill 540 nowhere mentions or providss for the tuberculin test. Senate Bill 438, and the other ob- noxious Humphrey bills, providing for tuberculin testing in the state, passed the Illinois state senata in 1909, Sen* a tor Olson being present and not even lifting a voice, a vote or ap objection to the same. They came to the Illinois house of representatives and were blocked. Edward Shurtleff, in the houss, Intro­ duced the now famous House Joint Resolution No. Twenty (20) providing for a full investigation of the subject of tuberculin testing and the Pasteur­ ization of milk, and this resolution passed the lower house, with an ap- propration of ten thouaand dollars of money, with which to make the Inves­ tigation. House Joint Resolution No. 20 went to the Illinois state senate, and was referred to the committee on live stock and dairying, of which "Senator Olson was then and Is now chairman." This resolution laid in Senator Ol­ son's committee and was not taken up for action. It was three weeks before it could be taken up for action, it was referred to his committee April 14, 1909 (Senate Journal, Page 680). It was not reported out until May 4, 1909 (see Senate Journal, Page 920), and only then upon the urgent solici­ tation of Lieutenant Governor Ogies- by, who had to promise Senator Ol­ son a place upon the Investigating committee before he would report the resolution out. The matter of the investigation com­ mittee, its organization, its election of Edward D. Shurtleff chairman, and its work in Chicago and over the state for eighteen months, is well known to the whole state, and copies of the report were very generally circulated in the district. < This committee made a report to the legislature in January, 1911. The committee found in its report, upon the evidence submitted, as follows: Report of committee, page 39 of the report: And your committee would further ^recommend that all dairy and breed­ ing cattle shipped into the state of Il­ linois from foreign states and coun­ tries outside of the state of Illinois be required to bear with them, upon entrance into the state of Illinois, cer­ tificates that they are free from all contagious and infectious diseases, in­ cluding the disease tuberculosis. And your committee would further recommend that all dairy and breed­ ing cattle, shipped from the Union Stock Yards at Chicago, stock yards at Peoria and the stock yards at East St. Louis to any point within the state of Illinois, be inspected under the au­ thority of the Board of Live Stock Commissioners of the state of Illinois, and be certified as free from all con­ tagious and infectious diseases, includ­ ing the disease of tuberculosis. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD D. SHURTLEFF, J. W. ALLISON, M. D., C. S. HEARN, ALEXANDER LANE, M. D., S. C. PEMBERTON, A. J. OLSON, FRANK W. SHEPHERD, GUY L. BUSH, JOHN C. M'KENZIE, THOS. TTPPITT. Signed by every member of the committee. It will be noticed that Senator A. J. Olsen signed this recommendation. This recommendation -- nowhere-- not in any place, mentions the tuber­ culin test. House Bill 540 follows Identically this recommendation. House Bill 540 nowhere--in no place--mentions the tuberculin teat. Senator Olson and every member of the investigating committee, thus said to the people of the state of lllinoie that House Bill 540 would make a good law. The following is some of the evi­ dence upon which this recommenda­ tion waB based: Witness Ralph W. Chittenden of Gurnee, Lake county, Illinois: My name la Ralph W. Chittenden, aged fifty-two years. I reside at Gur­ nee, 111. Q.--There Is a good deal of evi­ dence, Mr. Chittenden, before. this committee and a good deal of senti­ ment, based upon the fact that thirty- three states in the Union have a law by which no dairy or breeding cattle can be shipped Into their states, with­ out they come with a bill of health from the states from which they are 6hlpped. A good deal of evidence and a good deal of pressure before this committee tending to urge the passage of that kind of a law in the state of Illinois, forbidding the shipment of dairy and breeding cattle into the state unless they Come with a clean bill of health. What would you say as to that? A.--I think that would be a very good law. There is no doubt but that Illinois is used for a dumping ground for the diseased cattle of Wisconsin; that is, I would not say for diseased cattle alone, but for poor cows. (lie was a member of the milk pro­ ducers' committee from Lake county.) Mr. Ray Elliott Paddock, another witness from Lake county: My name is Ray Elliott Paddock. I reside at Round Lake, Lake, III., 35 miles from Chicago. I am a dairy farmer. That has been my occupation all my life. I have a dairy of 70 head of cattle. My market i^T Chicago. Question: What would you say as to passing a law requiring all dairy and breeding cattle shipped into the Btate of Illinois from outside states to be required to come with a certificate that they are free from disease, In­ cluding tuberculosis? Answer: | think that would ba •" right, for the reason that other etates ask that same thing from us. There were three (3) members of the milk producers' committee, select­ ed by the Board of Supervisors of Lake county. Mr. ChlUaaden, Mr. l»addook and Mr. Clem Small. Mr. Chittenden and Mr. Paddock favored the passage of the law. Mr. Clem Small opposed the passage of the law. Two-thirds of the delegation from Lake county were for the iaw. One-thtrd was against tt. Senator Olson signed the report favoring the law, on the evidence of Mr. Chittenden and Mr. Paddock, and recommended to the legislature House Bill 540 as a flood law. And then under cover, at the request of Clem Small and others, killed the law. From McHenry county: Mr. Henry M. "Turner, of Hebron, was a witness, aa follows: My name Is Henry M. Turner. 1 re­ side at Hebron, McHenry county, Il­ linois. I am a dairy fanner. My dairy consists of 25 cows. Q.--What is your opinion, Mr. Tur­ ner, of the state of Illinois paasing a law requiring all dairy and breeding cattle, that are shipped In, to come with a clean bill of health, a certifi­ cate from the state from which they come that they are free from ail dls ease. Including tuberculosis? A.--Well, if they would put it all in I am in favor of It, but If there Is no way of getting around it except from having them tested, I do not believe that that is any good. Q.--Well, to require each state to give the certificate, that it requires, to ship into that state, 33 states requir­ ing such certificates, of some kind, let each state furnish its own and make its pwn requirements? A.--I would thinly it would be the proper thing. Mr. Jesse B. Richardson of Spring Grove, McHenry county, Illinois, waa also a witness, and testified as fol­ lows: My name is Jesse B. Richardson. I reside at Spring Grove, McHenry coun­ ty, Illinois. I am a dairy farmer. That has been my occupation ail my life. Q.--Well, now, there is a good deal of evidence before this committee that thirty-three states in the Union, in­ cluding Wisconsin and others, have laws forbidding the shipment of dairy and breeding cattle Into those states, unless they are tested or have a cer­ tificate of health, and that Illinois is being made the dumping ground for the shipment of diseased cattle from those other states. What would you say, Mr. Richardson, as a dairyman, as to the state of Illinois passing a law requiring all dairy and breeding cattle shipped Into this state to come with a certificate of health from the ou'slde states? A.--I think that that would be a good plan. I would recommend a law of that kind. Q.--You have a brother that ahlpa dairy cows to Illinois, do you? A.--Yes, sir. Q.--Would you speak for him on that subject? A.--Yes, sir. Q.--How mueh, in your Judgment, would it add to the coat c value of dairy cows to make that requirement? A.--One dollar per head. I don't think over $1. Q.--Would you favor that kind of a law? A.--Yea, air. Mr. William A, Boies of the town of Coral, McHenry county, also testified to substantially the same substance matter. Mr. Henry M. Turner, Mr. Jesse B. Richardson and Mr. William A. Boies were the three (3) members of the milk producers' committee selected by the Board of Supervisors of McHenry county to act with the state Investi­ gating committee, and all three of them testified strongly In favor of such a law, which was Identically House Bill 540, nothing added to and nothing taken from, and It did not mention the tuberculin test--but It was left to each state to determine what its method of inspection should be--the same as Illinois would have been and is now. Mr. Fred Blume of Palatine, Cook county, Illinois, testified: "Well, the way I look at it, if you raise your own cows I think you get a better herd. In my neighborhood about 50 j^er cent, of the cows are raised on the farms. They get better cows, and I think by looking at it in that way you are money ahead. 1 think the dairymen oan afford to do that." Q.--What do you know about the class of dairy cows that are shipped in from other states? A.--Mostly In our town from Wis­ consin and, more or less, I hear they are cows that the people are trying to do away with there. Q.--They may not be good cows? A.--Of course, you hear lota of them say they are good cows when you buy them. Q.--It would be natural for people selling cows in Wisconsin--the Bame as it would be In Illtnols--for the farmer to sell his poorest cows and keep the best? A.--I think everybody does that. Q.--What would you say as to the state of Illinois passing a law requir­ ing all dairy and breeding animals shipped Into this state to bring with them a certificate of health from the place from which they are shipped, that they are free from disease, in­ cluding tuberculosis? A.--Well, I think the state of Illi­ nois ought to be just as well guarded as any other state, in order to keep them from dumping this diseased cat­ tle on to us. Q.--You think a law of that kind ought to be passed In Illinois, Mr. Blume? A.--I think that the farmers who are producing the milk ought to be protected. I think we ought to have a law to protect the shipments in. 1 think It would encourage the raising of cows iu Illinois. Hon. John Stewart, eighty-fire years of age, from EUburn, Kane county, was brought U) by Mr. Elmer Fel­ lows as a witness. Mr. Elmer Fellows Is the president of the milk producers' committee, and a cow shipper of St. Charles. Mr. Stewart owns fifty farms. Has been In the cattle and dairy business all his life. Mr. Stewart testified: Q.--What do you say as to the dairymen being able to raise their own supply of cow*, taking into con­ sideration the ralue of the J»rna lands, and the value ofc the dairy cows? A.--I would be In favor of knocking out all those cattle dealers, if weoould raise our own cattle* Q.--Do you believe that the dairy- men can do it at a profit oa the dairy farm as they run It? A.--I think they could In time, and I think it would pay all of them to do it. Q.--How does the stock of dairy cows shipped into Illinois 4rom Wis consin and Iowa today compare with the stock of several years ago? A.--NoT Is good; they have run down. Not as good. No. Mr. Elmer Fellows Is a cow shipper of St. Charles, who headed the dele­ gation to Springfield lart winter, to defeat House Bill 540, and he Is also the president of the Milk Producers' association, and in the association meeting, in Chicago, in January last, incidentally made an effort to oust Mr. J. P. Qrler from the office of the sec­ retary of the association, which met the condemnation of every milk pro­ ducer on the floor of the convention. At this convention Mr. Lumley of Woodstock was a candidate for secre­ tary, being nominated by Mr. Clem Small of Lake county, or one of hlB friends. Senator Olson was also pres­ ent, and worked to the same end. One who was there said the conven­ tion went wild, and as a body rose to its feet and demanded the retention of Mr. J. P. Qrler, and he waB retained unanimously. It is, this whole move, the cow shippers' revenge. Mr. Andrew Efflnger of Llbertyville, Lake county, Illinois, a witness, tes­ tified: "It would be my judgment that the state of Illinois ought to pass a law requiring all dairy and breeding cat­ tle that are shipped Into the state to come with a bill of health showing that they are free from disease. I think that diseased animals are ship­ ped in. We do not pretend to buy any cattle without their being tested." And so we could complete the rec­ ord, by quoting the evidence of three- fourths of the members of the milk producers' committee, that were ap­ pointed by the various boards of su­ pervisor# It was all to the same ef­ fect. Solhe testified that even If it were not necessary it would tend to raising of our own dairy stock from our own herds, from the best dairy and milk strains of cows, and that cows could be raised that would have a value of one hundred dollars, and one hundred and twenty-five dollars, whereas the mass of cows shipped in were of a poor grade, and were bought from |50 to $60 per bead, and three- fourths of them were milked a few months and then sold at |15 and $20. The evidence was sufficiently strong, so that Senator A. J. Olson joined in the recommendation, and said to the legislature and to the people of the state of Illinois that hs favored the enactment of si)ch legislation. Was Olson right when he signed the report? If so, he was wrong when he joined Elmer Fellows and the other cow shippers, and killed House Bill 540. It is fair to say, in this connection, that Mr. Eugene Hovey and Mr. Thom­ as Porter of Boone county, who ap­ peared before the committee and tes­ tified, were opposed to the enactment of such a law, not strongly opposed, but did not think It was necessary. Mr. Garret F. Sager of Boone county did not appear before the committee In response to the summons. They were the three Boone county mem­ bers of the milk producers' committee. Is Senator Olson's position as to House Bill 540 right now? If so he stultified. himself when he signed the report of the Investigating commit­ tee. The investigating committee fur­ ther found, on pages 38 and 39: Your committee la compelled, by all of this evidence, to find that there are two phases of tuberculosis among animals: First--The conditions under which the animal may be inoculated, Infect­ ed and have within its system tubercle bacilli, a lodgment of the cause of the disease, and among which animals, It Is overcome, the tubercle bacilli be­ coming caseated and encysted and the lesions, so-called- cured. Second--The stage where the infec­ tion becomes seated and the animal Is not able to overcome it, and it de­ velops into what may be known as the disease of tuberculosis. Your committee finds that the tu­ berculin test In the hands of a skill­ ful veterinarian, having practical knowledge of cattle and having a prac­ tical acquaintance with and under­ standing of the particular herd and animal diseased, is a fairly good diag­ nostic agent to determine the exist­ ence of tubercle bacilli and infection in cattle; and that the tuberculin test is a fairly good dlagostlc agent to de­ termine the existence of tuberculosis, the disease, In cattle during its earlier stages, but that It is not a good diag­ nostic agent to determine the exist­ ence of the disease tuberculosis in its latter stages or generalized tuber­ culosis. Your committee further find that the tuberculin test, as a diagnostic agent, is easily negatived and its re­ sults frustrated by the use of anti­ pyretics and by the use of febrifuge, and that by many practical means and measures the perfect and proper result of the Injection of tuberculin as a diagnostic agent may be over­ come. Your committee further find that the use of tuberculin, as a diagnostic agent to discover tuberculosis in ani­ mals, is rendered practically useless after an animal has been injected with the tuberculin at two or three different times. And the committee further found on page 64, as follows: Your committee find that there Is no necessity of adopting the tuber­ culin test in the state of Illinois. This led to the passage in the legis­ lature of House Bill No. 55, which Is now a law of the state, and is as fol­ lows: "That it shall be unlawful for any city, village, incorporated town, coun­ ty or other corporate authority in the state of Illinois, by ordinance, rule or regulation other than may be estab­ lished by the law of this state, to de­ mand. fix, establish or require the tuberculin test to be applied to dairy animals as a means or measure of relating and purifying milk, cream and dairy products of said animals in any manner whatever, and every such ordinance, rule, by-law or regulation heretofore or hereafter passed, de- 1 manded, fixed, established or required by any such city, Tillage, Incorporated town, county or other corporate au­ thority, other than the state of Illi­ nois, is hereby declared to be void and of no effect." This la House Bill 55, recommended by the investigating committee and It Is now a law. This bill was drafted by Edward JD. Shurtleff of Marengo. It was passed Into and made a law, Just as it was drafted. It was Introduced into' and first passed through the lower house. Sen­ ator Olson never heard of It/ until It came to the aenate. Senator Olson Is now claiming credit for the full pass­ age of tljls bill. It Is a peculiar kind of plagiarism that Is dominant In man of Senator Olson's stamp. House Bill No. 55 only was put through the house upon the pledge of the men back of it, Mr. Shurtleff and Mr. Shepard and others, that It was a companion measure to House Bill 540 and that each bill should receive an equal chance In the house. The men In the house kept their word, and both bills went through the house Just as the committee had recommended. The bills went to the senate. In the senate Senator Olson gave his word that each bill should receive an equal chance In the senate. Senators McKenzle of Joe Daviess county, and Senator Hearn of Adams county were then in the state senate. They had both served on the Investigating com­ mittee. House Bill 55 after a des­ perate struggle, In the senate, which drew into the struggle all the power and influence Mr. Shurtleff had apiong his friends in the senate, among which was, at his request Lieutenant Governor Oglesby let the roll call hang for ten minutes to get the one and last necessary vote to make the majority vote for the bill, and after Senator Olson had further agreed, with the Chicago members and the down-state members, that Jtfouse Bill 540 Bhould come out of his committee and have an equal chance In the sen­ ate, Anally passed, by the bare ma- jofity. After this Senator Olson com­ menced his campaign for 1912 by send­ ing for Elmer Fellows to come and bring a party to Springfield--to watch him kill House Bill 540 and put the bill in his pocket. Senator Olson has the distinction of killing this bill; there is no doubt about that, and thus keeping open, at Springfield, for poll- tics, the whole milk question, when the passage of House Bill 540, which every member from Cook county and every member down the state--out­ side of the dairy district--demanded and wanted. Read the letters of Senator McKen- zie and Senator Hearn: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Washington, June 7, 1911. Hon. Edward D. Shurtleff. Dear Friend: In reply to your inquiry, it was my understanding that House Bills 55 and 540 were companion bills'and were the outcome of the Investigation made by the committee of which you were chairman, and were all endorsed, or the idea contained In the two bills was approved by all the members of the committee before the same was filed, and it was my understanding that the bills should come from the house as companion measures and both be passed, and In my judgment both would have passed the senate If a vote had been had upon them. It was my understanding that yourstlf and all of the investigating commit­ tee favored both bills, and further­ more, when I urged or asked Senator Ofson to let the last bill, 540, out of the committee, the first time he said he would, or that It would be reported out, and it was not, so 1 called his at­ tention to the matter again, and he put me off by saying that there were some parties coming down to be heard on the bill, but the matter would be taken up. The parties came, and I presume there was a hearing on the bill, but I was not a member of the committee, but I know this, that we never had a chance to vote on the bill, for I was prepareed to explain the measure when It was called up In the senate. I did not understand It to be a bill compelling our people to make use of the test, but was in Its nature a bill to enable us to get back at other states which compel us to have our cattle tested before Bhlpplng them across the line and was a bill to protect the dairy herds of Illinois. With kindest regards, I am, Very truly, J. C. M'KENZIE, Member of Congress. FORTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEM­ BLY, STATE OF ILLINOIS SENATE. Quincy, 111., June 7, 1911. Hon. E. D. Shurtleff, Marengo, 111. My dear sir: ' Replying to your ^ptter of recent date, my Judgment irthat House Bill 55, the anti-tuberculin test bill, would not have passed the senate had Bill 540 not been before the senate. My recollection is that 1 met Senator Ol­ son three times and asked him with reference to the same. At no tlcpe did he express any opposition to the measure, but promised to call his committee together and report the bill out. During the last week of the session I again went to him and re­ quested a report from the committee on 540. He stated that a meeting of the parties interested had been set for Wednesday during the laBt week of the session, and about two o'clock In the afternoon of that day I saw a number of men, said to represent the cow-buying Interests of the state, com­ ing out of the committed-room. When the bill was reported out It was with the recommendation that it not pass, and I am free to say that Ol­ son's attitude toward the measure was a surprise to me. My recollection is that the committee which made the investigation as to anti-tuberculin tests and pasteurization methods was unanimously In favor of the action and the bills were drawn with the con. currence of the committee as repre­ senting the results of their labors. Dairymen affected by these two meas­ ures have a right to feel that they have been trifled with in tue matter. C. S. HEARN, Member Illinois 8tate Senate. r It is passing strange that Senator Olfton, having such dexterity at Springfield, in protecting the dairy In­ terest, has never received proper credit from tha Chicago newspapers. I submit an editorial from the CM* eago TrMkwie, under date of J*ly 1911, as follows; TUBERCULOSIS FROM MILK. ' It will occur to many citizens that the methods of the Illinois legislature were Illustrated in costly fashion by its act prohibiting cities and towns from enforcing the tuberculin test of cattle, this prohibition being given enactment about a month prior to tha announcement now made by the royal commission of England on tuberculo­ sis that "of young children who died of wasting of the intestines germs from cows alone were the cause la nearly half the cases." % Edward D. Shurtleff. former speak­ er of the house of representatives and at present a member of it, may take what credit will come from this act of legislation. He, caring nothing for what the cities drank as milk and car­ ing everything for the dairy farmers of northern Illinois, fought Dr. Evans, former Chicago health commissioner, for two years, and to final success. The legislature did not consider the theory of Dr. Koch that tuberculosis could not be transmitted from cows to human beings. It considered the fact that the farmers wanted to sell the milk. It would not have connldered the fact that the royal commission, after ten years' investigation, finds Koch's theory untenable and finds that the disease is thus communicable and that Infants die of it because they drink milk from tubercular cows. It still would have considered the fact that the farmers want to sell the milk. A very wise health ordinance Is de­ stroyed by a vyy unwise legislature and Illinois, with chagrin, may read the recommendation of the commlov sion for a "more stringent regulation* with regard to meat and milk sup­ plies." House Bill No. 56 was based upon the following portion of the investi­ gating committee's report, page 39: Tour committee would further rec­ ommend that authority be granted to the State Board of Live Stock Com­ missioners to make the tuberculin test and grant certificates to owners and otherwise of dairy and breeding cattle to be shipped to foreign state; and countries outside of the state «v Illinois, where such foreign states ar<.ri. countries require the tuberculin te^t upon dairy and breeding cattle sh>r ped Into such states. Signed by the full committee af follows: Respectfully submitted, EDWARD D. SHURTLEFF, J. W. ALLISON, M. D., C. S. HEARN, ALEXANDER LANE, M. D., S. C. PEMBERTON, A. J. OLSON, FRANK W. SHEPHERD, GUY L. BUSH, JOHN C. M'KENZIE, THOS. TIPPITT. This was based upon a deficiency of the present law, which has caused breeders and shippers of blooded and other animals to foreign states and countries, much inconvenience and an­ noyance. It was optional and only in­ tended for and could only be used by shippers of Illinois cattle to foreign states, and then only, when the for­ eign state required It. Strange to say, Senator Olson--and the cow-shipper friends--have tried to make capital out of this bill, although Senator Olson favored the bill. This bill did not pass the lower house. The house committee thought that the state veterinarian now had that pow­ er. But it has only recently come to notice that Mr. James Dorsey of Gil­ berts has lost tha sale of several bunches of cattle, bought to be shipped to other statea and countries, because the state veterinarian has refused, either by himself or any of his depu­ ties, to furnish the certificates or any certificates for Mr. Dorsey's cattle. Are the people of the state of Illi­ nois spending ten thousand dollars for investigating committees and paying a legislature to pass laws--for bunk? or for the benefit of the people of the state of lllinoie? There is a feeling all over the state of Illinois that the result of legisla­ tion on the dairy question of last ses­ sion at Springfield that, while the dairy district secured what It went after, that the balance of the whole state was "buncoed"--"lied to" and "trifled with" and the dairy district will in the end suffer the result of such legislative trickery. Seven or eight counties only in Illi­ nois were Interested in House Bill 65 and it was passed. All of Chicago and all of central and southern Illinois wanted House BUI 540 and It would have done no injury to the dairy dis­ trict. It was defeated, by worse than trickery, and to benefit no one but certain professional cow shippers. 8enator Olson can very proporly take the credit for ita defeat. 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