The Commissioners expressed the belief that the danger lest the
Canadian cattle should introduce disease into Great Britain was imaginary, as there had been no cattle disease in Canada for thirty years. Further, they declared that " with ordinary care there seems to be little chance of United States cattle being sent to this country as Canadian cattle." They were of opinion that the home breeding industry might be benefited by being able to sell pedigree beasts to Canada and by having a second source of supply for store cattle. We are bound to say that a report so full of hypothetical statements is far from convincing. The real question is whether our world-famed herds of cattle should be exposed to grave risk of disease, as they would be if the Canadian authorities through any over- sight allowed American stores to be imported through Canadian ports into this country. Every one would be glad to do a _good turn to Canada, but the Canadians, we are sure, do not wish us to ruin our immensely important breeding industry for their sake. From the town-dweller's standpoint, there is evidently nothing to be gained by raising the embargo on live cattle. We may add that the market price of cattle and the retail price of beef, as consumers are now finding out, do not seem to bear any fixed relation to one another. British cattle are far cheaper than they were, but meat is almost as dear as ever.
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