New-York tribune., 1868-08-22
THE BEEF MARKET


TO the Edtfor I-The Tribune.
SIR: No government does it's duty TO the
citizen 1t promises to protect that does not extend the
most jealous over the quality and price Of the bread
and meat Of the laborng and laws are consist
ent with Christianity the spirit OF true Republic
which afford facilities for raising the price and deteTor-
atng the quality Of that food The strength Of State
lies in its productive industry; bone and muscle the
levers and ropes by which property raised from tho
mine and geaned from the surface Of the earth and,
those who are occupodiu producing have right TO
peot from the government that protection that viii insure
the purchase OF their food in condition best adapted to
produce bone and muscle 10 minimum profit TO the pro
ducer The vast Of mankind have neither the time
the knoyedge necessary to inyesugate the price
70 expect the exercise Of the greatest vigilance
OF the press and ofthose who opght TO make such sub
ects their special study IL is the business Of the physi
clan to study and teach the Orgdtc laws OF the body not
promise 20 restore health when lost through ignorance OF
these lawspy putting nedlflnes nto 'he st4inS
Harris Is dong the legitimate woIk 0f aphlanhropst
aud il is the duty Of every good citizen to support nm
Our Meat Market requires th9TouA }osp It
an opportunity as the cattle disease snOu uOJ pe los
Let s Tor consider the lesson 1t presents 70
Men arc busy disputng about lts nature anu
sOT Gamgee tells with great gravity, tnaI te ne OF
the diseased animalsis perfectly wholesome lor Ioou
This Is, indeed, most extraordinary assertul 6
interest the Professor may nave ia te puIcse ~.
urge him form immediate partnership viii the
dr0yers aud swillnk stables used 70 De coSleIS -
and more especially such eliminated in the death OF
the animal by exhaustng DISCHARGES OF tne DOVES @
GOOD old Mosaic law requires Inspection OF the nflnR
creature ascertain its perfect health and tpen ~ en-
not consider it wholesome smother our cattle nor even
hang them when We are going 10 eat ein. We sloulu
OF poor bOodpoisoned animals or pork eh9p from
hog afflicted with hog cholera II IS very certain mat
whatever te poison fatal to cattle may be, IL produces
condition the animal most repulsiye TO the beholder
That is disease that polsons the blood nke co,eIA
and typhus ship fever consider proved by close
nIospica TO believe that disease that kills by OK
I4ua iu ltypl a
Character which the very beginning OF ats action on
he diseased animal Telaxes the blood Vessels and allows
tbe contents 10 percoate through their walls, and that
these discharges eXcretons mot excluding Tue Dreah
which is tbe greatest OF them all ia quanttty will com
nnpcate t6e germ that will like yeast -four produce
the disease In other animals. All animal diseases are
analogous, whether human or qnadrupedaL We have
typhoid pneumonia in man and IN cattle human and
hog cholera phthiss or consumption IN man, catue,
parrots cats and monkeys What Is more reasonable
than the inference that snip fever and this cattle plague
originate from the same causes: 1he c0h9ltOh OI the
wretched emigIant In tho horrible hole Ia when
he is ucareerated and with the reeklng eAhalatlons
Of his body and lungs ana ms mlseIaDie a1H DAILY as
simulated food, Is precisely analogous 10 the starved,
water-famished. frightened, aud snothored cattle. No
circumstances, part to others ship fever and cattle
zn he ponTety OF some law 70 regulate the number Of
cattle and the food aud duk that should be supplied
eat stalls In the first locality town. where the best
meat required There not one In which we did not
~ bruises greater OF less extent on the hind quarters
OF the offered for sale In one OF the finest and
fttest quarters, we ran wnaiebone probe In several
rocking win matter which hORe ed and drpped the
floor when we forth the probe We then pressed n
out by the finger, and IL ran in stream Ibe deep red
botches you the outside Of your hne pOTterhouse
steaks and sroins are the hrs stages OF these
they caused by eused blood thrown ont Of the crushed
blood vessels Into the cellular or connecting tissues OF the
muscles. or rcd meat, and when the animal hs oeen
matter Will inevitably appear lare Dulses OF aDsceSs
causes fever aEd your me porterlGuse steaks arc IA
iay XIX arr re Mi iS Won his is Tnayoid
oh. tlafi Ia by
Tne' % @ % ~ bc y 70 o5scryo flat most Of tem are
found the back by each side OF the spine where the
cannot touch each other but precisely where the
only offer this meat their customers with perfect
IN ouay and assert that the slightest cause will produce
thcse d scsny sores in fat cattle and this is said TO
such OF us familiar with the brutal treatment cat
tio receive in our streets. have often heard the blow
as u fell the back OF the wretched animal when seated
In my back parlor, with doors and windows closed
When nave we SEef 20 ea @ & 9I etr U fTSi
They would cruelty Borgh and his efforts to ele
vate the condition Of the bodies and souls OF their craft
With Infinite loy; ay some OF them by taking bis fe II
they could summon courage enough The whole system
requires immediate aud severe legislation IL mas Deen
fostcred by apathy and corruption till 1t has become
terrible eyiE the mechanic, the clerk and the aDorer
groan under it. Both bread and meat are spamelessy
6gh and bad IN quality There should be inspectors ap
polluted for every animal that Is slaughtered and every
loaf of bread sold and sliding scale Oh prices enlOGed
Slaughter houses should DO removed rom the elt tney
full TO the neghborhood, horrible In appearance and
schools for the cultivation OF the worst passions IN our
children Iney rank WIN tne hNI htdulcS 40
now conducted are dsgracefu 10 the character OF CIV
zed people. il the laws protective OF their prOpretOrs
were abolished aud our country people allowed 20 cut
and sell their meat in tho streets very few would DO
necessary aud those should be situated near the places
where the cattle should be stopped by the Inspector be-
fore they reached the city, here they should be quaran
tined and fed till ready for the knife by the abolition OF
the existing system which is disgrace TO our boasted
civilization the pnce OF meat would fall One-thlrd; and
in the laws were extended TO his bread and vegetables
and the wretched hole he occupies In that altar OF Mo-
loch the tenant house, the poor mans home might be
made more attractive than the grog-shop ana hls Gh
dren receive education less conducive TO the prison
and the gallows i. H. DIXON, NJ. d.
No a FIJa-a are. Neip York city, Aug. 10, 1868.