Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-10-22
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lit be true THAT deceased and unwh0le-
some beef and veal are sold In our mar
ksts, ~ described BY the wiiminstonisn
OF last Saturday, IL IL high time some-
thing WAS NOS only done TO punish the
vampires who thus outrage the people
by selling them tainted meat, but that
an honest, fearless meat inspector should
be appointed by the City Council who
would have the courage to ferret out
the rAscals and bring them 10 justice.
We said, IL 1t be true !" we arc pre-
pared to qualify the expression end 70
say that IL Is true.
We have made Inquiries about the
matter and have received from truthful
sources, thss caupot DO doubted, infor.
nation that there are nends called
butcher, thanks be TO humanity, NOT
many OF them, who mako habit Of
dealing in diseased cattle. They pur.
oh ase them from owners not over scru.
pulous for honesty, butcher them and
sell the meat In market 81 As high
prices Is honest butchers sell good
meat. Though We might relate In.
stances that have come TO our own ears
where the public taste and public health
have been assaulted by the sale OF un-
sound beef ir our markets, We prefer 10
clip the following from our esteemed
contemporary, the WilmingtoniAn
zone party is known to have bought COW
with diseased hOvi, Slaughtered the beast
and sold the carcass. One OF the purchasers
~h - q N m q haf0Ya a. aIauG ~,
cd, bought shin nd can testify 70 the sen.
dition Of the meat. Within the last few
IN onths ano ,her man, who Is carrying on an
illegal putchering business, can % proved to
have bought, for slaughtering purposes, q
COW badly affected with lung fever He
paid SIS TO farmer OF his neighborhood for
the diseased brute. The animal was In such
an extreme condition OF prostration rom the
disease that witness SEE say Its hard breathing
could be heard for two squares Is It was
driven staggering along to the place Of
slaughter.
The same butcher O bought another with
In few days OF oalvtng, ughtered the
COW, dressed the calf and sold both on King
street market. This man stands on King
street above Sixth street. II is asserted that
the farmers In the neighborhood all around
whore this man ives, resort to him In order
70 dispose Of their sick, worn out 3ad aged
cattle"
These statements were 30 horrible
that, although we suspected such q
traffic we made inquiry TO zee II they
were actually true, and TO our horror
the picture was drawn to US In still
darker colors. We very m uch dislike
to publish such articles, and would no,
do 1t were 1t not that the public should
know that there are such human VAN.
pires In our market. Two or three Of
these men are we'll known, for they
have frequently Agured In police annAli
for violations OF market ordinances, ant
there are no doubt others not so wei
known, who are following the same ne
farious business OF selling disease
meat, but who would be found out 1
We had an honest and competent mea
inspector for our markets.
Where there Is no check upon dis
honest and unclean men engaging il
such q dishonest business, the tempts
tion is very great TO engage In II In
pecuniary point OF view. only imagin
the advantage a man has who bnys
beef CARCASS for fifteen dollars, becaus
the CARCASS Is diseased, over the ma
who pays forty dollars for pure, cleA
CARCASS. The dishonest man sells hi
meat Tor rs much pound IS the homes
man sells good meat, and clears tw
hundred and fifty per cent, while th
honest butcher is glad to clear ten pc
cent.
But outside Of this now Ia resu
that cannot be reckoned by dollars an
cents. Property stands as an equivalel
~
money. No balances, however we
poised, can weigh the value OF healt
Now, what must be the terrible result
OF tainted meat upon the public heal.
The greatest cure for disease Is pure al
unadulterated food, but what must
the dreadful effects upon consumptiv,
who are given tainted meat TO eat gu
~ has been described by the Wilmin
tonian The physician comes into
family where there is a patient. !
feels the pulse, examines the tongl
and makes general diagnosis OF I
disease. After careful though
amongst other things he prescribes pt
beef tea to nourish and invigorate ,
broken down system. Only think
the dreadful effects OF beef tea ma
from diseased beef A decoction
stewed heubane could scarcely have
more fatal result.
But We must say a word for the h,
est butchers Of Wilmington, and we
pleased to put in that class ninety
cent. of them. They are men who
be trusted to do the square thing all
time. We doubt whether any mar
In any city has larger per csntage
real honest, clean butchers than '
mington has. These men are le;
mate traders. They are our most g
citizens. They pay taxes and they
rents and they are entitled to the
mort Of an honest public, and an no
public should support the honest bu
ors.
The dishonest ones should be roy
ted all around and driven ont OF
market, and IL our citizens will us
little discrimination and make Cal
inquiry for honest butchers, and
clean beef they will fine both. A
years ago the REPUBLICAN emit
into a wordy war with the berry b
sters who used short measures.
directed Its attacks principally
one individual who shamefully che
his customers. His name was n
mentioned, but the people got to h
Who he was. He WAS driven from
place to another in market, but p
oansure folio wed him. At last he
caught by the Market-mastar wit
false bottom in his half.peck mea
was taken into the court and fine
has made several attempts since t
into business, but the people knew
and boycotted him, and they boy
the man who employed him. Til