Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-14
Can Christians safely Eat Pork
The HERALD has no idea of raising tn,

Can Christians safely Eat Perks
The HERALD has no idea Of raising the
question as to whether the Mosaic Law
was right in prescribing the use CT PORK
per Sc. There is to be set off against the
notions OF Moses, sacerdotal and in
epired or otherwise, according to the re.
ligious persuasion or the gourmandizing
tastes Of the modern world, the specially
high estimation in which the renowned
hams of Westphalia have been held for
years and the almost equal repute in
which the Lily ham or bacon stand with
Americans. But whether the consensus
of opinion shall abide with Moses, or
remain with those who favor the West
phalia or Lily ham advocates, there is
no possible question of the fact that
any intelligent community, even
though it should happen to be Chris
tan, is interested in knowing that its
pork is not poisoned. The HERALD has
heretofore intimated that there is grave
reason to believe that the contractor who
has charge Of disposing of the carcasses
of glandered dead horses has been feed
ing them to hogs which enter into the
daily consumption of Los Angeles house.
keepers. If this be true it is an instance
of incredible turpitude. Contractor Far
rell, who has the contract to dispose OF
dead horses and other dead animals in
the city of Los Angeles-which, by the
way, amount to three or four day-has
a place out on the San Fernando road
three or four miles from the city. At
this delectable spot he has a boiler, in
which he reduces these refuse animals to
bones, the bones being sold as
q fertilizing element. We are informed
that a pipe leads from this boiler
to a vat which supplies large hog pen
with food. All the succulsnt nsstinesE
resulting from these boiling operations is
furnished to these porcines. 1t seems
that the glandered horses in their boiled
state are too strong for the hogs, and We
base this assertion on the fact thai
very recently twenty hogs, in state o.
swollen decomposition, were found out
aide of the bounds of this pen. This
would indicate that not even the hardi
hood of municipal jobbery would venture
to force these particular rotten and swol
len hogs on the daily market. We yer!
much regret to diminish the consumption
of pork in this community; but, until thi
matter has been thoroughly determined
we advise our readers to 60 slow On pork
We 70 further, and suggest to the proper
city officials that they would do we'll te
probe this matter to the bottom, anG
immediately, if not sooner, in the interes
Of the public health.
ELSEWHERE We dwell upon the fact thai
. miscreant charged with the duty o.
taking charge of dead animals has beer
found feeding them to hogs. whose fest
was sold in the markets of Los Angeles
About year ago the HERALD raised the
same outcry against a miscreant nance
O'Neil, who was detected in similar in
famous practices. O'Neil dropped hii
contract, and was allowed to escape the
penitentiary, where he Justly belonged
We heartily hope that no such indul
gence will be accorded to Farrell. A
man who would consciously plan to sub
ject his fellow citizens to all the horrors
of trichina ought to suffer the utmos
penalties of the law. The crime is O
such an atrocious nature that it may b;
doubted whether there is an adequate
punishment for it; but any statute which
relates to poisoning has no penalty hal
severe enough for such wretch.