Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-23
INSPECTION IS WHAT WE NEED.
A Strong Letter from MIR. Brauer on the
Abattoir Question.
To m Editor ofne DispG'cht

To NJ Edior Of ne DispG'chf
OF late much has been said about slaurh.
ter-houses aad their surroundings, and
butchers in general have received large
share of conformation, amounting, In
some instances, to charges Of criminal
negligence. There can oe no doubt that
great deal Of this agitation emanates from
self-interesled motives on the part OF those
who 40 strenuoGsly condemn the Slaughter
houses.
Before certain people bought mp ell tho
land IN the vicinity Of certain slaughter
houses we rarely heard complaints from
auv quarter, not even from those who
lived IN the neichborhood If the slaugh-
ter-houses, but as soon Gs the wealthy
spectators own the land on the other
side OF the slaug then we hear
the wall Down with the Slaughter
houses" Now why this cry about tho
slaughter houses being n source OF dis
ease 10 those living in their vicinity Z
Who makes the complaints: Certainly
not those living IN tho vicinity or tho
slaughter houses, but, on the contrary, all
the complaint comes from residents OF a
quarter who ara surrounded By every
luxury wealth can provide and whose nos
trils are offended only when they desire to
drive out and view their landed posses
sIons.
If each slaughter house has It's cess
pool of disease and death-dealins refuse
about 1t. why is my family exempt from
lll-health? Do you know Il class OF people
that are healthier than tho butchers and
their families: This being the tact. why
should the butchers bear the odium that
IA heap.i upon them oy set-interosted
persons. There may be individual
butchers who allow their premises to re-
main unnecessarily nithy, and this may 10
SAID OF individuals of every calling. but TO
condemn class for the acts OF few IS
ridiculous.
The odOrs about the slaughter-houses are
no more offensive than those about the
numerous fertilizer warehouses and tacto-
RES, hut still such places arc tolerated
within the city limits without compliant
and without protestatlon from any source.
Now, as regards the sale of diseased
| meats, | must admit that q small per-
centage of animals may be affected with
diseases which may unit them for human
| food but # such be the case, as far as III Y
knowledge goes, II Will certainly require a
| person well versed III tine diseases OF AMI
mails TO detect them. A butcher with
| common sense would hardly dare to oher
/ for sale decompoSei meats, as any pur-
cL aser with Dyes and nose Is capable OF de-
tecting such meats. No butcher can nave
any objection 10 having his animals and
competent to perform such work, but all
! butchers do seriously object TO having
their homes and surroundings cried down
as centres of disease and contamination.
| | for one am strongly in favor OF tho APP
pointmcnt OF competent person to In
| spect both meat and milk, for If there IL
| danger from the consumption Of meat from
| diseased animals there is equally as much
danger from the consumption OF milk.
- L. .Lo ..-,Il ka rinpQd fnQl
| il will not DO many years before the city
| limits Will be extended. when great
many Of tho present slaughter houses wal
be within the corporation, and hence theii
removal will bs matter of course, ana ~
| the event of such being the case many OF
| the butchers will be compelled to seek new
quarters. That will be the proper time "a
consider the ahattoir question. because Il
an abattoir Is at ali q necessity II Is only SC
in order 10 facilitate the proper inspection
OF apimals and meats.
Respectfully, w. II. BRAUE8.