The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-07-26

HeAt Inspection IN chicago
Section Of an American meats Il
flsiu va close at foreign ports. but no
us S'aciual disease has ever been de-
tc',tu' There have been complaints. II
" .,ug but | will 40 on record ~ as
seIeint mat none OF these complaints
yer sustained The fact is our
iIs uade Is largely n matter Of pol
. -, ven representing different ma
uous Nv together and say: n YOU will
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peei, oe, In case OF failure to make
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IL was In these words r. u. Armour
answered the charges that the federal
bureau Of animal industry IL not doing
us Work OF Inspection properly. SO far
Us the assertion that diseased animals
ana meats rejected for export are put
on tne market for home consumption
ls concerned. Mr.. Armour denied II
vigorously and referred to the work Of
me nuiead In this city under charge Of
Up 10 three weeks ago there were
three distinct systems Of inspection Of
I'VE stock and meats In Chicago. The
federal Inspection was confined to ami
mails and meats intended for export.
ana force Of inspectors was constant
" Kept at work In the pens and
slaughter houses where this branch OF
the trade II handled. The state kept
several veterinarians Mt work solely
among live stock for the purpose Of
condemnlng lumpy-j awed animals
with the exclusive object Of stamping
out contagious disease and not for the
purpose Of keeping bad meat on the
market. In addition the city had n
force OF health officers whose duty II
was 10 see condemned animals were
destroyed, and 10 make frequent rounda
| OF local markets TO seize and tank
down bad meats. This three-hoadod
| division Of labor worked all right 70
far as federal inspection for export was
concerned. but the live stock exchange
officials found certain shurpers who had
been making money BY trading In
diseased animals could not be stopped
by any ordinary methods. As a result
the exchange adopted stringent rules
which brought about n cooperation OF
the state, city and stock yards officials,
and the lumpy-j awed trade " now well
NAhfA hNNAANAH WIN NNNlN IlNHI'NN Va
being completely stamped out.
Recently the federal authorities
found there was n loop-hole OF escape
for unprinciplcd men In the handling
OF bad meats In other states. For In
stance. the dealers who succeeded In
getting diseased animals away from
the yards could ship them out Of town
with little fear OF detection. az the IN
spectlon Of meats was connod TO the ox-
port and local trade. Out Of this has
come new system OF cooperation by
which the federal. state and city In
spcctors all work together. and the
only trouble now known IL that the
rigid watch has driven the dlsreputablc
dealers 10 smaller towns whore there Ia
no inspection. on the work. DR.. Mel
Win. the federal veterinarian In charge
OF the Chicago office OF the bureau OF
animal industry. says:
II am sure there is no ground for
complaint NO far as Chicago IN CON
cerned. The new system " working
nicely. ana II ~ well-nirht impossible
for any diseased animals or meats To
get out. | have twonty-eight inspec-
tors continually nc work In the yards
| looking at live stock before II is sent
to tho abattolrs. Then have six vet.
erinariana and twenty assistants ai
work In the slaughter houses. The
state has. I believe. five inspectors
How many the city employs | don't
know. We all work together. II one OF
my men finds diseased animals OF
meats he reports TO the state and city
inspectors. and there Is no let up until
the bad stun has been condemned and
put into the rendering tanks. w,
watch the pens. the slaughter houses
and the gates. and | don't think any
bad animals or meats get out"