The Columbus journal., 1895-07-03
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Mot AAspsse1sa - CAasa0&
"Inspootjoa q IN American meats u
fi01A and Close q foreign PERT. but -
ease q aotual disease has ever 6oon d.
tected. There have been complaint. II
II true, but I Win 60 on record - -
serting that none Of these complaints
were ever sustained. The fact d. our
foreign trade - largely . matter Of pol
titles. Men. ~representinS different ma
lions get together and say: II you viii
let Id q sugar free We will admit your
beef etc. In q . Of failure to MAKE .
trade there 10 retaliation, and this u
al there II to It."
It was in these words p. d. Armour
answered the charges that the federal
bureau Of animal industry il not doing
its work Of inspection properly: So far
as the assertion that diseased animals
and meats rejected for export are put
on the market for home consumption
ts concerned, Mr.. Armour denied 1t
vigorously and referred to the work OF
the bureau In this city under charge OF
DR.. Melvin.
Up to three weeks ago there were
three distinct systems of inspection Of
live stock and meats In Chicago. The
federal inspection Waa confined to AMI
mails and meats intended for export.
and . force Of inspectors was constant
~ kept at work in. the pens and
slaughter houses where this branch OF
the trade Is handled. The state kept
several. veterinarians at work solely
among live stock for the purpose OF
condemning lumpy-jawed animals
with the exclusive Oh pct Of stamping
oYt a contagious disel Be and not for b
purpose Of keeping bad meat OF the
market. Id addi( Ion the city had =
force Of health 6mcers whose dQt1SN
was to e CD demned .animalP were
destroyed, and to make frequeut rounds
OF local markets to seizea>4nd tank
down" bad meats. This three-headed
division Of labor worked all right SO
far as federal inspection for export was
concerned, but the live stock exchange
of1ctals found certain sharpers who had
been making money by trading In
diseased animals could not be stopped
by any ordinary methods. As q result
the exchange adopted stringent rules
which brought about q cooperation OF
the state, city and stock yards of1cials.
and the lumpy-jawed trade Is now well
under control. with every prospect OF
being completely stamped out.
Recently the federal authorities
found there was q loop-hole OF escape
for unprincipled men in the handling
Of bad meats in other states. Fol In
stance. the dealers who succeeded Tn
getting diseased animals away from
the yards could ship them out OF town
with little fear of detection. as the In
spectiOn of meats was confled to b ex-
port and local trade. Out Of this has
come q new system of cooperation by
which the federal, state and city in
spectors all work together. and the
only trouble nov known Is that the
rigid watch has driven the disreputable
dealers to smaller towns where there is
no inspection. OF the work, DR.. Mel
win. the federal veterinarian in charge
Of the Chicago Office Of the bureau of
animal industry. says:
Il am u r there is no ground for
complaint 70 far as Chicago is o n
cerned. The new system is working
nicely. and 1t is well-night impossible
for any diseased animals or meats to
get out. I have twenty-eight inspec-
tors continually ut work in the yards
looking at live stock before 1t IL sent
to the abattoirs. Then I have six vet
erinarians and twenty assistants at
work in the slaughter houses. The
state has. I believe. i've inspectors.
How many the city employs 1 don't
know. We all work together. II n 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 stuff has been condemned and
put into the rendering tanks. We
watch the pens. the slaughter houses
and the gates, and I don't think any
bad animals or meats get out"