Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
INSPECTION WILL NOT STOP.
CHEF OF BUREAU OF ANIMAL IN
DUsTRY ON ROGERS DECISION.
DIR. d. Z. Salmon Discusses Tint Inn
pOrtant Question and Also Ex-
periments In Destroying
Texas Fever Tick.

Dr. D. E. Salmon, of Washington. D.
c., chief of the bureau of animal industry.
in the department of agriculture. reached
Kansas City yesterday morning from Fort
Worth, Tex, where he attended the stock
mems convention. He registered at the
Coates House and spent the day at the
stock yards with Colonel Albert Dean and
the inspectors of his bureau who are locat-
ed at the various packing houses. Last
evening at the Coates House he held con-
sultation with the various inspectors and
this afternoon he will leave for st. Louis
and his home
Dr. Salmon. on the trip he has made
through the Southwest. has been On the
lookout for information on the live stock.
question, for he is deeply interested In all
that pertains to the development of that
industry.
He was asked last night what progress
his bureau had made with reference to
its fight against Texas fever infection. His
bureau has been studying that infection for
years and. having determined that the tick
disease, has directed it's efforts toward find
ing some means Of destroying the tick. II
they succeed. quarantine lines will be wiped
out and cattle from any district may be
taken into any other district.
..The bureau has been experimenting with
the dipping of cattle into a tank filled with
a chemical solution that Is supposed to de-
stroy parasites he said While 1t is yet
in an experimental stage, We feel certain
that we can make IL eIectlVe as against tH6
small ticks. but We are not SO certain of its
effects on the larger ones. We are push
ing the experimental work with much vigor
have 1 the ma matter SO complete that the dip.
ping process will be certain and effectual
against even the large ticks.
effective against the. tick, we can dip
cattle at any time of the year and with
safety allow them TO be shipped either
That would be worth millions of dollars to
the stockmen of the West and Kansas
City. being the natural market for that
The bureau is well pleased with the pro-
gress made so far in that direction and
the points gained assure us of the ultimate
Dr. Salmon also has a deep interest in
the work Of the inspectors who are en-
ployed at the packing houses here. As
the duty of keeping his inspectors SO trust
worthy that meat inspected and passed
may with safety be accepted as wholesome
and fit for food. Discussing the decision
of Judge Rogers in the Boyer case and
its possible effect. he said:
The bureau Will maintain al, m inspectors and
where they have ben before and we will
enlarge it to include every packing house
the inspection. as it gives the government s
guarantee to their product. No person
ought to purchase an ounce of meat that
have hay no no trouble with the packers. We have
ample authority for inspecting the meat
and it is choice with them to have it
done at the time convenient for them and
ample authority to stop any car Of meat
or meat product that is interstate COM
merce and inspect 1t. If packears ques-
change the regulations to meet the case,
but the product would be inspected before
1t went abroad or was put on sale
DR.. Salmon is great admirer of Kansas
City and of the wonderful possibilities that
are before 1t as a stock market. He was
highly pleased yesterday with what he saw
at the stock yards and at the inspectors
headquarters at the various packing
houses