Arizona republican., 1899-03-13

ton awarded it's output under the Har- risOn administration by Jerry Rusk secretary of agriculture. The product of this equine pickling establishment
 was branded sweet pickled beef and 1 that, too, for expOrtatiOn to Belgium and other countries of Europe where ! the manufacture of bologna SausageS is extensively carried on.
 When the second administration of Cleveland began early in March, 1883, this bogus beef business was brought
 accidentally to my attention I inn
 mediately took the ground that the
 laws of the United States providing for
 the inspection and certification Of
 meats for interstate and foreign trade
 were operative only upon edible meats.
 or meats which the American people
 held to be edible. I then withdrew in spectiOn and stamps from the Knack-
 CTS of HOboken and elsewhere. declar- ing that the department of agriculture could certify the flesh of dogs, cats or rats with the same propriety that it could stamp horse meat inspected an1 wholesome.'
 ''The attempt now evident in some quarters to shoulder the imperfections Of meat inspection and the service of the bureau of animal industry upon ma may result in more general publicity for the methods, management and dis bursemcnt of the bureau Of animal industry, and in fact of the whole de- partment Of agriculture. The Ameri- can tax payers, and especially the farmers, cannot know too much about. the policies methods and expenditures of this department. I will rejoice in the complete. detailed and precise pub lication of all my official acts bearing upon either the microscopic or other meat inspection. I desire, however. meantime. to have it distinctly under stCOd everywhere that I did not irsti- tute but did abolish the inspection of hOrsemeat by the department of agTi- culture, and furthermore l put inspect ors into the classified service and re- quired as Q condition precedent to their examination that all applicants for inspectOrships and assistant in spectorships should be graduates from reputable veterinary colleges.
 Before my term of office these meat inspectors were made up, as a rule, from the ranks of heelers, bu3nnerS and workers in political parties. The ante-mOrtem or post-mOrtem inspeu- tion of q carcass to determine it's fit ness for human food when made, as it generally was, under the spells sys- tenn, by ward boss or a precinct poI- tician, was a wicked waste of money and farce. HOrsemeat inspection. the records will show, was abolished by me-
 Just before his departure yesterday Mir Morton expressed his regret to q Republican reporter that he was obliged to leave without seeing more of the valley. From what he saw of Phoenix and it's environments he said he believed the city had magnificent future. Coming from California, where the fields are dry and brown, the beauty of the alfalfa in the valley ap- pealed to him in q most forcefuI way.
 MT. Morton is now editor of the Con servative, "a journal devoted tO the discussion of political, economic and sociological questions It is published at Nebraska City.
 MT. Paul Morton was in Phoenix two years ago He expressed surprise yes terday at the growth of the city. He sees no reason why Phoenix should not become 9 very important town.