Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-24
BUSINESS FOR THE BOARD.

To the Editor of The Republican:
Sir: l noticed in the columns of
your paper of the twenty inst,
in the Tempe correspondence, an ar
ticle calling attention to certain per-
sons peddling meat from bloated and
diseased cattle.
This is not entirely unknown to those
who have given the subject any atten-
ton, because this is simply a recur-
renee of what is done every winter by
irresponsible persons who have no
stock in trade only as they buy dis
eased, MANNED or bloated cattle. With
no regularly established place of bust
ness or slaughtering place, these ven
doris go about selling meat to the pub
lic who have no means of knowing its
sanitary condition, except to rely upon
the word of the seller which, in most
cases. has been known to be unreliable.
Let it be said to the credit of nearly
all engaged in the restaurant business,
that they do not patronize that class
of butchers. but there are always some
to be found in all kinds of business,
who have a keener eye to the dollars
and cents, than to the health of the
public. and who cannot resist the
!
or Il quarter of beef, for a few cents
below the regular market price. re-
CARELESS of it's EMBELLISHMENTS.
It is well known to some that a fash
ionable cafe of this place last winter
purchased it's meat in part from one OF
these irresponsible winter butchers, who
owned no cattle and who was never
known to purchase any.
h. hi vvvia n
in the pork business, who never allow
themselves to suffer loss, and whose
motto is: Hog die, no losee, seelem
lestant"
This condition exists in Phoenix not
withstanding the fact that there is
city ordinance imposing a license of
$50 a quarter upon anybody peddling
meat within the city limits.
We have on our statute books what
is called a sanitary law. whose only
object seems to be the protection of
a few large cattle owners; also a live
stock sanitary board, whose func-
tions seems to DE the collecting of
fees. mileage and salaries, with a total
disregard OF that for which it was APP
pointed.
How often 90 the inspectors visit
report do they make. and in what con-
dition do they find the animals to be
slaughtered?
Sanitary board is misapplication of
the term: for as has been shown. the
public receives no sanitary protection.
Is this meat inspected by the in
spector before being offered for sale?
No Are the cattle inspected before
being slaughtered? No. Pray what
assurance has the public that this meat
so offered for sale is not from dis
eased and bloated cattle?
There are one or two firms doing bus
mess in Phoenix who compel the in
spectors to inspect all the cattle that
go to their slaughtering places before
being slaughtered.
We understand that the law does not
require this, but it is done in self
protection. The law does provide.
however, that the inspector inspect all
the hides before shipping and collect
therefore twenty-five cents each which,
in this precinct, would aggregate, at
the present time from hundred to a
hundred and fifty dollars month, and
which work Is done by u deputy at
SIS per month. Now. in whose inter-
est is this law? For sanitary protec-
ton to the public or for the chosen
few who hold their position only Tor
their own pecuniary gain?
1t is well that the public is becoming
aware of this prevailing condition, that
it may seek a remedy in the next
legislature; for there is nothing truer
than that the. live stock sanitary
board should be abolished, that it
serves no useful office and was never
created for any honest purpose.
A. CITIZEN.