The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-05
Wants, the Only Meat Really
Inspected, Inspected Over.
Ordinance Will Suit the Packing Men
Another Humane Law
Wanted.
MANAGER ROPER Is LEARNING


must have lived before the time of
Paducah's present city council. The
board is about the greatest side show
extant. There are always new spots of
verdancy breaking out in it.
Last night it was suggested that an
ordinance be brought in requiring Ar
mour & Co. and others who bring
beef to Paducah to notify the in
spector so he can inspect it. This is
the only way to secure an inspection,
provided the inspector does his duty
after being notified. but such an ordi.
nance would be unconstitutional, un.
less it applied to all alike. The idea
is very amusing to the packing men of
Paducah. The meat brought IN by
the farmers and that killed by the
butchers is most of the time never in
spected either before killed or after.
The inspector seldom sees il. and no
body knows what he is buying. nor
how it came TO its death.
"What the city needs, " said prom.
inent representative ofsa local packing
plant today, sis an ordinance that
will make it penalty for any person
or concern to sell a single piece of
meat that has not first been inspected
and stamped. In this way it will be
necessary for the seller to have it in
spected and not leave it to the discre-
tion of the inspector whether or not
he will make an inspection. We do
not object to inspections, as our meat
stands the most rigid inspection before
it leaves Chicago. The inspector used
to come down to our plant once in
while here. Now he never comes at
all. This is no way to inspect meat.
1t must be inspected every day, and
every piece sold should be inspected.
GAS to us, we would b tickled TO
death if the council would pass an or
dinance requiring our meats inspect
ed, for then they would have to re-
quire an inspection also of the often
impossible stuff brought to the city,
and sold on the market to people
who have no protection. Our meats
are inspected three times in Chica-
go, once by the government inspec-
tor, once by the state inspector ard
once by the local inspector, each one
sffixing his stamp. Every beef or
other animal slaughtered is inspected
beforehand, and twice afterwards. II
defy any person to take II piece of
beef after slaughtered and cut up
and tell whether. or not it was dis
eased. That's where the people here |
have no protection. Every car load
of beef that leaves Chicago is inspect
ed and sealed by a government inspec-
tor. Some times we sell enough meat
here to keep one man busy all day
long inspecting it alone. The city,
IL it had such an ordinance, would of.
ten have to assign a special inspector
10 our plant. We are very glad, how
,ver, to see such "a law proposed. It
will require every person selling meat
o have it first inspected. and if it is
aimed at us, it will be the most
pleasing thing that they could do
or us"
The point is that the meat brought /
Iere by these packing companies. or {
rom the headquarters of these pack
ng companies, against which the pro- I
'osed new law is to be directed, is l
he only meat sold in Psducah that q
, really inspected, and yet the bright
linds in the council are trying to
ave it inspected over again here, af-
sr it has been approved by three
inspectors elsewhere, and
OF worrying over the meat that is
ever inspected at all
Another bright order made By the q
)uncil last night was one TO bring in q