New-York tribune., 1906-07-03
FROM PASTURE TO CAN"
notto TOR Meat Inspection by Coz
e771nIealt AuthOritg.
IFrom The Trlbune Rureau.I

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washington, July 2.-The Secretary OF Agri-
culture is preparing to enforce the meat in
specuon law with great promptness and vigor.
AFeady Il has been put into effect in Chicago,
the greatest packing centre in the country. and
at no distant date it will be in force throughout
the country
Secretary Wilson, by order of the President.
ISSUED to-day the following proclamation:
American livestock are the healthiest in the
world. The great ranges of the West nroduce m
neEas OF cattle in which the percentage of disease
IS remarkably small. and the federal government
.s steadily reducing by approved scientific methods
rsI SletI bf percentage The inspection of the ami
Ways ways been thorough. Il is true that the Depart
power and the money 70 provide for an efficient
SUPERVISION OF sanitation and the methods Of prep
The legislation which has just become effective
ss pfoHIUes tns Department Of Agriculture with an
INTO eject Supervision and inspection will be ex-
tended from the pasture to the package. The fed
ersAl stamp the can will be a eiiarantee not
only Of the healthfunesx of the animal. but also
i0undings. and with the addition of no deIeterious
besr;ng the m LgseTyaIlve Any me meat 1900 prod9ct
"ItE TINS law in operation it may be accepted
prepared or canned product VIII compare favorably
Win " IN s1e fresh meat of the United States. which
:. Inc new law is comprehensive, the means for
be thorough People at home ' and abroad NAV use
our meats In confidence.
Secretary Wilson said this afternoon that he
would start for Chicago personally to inspect
the packing houses and to satisfy himself that
the law was being enforced in every particular
the last of this week Later the Secretary will
visit other packing centres. and will not rest
until he is satisfied that the packing industry is
being thoroughly and adequately supervised
throughout the country.
DR.. Melvin. chief of the Bureau OF Animal In
dustry, said to-day that the people of the United
states could rest assured that practically all
beef killed in this country after July was being
inspected in accordance with the provisions of
the new law. The Civil Service Commission has
furnished a large number OF inspectors and the
packers are only too eager to recover the ground
they have lost by complying in every particular
with the provisions Of the law
From pasture TO can" is the motto OF Secre-
tary Wilson. and soon as the pure food law
goes into effect 1t will take hold where the meat
inspection law leaves Off The latter insures
federal supervision of the meat and meat prod
ucts from the pasture to the point where the
article enters commerce, and the pure food law
viii insure federal supervision of the article as
long as it remains in commerce or until It
reaches the consumer.
To carry into effect the Meat Inspection law
the Civil Service Commission to-day announced
examination OF inspectors to be held on the
21st inst. The regulations under which the ex-
aninations are to be held do not require that
the inspectors be veterinarians. but they must
from experience be qualified TO determine
whether or not meat is sound wholesome and
fit for human food. They must be competent
TO supervise the preparation and handling Of
various meat food products, must be between
twenty-one and fifty years Of age and must have
had not less than one years experience in the
work required to be done. The entrance salary
is $1,000 year.
Lieutenant Colonel p. E. F. Hobbs, of the
British Army, to-day visited Secretary Wilson.
with a view to getting his assistance in investi-
eating American meat products Colonel Hobbs
was assigned by the commissary department
Of his army to inquire into contracts which the
British government has with American pack
ers. When the inspection law has been put
into operation, Colonel Hobbs said, the British
government will willingly accept American in
spection. Colonel Hobbs introduced by
Brigadier General Sharp, commissary general
OT the Tinted States Army