Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

useless system of alleged inspection that
goes on in this country, do not consider
that we in England are a whit better off
than the Americans. With uneducated in
spectors who are not up to the tricks Of
the trade no one in England is safe in
eating the roast beef Of old England
that we boast so much about.
There Is place in Smithfield market
the largest meat center in England, where
thousands of tons Of meat are sold
which is called Rotten Row. This Sec
ton of the market does not come undor
the Jurisdiction of the inspectors who
have charge of the city of London; and,
as a consequence when any bad meat Is
to be disposed of it finds its way to Rot
ten Row. Here inspectors are not allow
ed to interfere, and you may imagine
what goes on Tuberculous, filthy meat
is here offered for, sale. People of the
poorer classes buy this stuff; and 1 have
no doubt that many diseases and even
deaths may be attributed to it.
Il have seen with my own eyes crates
of Ostend rabbits treated with permauga-
nate of potash to keep them from SMELL
ing and sold at the ridiculousIy low price
giving them away. They have to be sold
for the reason that the permanganate
only keeps them from smelling for short
time. and If they are not gotten rid of
aliZe their condition.
TT must be remembered that rabbit IS
one of the staple articles of consumption
among the poorer classes in England.
Thousands of tons of rabbit are sold OH
the London markets each year. OF course,
do not say that all this meat is bad but
large quantity of it is. None of il Is
properly inspected, and it is often sold in
condition which renders 1T highly dan-
gerous for human consumption.
Even when meat is in fairly decent
condition l have seen it offered for sale
under circumstances which render 1t unfit
for human food. In England a large
amount of trading is done from what we
call barrows, or, as the Americans say,
push carts. Everything is sold on these
carts, from salt and meat to furniture and
fish. Again and again 1 have seen push
carts with meat and fish for sale standing
over open, foul-smelling drains and sew
ers. Naturally this meat, often being
warm and fresh killed, forms a splendid
culture medium for all sorts of germs
and, of course, when human beings buy it
1T is literally reeking with all sorts of
bacterial matter. A great deal of it gets
ny-blown, and if we had any decent in
spection in this country it would be con-
demned. There should be Jaw passed in
this country forbidding the sale of meat
from push carts, and also it should be
forbidden to expose meat on the dusty
streets unprotected by glass covering, as
is done in every butcher shop in England
mo matter what may be said of Chi
cago, we have equally bad conditions pre-
vailing here, not only in the sale Of what
is misnamed fresh-killed' meat, but also
in the earned goods variety"
Bearing out DR.. Cooper's statements as
to canned goods, every analyst of London
employed to make special examinations of
British timed goods found conditions pre-
vailing quite as bad as those existing in
America before the great 'house-cleaning'
there. AS matter of fact, nearly every
London public analyst just now has his
hands full, making analyses of canned
meats and other canned goods. Special at
tention is being gwen to British produce