Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-14

How h AGects Local Markets.
Want Money Kept 10
Ls Vegas.
Z wouldn't eat another outside cui
J packing house meat for $780," de-
barred one of the local butchers 10 a
kprescntative OF The Optic. 7 tried
once and that Was enough. II made
! y 70 sick / had 10 call doctor and
y was three days before I had re-
4 Dsered from the effects Of H."
Z In view of the recent meat scandals
disciosed BY the committee appointed
10 inspect the conditions existing NJ
the packing houses, . reporter made
the rounds Of the meat markets. here
to learn what effect the pobiished
reports Of the investigation have had
On the local meat trade and what The
proprietors had 10 say regarding the
healthfulness Of packing house meat.
Told Not To Sell.
The foregoing quotation IA the re-
suit OF one OF those Interviews. The
!. butcher In question had been told new.
Esr 10 cell nm outside cut Of the pack.
Ing hs for fear he would find him
self without q customer He wonder
ed what was the matter with this
/ particular piece of meat, and 90 sat
isfy his curiosity he took nice
looking steak home with him 10 be
fried. No one ate OF u but himself.
and the first thing he knew he began
feeling pains In his stomach. Short.
ls afterwards he was doubling 10
with cramps and then hurry call
Sas sent fora physician. This butch
~ isn't easing any more packing
house meat, although he is siiii car
rying II in stock He says he doesn''
IKE 10 handle the stun. but some oi
Ms customers prefer IL TO the home
4 killed product and he would be los
- their trade II he did not have a
ply on hand.
sxs Tells Customers.
n have told large number Of my
seruiar customers my experience with
hacking house meat" he said. III
they insist upon having. II anyway
6 that's their lookout. ! am not here
10 dictate what the people shall buy
ffKansas City meat suits them bette.
ihan our own. they would get II al
/ eeme other shop and ! can't AFFORD u
lost them as customers. Practically
4 all OF the pork that Ia sold here Is
hacked at Kansas City. don't think
that IL is any better than the beai
either. 1t is killed In the same
slauehtering houses. cut mp and pre-
nared by the same hands. and under
the same conditions"
The outside steak eaten by the but.
cher referred to convinced him that
: packing house meat was doctored and
- was the preservative used which
Snade him so deathly sick He de.
cIInes to have his name given and
II is withheld at his request Person
ally, as a private citizen, be says he
would have no objection to having his
name used in connection with his
statements. but az the rrenrietor Of
meat market he does not feel called
upon to ieopardize his bnsiness by
coming out onenly and making an
attack upon the packers and their
methods. = 7y
-If.s a little too soon b. tell re-
narked Thomas w. Hayward of the
firm of Graaf q Hayward in answer
/ to the query as TO what effect ye
considered the recent packing house
exposure would have. II think II Is
bound to hurt the meat trade all over
I The country and after moment :
reflection he continued. there Is NO
doubt about |, In my mini.
Mr.. Hayward stated that his firm
handled packing house meat some
time aro but not now.
am not prepared right nov To form
an opinion as to the probable results
III this packing house Investigation.
This il the time Of the year when the
meat business Is naturally null and Of
course there has been falling off in
the trade. A good deal o. this hue
!. ana cry II probably All wrone. but
there Is probably q whole lot IN i
I too NV opinion il that The people
here would be better of II they got
down to eating meat from live stock
y raised and killed In the territory
There Is hardly any question: bur what
II would be healthier for them. u
may not be ss tender buf there are
no preseTystives In Il. ! know how