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

i, charge, and have proved. thai sh'
cleansing a. The killing and paekml
rooms are inadequate,
charge. and hAxe proved. that In
spectors have been carefully skelad
ed from ihs rusn0n who're eannaa
xooa~ are put u&%ufers 1bnsaEe. nj
made. where taiis~A meSt is psessrs
ed md where spoiled hams n pre-
served.
charge. and have proved. sknnes
hams. which are supposed tn be
special product. are only the hams d
old hogs with skiss 50 thick and tough
that no one wiz buy them.
charge. and have proved. that III,
skins removed from these old hog
are ground up with spices and potato
flour and sold a. head cheese.
Z charge. and I nm ready 10 prove
that the packers Offered similar hrise'
70 Representatives Of the rnited
States government
what M. Rsyneids ssw.
A man who accompanied James n
Reynolds during His examination u
the Chicago packing houses tells this
story In a correspondent of the New
York Tribune:
Early In the morning. unknown 10
the employees Of the plant. Mr.. Rey'
nols examined the cattle In the pens.
Signs III a.hasty attempt To clean up
were apparent All the inspectors In
the city, state and federal, were pre-
sent In their best clothes, hut Mr..
Reynolds. who had been forewarned
was attireI like 4 stranger.
when he visited the pens there
we're thirtyone diseased cattle there
sswing evidence Of lump jaw
He watched these cattle until they
vere slaughtered. Aftcrward he
asked n city Inspector how many had
been condemned On postmortem In
spec.ion. and was told that seven had
been held up. tw~enty.four had been
passed n healthy. when MI. Rey'
noids asked what was done with the
product Of the watts. the manager of
the slaughter house said the fats
went to the butterIne man and the
TO the fertilizer factory.
""Mr. Reynolds was informed two
firms I'm Chicago made n business Of
the diseased meat that was
passed" and selling II to certain req
taurants and hotels. Mr.. Reynolds
declared that In the bunch Of thirty.
one cattle there were not a dozen that
have been passed"
IL n not very wonderful that the
packers Fhonid desire this sort Of
thing TO be suppressed. Somehow, II
10 getting published anyway. aud II
must be interesting 10 the patrons II
the restaurants that buy this meat"
eeverIdos Amendment.
That the secretary Of agricnl.
ture shall cause to be made. by In.
spectors appointed for that purpose.
M hereinafter provided. a post.mor.
tenn examination OF all cattle. sheep.
swine and goats to be prepared for
human consumption, at any slangh.
canning, saiting. packing. rem.
OF similar establishment In
any state, territory, or the District
Of Columbia, or any place under the
Jurisdiction Of the United States for
transportation to or sale In any other
state or territory. or the District OF
or any place under the iu-
Oh the United States: and
the carcasses Of all said animals
found to bo sound, h~eaithfal and III
for human food shall be marked.
stamped. tagged. or labeled a sin.
spectcd or passed." which mark,
label. or tag shall show on It's
face the date on which II was affix-
ed: and said inspectors shall label.
mark. stamp. or tag n inspected and
condemned. an c~arcasses and parts
Or ~carcasses Of animals found to be
unsound, unheaithful. Tor otherwise