Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-03
WORK OF CONGRESS- PLEASES
Neat Inspection and Pure Food Laws
Satisfy Packers and Jobber
BETTER OFF NOW THAN THEY WERE BEFORE
More Rigid the Inspection More
Pleased Are the Manufacturers,
who Look for Great
Public Beneht.

Pleased Are the Manufa cturers,
who Look for Great
Public Beneht.
The meat inspection and pure food laws
enacted by congress are satisfactory to
the packers Of South Omaha and whole
sale grocers Of Omaha, respectively. In
both cases local dealers agree congress, out
Of the chaos of public clamor. partisan
strife and private influence, brought forth
a measure that promises adequate relief
and mutual benefit to the dealers and
public.
r. c. Howe manager Of Armour & Co.'S
plant said:
so far as ! know the local packers are
we'll pleased with the meat inspection bill.
1t looks like rigid one from the number
Of inspectors provided The more stringent
the better. The government should pay
for the inspection for several good rea-
sons. The inspectors are responsible to the
government for their services and should
look to the government for their pay. If
the packers paid the cost of the inspection
it would subject them to much criticism.
1t would be held that the inspectors we're
working in the interests Of the packers.
AS IL is they can take their orders from
the government and be responsible to 1t
alone"
Manager Murphy OF Cudahys packing
plant expressed great satisfaction in the
provisions Of the meat inspection law.
1T will have the effect" he declared,
| 'of restoring the confidence OF the people.
Some measures Of the kind were necessary.
The more rigid the inspection the better
for us. 1t is natural that we should favor
the provision that the government pay the
cost of inspection, but on the other hand,
| IL is also human nature that inspector
should favor the company that pays him.
We shall be glad to welcome all the in
spectors who may be stationed in our
plant"
No Fault TO Find.
| Manager Culver of the Omaha plant
simply emphasized the statements Of the
! other managers in his expression OF salts
! faction.
I'VE have no fault to find. The agita-
| ton of the last few weeks required q
stringent action to counteract its influence.
This law will have the effect of restoring
confidence. short time now will bring
back the normal conditions and in the end
we are confident the markets will be better
| than before. Whatever might be lost
! through any process of condemnation at
the hands of the inspectors will soon be
realized from the strengthening of the con-
ditions of trade. We are expecting five or
six new inspectors within few days and
we shall take pleasure in welcoming their
advent. The fact that the government
pays the inspectors will relieve us from a
source of much caustic criticism, however
unmerited."
This attitude of the packers is a decided
change from the manner in which they
looked on the governmental inspection dur"
ing the early years of its effect. According
! to Don c. Aver. the chief inspector and
| a number of the older men in the service,
| at that time they met with a vigorous
daily TRADE of abuse and opposition. AS
soon as the days killing was over the
inspector began to shake in his shoes, for
at that time he had to pass on all the
carcasses he had taken out. The managers
and foremen of the plants gathered around
ready to protest. not so much because Of
I their knowledge hut on the general prin-
! ciple that il paid TO kick. This kind OF
| thing has dong since ceased and when
an inspector passes ON a carcass his 1uds-
ment is rarely questioned.
dealers on Pure Food Law.
Omaha wholesaler jobbers are expressing
| their satisfaction over the passage of the
| pure food bill. Protection OF consumers
against authorizations and the ultimate
emancipation of the jobbers from the an
,o,,a,,ce Of the various state laws are the
main reasons given for their good feeling.
.The principal consideration is that the
law gives the consumer a square deal,'
said Edgar s. Allen of Allen Bros. COM
pany. Government inspection will protect
him against. eating things represented TO
be what they are not. 1 do say, however
that there is far less aduteration OF foods
than the public is led to believe. In this
steadily growing better in the last few
years, because the demand has been for
high grade stun. and the jobbers have been
careful about getting it,
Il think the state laws on food will ulti-
matey be repealed unless state inspectors
have to be continued igureheads fol
party political reasons said j. s. Brady
OF the McCord-Brady company. "They
have been very annoying to the jobbers
For. instance, Nebraska has a pure food
law, but made no appropriation TO pay in.
spectors salary, which is derived from 8
license paid by manufacturers and dealers
in certain articles inspected. We pay the
state food inspection bureau 500 a year
license. Our competitors in Council Bluffs
Sioux City and st. Joseph do not pay a
cent, and all the Nebraska inspector does
with their adulterated product is to ordei
| tit retailer " Selu II btth w NOulluk nai
food law without an appropriation foi
salary. For two years the inspector didn'
do anything, but the present incumben
of the Office has hit upon a happy idea
He goes into retail store, takes dowr
bottle Of something or other and return
in a day or two TO tell the dealer tina
4 It is adulterated. He says also that II tn,
dealer will pay fine OF S25 he will b,
relieved of the embarrassment OF havinJ
the matter taken before the attorney gen
eral The dealer naturally agrees to pa,
the SOS and the jobber. having sold hin
the goods foots the bill I have letter Of
4 my desk from a Wyoming dealer askinI
for $50 to pay a fine
d Il am glad to see that the bill has be
come a law. The government will h
4 feared and the consumer will benefit b
4 getting pure food. AS II is, there is a
enormous amount OF adulteratlon. Mos
4 vanilla extract is not vanilla extract Il
= all; there is scarcely a pound of pure crear
Of tartar in the city; 80 per cent of IN
4 olive oil in the retail stores is bogus. A
this will be changed The government wi
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