The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-15
DISEASED CATTLE
ALLEGED SOLD
Some Startling Charges Which Are In
tended for Campaign Pur-

Rutland, Aug. 5.--Sensational charges
concerning the disposal oil BRET from
condemned cattle sold TO Swift's rem
derihg plant At Burlington BIZ the state
cattle commission have been made in
afiidayits by Frank 4. Hutchinson OF
Worcester, Frank 2. Whitney Of Mid
dlesex and Perley r. Pope OF Mont
pelier.
Mr. Hutchinson. in his affidavit, states
that 42 COWS of his herd, condemned af-
ter being tested for tuberculosis, were
sold to the Swift rendering company,
disposed Of as beef, and sent to the cool
ing room. An employee of the com
pany stated that the meat would be in
spected later and that which was not
affected by the disease would be sold
as food.
In his disposition. SIR. Pope states
that all this was done with the full
knowledge of state officials
MIR. Hutchinson's affidavit. which was
sworn to before John Il. Sentef OF Mont.
pelier, follows.
In November, zoos, my herd Of cows
were tested BY the. cattle commission OF
the state for tuberculosis, and 42 were
pronounced infected with that disease
and ordered killed. They were appraised
and ] was paid so per cent Of the ap-
praised value, in accordance with the
law. The 40 cattle We're driven to Bur
lington to Swift's rendering plant un-
der the authority Of the cattle commits.
sion, and l. in company with Frank
r. Whitney, saw the cattle slaughtered.
"All the cattle were dressed off as
beef, Is dressed. the various parts. liver,
tripe, etc, being saved The cattle,
after being dressed, we're put on the
track and run toward the cooling room.
We asked the head butcher what was
to be done with them, and he said that
the inspector would be there aud stamp
those that we're all right We also Wis
tied the cooler and found three quarters
Of beef therein, aud had talk with
the man in charge. There were two fore
quarters of beef, and these two had
chunks cut out of themxat the shoulder
He said il was the worst case he had
ever had there. One hindquarter was
marked Paul Germin, Burlington
II do not know what became of this
meat, except that IL was dressed off as
uhf Dttl tnun 1taItfu V1 tVNatu thf
cooling room
Mr. Pope in his affidavit, sworn to
before II, c. Shurtleff OF Montpelier,
says
= am Republican and by occupa
ton dry goods merchant in Mont
pelier, Having heard that the state Of
Vermont had sold to the Swift beef
company some Of The meat from the
cattle which had been condemned us dis.
eased by the tuberculosis commission,
went To the state auditors Office in
Montpelier to Investigate for myself
While there | had an interview with
Horace +. Graham. the auditor, in which
he said that ii was true that some Of
the meat taken from the cattle which
had heen condemned as diseased and
which had been phid for by the state,
had been sold To the Swift beef COM
pany, knowing that the same was 70
be put on the market, but that this had
not been done until the meat had been
inspected BY competent veterinarians
and pronounced not 20 badly diseased
but that ii could be cooked and eaten
with safety Mr.. Graham further stated
II was claimed that, while the milk
from 4 cow that had tuberculosis WAS
unfit for use. the meat from The same
COW might not be 50. affected BY The
disease, but that 1t might be used, and
he said that was the reason the state
had sold some OF the meat from con-
demned cattle to Swift & Go. to be put
upon the market by them."