Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-04
DID NOT FOLLOW THE LAW.

DID NOI FOLl4OW The LAW.
The cattle commission OF Vermont, 1t
appears, did not strictly follow the law
of 1902, which requires that the carcasses
of condemned animals shall be buried:
I'm several instances 1T has appea red that
the commission took the condemned an
lmals TO the slaughter house OF the Bur-
lington Rendering company. at Burling-
ton. and had them slaughtered there,
and disposed OF the carcass for fertilizer
purposes Certain members of the com
mission admit that this was done. The
commission have no records to show to
what extent or in how many instances.
All this was in violation of the law of
1902.
When the law OF 1904 took effect. the
cattle commission. constituting the law as
above Indicated at once made arrange
ments for the disposition of condemned
animals, that Is. such responded TO
the tuberculin test. as follows:
liz most instances, especially whore only
small number were condemned out of
particular herd. the owner was given
the option of having the animals slaught-
cred at home: in such case the expense
Of the slaughter was charged to the
owner. provided in Section of the
Act of 1902. In case of Considcra bic
number being condemned, or If the owner
didn't choose to have the Strengthening
done at home, the commisss, arranged
TO have tho condemned animals shipped
by some drover to the plant OF the New
England Dressed Meat and Wool Co.
at Somervile, Mass. and there slaught-
cred and disposed OF by that company,
j" 'he same way d" hdhuieS STOCK ior
everybody else Inc New England Dress
ed Meat ana WOOL company Is a siausnt-
erIhs ana COMMISSION mousse l's business
largely Is taxing ah!nals on consign-
meht' s!aushterlng them' ana disposing
OF the carcasse" ana hides' taxing Tor its
own pay the Oral ana psy!t's tina con-
sisnor the net amount received Tor the
carcass ana moe lh's sIaughter-house Is
under United states government inspec'
tlon, az" II IS supposed that the disposi-
Ton or the carcass OF every animal
slaughtered tAere' mat Is, whether II
he soin lot 1000 purposes or put into
fertil!Zer. IS determined Dy the United
states government inspector under the
regulation above cited Inc evidence
shows that the co''demned cattle OF the
state or vermont which nave been ship
peu 10 INA. piah'' nave p~eH Hahoieu ~
the same manner MS the consignments
from private individuals several drover'
about the state nave has'iled the con-
demned cattle Tor the state IN THIS way
among them M. Z. Rowell or Randolph
X. II. Coombs, or EAST Berkshire. w. A
Kicker OF st. Johnsbury. Fred Savage Of
Windsor, and others The condemned
animals have been mixed with shipments
OF the drovers in many instances. Tit
commissioners nave understood this and
have consented to II, one of the commits
soners putting 1t In his testimony tina
1t was better for the state to have i
done in this way. The cWssisnments Il
the New England company at Somervill'
have always been In the name OF thu
drover, and returns made direct to thu
drover, The State has paid the drove
$500 per head commission for shipping
the cattle ard looking after and turn
ing over remittances, the drover payini
the freight 1t has Melted the drover from
% cents to dollar a head profit, an,
in some instances little more than