Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-08

the inspection cost 20 cents head.
The average weight of dressed beef
will be well over 500 pounds. II Is
bosh TO say that an inspection would
bankrupt a packer. who could not raise
the price on his product sufficiently
to cover the cost of the inspection
without trying for an additional profit.
THE inspection to-day is not an in
spection." continued Inspector Cutler.
who was one of the first government
inspectors TO withhold the stamp In
spected' from tainted meat. The re-
jected carcass is left on the floor. un-
stamped. II ought to escorted to tho
soap tank II the inspection was
meant TO be inspection.
when was inspecting. the law al
lowed us to shoot lumpy jaw animal.
II fell and was not bicd. The result
WAS II CONCEALED and rendered the
flesh unit for meat. That was gen.
uine inspection. Compare II with tho
present system Of allowin. the animal
to DO slaughtered. bled and removed
from inspection without any further
ado.
'.Lumpy Jaw cattle are inspected In
m outrageous way. The government
says that nm animal with n small
lump on Its Jaw shall bc used only
for this purpose. An animal with n
larger lump may be used only for that
purpose. and 30 II goes"
"from the stock yards TO the box
OF Strawberries In III. era,. nj tho
store door there In fiithiarss In public
food. The most outrageous part OF II
Ia that the government pays Inspectors
TO inspect good meat. but allows the
packers to do what they like with tho
bad meat. Nobody ever heard Of n
packer making soap OF n $50 steer
that turned out to hav. tuberculosis"
Being n Kansas City official. fnsprc-
tor Cutler has no fisht ,o cross tho
state limo and inspect meats In tn
packing houses.
4 rsitaa-iehis rae~s'. Hsidsa~~.
Philadelphia. Pa.-Thr Phiiadci.
phia Press prints an article alleging
that DIR. u. II. Warren. dairy and food
commissioner Of PcnnsyiSania. had for
wardei President Roosevelt, report
Of 30 iypcwri,tcn pages made by his
department showing that adal;cra'cd
foods wcfu being turned out by the
packing houses Of Kansas City. Omaha
and ST. Louis. as we'll as those Of Chi.
cAso. II ID alleged that Dr. Warren
had little SUCCESS In his Efforts To set
at actual conditions in the packing
houses in tho years 1894 and 1905. The
article says:
In February Of las, year he sent an
iaap~c,or-a farmer and stock breed.
cr. by tho way-to Chicago with in-
s'Tuctions TO take all the time ncccs.
saTy and 10 adopt every measure re.
aaisitc to ind on, all about tho meth.
DDS Of tho packers: TO study their
manner Of siauEh,crinE. the utilization
OF by-pFoducts: to learn all about tho
ingredients Of every article shipped In
package. can. box. pail or barrel. tho
pTcscrsa,ivcs used. tho adultcTaiin.
substances employed. and tn. eoloring
used. tho sanitary conditions under
which these products were made
everything. In fact. which would throw
liEh, on tho subject. In this instance
II was one man pittcd against a com
bination.
The inspector followed instructions
Weeks were spent by him In Chicago
Then he visited Kansas City and spent
weeks In the packing houses and
siaugh,ering pens. Next he went to 8.
Louis. and from there to Omaha.
All told. the reports from the four
cities make a mass of clocly typewris-
ten manuscript Of so or more pages
II gives the ingredients of packing
house products. not in n general way.
but In detail. tho number of pounds
and ounces OF meat. spices. prcseTya.
lives and. adulterants. a score of
foTmulae. in minute detail. make up
the most interesting portion of the re.
port. These alone are of the most start
ling character. but when placed side
by side with his descriptions OF tb~
methods used. sanitary conditions ot
the factories and all the other hundred
and one revolving features of the sys.
tom. It makes a record that IL abso.
lutely appalling.
This report. together with scores Of
samples OF adulterants, eoloring mat
ter and fraudulent preparations obtain.
cd by the inspector and his assistants,
was. as long ago as March. 1905. placed
in the hands OF DR.. Warren. He In
turn handed them with the original
documents over TO the chief chemist
of the department of agriculture Of
Pennsylvania. and there they have re.
mained until recently when they were
forwarded 10 Washington by express.