Chicago eagle., 1906-09-01

he sold by the consent of the law afte'
they have been branded on the quarters
Of beef or mutton or pork. marked
with the condemned tag and returned
to the owner. The latter Is not forced
to destroy them. He may sell then
aud the only thing required il that h,
] furnish monthly statement. under
oath, as to the disposition of tn,
meat"
"Whcrc does this meat go which ha,
been condemned and redeemed by tho
owners!" asked Dr. Klcbs.
"In answering this question I should
open up u new field of discussion" an.
swcrcd DIR. Jaques.
"rhat Is easy to answer" replied
DIR. klebs. ut goes to the American
consumer. 1t cant go to the foreign
market"
DR.. Jnques further stated that tn,
system of having the inspection made
in the interest Of the owner and I'll
producer to enable them to sell their
products In foreign markets was wrong
"'l'he inspector should have the power
, TO render the condemned meat absolute.
~ unfit for food and not return 1t 4,
the owner. The problem Of meim and
tuum enters Into II. II 1t Is my mea,
for sale IL Ii good for you to eat. Tha,
Ia the Idea OF ownership.
"Thc present method II this: For
several years It was possible to pass
under the law six sorts of meat infect.
ed with tuberculosis. 1t has stoppe,
one way aud now only allows 1t to pass
In five ways instead Of six. The mea,
being returned to the owner to sell Il
he NO chooses throws the whole work
Of inspection Of beef for city use on
the city health department. In March
last the city destroyed 367.27i pounds
OF meat. In March. 1905. there was no
inspection. The bacllli Of tuberculosis
will attack the steer out on tho range
where he gets all the needed air What
will the same bacilli do to the confined
inhabitant of tho cityY"
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Government inspectors only Inspect
meats intended for foreign countries.
but II there IL n suiiiciency Of Govern.
nIent meat inspectors at the Stock Yards
why was 1t that such n howl was made
by the Department Of Agriculture In
January when the application for addi.
tlOnal inspectors was cut down?
The following special telegram was
published In the Chicago Tribune Janu.
ury IL. 1906:
Washington. d. G., Jan. iS.-(Spc.
cial.)--'rhc house committee on appro.
prlations has attempted TO deal Il blow
to the Chicago meat trade by refusing
all but 100000 OF the $13jOOO appro-
prlatlons for which Secretary of Agri.
culture Wilson asked In order to meet
tho demand for inspectors. The small
sum which 1t recommended the house
should give was Incorporated In the ur.
gent deficiency bill as u result OF the
lnsistent representation Of Representa-.
tive Wharton OF Chicago.
For new member wharton has been
attracting considerable attention, com.
nenclng. 1t will be remembered, with
his amusing cOlloquy with Representa-
tive Williams, the minority leader, on
the opening day Of the session.
Secretary Wilson urgently pointed
out to congress that his department was
In need Of $i35.OOO to enable 1t to fur.
nlsh adequate inspections for the In,
creased quantities Of meat which thu
packers are sending abroad.
AL the chicago members appeared
before the subcommittee Of the apprO.
Priat.Ons committee and asked that the
Wilson recommendation be adopted
but Wharton especially was Interested
because of the meat packing interests
In his district. 1t II likely an effort
will be made on the floor OF the house
to increase the amount recommended
by the committee, and, failing of SUI
cess there, the senate will be urged to
act.
Milk Fed Chickens. a correspondent
asks II milk Is proper food for chick
ems All authorities say not. No fOw
will live on fluid food Chickens hav,
glzzardls which alone proves that mature
intends them to he eaters of grain and
other hard foods which need crushing
MIX Is utterly unfit for poultry and i
likely to give poultry what 1t gives /
numerous human beings-tuberculOsi |
MIX IL the food OF calves ana animal
born alive. But not OF any animal tina
In hatched.
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United States Inspectors are EN-
plOyed ut the Union Stock Yards to IN
spect meats intended for export to for
elgn countries only.
They are not employed to lnspet'
meat for domestic consumption.
The Government has been complain
Ing that 1t has not inspectors enOug'
ana only few months ago the Do
partment Of Agriculture petitiOned Con
gress for more inspectors. claiming thu
foreign countries were shutting out Ou'
meats because OF insufficient inspection 4
In the face Of these facts 1t look.
pighty funny to see the Reef Trus'
lilling the MIX Fed Press with big nj
vertisements of its "United States ~
spected" hams.
This looks a. ~ss United States In