Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-16


iho an'oH OFF beer and other malt iiq-
uora have jumped enormously So
sf0uHly has beer nirenchpd Itself as
% "A'vtmor food" aa well as "a warm
wealth. drink that the subject has
occupied NO small place in the con-
aldpraiion 90 scientists.
Those who suffer from ailments oi
the digestive organs, % appears, are
usually more distressed in warm
weather than az other times Beer,
according 40 the chemists. ls what
might hC termed 'pro-digosted bread
and contains carbohydrates in "a read
49, essimlabls state. noi differing very
materially from milk. but containing
less fat Tho beverage. however. pos
acsaes as much solid fnu1 material
ag potatoes and u greater amount than
do cahbages or iunlps
lu View of these facts. togothor with
the consideration OF the pnlatablogs
and cooling propen8.tieg of tho drink
boor is now being regarded much
more respectfully hy medical men
than heretofore. and the consequent
Increase ln the consumption Of the
article Is very marked
The brewing industry may be noted
lu this connection, occupies n very
important position in this state. the
invested capital approxlmntlng $40
100000. Real aud personal taxes are
paid on S75 600 900 of property
IN addition 20 this the brewers pay
Into tho federal treasury every year
something like fi2O0O000 and tho
state collects ai7.600 600 for liquor tax
certificates, There are approximately
225 breworios aud % 600 saloons Ia
the state. and. from frst 90 last. about
100000 persons are dependant on the
industry. over St0O00.000 being paid
yearly In WAGES while fiA,O0O0 600 is
expended Tor materials
Health Coinmlssioner Gets Busy.
AZ result Of iho revelations con
cornlnF tho conditions IN tho Chicago
packing houses. Commissioner Darf
ingt0n OF the department OF health
hab ComplcteI ar inspection OF thq
slaughter houses Ia New York, and
declares he found them an conducted
in a sanitary ard proper manner AZ
one slaughter house the commissioner
found a roof garden provided for tho
cattle, 40 tnoy could get air
n found nothing wrong anywhere
Half che commissioner after fhe In
spoctlOn. There was nothing 90 az
feet the meat and no generally un-
sanitary condition There were places
where whtewash might have boon
used, here and there but this was of
no special Importance found that
large quanttlr of water we're being
used 90 keep the slaughter houses
clean. aud an of them were IN GOOD
condition ] met the government In
spoctors ana my own inspectors on
duty
m is up 90 me 90 look Into this
thing. and ! am going all the way
through &c. { was present when cattle
were being Killed at the slaughter
houses I inspected. and could and nc
bad conditions Tho inspectors on
duty from my department are good
ANA capable men. mnny ~ them old
butchers. who understand the business
thoroughly"
ln AN The borouRhs oi the city thcre
are about 2l0 places whore cuiiie ond
hogs are Killed THESE include the
small dealers in meat products There
are about 15 ln Manhattan and 40 Ia
Brooklyn The sausage and frank
furtcr and bologna industries run in
course of operation from ibe bis beef
trust plant. whore the Conoy Island
variety is made, 20 the crnmped little
room in the rear OF tenement district
iellcaiieFnu shops where men and
vomcn chop up the mcei they huy at
iho butchers and convert q into their
stock in trade.