Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-07
After October The PackinghouSe
Products viii Bear
Label
~. S. INSPECTED AND PASSED"
Prepared Under the Most Careful san
itary Conditions Which Ingenuity
OF Man Can Devise.

the first day OF October next every
| piece OF meat which leaves a packing
house or a slaughter house will bear a
brand or "a label marked u ;. In
spected and passed. And according
| 10 the regulations which were issued
by the secretary OF agriculture the
other day this brand or label will be a
notification 10 the world that the
! United States absolutely guarantees
under It's official seal, that the product
! Is clean. wholesome and that IL was
packed and slaughtered under the
most careful sanitary conditions which
the ingenuity Of man can devise.
According 10 the census reports Of
the year 1900 there were 92e packing
plants in the United states. The total
capital invested In the industry was
{?37e99,ii and the value Of the an
nual product OF these establishments
reached the enormous total Of tslS-
sl462t OF course this included "A great
many small establishments which are
not affected by the Wadsworth- Bev.
erige law, and the secretary Of agrl-
culture is not prepared TO say at pres
eut Just how many Of these plants will
be subject 20 government inspection
but the secretary does say. and he says
Il with great deal Of emphasis, that
no establishment which fails 20 pro-
vide Itself with government inspectors
will be permitted 10 ship a ham. a
quarter OF beef or a can Of goods in
which meat enters as component
part 10 any palcc outside the slate in
which the establishment Is unless Il
first provides for government inspec-
ton.
The new law viii be put into full
force and EFFORT on the first day OF
next October On that day every ham,
every side Of beef. every strln OF bacon
every can OF lard, every package OF
meat food products. IN fact every ar
ucle OF food OF which meat forms a
part whether In barrel box. can.
canvas sack or IN any other recepta-
Gle or container. or loose must bear
government stamp before railroad
company will accept IL for shipment
10 a point outside the state in which
II was prepared.
WILSON Is THOROUGH.
secy Wilson is thorough in every.
thing he does and he Is particularly
thorough IN his examination into the
conditions OF the packing houses
which VIII ask for government lnspec.
ton. He has visited a half dozen cities
already and has seen for himself what
the conditions are. He has taken the
say So Of no emplOye. but has gone
direct 10 headquarters and has looked
into the situation for himself The Sec
rotary has satisfied himself as 10 eX-
isting conditions. He knows Just what
Improvements have been made and he
Is prepared 10 respond Immediately 10
any request which comes for the in
stallation OF the government inspec-
ton service IN each aud every plant.
Up 10 date somewhere between 100 and
$50 packnghouses have applied for gov
eminent Inspection. The secretary is
somewhat surprised that the number Is
not greater and he does not hesitate 20
express himself as believing that many
establishments will regret their tard-
ness when it T. 700 late. In the mean
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al investigation
He may drop INTO the slaughter
houses % Buffalo next Tuesday and
look into tho canneries Of New York
on the following day and then 20 run
up 10 Boston and from there 20 Omaha.
Kansas City and Fort Worth No one
win be advised ~ 10 his itinerary for
tho reason that he wants 10 see Just
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NAL conditions. Thus FAR he has found
an exceedingly satisfactory state OF az
fairs wherever he has gone. He was in
Chicago two or three weeks ago, and
while there be held consultations with
the federal inspectors IN charge IN
practically an of the big packing CEN
tiers Of the country and the general con-
dition reported by these men was en-
lnently satisfactory. the two exceptions
being Kansas City and Buffalo,
INVITATIONS ISSUED.
During the discussion Of the meat in
spcciion law by the house committee
on agriculture eight Of the largest
slaughter and packing concerns IN the
United States united in publishing
page advertisement throughout the
country 10 Which they invited the gem
cral public 20 visit the plants and see
for yourself what the conditions are
In response TO this advertisement the
writer being IN Chicago took occasion
10 make thorough inspection Of the
packing Industry. -Four DAYS we're
spent IN the stock yards and Packing
town and during those four days every
possible portion OF TIE plants from the
platform upon which the live stock
Is unloaded through the killing room,
the cooling room and the canueries even
10 The cellars and the watts In which
condemned oarcasses are converted into
fertilizers we're examined and examined
thoroughly
There Is nothing pleasant about