The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-20
FISH Is IN DEMAND
PENSACOLA PEOPLE LEARY OF ALL
 MEATS.
Chicago Packing House Disclosures Followed By Local Scandal Caus-
 ed Enormous Increase in
 Demand for Finny Tribe.

Pensacola, Fla, June 19.-(Special.) Local dealers in fresh and canned meats report a heavy falling on In their sales since the publicity given the Chicago meat scandal. and the ar rest of two of the local managers oi packing houses for having spoiled meats on hand
 Fish. which has always formed the diet of large number, is being more extensively Ised. and the business of the big fish houses as well as the small dealers. who operate only one or two boats and sell only beach fish have almost doubled
 While the Chicago scandal caused 8 decrease in the canned goods when the report was first made there was but little decrease in the sale of fresh meats until last week, when the mayor and city health officer discovered con dictions existing here as bad as those in Chicago The publicity given this caused the fresh meat consumers to seek something else for meat diet and fish being plentiful thev turned to it. and as result the beach fisher men, who peddle their catches in tubs find big demand.
 Tn fact. for the first time in man months no fish could be secured durine the latter portion of the week by resi- dents in the northern section of tn Citys as hhCy WOulu all DS SOlu OClOA . the tubs would reach them.
 Retailers of fresh and canned meats report a falling off in sales of from 25 to 40 per cent. Yesterday there was practically no demand for fresh meat, and today there is but little. and if it continues to decrease at it's pres- ent rate the falling of in sales will amount to fully 50 per cent. This is what is expected by the meat dealers. as many are cognizsd of the fact that the investigation is still being pur- sued and that the officials have obtain ed evidence of where whole carcasses of mutton have been spoiled and when delivered was found to be so badly de- cayed as to be utterly unfit for con- sumption and the proprietors of the meat market returned 1t to the pack ing houses.
 Other cases of where mutton return ed had been sold to meat markets and the latter placed quarters and halves of carcasses in garbage heaps, have been unearthed, and all of these mat ters are being brought to the atten- tion, with it's natural result upon the consumption.
 Mayor Bliss stated this morning be- fore this departure for the Good Roads Convention and for Jacksonville. that he had ordered the arrest of another manager of packing house and this time Tor selling badly spoiled meats. He refused to divulge the name of the manager. and said that the arrest would not be possible until Wednes- day, as the authorities wished to gath CT all the evidence possible before placing the party under arrest, but that he was satisfied enough. evidence was on hand to cause a conviction in court.
 He said further that the investiga- tion would continue and that the health inspectors had been given strict orders to make close inspections of all meat markets and grocery stores, as well as cold storage plants, and where the least violation was noticeable to make an affidavit in the courts and cause the arrest of the offending party.
 He takes the position that the health of the people cannot be expected to be good, where the food product Is not clean, and says that 1t is his duty as ex officio chairman of the City Board of Health and mayor to see that violators of the law are punished to the fullest extent in the courts, and that he pro- poses to push the matter to the end, or until conditions are bettered.