Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-09
LABELED CANSERE JULY ENDS
Secretary Wilson is Moving Rapidly in
Inspection PrsliminGrsS
APPOINTMENTS BY CIVIL SERVICE
Uncle sans Guaranty on Meat Pred
ucts t. Expected to Give Them =
standing in worlds Markets
for All Time.



organization of the meat inspection serv-
ice and within the next two or three weeks
every one OF the larger packing houses from
Boston to Denver will be supplied with
force Of inspectors to pass upon the health
| fulness Of every pound Of beef which en-
ters into commerce between the states.
The secretary, who has absolute discre-
ton in the matter of fixing the compenss-
ton OF the inspection force, has not yet
announced the salaries to be paid. but this
has not caused deficit Of applicants, and
! there will be no dearth of men willing to
serve their country, even in such unat-
| tractive places as the slaughter pens and
packing house plants of the great centers
Of the trade. When the committee on agri-
culture of the house first voted to suspend
the civil service law so as TO enable Secre-
tary Wilson to make appointments promptly
It was with the understanding that the
civil service commission could not supply
the demand for this particular line of en-
ployment. 1t must be understood that no
one is eligible for appointment as a meat
inspector who has not been trained in q col
lege Of veterinary surgery. But nearly
every member of the committee declared
that he, individually, had no desire to he
consulted in the matter OF appointments.
Just soon as the president declared his
opposition to the anti-civil service clause
of the bill it was promptly stricken out;
there was not a dissenting vote. It is now
announced that the civil service eligible list
is sufficiently we'll equipped with the names
of veterinary graduates, who have passed
the examinations prescribed. TO insure the
appointment of an adequate force as fast as
the other necessary preliminaries can be
complied with
Labeled Cans soon on sale.
1t will be some months before the new
law can be put into effect in every city Of
the country But before the end of July
the shelves OF the retail stores. in the
larger cities at least, will be supplied with
canned meat products bearing upon their
labels the stamp OF the federal govern
ment, showing first that the animals from
which they were made were healthy when
slaughtered, next that the carcasses ex-
hibited no signs of disease and most i'm
portant of all, perhaps, that the contents
, of the can were prepared in an absolutely
sanitary manner.
, No other country on earth has enacted
such stringent regulations to govern the
killing of animals for human food or the
preparation of food products. 1t will take
, some months to retake the European mar
kets which have been lost and in the in
: term hundreds of tons of American canned
meats. now in European warehouses, will
be destroyed or sold for a song, but once
that label of the United States Department
, OF Agriculture becomes recognized as an
, absolute guaranty OF wholesomeness and
. healthfulness the meat industry of America
will have obtained standing throughout
I the world Of which 1t cannot be deprived
/ again.
n Regulations for putting into effect the
n pure food bill are also being perfected and
these two measures, affecting as they do,
n practically the entire food supply of the
- country ought 10 relieve the fears of the
s squeamsh. especially when Il is recalled
2 that the federal legislature now taxes oleo.
Z margarine and renovated" butter; compels
r the branding of allied" cheese and mixed
d -four. by four separate statutes; permits
y whiskey to be bottled in bond including
i all its fusel oil, and has just enacted an.
S other law to permit the fertilization" OF
sweet still wines
o Within a few years it is my hope to have
e potatoes labeled by government experts
n and onions deprived Of their scent through
e the efforts of the Bureau Of Plant Industry
2. and perhaps the day will come when 4
4, chemical analysis of the contents Of every
p, egg will be required to be stamped on tn,
n shell before rms. Farmer trades her her
l. fruit for sugar and tea at the general stor,
2 at the Corners"
p Probing Alleged Powder Trust.
By the time congress reconvenes in De
. cember the Department OF Justice will prob
ably be in possession of all the facts con
. nected with the existence of the ALLEGED
~ Powder trust. During the session Jus
y closed congress has been bombarded will
" circulars calling attention TO the allege,
; existence of the trust and the fact tina
70 the government is paying nearly twice a
- much for its powder as 1t costs to manu-
facture a like grade at the small govern
:, ment factory at Indian Head. These cir
culars more than intimate that certain ON
Il, GERS in the United States navy are tn
..I patentees OF the process under whic
"A smokeless powder is made and that the pat
a., ent rights should by law be vested in tn
- United States government and not in tn
4, trust.
:, It is learned upon excellent authorit
that the administration has taken tn
preliminary steps toward securing tn
an necessary evidence upon which to has
In legal proceedings. If a 1.-THE OF the stats
ment made in the circulars so general
re distributed proves to be well founded
r. is probable that another United State
rs ! senator will be mixed up in a federal legs
nk tangle, for It is well known that Colon.
we ceeded in reaching a seat in the senate,
r. the head and front OF the biggest powdt
Of plant in the country.
Is But whether or not the investigate
he results in the discovery OF the existenC
.se of an unlawful trust. it is certain that II
ell price of smokeless powder will take
,ur decided drop, and the passage OF the bi
TO remove the tax denatured acloh
ant will be prime cause. Alcohol is one
,ds the component parts of chief value"
IN. the manufacture of smokeless powder.
Roots Consular REORGANIZATION
y Secretary Root has practically con
pleted the plans for the reorganization
'is the consular service, and by the time
returns from his South American trip Il
- new regime will be in fun working orde
a, One OF the most radical changes decid,
III, upon in the plan of reorganization is Il
~ determination to refrain ia future fro
IN. sending AS a representative OF the cou
raj try OF his adoption" a naturslized citiz.
back to the place OF his birth. In Il
past innumerable complications ha
nd arisen because It was deemed wise or e
podient TO send a Germsn-born Americs
my back 10 Germany, or italian back
lnd Italy as a consul. Such selections and a
,ofptmsuts while occasionally hanaa,i