The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-06-23
Superintendent for Armour & Co.
Believes it Would Give Better
Satisfaction.
MAN IN THE POSI-
TloN WOULD BE WELCOMED BY
HIS FIRM-oFFERs NO cRlTI-
CISM RELATIVE TO Filming OF
MANAGER DAVIS.

!. Pensacola needs a meat inspector,
and that badly too" said A w. Smith,
superintendent of the Southern divi-
sion of the Armour & Co., while talk
ing at the Merchants last night.
Understand me as not cTiticising the
present laws of your city, but l think
that an inspector of meats would be
of great advantage to your city. AS
far as my firm is concerned we would
welcome an inspector, provided Of
course that he was a competent man,
one who had had experience in the
business and who would be fair and
just to all alike, and not make fish of
one and flesh of another.
Now, as to the fining of our man
ager, Mr.. Davis, in your courts for
having tainted meat in cold storage,
l will offer no criticism of the action
of the authorities, for they followed
the law of your city. but think it
manifestly unjust and unfair to have
such an ordinance in operation. AS
you and everyone knows, meat is a
very perishable article. It is liable to
go bad on you in a single night, but
under the laws of Pensacola to have
this meat on hand the following morn
ing is punishable by a heavy fine. This
think should be changed and make
the penalty for offering for sale any
tainted meats a heavy one.
Yes, we would welcome a meat in
spector and a change in the ordinance
so as to make the penalty for offering
for sale tainted meat, but even leav-
ing the law as it stands, an ordinance
providing for meat inspector would
be a vast improvement over present
conditions. The companies here,
with a competent man as Inspector,
would know that they would be Justly
dealt with, the markets would feel
sense Of security and the consumers
could be much better satisfied. In
cities where there are inspectors 1
find that there is less friction between
the packing houses and city authori-
ties. The inspector has access to all
portions Of the plant, he sees the meat
as it is unlCaded, inspects it in the
cooling room and tags it, and fire.
quently is on hand when it is sent out
to the markets. He visits cold stor-
age plants at al hours Of the day,
and when ever he Condemns a piece
of meat there is no question by the
packing house manager, but the meat
is Immediately sent out and destroyed
Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery,
New Orleans and a number of the
prominent southern cities, all have in
spectors," continued Mr. Smith, "and
YOU never hear Of friction between the
packing houses or city, or any of our
local managers being fined for having
tainted meat in cold storage, for the
reason that in the first place there are !
no such laws in those cities providing
for punishment for having tainted
meat on hand, but only for selling or
Offering it for sale, and in the second /
place, whenever the inspector con-
dennis meat it is sent out to be de-
'eWhy the idea that a packing house
would Intentionally sell a customer
spoiled meat is ridiculous. The whole
sale business is the same as any other
and when you have a good customer
Won want to keep. him. How long
would we be in business in Pensacola /
were we to sell spoiled meats to the
Not very long, I guess, for
the markets would refuse to patronize