Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-08
long enough for the so-called inspec-
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EAT ROTTEN ROASTS.

What with selling tuberculous and
rotten meat, and with the perfunctory
and useless system OF alleged inspec-
ton that goes on in this country, ] do
not consider that we in England are a
whit better off than the Americans.
With uneducated inspectors who are
not up to the tricks OF the trade, no one
IN England is safe In eating the roast
beet Of old England that we boast so
much about.
There is a place in Smthfield mar
ket--the largest meat center in Eng
land, where thousands Of tons OF meat
are sold--which is called Rotten Row.
This section OF the market does not
come under the Jurisdiction OF the in
spectors who have charge OF the city
Of London: and as consequence.
when any bad meat is TO be disposed Of
II finds its way TO Rotten Row Here
inspectors are not allowed TO interfere
and YOU may imagine what goes on.
Tuberculous. flthy meat Is here offered
for sale. People OF the poorer classes
buy this stun. and have no doubt that
many diseases and even deaths may
be attributed TO II.
IL have seen with my own eyes crates
OF ostend rabbits treated with perman-
sanate OF potash 20 keep them from
smelling. and sold AZ the ridiculousy
low price OF Is cents per crate. This
is practically giving them away. They
have TO be sold for the reason that the
permanganate only keeps them from
smelling for a short time. and n they
arc not gotten rid Of quickly even the
purchasers would realize their condi-
ton.
BAD RABBITS FOR POOR.
at must be remembered that rabbit
Is one Of the staple articles OF con-
sumption among the poorer classes W
England. Thousands Of tons Of rabbit
are sold on the London markets eacn
year. OF course. do not say that all
this meat Is bad. but large quantity
OF II Is. None Of Il is properly inspect
cd, and Il Is often sold In condition
which renders II highly dangerous for
human consumption.
Even when meat is in fairly de-
cent condition. | have seen II offered
for sale under circumstances which
render Il unfit for human food. in
England a large amount OF trading Is
done from what we call barrows, or
as the Americans say, push carts. Ey-
erything Is sold on these carts. from
salt and meat to furniture and hsh'
Again and again have seen push
carts with meat and fish for sale stand.
ing over open. foul-smelling drains and
sewers. Naturally this meat, often
being warm and fresh Killed, forms q
splendid culture medium foT all sorts
Of germs. and Of course. when human
beings buy II Il Is literally rocking
with all sorts Of bacterial matter. \
great deal Of Il gets ny-hlown, and II
We had any decent inspection In TINS
country IL would he condemned. There
should be a law passed In this country
forhidding the sale Of meat from push
carts, and also II should be forbidden
to expose meat on the dusty streets
UNPROTECTED by glass covering, as Is
done IN every butcher shop IN England.
mo matter what may be said OF
Chicago. we have equally bad condi-
tons prevailing here, not only IN the
sale Of what Is mlsnamed fresh Killed
meat but also In the canned goods va
riety."
BRITISH CANNED GOODS.
Bearing out Or. Cooper's statements
as 10 canned goods. every analyst OF
London employed TO make special eX-
amlnations Of British timed goods
found conditions prevailing quite as
bad as those existing In America be-
fore the great ''house-cleanng' there.
As matter Of fact. nearly every Lon
don public analyst just now has his
hands full making analyses OF canned
meats and other canned goods. spe-
cial attention Is being given 10 British |
produce. and some startling revelations |
have Just been made. At the special |
instance Of the local government board
no less than q different sections or 1
London have taken Up the investigation |
OF canned goods from various English |
packing houses In every public labor |
atory-and there r. one for nearly every |
District In London--you see piles OF |
canned goods standing waiting for an
alvsis. while specially employed chem |
lists microscopists and bacieriologists
are looking assiduously for evidences OF
diseased and deleterious matter In the |
contents OF the supposedly irreproach-
able English canned goods about which /
packers have been Boosting 80 much.
The result Of many Of these analyses
has been the prosecution and infietion
OF heavy hnes and even imprisonment /
on many London packers. In one case.
where boracic acid was found IN potted /
ham. the meat had turned black, and II
was testified by experts that II had
been treated with preservatiye because
II was unit for human consumption
when packed. The firm whose label
fConfintIsd an nara fourfaenh