Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-31
RULES FOR MEAT SHIPMENT
Farm Dressed Caroasses Cannot Bs Shipped
by Wholesaler Without inspection.
WHEN RE-lNsPLcrloN IS NECESSARY
Labels showing weight Must Be
Correct ana state whether
It IL Net or
Gross.

WASHINGTON. oct. sO.-some important
rulings were announced today by the De-
partment OF Agriculture under the meat
inspection law. In brief, the rulings in
yiude the following:
No shipments Of meat or meat food
products snail be accepted for transporta-
t0n In Interstate commei ce by any carer
until the carrier has received IRON the
supper a certificate in one of the forms
prescribed in the regulations
Of inspected and marked meat or meat
food prouuct from the original destination
sucn uivel sion may be maze without REIN
specton. II q new certificate showing the
changed designation be given TO the car
ller by the owner and the shipper.
The right Of the farmer to snap in inter-
state or foreign commerce the carcasses OF
ANIMALS slaughtered On the farm Is right
personal TO the farmer and applies to the
Shipment OF carcasses OF sucn aIiiiiuIs @ I i lIi
Interstate or foreign commerce only ,Wnen
such carcasses are shipped by the farmer
I or mis- agent.
/ wholesale dealers who are not acting as
| agents for farmers, but who own cai casses
| OF animals slaughtered by farmer on me
FARM may not reship SAID carcasses IN IN
| terstate or foreign commerce.
Koshipments of inspected meat and meat
| food products which are sound and whole
some at the time Of reshiprnent may be
or meat food products or the containers
| thereof are marked, ~ s. Inspected and
Passed" and the meat OF meat food prod
/ ucts have not been processed other than
by smoking, since they were originally
shipped,
products from one point In a state or ter
| iitory to another point in the same state
or territory, when In course of shipment
| the meat or meat food product is taken
| through another state or territory, is inter-
state commerce and brings the said trans
| spection law and regulations.
| No label will be approved for use after
January l next which contains an incor-
| rect or false statement Of the weight of
| the package or which does not show that
| the weight II given, is net or gross.
! When the words meat or meat food
I products" are used In the regulations or
| rulings of the secretary of agriculture they
| mean meat or meat food products of cattle,
| sheep, swine or goats and do not include
meat or meat food products of other ami
mails
| Nonedible grease and nonediblc tallow
derived from cattle, sheep, swine or goats
| are not considered meat food products
Balance on the Right side.
Charles H. Treat treasurer of the United
| States, submitted his annual report to the
! secretary of the treasury today, and in
! reference to the more noticeable transac-
| lions said in part:
The net result OF the ordinary revenues
and expenditures for the fiscal year 1905
was a surplus Of Sz5.669322. as compared
with deficit of S2S,OO4,2 22S for the preceding
conditions is reflected in the TRANSACTIONS
/ for the first quarter of the current fiscal
| year. in which the revenues were $751;
1 3l4 In excess of the expenditures.
| The available cash balance on June 30,
| 1906 was $lS0,6 1854 an increase of S35,2l1-
/ Ss2 as compared with that OF twelve
months earlier.
1 The monetary stock Of tho country took
| on growth durifig the year of s1S6,Se ~.
| OF which s1fS,050Tf7 was in gold. S. i50,s
SO6 in silver and 5000 .554 I'm national bank
> notes, while the treasury notes decreas sed
S2O,027 600 The aggregate stock of money
I at the close of the year was S3,069. .g76 59l,
4 of which S2,736 646,62S was In circulation.
| The treasury holdings of gold continues
Fat home and abroad. II Is apparent from
| the continued accumulation that a large
| share OF the product of the gold mines OF
the world is brought to the United States.