The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-06-10

their friends on the State Committee
not to interfere in the fight between
Shehan and Minton.
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With the advent of warm weather
the sales of beer and other malt Ill
quOrs have jumped enormously. So
strongly has beer entrenched itself
as a summer food" as well as a
warm weather drink, that the sub
ject has occupied no small place in
the consideration Of scientists.
Those who suffer from ailments of
the digestive organs, it appears, are
usually more distressed in warm
weather than at other times. Beer,
according to the chemists, is what
, might be termed "pre-digested
/ bread" and contains carbohydrates
in a readily assimilate state, not diff
fering very materially from milk, but
containing less fat The beverage.
however, possess IS as much solid
food material as potatoes and a.
! greater amount than do cabbages or
| turnips.
In view Of these facts, together
with the consideration of the palata-
bleness and cooling prOpensities OF
the drink, beer is now being regard
ed much more respectfully by medi.
cal men than heretofore, and the con-
sequent increase in the consumption
of the article is very marked,
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The brewing industry.it may be no
ted in this connection, occupies a
very important position in this state,
the invested capital apprOximating
SAC, 100000. Real and personal tax
es are paid on $75,OOO,OOO of prop
erty.
In addition to this the brewers pay
into the federal treasury every year
something like S12.O0O,OOO and the
state collects $17,5O0,OOO for liquor
tax certificates. There are approx !
mately 225 breweries and $4,000 sa-
looms in the state. and, from first to /
last, about 100000 persons are de- .
pendent on the industry, over $10,-I
100000 being paid yearly in wages.
while $14,000,00O is expended for ma
terialS.
AS a result q. the revelations con-
corning the conditions of the Chicago |
packing houses Commissioner Oar
lington Of the Department Of Health |
has completed an inspection Of the
slaughter houses in New York anal
declares he has found them all con-
Quoted in a sanitary and proper man
mar. At one slaghter house the
commissioner found a roof garden
provided for the cattle, so they
could get air.
4 found nothing wrong anywhere"
said the commissioner after the in
spectiOn. There was nothing to af-
feet the meat, and no generally IN
sanitary condition. There were pla-
ces where whitewash might have
been used here and there. but this
was Of no special Importance. L
found that large quantities of water
were being used to keep the slaght-
er houses clean, and all Of them
were in good condition. met the
government inspectors and my own
inspectors on duty.
Ut is up TO me to look into the
thing, and l am going all the way
through It. l was present when cat
tie were being killed at the slaughter
houses / inspected and could find no
bad conditions. The inspectors on
duty from my department are good
and capable men, many Of them old
butchers, who understand the bust
ness thoroughly.
In all of the bOroughs of the city
there are about 240 places where cat
tie and hogs are killed. These in
clude the small dealers in meat pro-
ducts. There are about 20 in Man
haitian and 40 in Brooklyn. The sau-
sage and franlfurter and bologna in
dustries run in course OF operation
from the big beef trust plant, where
the Coney Island variety is made, to
the cramped little room in the rear
of the tenement district delicatesseni
shop where men and women chop up
the meat they buy at the butchers
and convert II INTO their stock in
trade.
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The ambition of every New York
doctor with an Office practice is to
acquire sufficient reputation to enable
him to collect cash fees. The num-