Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-03
THE WEEK IN THE WORLD.
Great Events and Movements Which Are
Making History.

The regulations under the new law gov
erning the inspection Of meat products for
interstate and foreign trade have been made
public by Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson.
They provide in general that the scope OF
the inspection shall cover all establishments
whose meats or meat food products, in whole
or in part enter into Interstate or foreign
commerce, unless exempted from inspection
by the secretary of agriculture. The only
establishments which may be exempted by
the secretary are retail butchers and retail
dealers supplying their customers in inter.
state or foreign trade, but even these eN'
empted classes are required TO submit to
the secretary an application for exemption.
The sanitation regulations require the meat
establishments TO be suitably lighted and
ventilated and to be maintained in a sanitary
condition. Employees must wear outer cloth
ing of a material that is easily cleansed and
made sanitary. No person affected with tu'
berculosis shall be employed in any Of the
departments where earcasses are dressed or
meat food products prepared, Weekly re.
ports on sanitation are to be made to the
chief of the bureau Of animal industry at
Washington. The provision relating TO dyes
chemicals and preseryatives is stringent. No
food product for interstate commerce shall
contain any substance unless specifically pro-
yided for by federal statute. Meats and
meat food products for export may contain
preservatives in proportions which do not
conflict with the laws Of the foreign conn
Try to Taich they are exported Such meats
may not enter domestic trade under any cir
cum stances. The inspection of animals bs'
| fore slaughter is changed 10 conform to the
new law and TO give the secretary of agri-
culture authority to require that all animals
suspected OF disease shall be slaughtered
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supervision Of federal inspectors. Special
provision is made for the destruction for food
purposes Of all meat food products which
upon inspection prove to be unit for human
food. The regulation provides further that
trade labels which are false or deceptive
| in any particular shall not be permitted.
The provision in regard to labelling carcasses
which are found diseased and which have
been condemned are very complete. The pro-
prietor Of any establishment may appeal
/ from the decision of an inspector TO the in.
spector in charge, and from him TO the chief
of the bureau Of animal industry or to the
secretary of agriculture, where decision is
final so far as the department is concerned.
One OF the important provisions Of the regu.
lations is the following definition ~. 5.
Inspected and passed" This phrase shall
mean that the carcasses, meats and meat
food products so marked are sound, health.
full. wholesome and contain no dyes, chemi'
calls preservatives or ingredients which rem
der meats OF meat food products unsound,
unhealthful unwholesome, unclean or unit
for human food.
Winston Spencer Churchill parliamentary
secretary of the colonial office, outlined in
the house of commons Tuesday the English
governments proposal regarding the constitu
ton to be granted to the Transvaai The
guiding principle, he said. would be not to
make any difference between Briton and
Boer but to extend to both the fullest priri-
leges of British citizenship. All males 81
years old who had resided in the Transvaal
for six months would be entitled to vote,
and each district would have a single mem
Der of parliament, irrespective of popua'
ton The old Dutch magisterial districts
would each constitute an electoral area. II
lis the intention to give the Rand 80 seats,
Pretoria, six, Krugersdorp one, and the rest
of the Transvaal 80 seats The members OF
parliament viii be elected for five years
and will be paid for their services. For
the first parliament there will be second
chamber Of Is members nominated by the
crown During the first session arrange.
ments will be made for an elective and sec.
ond chamber The constitution will contain
A clause abrogating the Chinese labor ordi-
nance after reasonable time. The re-
cruiting of Chinese labor will cease entirely
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er Vaiue lhan IN an! carrier ye"i ~ '"e ms.
tory OF our import trade. no ar''c,e SHOWS
greater nuctuaton IN 'he imports .nsn VA