The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-01
CATTLE COMMISSIONERS
VIOLATED THE LAW
Attorney General Fits Scored Them
Also for Failing to DO Their
Full Duty.

IN his report to Governor Bell, At
torney General Fits says:
''tThe cattle commission Of Vermont,
IL appears did not strictly follow the
law of 1002, which requires that the
earcasscs of condemned animals shall
be buried: in several instances II has
appeared that the commission took the
condemned animals to the slaughter
house OF the Burlington rendering com
pany AZ Burlington, and had them
slaughtered there, and disposed at the
carcass for fertilizer purposes Certain
members Of the commission admit that
ssAlaa;e sAlaa;e aemn The nra,ts4isZinn have
no records 70 show 70 what extent on
in how many instances All this was
III violation of the law of 1902
Attorney General Fits mentions the
New England dressed meat and wool
company al receiving condemned cattle
and NJ G. Rowell of Randolph, p. H.
Coonbs Of Fast Berkshire, W. A. Kicker
Of St Johnsbury, Fred Savage Of Wind
sor and Others as hnying handled the
condemned cattle, saying ''ilie con
demned animals have been mixed with
shipments of the arOVcis ia many iu-
stances The report further says:
no attempt has been made By our
cattle commission to keep record Of
the different herds, % where they were
disposed of, 0r Of what returns were
received for them. Ii il not possible 10
trace any animal or herd from any REG
ords which the cattle commission have
TO know whether the animals were sold
for purposes Of food Or disposed Of for
fertilizer Except in tho one or two ins
stances hereinafter referred IN, tIie coni.
mission have left ii entirely "a the New
England company. at Somerville as 70
what shall he paid The state for the
condemned animals II Is supposed that
every condemned animal is subject to
~ post moftnm examination al the time
Of it, slaughter al Somnfyille II ap.
pear that reports af this post niortem
could be secured. blt the commission
have not taken the trouble fo secure
them except Ia q very frw instances.
and there is no record, end no way 10
tell from anything which the commits
sion have. as 10 what the post m0rfem
showed III the ease 0f any animal or
any herd. There is no
evidence to show that the matter has
been otherwise than correctly aud hon
estlv handled, and there Is no reason
for charging that the persons doing the
business have been other than square
and honest. bnt there Is nothing which
The cattle commission have done 60 give
Us light upon this question one way or
the other.
State Did Sell Diseased Meat.
SIN two or three instances since the
law Of 1904 took effect. the commission
has sold the condemned cattle direct
TO the drover The one-particularly |
desire 10 call attention to is the sale
in October or November. 1905, Of the
cattle condemned from the herds Of
,aarlcs White and ~ $. Whilcomb Of
Richmond. The commission tested the
herds Of these two parties At Richmond
and condemned rs COWS OF the herd
Of Whiteomb and 60 of the herd Of
White, and Victor l. Spear, then one
OF the commissioners, took charge of
the disposition Of the condemned eattle.
The state paid on the condemnation Of
the Whitcomb and White cattle approx
imatply SOS head. Commissioner
Spear approached Mr. VI. G. Rovel Of
Randolph. enc Of the droYers who had
previously been shipping condemned eat.
tie for the state in the manner above
set forth and asked how much he would
give for the Whtcomb and White CATTLE.
Spear saving that he had been offered
$40 per head for them, though Il ioesn /
appear who made the offer. or whether
sue an offer was made Roweli replied
that he wanted to see the cattle first,
and he thercupon told Spear that be
would give Sti head for them, and
Spear accepted the offer Commission
er Spear must have understood that
Rowel was buying cattle with the ex-
peetation Of using considerable proper
tion 81 them at least for food purpofes,
for they were not worth anything Nike
the sum paid il they we're to be used
only for fertilizer Roweil
testified that ont Of the a head taken
to the New England company, not more
than 20 We're put into the fertilizer,
the balance being sold fur food. This
sale Of stock by the commissioners 20
The drover is in my judgment in viola
tion Of the law. which is hereinafter
cited and discussed
In regard 70 the sale BY tho state to
the Burlington rendering company, At.
torney General Fits says that there was
nothing but tho integrity of the com
pany to base is belief TINT honesty had
characterized the deals.