Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-30
Secretary of State Board of
Health Says We Are Fed on
Tuberculosis Meat
BUTCHERS KILL SICK CATTLE
No Beef Certain to Be Safe Food Un-
less it Passes Government Inspection
Local inspection in Cities and VIII
lagos Needed and Should Be De-
manded = State Laws Deficient.
Special to Tines-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
ing the worst beef there is to be had
anywhere and is paying the highest
price for It, The state is eating beef
from cows afflicted with tuberculosis.
All this beef should be examined and
branded. If people are going to eat
beef that is affected with tuberculosis
they have the right to know it in ad
vance,
These are the words of DR.. Thomas,
secretary of the Iowa state board of
health. Dr. Thomas has made some
what Of an investigation, as have the
members of the state board, and 1t is
maintained that there is abundance Of
evidence to substantiate their claim.
1T is claimed that some parts of
animals affected with tuberculosis are
perfectly safe to eat said DR.. Thorn
as. today, This may all be true. but
the public has the right to know what
1T is eating. Conditions in this state
are fright. When an animal is at
flicted with tuberculosis it is hurried
cred and sold as prime beef The
packers will not handle any affected
animals because the government in
spectors will not brand it or allow it
to be shipped. All the meat that is
not affected is branded with a purple
brand by the government inspector.
When meat has that purple brand it
is good and the public can safely buy
lit. If it has not that purple brand
you don't know whether it is good
or not.
Sometimes the butcher himself does
not know whether it is good or not.
Tuberculosis is being scattered broad
cast over this state by the sale of beef
that is afflicted with tuberculosis and
the public should be aroused. There
should be local inspection. Every city
and village should provide for local
inspection and not a pound of meat
of any kind ought to be allowed to be
sold that is not inspected and
stamped Till this is done the only
ssafe way for the public to be salts
fled is to- insist on seeing the purple
stamp of the United States govern
ment inspector. The government in
spects only the good meat. That which
is not good is not stamped at ELL. 1t
can be sold locally.
There should be a state law COW
ering all these matters and providing
thorough state inspection, but it will
be two years nearly before we can
get such a law as that in force and
till that time every city should have
local inspection. The public health
demands 1t"
An Investigation by the postoffice de-
partrnent is almost sure to follow the
Indictment of Sears, Roebuck g. Co. by
the federal grand jury here. 1t is the
custom Of the department to make a
Thorough Investigation of every con-
Germ against which indictments are re-
turned for misuse of the mails. If the
charges are found to be true fraud
order can be issued against the guilty
concern and it's literature could be
barred from the mails. What such a
result would mean to any of the big
mail order houses can readily be seen.
It is this prospect more than the COM
paratively small fine that could be i'm
posed in case Of a conviction that
would tend to cause anxiety among
the officials of Sears, Roebuck & Co.
! A warrant for the arrest OF the Of
ficials Of the company was issued yes
terday and turned over to United
States Marshal Clark, who will for
ward it to the United States marshal
| in Chicago for service. They will be
allowed to appear before the United
States commissioner in Chicago and
enter plea. The trial will occur dur
ing the May term Of federal court in
Des Moines.
Editor w. ]. Pillxington of the Msr-
chants Trade Journal has had large
number Of copies of the Sears, Roe
buck & Co. indictments printed. They
will be placed in the hands Of the pa
per's travelling representatives for dis
| tribution turnout the country as part
Of the campaign it is Waging against
mail order houses. Already. many re-
quests for copies of the indictment
have been received from organizations
Of retail merchants and jobbing houses.
| It was reported yesterday that the
accused concern intends to send secret
agents to Des Moines in an effort to
secure evidence against the Iowa Re-
tail Merchants association. which 1t
believes to have been responsible for
the prosecution. 1t is the hope of the
company to secure evidence against
the association on which it could start
proceedings under the antitrust laws.
Nv uto la,, he ar fhaSa
ports.
| It is understood in state house CIR
cles that Former State Treasurer G.. S.
Gilbertson will be candidate for
treasurer Of the state department of
agriculture, before the annual meeting
to be held in Des Moines Dec. 1913.
G. D. Ellyson of Des Moines is the
present treasurer and has held the po-
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