Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-18
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
New Rules by Inspection Bureau
Effective October One.
SOME REMoDELING NECESSARY
High school Glasses Perfect O~rRanisR-
tion for the Coming Year-Meet-
ing 70 Decide on Policy Re-
RardinE Foot Ball.

At the close of two years OF ur-to-date
inspection in the packing industry, re-
quirements are steadily becoming more and
more rigid. October 1 is the date an
rounced for a more complete separation
Of food products from both carcasses and
tanked products under condemnation after
post norton inspection.
After that date all packing houses hav-
ing government inspection are required to
provide not only separate tanks for grease
products, but the tanking must be done in
a separate room or compartment from that
where the food products, such as lard, oleo
and all similar products are rendered.
This has required considerable construc-
ton and reconstruction emong the pack
ing houses in South Omaha. The Cudahy
Packing company has a new grease house,
so called, in process of construction. 1t
will be almost impossible to complete this
building before October l. The rule will
be placed in operation as soon as the
building is done. 1t will cost the company
$4,000 OF more. IT was Planned and is
erected solely TO meet the requirements of
this new order.
Swifts have no place for a separate tank
room before the new beef house, now
rapidly moving forward, is complete. This
will be ready for use about January /.
a ~ nave Detn 50 CndnBeu IlAI tllS re-
quirement will be met by a thoroughly
modern compartment.
Armour & Co. are fortunate in having
already two rooms used in rendering fats.
All that will be necessary is to move all
the condemnation tanks into one room and
continue as at present.
The Omaha Packing company has a
similar fortunate condition. All that is
required is the Detail of internal arrange
ments.
The order from the bureau of animal in
dustry is one of a multitude of movements
toward Ideal conditions which have been
introduced since the government undertook
to make inspection complete.
Said Don c. Aver, chief of the local Of
fices Of the bureau: I'VE have gone so far
since October 1, 1906, that it appears, to
look back upon II, we had nothing at all
before that date. We have introduced a
multitude of reforms. It is safe to say,
now, under our almost project system of
sanitation. that anyone who was severely
critical, going through the packing houses
at the time of the great popular clamor of
cleaning up or cleaning out the packers,
might have found dirty spots enough to
have created a yellow journal smudge.
Many of those attacks 1 have no doubt
were eXaggerations or ignorant mouthings
by people unacquainted with conditions;
but, in cases, merlted in part at least.
Sanitary inspection was out of our
jurisdiction at that time.
Thousands of dollars have been spent
by each of the South Omaha packing
houses TO make the changes required to
meet our new laws. In all new buildings
one of the prime objects has been to meet
all effective and prospective rules of gov
eminent inspection. Concrete floors and
other forms of sanitary flooring have taken
the place of the old boards. Flushing and
cleaning apparatus has been introduced to
insure the best conditions. The men have
been compelled to clean up and keep clean
as their work will, under best conditions,
allow. Through it all we have had the
hearty cooperation of the packers. The
value of government inspection is every
where recognized"
Travelling Veterinary Inspector DR.. 1. c..
Mattatall who was in South Omaha yester-
day, said: 80 far as post norton inspec-
ton goes theory and practice has not
changed under the new inspection. We
had the same rules of condemnation before.
But we have this great advantage. Con-
gress has appropriated more money, and
we have a far greater number of men to
accomplish the work. When short handed,
naturally many things slipped by unnoted,
which would be impossible today. l am glad
that the agitation of the question has SUBJ
sided for it gives opportunity for a safe
and economical inspection suited to all par
ties interested, as nearly as possible to be
maintained. l could give you case after
case of the havoc caused by extremists
and simple "cranks,'' who mad a notion
of reform, but no sane method of obtain
ing it.
PACKERS help us at all points. The only
trouble now is there is ground for
an honest difference of opinion. We have
the right to destroy a packers property;
but we recognize his right also to know
why we do 1t. In early days of our in
spection government men were officious
and possibly arbitrary. but it is coming
to be the rule that reasons be given when
ever demanded. This saves many jars and
disputes. The packers used to kick on
all inspection, but it is reversed. They
kick most vigorously for it. 1t is made one
Of the greatest arguments to secure patron
age nowadays"
Hog Prices Going Up.
Since September l the average price or
hogs in South Omaha has climbed almost
daily from S6.43 to $3.50. Receipts have been
rather light, as indicated by this weeks
Only 12,UO head have been re-
ceived stree Monday. Tuesday and Wednes-
day showed fair. The price was off a
nickel yesterday.
The price of cattle was considerably de-
moralizcd with the weeks unit sually heavy
run. Nearly 5000 head have come in in
three days. Feeder stock of good quality
sold well, but everything else went down
sharply. The years average shows that
receipts are still slightly decreasing.
Sheep gained another point, increasing
last year l0,5S7 since the record was
broken Tuesday. Prices Of feeder lambs
and sheep remained firm, but the killers
were off.
High school Classes Organize,
Three classes of the South Omaha High