, 1908-08-04
WYOMING suss FOOD ceMmIs
sloNER DELIVERS LaA1iNe I
ADDREss AT NATIONAL
CONVENTION TODAY.
Attending ssate and National Assoela-
tlon Of Da'ry and Food oNsclaIs At
MaekInsc island and Discusses
Formation and Enfseement Of Law
of This state Concerning Treat
ment Of Poultry for. Food.
specI.l to The RepubllcAs.

Special to b Repubiican.
Mackinac Island, Mich Aug. AT
the meeting today Of the State and Ma
tionai Association Of D4iry and Food
Officials, at the Grand hotel, Hon. e
w. Burke of Evanston, Wy6., dairy.
food and oil commissioner Of the state
of Wyoming and first vice president Of
the association Of State and National
Food and Dairy departments, deliver
ed the following address upon ''Drawn
VS.. Undrswn POULTRY which was
quite well received by the commission:
Mr.. eurke's Ad6rssa
Gentlemen: 1t il not an uncommon
experience to hear people Wish for
things as they were years 40. Nor
is it uncommon to md people doing
things because their graudpaxehts did
them. They did them, therefo2e, they
are right. Prehistoric nsu cauEht his
ash and siaushtsFsas NJ ekms and ate
what be wishsd snd M the effal to
decay in The EtnrinG N At the en-
trance of his saboas. Dseauseshe an
this It was ths proper way, Also the
easiest, therefore, for countless gea.
s~rations the practice 20 confused.
An EARLY Discovery.
In some unaccountable way nan A.
covered, o. at least civtiised - Ais-
coversd. that II he desired to 1sSp the
NEST Of the larger animals fufs my
IenBth Of time hs epuI4 do eUlmuch
sesisr, ana thu 1axntNssJd b much
eaucel, II ne eAesAttas wssn takss
-4Fonf4n-&ninsar6ann sfEsrMMeAt1s.
This had bssn discovered BY our forp.
fathers some time IN the diBtAnt pAst,
and because they did It we have con-
tinued the practice with very 4tle
thought OF the real reason for II AZ
'cept that. since they did 1t. It wa1t Be
right. How long ago this was ,dis-
covered, those Of the present gener0r
ton know not.
The coIdastorage Bird.
Although this is true Of the larger
aaifsaass;I II Hot -5ssnrtF1s of+the
smaller animals. Our forefAthers did
not see the occasion for taking the
entrails from smaller animals, prob
ably for the fact that they were eaten
soon after they yer killed. We, in
this generation, still continue to
slaughter birds and small game, and
often go 30 far as to put them In cold
storage TO. six months or more without
drawing tire netrails, and we believe
it is right and the most healthful
method Of procedure because our
g~randfathers did it. 1t is true that our
grandfathers did not put the game in
cold storage. but to keep It a time
longer, in our estimation, should have
no effect upon the old principle.
Averse to Radical Changes.
Most of us here today KNOW some
thing about how difficult it Is to get
people to reform their ways. People
are prone to live in the past and ques-
ton very much the advisability of
making changes, especially If they
seem radical. Upon the face of 1t, It
would not appear that the putting into
effect of a law requiring the drawing
Of poultry and small game would pro
duce much of a commotion anywhere,
as 1t looks like a very small matter. II
you gentlemen think so, however, l
would advise you TO draft -sush q law
when you go home and present 1t to
your legislature, and l am inclined to
think that the subject will become
very large in proportions in a very
short time.
The Wyoming Law.
In 1907 the legislature Of wyoming
added the following section to our
laws:
Sec. 8. Every person who shall sell,
offer or expose for sale for human food
eny slaughtered or dressed poultry,
game birds. or game animals, wild or
domestic Of any description, or fish,
from which the entrails. crops and
other Objectionable or offensive parts
have not been drawn and removed i'm
mediately after the same has been
killed or slaughtered for market shall
be fined hot less than fifty nor more
than two hundred dollars, and. In ad-
jItion, the court may in It's discretion
order the ccniscation and destruction
by the commissioner of any Or all such
products cold or offered for gale.
Consumers Got Busy.
This .Section Of the law was passed
by the legislature in the State Of Wyo-
ming due to pressure brought to bear
upon them by the public. By that l
mean the consumers, for the fact that
the Geople OF our state are consumers
and not producers Of food products.
Several Points Of View.
Ny subject. Drawn VI Undrawn
Poultry" may be taken up from sev-
eral stanjpoints. Comparative keep
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