Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-21
INSPECTION or MEAT CRITICISED
Department Misleads People, Declared
Woman Reformer, Before Public
Health Association, into Believing
That Meat is Passed Upon With
Public Interest at Heart.
tBy Associated Press.,

hlN> II MOND VA W.. -V' ~
charges of incompentency in the
Federal department. Ct agriculture and
OF disrs gard OF the rules OF the bu-
real of animal industry in the feder-
al inspection of meat were made by
Mrs. Caroline Martlett Crane. of Kali
amazco, Mich. n an address this al
ternoon before the American Health
Association. In convention here.
Mrs. Crane openly attacked the de-
partment for allegedly misleading the
public into believing that the meat
inspected by federal ofiicials was
passed upon justly and with the best
Interests OF the public at heart. She
stated that the standards OF health
of animals slaughtered had decreas-
ed since the scanda. in meat inspec-
tion of 1906.
Considered In Executive Session.
She quoted from high officials IN
the department and bureau. giving
people the assurance that the meat
is always from animals free from>uis-
ease, which fact she challenged The
matter of her address was taken into
consideration by the convention In
executive session.
One OF her most startling charges
and enc which evoked a spirited de-
nal from DIR. NJ. Corset. of the bio
chemic department to the bureau. at
Washington. present at the meeting.
was to the effect that the department
OF agriculture had caused to be is
sued. simultaneously with the an
nuaI rules and regulations, certain
Service Announcements which, II
was stated on them, are intended for
inspectors and packers only.
The inspectors. she said, were warn
cd not to show or give these Service
Announcements" to any other person
Offers to Show Photographs.
Replying TO DIR. Dorset's refutation
to this, Mrs. Crane offered to show
photographs OF pages of such pamph-
lets which she mad taken from g
booklet she procured over night
DIR. W. c. Woodward, chief health
officer of Washington, took sides with
Dr. Dorset in scouting the statement
Mrs Crane alsJ declared that The
standards Of meat inspection had
been Influenced by the efforts Of the
American Meat Packers Association
which had sent a committee 10 con
fsr with the bure1d CT animal indus
try on the formulation Of these regu'
L. hn al Dsf tho
potency of many OF the federal in
spectors themselves. saying that they
were not veterinarians in many cities
Condemned carcssses Not Marked.
Mrs. Crane stated that last Friday
! in Chicago. in company with the in
spector-in-chief of that city. she mad
. visited one OF the packing plan;s
there and saw that not one of the
i condemned carcasses that came IN.
4 der her observation had been marked
condemned. according to the rules
Mrs Crane declared that she hae
no Interior motive in bringing these
matters before the association. but
that she had been engaged in inyes'
tigating federal ann local meg insPec-
lions for nearly nine years she stat
Cd that she was not biased by poll
, tics. as her husband and family are
Republicans.
/ Mrs. Crane recently was engaged
BY the State beard Of health. OF Ken.
lucky. to investigate sanitary condi'
lions in the principal cities Of that
state. she has also advocated n1uur
( cipal reforms in several cities fn
Pennsylvania and Illinois.