The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-17
CITY MUST HAVE
MEAT INSPECTION
Municipal System, Modelled At
ter Federal Standard, Is
Recommended.
MEAT MEN ARE GENERALLY
IN ACCORD WITH MEASURE
Federal Inspection for Larger
Places, Municipal System
for Smaller.


sufficient magnitude to Justify IT, will
have to submit to government meat in
spection, and those with n business that
IS not of sufficient magnitude will be
subjected TO rigid municipal system
OF inspection patterned after govern
mcnt inspection.
This was the decision arrived at by
the sanitary committee of the city coun'
Gil Friday evening. after hearing repre-
sentatives of practically every slaugh-
ter house within the jurisdiction of the
city S health and food authorities In
addition, farmers will be required TO
certify as to the soundness, wholesome
ness and healthfulness Of veal or swine
which they ship into the city for con
sumption as human food.
The ordinance, providing for govern
ment. meat inspection for slaughter
houses with a sufficient business to
Justify it, and system of municipal III
spectlon patterned after government m
spection, was decided upon, but was
sent back TO the city attorney to have
municipal inspector and the United
States department Of agriculture S
standards of purity,
John III. White, Of Whites Dressed
Meat company, appeared before the
committee representing several of the
butchers, he said. with a protest
against including veal in the meat to
ground that this clause would practi-
cally exclude veal from the city.
Black and White Mix.
When Mr.. White started to arraign
the slaughter house committee for Civ
ing out It's damaging reports against
the. unsanltaTy places visited, Mr. Black
took him to task, exposing that Mr..
White has been inside few, If any. of the
places within the last six months.
You are not qualified like we are 10
speak, then" said Mr.. Black. Mr.,
Black again contradicted Mr.. White
when he said the odor from the Chicago
slaughter pens smells for fifty miles
away,
Manager August Roland of the Muir
ray Meat market favored inspection.
claiming that he can get ready for it
any time, Nh. Holley, councilman,
slightly interested in the meat business,
classed the inspection system of two
or three years ago as farce. but Mr..
used TO get a good many more diseased
calves than it does now. Mr.. White de-
clared that the council needn + be afraid
of diseased veal; it is the swine that it
must look out for. Hogs, according to
Mr. White, arc heir to all the ills of
brute kind.
Mr.. White admitted that meats are
being offered for sale here that are
unfit for food, but not by old butchers.
Amy way. federal inspection doesu It in
sure pure meat, he said. "Meat will
spoil IN cold storage. cvcn.' he said.
''Ies. but YOU can keep it that way
for months,'' interrupted Mr.. Roland.
Mr.. White further pointed out that
government inspection would create
but Mr.. Black opined that
it wouldn t do any harm 10 legislate
the other day out of business.
Black Talks Right Out
X, Model. r. j. Nipper and Raddon
Il Williams. summoned by the sanitary
committee 20 appear. were then heard.
them. Mr.. Black said he bad never
thought that a man could be guilty
of selling food from as foul a place
As is Model S. 1.-The interests of 100
600 people of more Importance than
the allowing of one individual to main
tain disgusting slaughter house as
a matter of accommodation to him. - de-
clared Mr.. Martin.
To James Hepworth, Mr.. Black said:
Mr.. Hepworth, If the council did its
duty by the people Of this city it
y
limits and clean up. ] think il s Grim
lpal for man TO run Il place as filthy
as yours. If anybody sold me a piece
Of meat from your place and I found
it out I would feel like beating his
head Off
George Williams, of Radon & Will
iams, says his place has no objection
10 inspection, and Mr. Nipper said he
mas moved his hogs farther away from
ms slauehtering. pens. cit s a good
hing .you did," declared Mr.. O'Don-
nell, for they might havo been
lrowned where they were;
+. ". Wilson, representing the Re |
all Merchants association. said the |
association is in favor of legislation.
'ut asked the council TO be careful |
lbout passing a measure that would in
'rease the price TO the consumer. Gov !
'rnment inspection is sure to increase I
he price, he said. 'The laborinp man
s now lying on his back in a boiler
winging twenty-pound sledee for
'orty minutes for a meal of pork
hops" he declared 'Don't make
lim lie there forty-fve minutes, SET
ire TO the filthy slaughter pens, though. /
f they. don t keep clean. -
The favorable report on the ordinance