The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-14
State Pure Food Inspectors
Have Crowd Of Food Pur.
veyors on Carpet at City
Hall This Morning.

Recalcltrant butchers, cold stor-
lage warehousemen, dairymen,
slaughterhouse operators and manu-
facturers of Ice cream In Paducah
answered today before n. M. Allen.
head of the division Of the state food
and dairy Inspection of Lexington.
Ky. at the city hall. Willingness to
comply with the Kentucky pure food
laws and to remedy present condi-
tons was expressed by everyone con-
lcerned except in two instances
among dairymen. where immediate
prosecutions will result. as an
nounced by Mr. Allen at the conolu-
zion OF the Investigation.
The meeting today may result in
the establishment OF central
abattoir for Paducah butchers and
Mr.. Allen says the time Is ripe for
such action. Another imminent
danger lying in the milk supply will
be handled by the dairymen OF Pa
ducah, who agreed to combine in an
effort to have all small milk dealers
procure licenses and abide by the
pure food laws or be prosecuted
The summonsing OF the food deal
Iers this morning marked the first
hearing for delinquencies found sew
eral weeks ago when State Pure
Food Inspectors J. w. Mcfarland
and Elmer Roberts visited Paducah.
making a thorough inspection of
everything vitality important TO the
department Nothing was left I'M
Investigated and a full report was
made to the department at Licking
ton. Notices OF the violations were
sent here and sumInonses issued for
the appearance of the food dealers
before Mr.. Allen this morning. He
was accompanied here by Inspectors
Mcfarland and Roberts and Walter
|scheppelman. in charge OF the in
spection OF bakeries. The hearing
was conducted In the aldermanic
chamber OF the city hall and Mr..
Allen gave each offender an oppor-
tunlty TO clear himself separately.
Then he spoke TO the dealers in
body. advising them as to the i'm
mediate remedies he saw.
Mir Too Thin.
Two dairymen. however, who had
violated the pure food laws will be
prosecuted. Each will be charged
with selling milk containing ten per
cent water. but the names win not
be revealed until after a consulta-
ton between Mr.. Allen and County
Attorney Sanders Il. Clay this after
noon. One of the violators gave
absolutely no excuse for the viola
ton. while the second informed Mr..
Allen that he had placed Ice in his
milk TO cool Il. He should have
cooled the milk from the outside.
These two probably VIII be the ONLY
prosecutions at this time. but
second report IN any department will
result in prosecutions.
Mr.. Allen explained that the de
linquenc.cs were excused TO a GER
tain extent upon the first hearing.
but any second ofense will be
severely dealt with.
Dalrymen will combine al once 10
fight the petty dealers who sell in
the city without licenses. Mr.. Alien
advised them to inform themselves
carefully OF the necessities on the
detailed score, a special card issued
by the department and containing
the proper equipment and methods.
Remedies cannot be blotted out BY
dillgent work each week and month
until finally the milk dealers find
themselves on the banner list.
Hotels and Restaurants.
Proprietors of hotels and restaur-
ants were also before MIR. Allen this