The Washington times., 1910-02-14
ASKS DISMISSAL
OF FOOD INSPECTOR

IF the Moore fruit inquiry COInuiJteeactS
tipou q suggestion made 10 II this morn
ing, by John @. Walker, OF the walker
Hughes Market Company, # VIII recon-
mend the dismissal OF District Food In
spector Dodge. because he told the com
raittee that there is a class Of residents
i'm washington who make a practice Of
eating "overripe" meat MI Walker
denies the truth Of DodSe's testimony
Shortly after the committee went into
session, lIr. Walker appeared TO back up
a letter he had written Chairman Moore
protesting against DO1Ees testimony
that that Inspector had been in the act
or coudemniuE a piece Of meat in Walk
eTS eSta bliShUenJ when II was bOuEhE
b- q prominent Northwest family The
statement OF Inspector Dodge was read
from the printed records
Mr. Dodge-There Is certain grade OF
trade that absolutely requires the meat
10 be, in my estimation unfit to eat
The ChaiTman-yThaL kind OF meat Is
thatg
Considered Meat Spoiled
Mr.. Dcdge-For instance. there was a
rib OF beef IN Mr. Walkers box On sat
urday when I was there. and had
started to condemn It. and the man
came in there and took &c and cut a
roast Of beef OF Tor q high-tOned per
son. and ne said II was the grade he
wanted
Tie Chairman-Tou regarded the meat
as practically spOiIed2
llr- DDIEe-1eS siT-
After listening 10 this extract from
The record, Mr. walker stated that he
mad made careful inquiries and knew of
80 Sucu incident having occurred He
said he could not imagine how Dodge
CEE~ got up story ike that
DodEe'S testimony about spoiled Eeni-
son hayinE been eaten in the White
House by a former President was re-
fcrred 10 by IT- Waller, who said that
Ee had kept in storage some VenisOn for
M Roosevelt but Tn2t It was IN good
condition when sent TO the White
House. and was not ready 10 fail to
pieces
Dr. Repp, in charge Of the inspection
-7rl OF the Bureau Of Animal indus -
IT'S. Dopa Trnenr of Agriculture. who
told the committee Friday that in his
opinion tho DistriCt's contracts for meat
Tor Its penal institutions should be
placed with outside firms, resumed his
testimony this morning
To Recall d.. Repp.
He described the cutting UP Of a steer
in order 20 estimate the prices at which
The different portions are sold The
members Of the committee took unusual
interest IN this part of his testimony
and had not finished questioning him
when adjournment was taken. II was
decided &c focaH Dr- Repp when the
Committee meets aEaiu THURSDAY
Chairman Moore this morning eN-
dressed himself as being much inter
ested in the suggestion made BY re-
fatleTs. and published exclusively IN the
SUNDAY afternoon edition of The Times
yesterday. that the mOuoQctistiC owner
shin and control Of refrigerator cars and
icing sta lions ny the packing houses is
largely the cause Of the high prices Of
food.
Il think Il is practically certain said
Chairman Moore that the committee
v-iI 90 into this feature Of the situation
later. There seems to be consider bic
ground for the contention that the
packers who have a monopoly OF the re-
friEerator cars. which results - their
being heavily rebateG BIZ the railroads.
and the keeping I'D Of heavy freight
schedules in order that the railroads
nay come ont with the profits. may be
responsible for the high prices"