The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
District Inspectors and Meat
Men Work Together,
1t is Alleged.
SAYS GOVERNMENT
PAYS DIFFERENCE
Declare practise Is Recognized By
Department of Agriculture.
Milkmen Indignant.

That dozens Of cows. condemned and
ordered killed by Government inspectors
as infected with tuberculosis, are being
put on the markets in Washington by
butchers who purchased them after they
had been condemned, is the charge
made by q number OF Congress Heignt5
dairymen, who are up In arms over tHe
alleged practices OF the inspectors.
To prove that this practice is recoE-
Eized by the Department OF Agriculture.
a number Of dairymer showed receipts
this morning for reimbursements money
paid by the Government, less the
amount for which cattle was purchase
by the butchers.
Hand In Glove
The Inspector and the butcher tLsy
say, work hand IN hand, and as soon
as the appraiser has put his price on
the condemned cattle the butcher in
variably drop around and takes as
much of the cattle as ne wants at the
price he sets The difference between
rnIs amount and that set by the ap-
praiser. The dairymen say. is paid Uy
the Government
They are further inCensed because
they auege that further percentages are
taken of on various pretexts.
Investigation this morning IN Congress
Heights, where a large percentage Of
the Districts mix comes from. devel-
oped the fact that a number OF the
leading dair5Tncr there have practically
been pu- out OF business by the con
deunstion OF their cattle.
Dau- Of these cows. hey declare,
were later taken TO slaughter houses.
killed and declared 10 ne practically
free from any disease and then put or
VashinEtoE's meat markets.
Another Menace"
Another menace besides the selling Of
infected beef faces the citv, the dairy
men claim as a result Of the Iusrec-
tions which they cnaracterize as hit
and miss
The iuroads made upon tha suppl- OF
COWS has been so great that Il is said
10 be practically impossible % buy COW
III the District or In neiEhborinE states.
On this accOEIL number OF dairvmer
have been practically forced out OF
business and milk from farms in Mary
land and Virginia. which are nor IN
sDected AZ all IS being sold all over
the District They say practically All
been forced 10 go into the neiEhborf
tSates 70 augment their supply OF milk
L IS freely predicted that as q result
Of these conditions r1iIk will take q
sudden jump in prices within few
days
One Of the principal Jairymen in
Congress Heights Francis Waller de-
cIared. today that eighteen Of his
twenty-slx cowes had Deen killed BY
order of the Inspector, and that he
faces q complete failure so far as his
dairy business s concerned. or the
eighteen cows condemned, Mr. Waller
declared, fifteen were puJ on the mar
ker and for these fifteen ne received
500 from the Dixon Brothers. a firm Of
butchers in TwiniuE City. and that the
a Agricultural officials declared this
amount when he tried 10 collect on
his appraisement bin and paid him the
remainder Of the apprafsemeut- E305-
Per Cent Deducted.
1T was explained TO me- AIr Waller
said, that q. per cent would be de-
Quoted from the appraised amount on
all meat that was put on the market
and that for meat which was pro
nOunced infected after it had been
killed 7 would only get 80 per cent OF
the appraiser estimate"
MIX dealers N Congress Heights ex-
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