The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-16

rules and regulations OF the bureau,
many OF which lacked official legis-
lation 20 back them. and to overcome
this he recommends that many Of the
rules be embodied in bulletin form
and issued by the bureau and be in
corporated INTO state law when the
legislature convcnes.
However. to a great extent pro-
ducers and manufacturers have caught
the spirit OF the thing and have aided
the department in the work. Rapid
strides have been made in every line
so that the commissioner feels the
campaign has been successful to a
degree amply justifying ITSELF
War on Flies.
The common house fly has been
made the chief goat" in the attack on
filth and disease. He heads the list
Of problems and wherever his name
, appears in the report IL is scored and
underlined. IL is he. says the report.
that makes the reform chain no
stronger than its weakest link. For
( instance, in a community Of diaries
such as are TO be found bordering on
every hand to salt Lake City and
others OF the largest cities, no matter
how clean the majority OF dairies are,
IL there be one OF filth II infects the
entire community through the me-
, dlum Of the irrepressible fly. Where
for there must be united action, says
the report
There are upward OF 5000 dairy
farms in the state. says the commits
siOner and practically every one or
these has been visited and Inspected
during the last two years. Tubercu-
lOsis Is a mighty factor to contend
with in this work. A large number OF
infected cattle have been killed and a
campaign is now under way. with the
aid Of the United States bureau OF
animal industry. that has for its pur-
pose the examination OF every mich
COW in the state. In this connection
| Commissioner Hansen declares IL an
! injustice 10 the farmer whose cattle
are thus condemned not TO be re-im-
/ bursed by the state, and he makes
recommendation to that end
Though there were ninety creamer-
| les. cheese factories and dairy pro-
| duct plants in the state in 1904. there
are now but fifty-three, which IS due.
says the report, to the invasion OF
modern machinery methods and the
| concentration OF interests. The pro-
duction is just as heavy and heavier
i'm many lines.
l. Oieomargarine. a substitute butter
| product. has furnished something Of a
problem FOR the commissioner. There
| IS no law against It's sale so long as
| IL is properly represented and con-
| tains no adulteration. Much com
4 plant has been received from dairy
men against the sale OF this product.
| but since there is a strong public de-
| mand for 81 the cOmmi ssioner does
not sec ut 10 interfere.
Small Slaughter Houses.
| Slaughter houses are an eye-sore to
| the commissioner. Here his preach
mcnts for cleanliness and sanitation
/ have had least effect In the very
nature OF things he says. IL is diff
cult to bring about conditions as they
should be in these places. However.
this applies only TO the slaughter
houses operated on a small basis and
not TO those conducted in connection
with the great packing plants, where
conditions are Of the very best in
Utah.
GrOcers are falling into line and
learning TO handle standard OF
goods that can be depended upon for