The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
YOUR CITY NEEDS
NOTHING FOR ITS
APPETITE
Statistics Prove Detroit Is Most
Important Food Center and, What
Is More, What 1t Eats Is
Good To Eat.
Close Tab Is Kept on the Markets,
Milk and the Dealers Shelves
For the Bad.

That Detroit is an important food
center is evidenced by the fact that
1857 head OF cattle, 23.446 sheep, H.
eos calves, and 423.522 hogs were In
spected for slaughter in Detroit last
year.
Detroit people can also rest assured
that what they eat. for the most part,
Is free from infection. All animals
brought into the city for Strengthening
purposes are rigidly examined by In
spectors connected with the United
States Bureau OF Animal Industry,
OF which DE- Columbus Mauldin, for
merly OF New Orleans, is now the
head The inspection for 1909 result
ed In AZ cattle being condemned. %
OF them having tuberculosis. or the
almost half million hogs inspected.
9l5 were condemned. and S,l22 parts
rejected Also. 1905 parts OF cattle
we're condemned because of having
tubercular Infection. bruises, etc. The
fact that Detroit is a meat market or
more than ordinary size and import
ance, Is further shown by statistics
for the whole OF the United States.
The total number OF cattle inspected
for slaughter during 1909 was 1880
272. and OF this herd Detroit, as has
been pointed out. got 1857.
Another source OF protection to De-
troiters Is the United States Bureau
OF Chemistry. OF which Detroit has
branch. Detroit is more fortunate In
this respect than is generally known.
Many big cities. Cleveland. for in
stance. lack the department The In
~ ha IN l.
most every shipment of food that
comes into the city More than that,
the inspectors go into the adjoining
territory 10 make inspections, even
making invasions OF the woods to In
spect maple sugar and syrup before IT
has a chance 10 get on the market.
There are only 20 bureaus OF the kind
in the United States. H. L. Schulz Is
the chemist In charge of the Detroit
branch He saws that very little or
the foodstuffs shipped into Detroit 10
found below the standard quality, and
that. consequently, few seizures and
confiscations are made.
I'VE are pretty busy just now, said
Mr. Schulz to The Times, but we1l
certainly have more than our hands
full II the reciprocity agreement goes
through The reciprocity treaty viii
greatly increase the amount OF Ca
madam shipments of vegetables, fruits,
etc. coming into the United States
Then there il the further protec-
ton OF the State Dairy and Food com.
mission. located in Detroit. These
commissioners give Detroit much OF
their attention, In addition to caring
Of ha at
nual report to the governor OF the
state, Commissioner Colon c. LINE
says, in part
During the year ending July l.
1910. dealers In food products TO mo
number OF S,435 were visited by our
-inspectors,- and -946 samples or food
products we're collected and sent TO
the laboratory for analysis or this
number. 66l were found to be adul-
terated. Prosecutions were started
nv The department snd 1856 convictions
scared.
''Iba inspection OF city mlik supply
for the entire state OF Michigan Is
an enormous task and the department
had never been able to do this In as
thorough a manner as II would Ike.
we have simply done what we could.
The milk supply OF the city Is or
great Importance. Boards OF health
tell us that goodly per cent OF the
mortality Of infants Is due TO poor
milk. that is. milk contaminated with
bacteria, injurious TO health, existing
largely through having the milk pro
duced under unsanitary conditions,
An occasional inspection OF the milk
supply OF any given city or town Is
not only insufficient to permanently
improve the condition, but II Is In
suificient 10 give the department &C
curate knowledge of the actual con
di,ion OF the milk that Is being fur
nished for consumption To get &C
curate data. as well az TO improve the
conditions. the department began the