The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-03-02
DISGUSTING
CONDITIONS
Slaughter HOIsss In (oun'
tr districts Are Bad
TESTIMONY Al A HEARING

sssa o. society Fer Prevention Of
crueit, 10 Ahirals Produces Photo
graphs o. Actual scenes 10 Bach
Als rticns---says inspectors Fail
70 inspeet Under Present system
one Central Authority Asked For
iIosloa, FEB. Is. Strengthening as
ns conducted In the smaller towns and
cities Of Massachusetts, presents dis
guating and dangerous conditions
calling for a speedy and more or less
costly change By the state. according
10 former Representative Luce Of
someryiIle. President R0wley Of the
Massachusetts Society tof the Pre-
yention Of Cruelty TO Animals and
others, who addressed the legislative
committee on public health
Or. Rowley described the terrible
conditions which his organization 5
agents had found 10 nearly all of the
smaller country districts and explained
them at length, even producing pho-
iographs showing actual scenes. OPP
ponents OF this bill for uniform in
spectlon under the state board OF
health. a substitute for senate No. ~
were nearly all In favor OF having
the state board OF health take charge
and enforce the Law as Il now stands
By compelling local boards TO act prop
erjy. but they decried the expense,
the civil service requirements ana the
complication OF laws which they fore
saw II the new bin were passed.
found conditions so unsanitary and
filthy that he felt II his duty TO appear
and favor the bill. He suggested thai u
the legislature knew the real conditions
governing Strengthening In small towns
action would be taken promptly.
Throughout the state" he said,
eve have found that in small places
the slaughtering almost Invariably
takes place without an inspector pres
ent. Usually the inspector comes
10 the next night and places his stamp
on the meat. In many places hired
men of the butchers are inspectors;
in one case we found r l6-year-oid
boy, son of the butcher. serving as
the inspector. In many places the in
spectors are paid by the butchers,
In one case we found that the
licensee was himself the Inspector.
In one place, where the butcher held
license 10 Kill one COW and seven
hogs week, We found that he had
killed twenty-seven old cows In two
days. They were kept In 4 disgust
ingly unclean place under the slaught-
err house and were brought up one at
a time and killed without an Inspector
being present.
we discovered another place where
two horses had been killed. In one
slaughter house boy was dressing
a calf nearby dead horse. When We
asked the boy about the horse he
said that he died OF cholera and had
been there week. We found one
inspector who said that he did not
know what the law was; he never had
seen copy Of the Strengthening stat
utes.
I'VE want one central authority
throughout the state, which shall be
You Will hear OF the ex-
pense, but you are here as our repre-
Yon have II In your power
10 do something for the people who |
cannot come here to plead for them
selves"
A man In the audience asked II the |
cows taken from the
nire under the slaughter house and
tilled, which Rowley had referred to,
lad been used for food or for ferti-
izer.
DR.. Rowley said that hts men hsd
'een the inspector put his stamp on
hem signifying that they were good
or food.