The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-28
NO BLAME CAN BE
LAID TO EGGERT
PROFESSOR LADD SAYS THE BEEF
FROM FOUR ANIMALS WAS PER-
FEcTLY WHoLEsoME-HE WAS
cRITlcIsINe DISPOSITION OF
HANSON HERD.

An article, published in The Forum
last evening relative to the disposition
Of condemned head of cattle in which
Professor Ladd, food commissioners
scored the disposition made of the cat
tie, mentioned the fact that Eggert's
market had disposed of some of the
meat from the slaughtered animals.
In an interview today Mr.. Eggert
said: 1T is customary as is well known
when cattle are condemned for dairy
purposes to slaughter them and such
as are found to be perfectly good for
food are so used. There can be no diff
ference to- the people Of this section
whether these cattle are sent to St.
Paul and there slaughtered by the big
packing houses and sent back to the
Fargo butchers who buy their sup
plies from them or whether they are
slaughtered at home and sold here.
None of the meat from the four ami
mails which were passed by the city
meat inspector is for sale in my shop
mo person who buys meats from
me need feel the least alarm as to their
character. Every particle of meats
and food stuffs we handle is of the best
and cared for in the most sanitary
manner. Professor Ladd's own state
ment is to the effect that the four ami
mails accepted by me were perfectly
wholesome and that he would not hesi-
tate to eat the meat himself. The city
Of Fargo provides a meat inspector
whose duty it is to pass upon the meats
we offer; it is only fair to presume,
in the absence of any evidence to the
contrary that he knows his business
and Obeys the law.
my man bought six head of cattle
from j. j: Hanson, the milkman, as
stated in the published report, and the
animals were delivered at my slaugh-
terhouse and were being killed when
officers from the pure food commission
ers office appeared and tested them. l
was not there myself, being juror in
United States court, but was told of the
matter by my man. Two of the ami
mails were condemned and later sent
to the rendering house, the other four
being passed by DR.. Durham in the
usual way, which has been by merely
saying that they were all right, or
words to that effect. / was not aware
that the state sanitary board should
have been called in, as they have never
before had anything to do with such
cases to my knowledge.
I'm the absence of a city slaughter
house, mine is used by all the butchers
of the city except one, so 1 should not
be blamed for all the cattle which are
there. have always been
very careful about my cattle, as | want
only pure, wholesome meat on SALE
There is positively none Of the infected
meat of any kind in my shop
Professor Ladd was asked about the
matter and said that he had merely
stated the case in regard to the Han
son herd of animals and their DISPOSE
ton as he had found it. Being asked
what he thought of the four animals
passed by Dr. Durham, he said there
was nothing wrong in the sale of the
meat, as he would have been willing
to eat it himself, but he did question
whether the city inspection law was
being strictly carried out in all cases
and that there might be room for i'm
prOvement in that direction. He said
he was doing what he thought was
necessary in the case and hoped i'm
would be effected all
around, or words to that effect.