The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-29
NOT WORRIED
|. BY COMPLAINTS
Club Women Are Strong in the
Belief That Food Inspection
Is Fine Thing
MEAT INSPECTOR is
NEXT STEP PLANNED
Committees Made a Tour of Mar
kets With Mrs. kurtz Last
Week to See Condition and Re-
port White List to Clubs

Women Of the city. who were back
of the movement for food inspection
in the meat markets, groceries and
restaurants, and who asked that the
position of food inspector be given to
a woman. do not seem especially per-
turbed over the criticism of their
ordinances and the manner of in
spection Of the local butchers. They
probably didn't expect that the meat
men would be altogether pleased with
an arrangement which meant for
them more expense and more work,
but the admirable appearance of the
shops under the new inspection sys-
tenn, with the meat under cover and
everything looking clean and inviting
justifies the pure food promoters in
the belief that the work was worth
doing.
Want Meat Expert Too
80 far as the argument put forth
by most Of the butchers goes. that the
spaeaial and particular need is for
meat inspection at the slaughter
houses" said "pure food woman
the other day. 1--WE know that as we'll
as any one We also know that since
| the packing house here does no in
| terstate commerce and therefore has
no government inspector, it would be
foolish to ask for meat inspection UNI
less Wa could have thoroughly COM
potent officials. meat Inspector
would need to be veterinary, a bac-
teriologist and more besides He
would command and be worth a good
salary. L hope we can have one be-
fore long. We all know that We need
one. but some of us realize that
North Yakima isn't quite big enough
yet to AFFORD all the good things that
we'd like to have for her. AS a mat
tor of expediency, we take the things
we can get. and try to prepare the
way for the getting of the other things
as soon as the time is ripe"
Trust a Woman
The women are Inclined to smile.
too at the butchers suggestion that
the inspector should he a man They
are quite of the opinion that the in
spection IL matter closely allied to
good housekeeping and they'd trust
a woman in the position a whole lot
sooner than man
| As matter of fact, various club
women made a tour of the stores and
shops and markets during several
days of last week. getting knowledge
OF conditions and improvements at
first hand, and will report back to the
clubs to which they belong the re-
suits of the visit and a list of food
stores which they think are living IN
to the requirements of the ordinance
West is Leading
| In this matter Of food inspection.
IL Is cause of interest and congrat-
ulation to know that the west has ta-
ken the lead in movement which is
now sweeping over the country. slim
ulated party by facts made plain by
the DR.. Harvey Wiley episode, partly
by the sanitation work promoted by
the General Federation of women's
clubs and partly by the fact that wo-
men are studying to become better
housekeepers ana home makers, in
vestigating the source of supply and
realizing chat their interests must be
wider than the immediate home. food
inspection is being generally agitated
In New York city at present a pure
food, short weights and measures and
reducing the cost of living" cam
paign is on. Tacoma adopted three
years ago the most comprehensive
pure food ordinance in use in any
city in the country. and the North
Yakima ordinance, the second of the
sort in the state, has in some way
improved upon its model, the Tacoma
law. The better health conditions i'm
the city this fall, which have resulted
from intelligent attention on the part
OF citizens to sanitary matters. is felt
to be in no small measure due to the
improved condition Of the food sup
ply.