The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-07

1 them or to make their contents pub
&c. Theirs orders. grant practically
anything tho meat packers want
shah produce Photographic copies "
thgm and perhaps sone original Coz
pies s -
THE preliminary Inquiry will show
that thousands upon thousands Of
cattle afflicted with tuberculosis and
nther disAases are killAd weekly end
sold to the upsuspecting public as
sound meat.
Probe Reveals Rottenncss.
ut will show that MANNED, bruised.
and enacted animals are also turned
into supposedly sound meat. ] shall
prove the worst Of them--those in
which the imperfections cannot be
be hidden--are sold an second grade
meat to retail dealers who supply the
poor.
Personal investigation In New York
revealed 10 me conditions SO horrible
that much OF what / saw and heard
continually occupies my thoughts.
The great mass of people in the New
York slums are the purchasers of
fearful stuff called meat. l encounter
ed miserable conditions in Phtladel-
phia, Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City
will show equally bad. This condition
has reached such stage where de-
cent men will no longer stay In the
inspection service. Dozens OF them
have come to me and told me what
they were compelled to permit by
their superiors. ! shall produce a
number of former inspectors who left
the service because they could not
permit themselves to remain parties to
the outrage.
Wilson Hoodwinked"
II will produce men VINO VIII tell
such stories OF how sausage 10 made
and handled that you win be forever
cured OF eating such packing house
products. will recite severed in
stances OF disregard for sanitation that
will wildly remind you of the hy-
genie ignorance OF the middle ages.
One striking feature of the inquiry
will be closer demonstration Of the
fact that Secretary Wilson has been
most seriously hoodwinked again.
With blind confidence in some of MS
subordinatss, he has permitted this
thing to go on until something must
be done to preserve the health of the
nation.
Ny attention was first called TO CON
ditons in the great packing houses,
by Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane, of
Kaianaz zoo. Mich. widely known
hyseinic worker. Mrs. Crane OBJ
tanned possession of one of the secret
sraphed. Then she began to inves-
sigate certain packing houses on her
own initiative.
Woman Starts Inquiry.
What she saw and heard upon UNI
questionable authority, more than
proved her first suspicious. She
hastened to Washington. two months
ago. My resolution is based not only
what she saw but upon what ] saw,
know and can prove.
As this preitminaryhe hearing pre-
crosses. publis opinion will be so
aroused that Chairman Moss will have
no other alternative than to order one
Of the most far-reaching and search
ing Investigations conducted by Con.
gress.
ITO illustrate how the law has been
rendered ineffective by the promnl-
cation OF secret orders. shall quote
several sections from the regulations
One relates to hog cholera and swine
p ague It reads:
:. .Carcasses showing we'll marked
and progressive LESSONS Of cholera or
plague in more than two organs. skin
Kidneys, bones or Emphatic glands
shall be condemned. Carcasses which
reveal LESSONS more numerous or ad-
vanced than those for carcasses to be
condemned, may be rendered into
lard
Officials Are Rcticcnt-
/ Another relating to tuberculosis In
as follows: II tubercuiosls LESSONS are
localized and not numerous. II there
la no evidence of distribution of tu-
bercle bncilli through the blood. or by
other means to the muscles or to parts
that may be eaten with the muscles,
there is no proof nor even reason to
suspect that the flesh is unwhole-
some In the hands of persons will
ingly to do anything the packers de-
sire. what vicious orders cannot he
issued to inspectors under regulations
of such nature?"
When officials at the department OF
agriculture were asked for copies of
the so-cailed circulars or orders to-
day. II was stated that they were "un-
available"