The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-12
FOOD INSPECTORS REPORT.


Walter j. Frazier. Food and Dairy
Commissioner for Salt Lake City, is an
honest min1cd, searching, yet con
servstive document. Mr. Frazier goes
thoroughly into conditions. and his
honesty of mind is evident from the
fact that. while criticizing others. he
also criticiZcs himself. His general
conclusions are. that the city is we'll
served now; and he points with Just
pride to the raising Of points III The
product. the score being raised as TO
dairics from - points 10 81 out OF a
possible 100; grocery stores, from a
to s6; restaurants. 50 TO S3.4; bakeries
81 to 7O.j; hotels. - 10 90; clubs -
TO 50. caudv manufacturers, from 30
TO So IL Is an excellent showing.
The stress of Mr. Frazier 5 recon
mcndations are, we believe. in the dl-
rcction of good service lie urges the
consolidation of the different forces OF
the city working IN the line OF CT
| fort that lie has been engaged IN, the
merging Of the three departments,
weights and measures. food and dairy,
and inspector of meats We believe
with him that this consolidation would
tend TO efficiency and 10 public benefit.
Mr.. Frazier further recommends that
the city require the slaughtering TO
be done at one slaughter house and he
suggests the renting of the lutermoun
| tain Packing Company plant for
that purpose. The plant is well btteJ
no for sanitary sIaughtcring, aud. IN
order TO get the best results il may be
that Mr.. Frazier's recommendation ~
this respect ought to be followed. Il
is quitc true, of course, that sanitary
Strengthening can be done elsewhere.
and is doue elsewhere. Mr.. Frazier
does not make much complaint as to
this. but he shows the costIiuess
OF the present supervision of this kind
Of work. And il is In the interests oi
better anil more thorough supervision
that he makes the recommendation that
he does with respect to having all the
slaughteriug done at one place. The
killing at the six Inspected plants Is
reviewed au,l the heavier cost OF
this seXtuple inspection. as compared
with the single inspection at ono place,
is duly pointed out And Mr. Frazer
thinks hat the revenue derived
from the different departments would
not only pay ali the expenses of the
combination. but would leave snug
balance Of at least $4,000, and the
efficiency would bc Increased at least
100 per. cent. This D. Il matter for
tho commission 10 take under serious
consideration,
The recommendations Of Mr.. Frazier
arc all the more iorcible. and arc en-
tilted to unusual consideration by
reason of The fact that this is his final
official word to the administration on
this subject. as he has withdrawn his
application for rcappolnimeut. We
might suggest, however, in this con
necton. that the fact that man is
not Il candidate for Office aud has with
drawn his application is not necessarily
a bar 10 his appointment to Office iii
case the commission is satisfied of his
honesty of purpose. his skill, and his
devotion 10 duty.
We may refer in this connection to
the vile misrepresentation made IN the
Smoot organ yesterday morning Of Mr.,
Frazier's report. 1t lid not have ne
cess to that report, but undertook to
state in the most sensational form
what il contained, alleging That Mr..
Frazier reported that almost every
saughterhouse in or near the city
rccks with dirt, and should be closed
bv the city for sanitary reasons. -
Nothing Of the KIND is in tho report,
AMI the same is true of other alleged
quotations made by that organ from
dcgradcs itself yet further In this
miserable misrepresentation of an
honest. faithful report made by Il man
who unqucsiionabIy has tho best inter
csts Of tho public at heart. and who
has made an earnest and largely cf-
rcctive effort TO purify the milk, but
ter. and general food supplies Of the
city. That Misrepresentation OF Mr.
Frazer 5 report is another evidence Of
the scandalous responsibility of the
Smoot organ 1t could not get copy
Of the report, because the report was
not ready for giving out; and so it
undertook TO make report Of its own
and attribute its sensational stuff to
the food Inspector.
The Tribune prints this morning a
fair and accurate summary of Nh.
we commend it to the candid and In
tcrestcI perusal OF the people of this
city.
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