The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-08
Strict City Ordinance to Be
Withdrawn and Replaced
by New One.-Gardner Is
Given His Orders.
COMMITTEE REPORT
Is CALLED NARROW
BY Federal Inspector Wag-
oner.-Report of the Coun-
Gil Committee Criticises
Inspector Wagner.

The report of the councilmanic COM
mittee. which investigated the with
drawal of federal meat inspection from
the HolZapfel plant last May, was
adopted by the city council last even
ing, and the city attorney and the
health board were instructed To draw
up a new ordinance providing for in
spection by a butcher under conditions
commensurate with purely local
needs.
The adoption of the report means
the abrogation of the present meat in
spection ordinance which is modelled
| after the rules and requirements OF
the department of agriculture and is
the standard accepted in the United
States for meat inspection.
The report recommends the appoint
ment of butcher for inspector who
has had ten years experience. will de-
vote his whole time to inspection. and
be remunerated with $500 per annum.
Preliminary to these recommenda-
tions. the reports reviews the efforts
of the committee to secure data on
the withdrawal of federal inspection
and AYERS that some person or persons
ernment is alleged to hide. wrote let
ters to the department of agriculture
charging that the commerce require
ments of the department were not
complied with by Mr.. Holzapfel."
| Attacks Or. Wagner.
The report continues: 1--WE find up
on investigation that many modern i'm
provements in the matter of sanitation
and facilitation of the work of the
plant which We're commended by
travelling inspector sent here to in
spect the plant. had been placed in the
plant under the supervision of DIR.
Wagner, present inspector at the
Stolle plant, and formerly inspector at
! both the Stole and Holzapfel plants"
DR. o. c. Wagner today said that
none Of the changes which were made
while he was still at the plant were
ordered by the government. and that
subsequent changes were made after
he was ordered out of the plant by the
federal authorities.
Mr.. Holzapfel, when asked for a copy
of the letter from the department of
agriculture outlining the changes,
which are alleged will cost him 81. 900.
said the letter had been destroyed in
the fire which recently visited his
junk shop.
No Commentary.
DIR. Wagner characterized the re-
port of the committee as a narrow
J and simple finding which did not war
rant a commentary from him." He said
that Mr.. Weishaupt, chairman of the
1 mt TN xxb ~ In.
spection was withdrawn from the Hol-
zapfel plant and then when he tWag-
oner) wanted to explain, Mr.. Weis-
haupt told him that unsolicited infor-
nation" was not wanted by the COM
mittee. The inspector added that the
committee asked him personal ques-
tions which he refused to answer.
DIR. Wagner also said that it would
! have been advisable for the committee
| to have made the letters which il
claims to have from the federal au-
thorities part of the report submitted
last evening. He said that when the
committee was in session he was told
by Mr.. Weishaupt that he had these
communications. DR.. Wagner as
serts that at the time Mr.. Weishaupt
1
; ferred to were In DIR. Wagoner's
, pocket.
Resents Attack.
Referring to the attack made on
him for his alleged interference with
: the inspection which E. l.. Bertram.
travelling inspector, was to make OF
the Holzapfel plant, of which the re-
port says that DIR. Bertram ignored
his instructions from the department
!, TO call on Mr.. Weishaupt first before
consulting the local inspector. DIR.
> Wagner quoted the following from
the official correspondence, ordering
!, this visit:
"E. l.. Bertram, travelling inspector,
is directed by A. ID. Melvin, chief OF
the bureau of animal industry, TO Wis
= it Richmond to make thorough in
vestigation of the business done by
Mr.. Holzapfel in order to ascertain
e whether he will do interstate business
; and in case federal meat inspection
, would be granted and maintained in
his establishment and premises TO
y meet the requirements of the reguia-
r tions"
d DIR. Wagner said there was no reas-
4 on why his office should be ignored
d and nothing in the correspondence To
J. indicate that Mr.. Weishaupt should
have precedence in the investigation
d Text of Report.
y The report of the committee Is ap-
. pended:
Your committee appointed TO in
e vestigate the withdrawal of federal
J.