Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-20
ANIMAL INDUSTRY
BUREAU Chief
HAS NO FEAR
Main Question at Issue, Says
DR.. Corbin, Whether Ex-
perts or Faddists Should
Govern Regulations.

Washington. Mas 2Q.--Dr. A. d.
Meivitb chief % the bureau Of ami
mai lndustry at waslHueton, who Is
az tho head Of the gogernmont meat
inspection service. states that the
bureau has nothing 20 fear from a
fair and thorough Investigation Of TIE
inspection.
"The resolution Introduced In con-
gross by RcpresoniatiYe nelson says
Or. Melvin. "contains a number Of
false assumptions based on ignorance
4. misrepresentation of the facts. II
appears that the charges are inspired
hy professional ogitators, aided By
discounted and discredited ex-em-
ployes who have been dismissed from
the service. Most OF these charges
were made two and a half years ago
By Mrs. Caroline BARTLETT Crane be-
fore the American Puolic Health as.
ISOLATION. and she vas unable 70 sus-
tain them TO the sGtisfaction of tbs
executive committed % Thar associ-
alton. The charges are also partly
based on Statements made by o.. Al
bert Leiiingwsli Ia BOOK on 'Ameri-
can Meat, published BY him IN Eng.
land In 1910. o book Astounding N
Misrepresentation aud distorted qsio-
iatlons from official publications.
Aside from the attack on the IN.
tegrity OF the officials administering
the service. 9he main question az issue
/ Is simply whether the inspection
should be- based on principles deter
msncd by eminent sctentists the world
over who have lhorouehly studied th'
subject. or on the sentimental notionl
OF fadd,sts IN 1907 the regulatlonl
were carefully gone over by a com
mission o. disgruntled sclentiac ex
pcrte outside of the department 81
agriculture. who roRogted that ~
there be any general error in the res
uiniions this q in favor Of the pupli'
rather than IN favor Of The butcher
and packers. The present rsgula
tlons conform 10 iha views az tina
commission except that they are eyel
more strict In some respects than IN
commission Thought necessary
Perhaps she most striking eyidenc
that she meat inspection has not Dc
tefloElaled Is the fact that condemfia
Il NINUN WWMHt fiN| new A"M NNNNN w."
more than nifty per cont greater thai
under che old law. II 10 evident fron
the statements 80 far made by Mr.
Crane before the committee, that sh
does not Understand many Trims
about the inspections ssAiem and IN
regulations. and anything that ID
does not understand she suspects 9
being crooked. She has gone out q
her way 90 place 4 sinister construf
ton upon perfectly innocent thing
So FAR she has advanced nothing thl
can not be- made perfectly plain b
the bureau when the time comes
+ present its side of the case.
"'rhe so-called secret Instruction
20 bureau employees were issued as
confidential publication only durln
1907 and 1905, For three years an
q half those announcements have bee
. Furnished not only Co the kers hl
90 state officials, stockinen. and a
I press. The object nf issuing cont
DENTAL Instructions during the pei
Tod that these announcements vel
euarded as cunn0eaiial was not
nuilfy the laN and regulations N a
interests Of the packers bat rather
keep the packers from knowing
the steps that we're pclps token
maintain spreellNnce over their d
erauons'"