Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-26
the 18TH LEGISLATURE
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up, or that the mosquitoes may not
sting her? No, that is not it. 1t
is because those flies have been dy-
ing around the filth and creeping and
crawling over everything that is
noisome and nasty. and YOU do want
them to walk across your little baby's
mouth, and she run out her tongue
and take in the germ Of enteric
fever, gastritis. intestinal trouble.
typhoid feve" or some other power
full disease. That is why your wife
docs this. and this bill is aimed to
protect US from that sort Of infec-
ton and disease. These slaughter
houses are not in the central part
of the villages or cities: they are
not where the people live who are
careful; they are not where the
sewage runs into the sewer. These
slaughter houses are in the outskirts,
in the lower sections of the place.
They are not welcomed anywhere.
They smell to Heaven. For thous-
and yards on either side when the
wind blows they are noisome. In
that same section, gentlemen, what
care is taken Of the human cXcre-
ment? 1t does not go into the sew
err; il goes into a dry closet and the
flies are constantly crawling over it.
especially in the months of July and
August. 1t is in such places that
typhoid fever occurs, and from those
places the flies come down to these
slaughter houses. There are no
screens in the windows and the flies
come in, swarm over and perch on
the sides of beef that are hanging
there and incidentally wipe their feet
on them. Then it gets into the fam
lily and you cat it, and YOU have cilol-
era morbus all through the village
and you have cholera infantum and
all that sort of thing.
Now all this asks is that ii shall
he seen to that the trougbS are clean.
and we arc also trying to see to II
that the man who runs the public
eating house shall serve to his people
what is clean and wholesome. Now
in your town. if YOU are from the city,
as in my toNn-~becauSc we happen
to be near the boundary iinc-therc
is Federal Inspector who comes
and inspects the carcass. and every
bit of beef that is killed in my town
is, inspected. There is only one
slaughter house and that is provided
with water that il may be kept clean
and free from anything fostering or
rottlrg about it. The bill says that
the men who are engaged in the
Strengthening business-a Class \
man shall pay a ten dollar license, a
Class r man "A two dollar license. and
a Glass G man shall not pay any fec.
but he shall take Il license. Then 1t
is provided that the Commissioner
of Agriculture. who issues these Ii
ccuses. shall have authority over
these people and. if he comes to 4
mans place and tids it filthy. and he
fails to clean it up. but says he VIII
see about it, the Commissioner 5 man
NAV say, Il will be back here In a
couple OF weeks. and if this place IS
not in shape. will Withdraw your
license until YOU get it cleaned up.
Now who is going to object 10 that u
seems t. me il is entirety reasonable
and proper. This bill should be allcwe
TO set into al amendahle form and 81
low the gentleman from Auburn tMr.
GarCelonb to have "A fair draft Of II
printed. and chen ii We do not like ii
VIC will rot have 10 enact INTO law.
hope the motion of the gentleman from,
Auburn tMr. GarceIcn) TO substitute
the bill for the report, so il may he
amended nFfNait Nc
can then look at il and See il this is
all hot air that have been giving YOU
and can then vote intellIgeutly upon il.
Mr WASHBCRN OF Perry: NJ.
speaker. feel that TIE position of the
committee on agriculture has not beel
entirely made clear in this matter
There is proha bly, no member of tina:
committee vino is willing to acknowl-
edge that We were entirely overawed
by the members CT the legal profess
sion who appeared before US We have
been. however. somewhat impre -Sed by
great ana increasing number Of pro-
tests that have come to us from ire
country butchers. This is i matter
that applies to every country butcher
OF any Importance in the state. and
the committee felt that the matter ha
been presented at too late time in
the session for all to be heard from
and COR the matter to be thoroughly un-
derstood. If all these horrible conditions
exist which have been pictured 20 YOU
the act should provide for the ins1cc-
,ion o. meat and not of slaughter
houses i was also our belief that the
matter could he pretty thoroughly
taken care OF urder the pure food law.
the federal inspection and the local
boards of health. We have no obie"-
ton whatever 70 the gentleman from
Auburn chr. Garcelon) being allowed
to reopen the natter and to p-esen.
his ame2dmen,s. I simply desire To
make the position Of the committee
plain
Mr. KICKER OF Poland: Mr.. Speaker
and gentlemen of the House: 1t was
only about three weeks ago that TIE
gentleman from Houlton (Mr. Barnes,
got UP and spoke against delaying 4
bill from going through this House He
said i; was getting late in the session
and everybody wanted 70 get home.
Now he is getting up here and talking
right against what he said two or three
weeks ago. He wants to delay a certain
bill. l consiier this bill Is already
taken care Of by a law in this statute.
under Section T.: when goods shall
be deemed to be adulterated." "If in
the manufacture. sale. distribution,