Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-14
10 LOCAL BUTCHERS
AND PHYSICIAN CONFER
ON KILLING PROBLEM
Opinions of Those Engaged IN
Business Here Embodied In
Recommendations Be Made
ABATTOIR CAN WAIT
Proper Inspection Believed Posi-
BILE, Temporarily Without
Union Slaughter House

len of the eleven proprietors of
meat markets in Americus, met with
DR.. J. W. Chambliss in his office
Thursday night when recommends
tlons concerning the sanitary prob
lem here was discussed. AS re-
suit of their discussion, Mr.. Cham
bliss formulated certain recommenda
tions, to be submitted to the Finance
committee of Council.
These recommendation are of
such wide interest the Times-Re-
corder today secured a copy, the
more important recommendation be-
ing published below. DR.. Chambliss in
his analysis Of the situation sets
forth that
1t is the opinion of ten proprietors
OF the eleven meat markets in Amer
lcus that market inspection is to
be preferred to waiting for am abatoi
to be built where inspection could
be made there.
1t is the opinion of nine of the pro-
prietors that there is not enough
beef slaughtered or hogs to maintain
a slaughter house in the city of
Americus.
1t Is the opinion Of ten proprietors
of meat markets and two veteran
ians experienced in meat inspection,
namely DR.. Percy Hudson and Dr. S.
Z. Stapleton, that by conforming to
the following details a satisfactory
inspection as to disease of the ami
mails as to sanitation can be made in
the respective markets where meats
are hanging cooling for refrigera-
ton.
The conditions; The whole animal
must be brought to the market after
having been slaughtered in sani-
tary way and delivered protected
from flies and dust with all the vis-
cara, that is to say, with the liver,
lungs, spleen, kidney, head, all must
accompany the animal to the place of
inspection and that each and every
organ mentioned was brought with
the animal slaughtered as an illustra-
ton, if the liver was SO diseased as
to be left, then this animal would be
questioned and not inspected until
the missing part was produced. The
hogs to be delivered whole, the
beeves could be cut in quarters for
handling, but every quarter and
every must be produced.
1t is the opinion Of the market
men generally that it will be im--
practicable to wait for an inspection
before settling for carcass, in other
words, in the majority of cases the
market man would have to lose a
carcass himself should it be rejected
by the inspector, and that a fee of
10 cents or is cents for a hog, sheep
or goat, and rs cents for COW would
be reasonable fee for inspection.
The fee system to be handled by
city requirements, a purchase from
the city treasury coupon books of Is
and rs cents and up upon inspection
the inspector to collect from the mar
ket man in this coupon the fee des-
ignated and return same to the city
treasury.
After investigation based ON GER
tain facts, some stated and others
weighed, it is my opinion that mar
ket inspection is to be preferred at
present, and l do hereby ask the con-
sideration Of this committee to hav-
ing passed the present ordinance
that is before the city council gov
erning meat inspections or a better
ordinance if this could be done by
some one bearing upon market in
spection with the view Of building an
abattoir, if such could be proven
practical and the amount Of business
would warrant same, which you
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