Show II 1 FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION II I The following statement was issued yes yea yesterday from the office of the United States bureau of or animal industry in the Eagle block An investigation of th the charges recent recently ly preferred by J 3 F Harms formerly a meat inspector in the bureau of animal industry at East St S1 Louis Ill against the inspectors in charge and bureau in general shows them to oe ne absolutely false and without foundation In some cases cues he selected incidents that actually hap bap happened honed and by gross groe exaggeration and false falee statements built upon these actual hap bap happenings until he had bad the stories given in his bis bt charges to the secretary of agriculture agriculture agriculture ture These charges were of such a pub public public lic lie character that it was necessary to tomake tomake tomake make a thorough and complete Investigation tion This Thill was wa done and a review of the testimony on the specific charges made by Harms shows conclusively that not one of or his charges has any basis in fact Mr Harms at the time be he wrote the letter did so for the reason that he was dissatisfied and disgruntled and tried in inthis Inthia Inthis this thia way to injure the meat inspection service he had requested concessions not practical to be granted one of these U se frivolous frivolous olous as a it may seem was in not being al allowed allowed allowed lowed to discharge his duties from an arm armchair armchair armchair chair furnished by the packers The open letter which was copied In the St Louis Louts newspapers newspaper was the result The investigation disclosed beyond a doubt that the service at East Bast Ea t St Louis is in good shape that the men are com cool competent competent potent that the packing houses are clean and sanitary that no meat receives the mark of government inspection that is not sound healthful wholesome and fit for human food This is what U S Inspect Inspected ed and Passed Famed means at East St Louis and what it means at all the other hun bun hundreds hundreds of places where the federal meat inspection service is maintained The report of the committee on Charges of Harms Against the Service No W may be obtained without cost upon application to the di division division divIsion vision of or publications United States de department department department of agriculture Washington D C CIt CIt CIt It has been and ja is 18 now the earnest de desire desire desire sire of the bureau of animal industry to have this service stand for the law and andrules andrules andrules rules and regulations so SG that there can be beno beno beno no basis baals for any charges At each annual meeting particular attention att has been called to cleanliness and in fact to the strict enforcement of all the regulations and it is required that each shall make every effort to accomplish this end |