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Show SALT LAKE IS DUMP F81 Pjli MEAT Big Firms Say Government. Inspection In-spection Law Is Not Rigidly En To reed. ; i i - i FURNISH LICENSE ASSESSOR WITH SOME INFORMATION i Charge Farmers and Others With Selling Questionable Question-able Meal. I Promincut meat dealers of Salt Lake City declare that this city is tho dumping dump-ing ground for tho worst class of meats sold in any city in tho United States. This, they declare, is a result of tho fact that the law respecting the inspection of meats by government inspectors is not being enforced. The following letter, submitted to the license inspector of Salt Lake, aud by him submitted to the city council, lells the story from the standpoint of the big moat dealers: .June 10, ia0S. City License Assessor, Salt Lake City: Dear Sir. In wilting you this letter wo do so believing that you can and will j bring It boforo the proper authority, with I whom we should bo glad to moot in the I devising of ways and means to correct the evil that we now complain of. Salt Lake City Is. at the prosont time, a dumping ground for probably tho worst vla.s of meals that are sold In any city in tho United States, for the reason of the laxity of putting into effect tho Inspection Inspec-tion law. For your Information we beg to say that the Inspection law now exists in certain plants that are putting meats on the Salt hake market, tho Government inspector being installed, nnd where tho Inspector's stamp Is placed on the meats It is evidence to the consuming publl" that the meats have been passod upon for health by the Federal Inspector: but the Federal Inspector sees only a small portion por-tion of the meats that are sold In Salt Lake City for food. For Instance, meats are shipped Into this city by express every day. by farmers, speculators and butchers, consigned In many Instances to. commission men. who make a business to sell .lo anybody who will buy retailors, hotels and restaurants, or whoever cIp-pfrcs cIp-pfrcs to buy. But In many instances tho goods are shipped direct to the retail market. Every express wagon brings in meats every day, some of it good and some of it questionable, and some of it that ought not to be permitted to be used for food. We Relieve that there is now sufficient law to protect the consuming public against unprincipled dealers, and also to protect legitimate men. Therefore, There-fore, we say that we shall be glad to meet with the proper authority, If it. Is desired, de-sired, and aid in the devising of a plan whereby no meats can be sold in Salt Lake City that do not carry the inspector's inspec-tor's stamp., Respectfully submitted, JNTERMOUNTAIN PACKING CO.. By F. A. Danlalson. MURRAY MEAT & LIVE STOCK CO.. By Arthur Pitt. WHITE DRESSED MEAT CO., By John II . White. |